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Regardless of your sex, you’ve probably heard the commercial jingle: for
longer and fuller lashes try Maybelline Mascara.
Okay, what the heck does a person need with longer and fuller lashes any-
way? And what’s up with the millions of dollars spent on mascara and
other assorted facial make-up?
The Mexican poet Octavio Paz hit the nail with the sweet spot of the ham-
mer when he said we are frightened by other people’s glances because the
body reveals rather than hides our private selves. In other words, we need
those masks of make-up to conceal the secret intimacies (blemishes) we’re
reluctant to reveal. Yes, I’ll admit, looking sexy is another key factor.
So you think that discussing the words of a Nobel Laureate is too much for
a short ditty on mascara? Perhaps. Then again, flip through the pages of
the Oxford English Dictionary and look up mascara. “A cosmetic for dark-
ening and thickening the eyelashes.” Duh, look closer. “Origin, late 19th
century from Italian, literally ‘mask’, from Arabic ‘maskara’.”
Maybe Paz is onto something. EW
It’s no longer just a video game. Filming began last summer to transform Tomb Raider from the computer screen to the silver
screen, and one of the main locations for the soon-to-be hit movie – starring Oscar winner Angelina Jolie – was Jökulsárlón
glacial lagoon, south Iceland.
Imagine the luscious Angelina Jolie dressed in a tight T-shirt and skin-lick’n pants embodying the role of the female archaeol-
ogist Lara Croft. That’ll fill the theatre. Now visualise Mrs Jolie standing next to the floating icebergs that cool Jökulsárlón, the
glacial lagoon. Er, that’ll give ‘em a rise for their money.
To create the reality for the film, an elaborate set was erected in September around Jökulsárlón, a location site for more than a
few Hollywood pictures, including part of the James Bond film, A View to a Kill. About 100 Icelanders were hired for the local
production. Filming lasted for close to a week, then the Hollywood players moved on to locations within the UK.
Funny Old Word: Mascara
Hollywood Cools Out in Iceland
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