Actors and actresses who starve themselves

BBC culture columnist Lisa Schwarzbaum pointed to a “disturbing trend” in Hollywood of drastic diets for a movie and awards. She cited Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club”, Christian Bale in “The Machinist” and Oscar-winning role “The Fighter”, Michael Fassbender as IRA hunger-striker Bobby Sands, Matt Damon in “Courage Under Fire”, “50 Cent” and “All Things Fall Apart”, Tom Hanks in award winning role in “Philadelphia” and “Cast Away”, Adrien Brody in award winning “The Pianist”, Anne Hathaway for “Les Misérables” and Natalie Portman for Oscar best actress role in the “Black Swan”.  Schwarzbaum calls it is a “grotesque form of physical vanity.” She said, “We are in a disturbing pop cultural moment when starvation has become a movie-star stunt in the service of Oscar.”

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