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News.com.au
3 days ago
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- News.com.au
Jamie Lee Curtis is ‘prepping' to leave Hollywood as she slams plastic surgery as ‘genocide'
Jamie Lee Curtis said she's preparing to leave the spotlight – in part thanks to her experience of watching her famous parents' careers as they aged, and thanks to watching plastic surgery take off. 'I witnessed my parents lose the very thing that gave them their fame and their life and their livelihood, when the industry rejected them at a certain age,' Curtis, 66, told The Guardian, in an interview published on Sunday. 'I watched them reach incredible success and then have it slowly erode to where it was gone,' she added. 'And that's very painful.' The Halloween star'sfamous parents were Janet Leigh – who was in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, and Tony Curtis (Some Like It Hot). Leigh died in 2004 at age 77, while Tony Curtis died in 2010 at age 85. They were married from 1951 until their 1962 divorce. Curtis also slammed plastic surgery as being 'the genocide of a generation of women by the cosmeceutical industrial complex, who've disfigured themselves.' The Last Showgirl actress has been married to British actor Christopher Guest since 1984, and shares daughters Ruby, 29, and Annie, 38, with him. 'I believe that we have wiped out a generation or two of natural human (appearance),' she explained. 'The concept that you can alter the way you look through chemicals, surgical procedures, fillers – there's a disfigurement of generations of predominantly women who are altering their appearances.' She blasted AI as aiding and abetting this, 'because now the filter face is what people want. I'm not filtered right now. The minute I lay a filter on and you see the before and after, it's hard not to go: 'Oh, well that looks better.' But what's better? Better is fake.' Curtis did not name names of celebs who have admitted to getting plastic surgery, such as the Kardashians. 'There are too many examples – I will not name them – but very recently we have had a big onslaught through media, many of those people,' she stated. Despite her plans to step back from the spotlight, Curtis still has a recent slew of hot projects, as well as upcoming movies and TV shows. She finally won an Oscar in 2023 (for Best Supporting Actress in Everything Everywhere All At Once), and has a recurring side role as Carmy's (Jeremy Allen White) mother in the Emmy-winning drama The Bear, which has been renewed for a Season 5. She's also in the Freaky Friday sequel Freakier Friday (hitting Aussie cinemas August 7), and she recently confirmed that she will take over the late Angela Lansbury's iconic role of Jessica Fletcher in a Murder, She Wrote reboot. Coming up, she'll film Ella McCay alongside Woody Harrelson and her The Bear co-star Ayo Edebiri (premiering in December) and will star in the Prime Video series Scarpetta with Nicole Kidman (which doesn't have an announced premiere date yet). 'I have been self-retiring for 30 years. I have been prepping to get out, so that I don't have to suffer the same as my family did,' she told The Guardian. 'I want to leave the party before I'm no longer invited.' 'I have become quite brusque,' the True Lies actress added. 'And I have no problem saying: 'Back the f**k off.''
Fox News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Jamie Lee Curtis planning her Hollywood exit so she's not 'rejected' like her famous parents
Jamie Lee Curtis plans to leave Hollywood on her own terms. In a recent interview with The Guardian, Jamie Lee, 67, discussed how she feels about aging in Hollywood and what her plans are for her career moving forward. "I witnessed my parents lose the very thing that gave them their fame and their life and their livelihood, when the industry rejected them at a certain age," she explained. "I watched them reach incredible success and then have it slowly erode to where it was gone. And that's very painful." Having watched her parents struggle in the industry as they got older, she has taken a proactive approach, telling the outlet, "I have been self-retiring for 30 years." She explains she has "been prepping to get out" of the industry in order to not "have to suffer the same as my family did." "I want to leave the party before I'm no longer invited," she added. Jamie Lee made her big-screen debut in 1978 when she starred as Laurie in "Halloween." After evading Michael Myers, the actress went on to star in successful films, including "Trading Places" and "A Fish Called Wanda," before eventually winning an Oscar in 2023 for her role as Deirdre Beaubeirdre in "Everything Everywhere All at Once." "I witnessed my parents lose the very thing that gave them their fame and their life and their livelihood, when the industry rejected them at a certain age." The Academy Award-winning actress is the daughter of Hollywood icons, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. Throughout his career in Hollywood, Tony appeared in over 150 films, including 1957's "Sweet Smell of Success" and the 1959 comedy "Some Like It Hot" alongside Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon. Leigh began her film career in 1947, and starred in classics including "Touch of Evil" and "The Manchurian Candidate." Both Leigh and Tony received Academy Award nominations: Tony for his role in "The Defiant Ones," and Leigh for her supporting role as Marion Crane in "Psycho," the role for which she is most well-known. The couple got married in 1951 and welcomed two daughters; Jamie Lee and Kelly. They later divorced in 1962, with Tony going on to get married five more times, and Leigh going on to marry stockbroker Robert Brandt, whom she was with until her death in 2004. Leigh died in October 2004 due to complications associated with vasculitis, and Tony died in September 2010 from cardiac arrest. They were 77 and 85 years old, respectively, when they passed. Jamie Lee weighed in on the harsh criticism surrounding nepo babies in a December 2022 Instagram post, in which she called herself "an OG Nepo Baby." "I've never understood, nor will I, what qualities got me hired that day, but since my first two lines on 'Quincy' as a contract player at Universal Studios to this last spectacular creative year some 44 years later, there's not a day in my professional life that goes by without my being reminded that I am the daughter of movie stars," she captioned the post. Within the lengthy caption she challenged the idea that just because someone is "related to someone else who is famous in their field for their art, would somehow have no talent whatsoever." "I've tried to bring integrity and professionalism and love and community and art to my work," she wrote. "I am not alone. There are many of us. Dedicated to our craft. Proud of our lineage. Strong in our belief in our right to exist."
