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Hollywood stars look like crap in high-def







Hollywood stars look like crap in
high-def

Hollywood stars look like crap in
high-def
03/19/2005 03:02 AM

Cory Doctorow: A list of movie stars who look like crap in high-definition. There's a huge push to get Americans to switch over to digital television and the FCC is convinced that getting the broadcasters to air shows in high-def is the answer -- I think they're wrong and this list is exactly why. The first TV shows were radio shows like Burns and Allen done on stage instead of in a radio studio, and it wasn't until multi-camera setups (like the one on I Love Lucy) evolved that TV started to come into its own, as more than radio with pictures.

It's clear to me that high-dev isn't just low-def with bigger pores, but when you hear studio execs talk about their high-def plans, they always revolve around showing us the same people doing the same things with more pixels (the exception, of course, is Marc Cuban's HDNet).

If governments want to get their citizens to switch to digital TV, they're better off shoving more of the standard-def programming out on the free-to-air stations in digital form (as they have in the UK) than hoping that the opportunity to see Jennifer Anniston's hairspray residue on a 36" set will convince every to throw away their TVs and start over.

3. Britney Spears
The pop tart is still in her early 20s, but she looks about 10 years older in high-def. Her face is puffy and she's starting to show wrinkle marks around her lips, reportedly from a two pack-a-day cigarette habit.

4. Brad Pitt
Like Ms. Diaz, Pitt had a terrible skin problem in his younger years. The impact is clear in high-def. He's still a good-looking guy, but he doesn't look like one of People Magazine's "Most Beautiful."

5. Jewel
The singer looks great in still photos and music videos, but she looks terrible in high-def. And someone should help her with make-up; it looks like it was done by Ringling Bros.

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