Hollywood’s idea of beauty once meant polished and slim, not altered and gaunt. This new look is unsettling | Brigid Delaney
By Brigid Delaney
When movie stars are no longer people we aspire to look like, does it spell the end of Hollywood’s cultural power?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/12/hollywood-beauty-ideal-altered-gaunt-face-ozempic-glp-1-drugs
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