The Independent
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Jamie Lee Curtis reveals retirement plans
Jamie Lee Curtis is preparing to retire from acting, stating she witnessed her parents, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, suffer industry rejection due to age. She aims to avoid the same fate, wanting to 'leave the party before I'm no longer invited'. Curtis controversially likened the cosmeceutical industry's 'disfiguration' of women to 'genocide', arguing it has eradicated natural human appearance. She believes a generation or two of natural human appearance has been wiped out by chemical alterations, surgical procedures, and fillers. Curtis is set to star in 'Freakier Friday', the sequel to 'Freaky Friday', which is scheduled for release on 8 August.
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Jamie Lee Curtis on why her mother Janet Leigh would've 'been incredibly upset' about her Oscar-winning role
Jamie Lee Curtis calls herself the 'OG nepo baby ' having had a leg up in showbusiness thanks to her famous parents Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. But the outspoken 66-year-old doesn't think the late Psycho scream queen would've approved of her grittier, unflattering characters like IRS revenue agent Deirdre Beaubeirdre in Everything Everywhere All at Once. 'Today I have a freedom to be myself that my mother's generation would never have allowed,' Jamie revealed in her People cover story Sunday. 'My mother would've been incredibly upset at Everything Everywhere All at Once and how I looked. My mother would have loathed [how I looked].' Curtis continued: 'Her generation was so much about your body and what you look like. And the beauty. The beauty is just who she was. That's what her life was. My mother was literally jaw dropping. But I think that would've been very hard for her to see me with my tummy sticking out.' The Bear actress famously won an Oscar for her performance in Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's critically-acclaimed multiverse dramedy, which went on to amass $143.4M from a $25M budget in 2022. Jamie also looked rough as Shelly's (Pamela Anderson) hard-living gal pal Annette, a cocktail waitress living in her car, in Gia Coppola's critically-acclaimed 2024 drama The Last Showgirl, which earned $7.1M from a $2M budget. 'Or in Last Showgirl, for [Janet] to see me in that dressing room at 66 years old. That really would've upset her,' Curtis noted. 'I know her very well. I have accepted myself in a much bigger way than I think she felt she was allowed to, through her generation.' The Borderlands actress added: 'I know that my mother was so proud of me and and what I've achieved, that she respected my husband's work and was thrilled to be a grandma.' Leigh passed away, at age 77, in 2004 after a protracted battle with vasculitis while her famous father died, at age 85, in 2010 of cardiac arrest. On Saturday, Jamie - who regrets undergoing a lower blepharoplasty at age 25 - called out the 'genocide of a generation of women by the cosmeceutical industrial complex, who've disfigured themselves.' 'I believe that we have wiped out a generation or two of natural human [appearance],' Curtis told The Guardian. 'The concept that you can alter the way you look through chemicals, surgical procedures, fillers – there's a disfigurement of generations of predominantly women who are altering their appearances. And it is aided and abetted by AI, because now the filter face is what people want. 'I'm not filtered right now. The minute I lay a filter on and you see the before and after, it's hard not to go: "Oh, well that looks better." But what's better? Better is fake.' Curtis continued: 'Her generation was so much about your body and what you look like. And the beauty. The beauty is just who she was. That's what her life was. My mother was literally jaw dropping. But I think that would've been very hard for her to see me with my tummy sticking out' (pictured last Tuesday) The Bear actress also looked rough as Shelly's (R, Pamela Anderson) hard-living gal pal Annette, a cocktail waitress living in her car, in Gia Coppola's critically-acclaimed 2024 drama The Last Showgirl The Borderlands actress told The Guardian: 'I believe that we have wiped out a generation or two of natural human [appearance]. The concept that you can alter the way you look through chemicals, surgical procedures, fillers – there's a disfigurement of generations of predominantly women who are altering their appearances. And it is aided and abetted by AI, because now the filter face is what people want' However, the Halloween alum 'minds her business' when it comes to advising her Freakier Friday onscreen daughter Lindsay Lohan, whose facial features are noticeably more taut than they were seven years ago. Jamie noted: 'I'm bossy, very bossy, but I try to mind my own business. She doesn't need my advice. She's a fully functioning, smart woman, creative person. Privately, she's asked me questions, but nothing that's more than an older friend you might ask.' Curtis and the 39-year-old former child star executive produced and reprised their roles in Nisha Ganatra's mother-daughter swap sequel Freakier Friday, which hits US/UK theaters August 8. It's hard to believe it's been 22 years since the Emmy/Grammy nominee and Lindsay portrayed Tess and Anna Coleman in Mark Waters' critically-acclaimed remake of Freaky Friday, which amassed $160.8M at the global box office. Last Tuesday, Jamie confirmed she'll play mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher in Universal's upcoming reboot of the CBS hit series Murder, She Wrote - which aired for 12 seasons spanning 1984-96. 'Oh, it's… happening,' Curtis told ET. 'We're a minute away, but yeah, [I'm] very excited. Very excited. But I'm tamping down my enthusiasm until we start shooting. I have a couple of other things to hustle, but then I'll get to enjoy that work.' The LA native's other upcoming projects include James L. Brooks' political dramedy Ella McCray for 20th Century Studios, Liz Sarnoff's eight-episode series Scarpetta for Amazon Prime Video, and Russell Goldman's scam psychological horror Sender.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jamie Lee Curtis Watched Her Parents' Success ‘Slowly Erode' as They Aged: ‘That's Very Painful'
"I have been prepping to get out, so that I don't have to suffer the same as my family did," she tells the Guardian As the child of mega-famous movie stars, Jamie Lee Curtis witnessed the glamorous highs and soul-crushing lows that come with a career in Hollywood. In a lengthy interview with the Guardian published Sunday, Curtis admitted she's been 'prepping to get out' of the industry for years in part to avoid the same fate that befell Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. 'I witnessed my parents lose the very thing that gave them their fame and their life and their livelihood, when the industry rejected them at a certain age,' she explained. 'I watched them reach incredible success and then have it slowly erode to where it was gone. And that's very painful.' More from TheWrap Jamie Lee Curtis Watched Her Parents' Success 'Slowly Erode' as They Aged: 'That's Very Painful' 'Coyote vs Acme' Takes Digs at Warner Bros., 2026 Release Date Announced 'Fantastic Four': What Exactly Are Franklin's Powers and Why Does Galactus Want Him? Billy Joel Had 'Bad Blood' With Elton John After Rehab Jab: 'That Really Hurt Me' 'I have been self-retiring for 30 years. I have been prepping to get out, so that I don't have to suffer the same as my family did. I want to leave the party before I'm no longer invited,' Curtis added. Despite those three decades of self-retirement, Curtis is also enjoying a tremendous moment in her career. The long-awaited sequel to 2003's 'Freaky Friday' — appropriately titled 'Freakier Friday' — will be released August 8. Curtis was promoting the latest installment in the 'Halloween' franchise, which came out in 2022, but she kept getting asked about a potentially follow-up to her lighter fare. 'In every single city I went to, the only movie they asked me about besides 'Halloween' was 'Freaky Friday' – was there going to be a sequel?' she said. So she called Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney. 'I said: 'Look, I don't know if you're planning on doing [a sequel], but Lindsay is old enough to have a teenager now, and I'm telling you the market for that movie exists.'' After finding out Disney initially planned to send the movie straight to streaming, Curtis picked up the phone again and demanded a theatrical release. 'And I called Bob Iger, and I called David Greenbaum [Disney Live Action president], and I called Asad Ayaz, who's the head of marketing, and I said: 'Guys, I have one word for you: 'Barbie'. If you don't think the audience that saw 'Barbie' is going to be the audience that goes and sees 'Freakier Friday', you're wrong.'' Elsewhere in the interview, Curtis railed against what she referred to as the 'genocide of my generation' — plastic surgery — and insisted, 'I've used that word for a long time and I use it specifically because it's a strong word. I believe that we have wiped out a generation or two of natural human [appearance].' 'The concept that you can alter the way you look through chemicals, surgical procedures, fillers – there's a disfigurement of generations of predominantly women who are altering their appearances,' Curtis added. 'And it is aided and abetted by AI, because now the filter face is what people want.' 'I'm not filtered right now. The minute I lay a filter on and you see the before and after, it's hard not to go: 'Oh, well that looks better.' But what's better? Better is fake. And there are too many examples – I will not name them – but very recently we have had a big onslaught through media, many of those people.' Curtis also said that despite her strong feelings on the topic, she doesn't extend that to the choices others make. 'No. No. Because I don't care. It doesn't matter. I'm not proselytising to them. I would never say a word,' she explained. 'I would never say to someone: what have you done? All I know is that it is a never-ending cycle. That, I know. Once you start, you can't stop. But it's not my job to give my opinion; it's none of my business.' Read the entire interview with Jamie Lee Curtis on the Guardian. The post Jamie Lee Curtis Watched Her Parents' Success 'Slowly Erode' as They Aged: 'That's Very Painful' appeared first on TheWrap.
