After Ari's party, I headed over to Ed Limato's. There was plenty going on, but I could not take my eyes off the spectacle of Hugh Hefner and his three platinum blondes. I know it's all part of his charm, but the guy is actually shuffling. You wonder if with all that Viagra maybe there just isn't enough blood going above his waist.
But what was truly horrifying were the women. At some point they must have been lovely. Maybe they still would have been -- but we'll never know. That level of construction can never be undone.
I know there's a lot of talk about how America can't manufacture anything anymore, but there seems to be an endless supply of these manufactured women. I guess Bangladesh and India haven't found a way to undercut us on this yet.
The only thing that could take me away from that spectacle was the appearance of a true Hollywood freak: a beautiful non-twenty-something woman who had not had plastic surgery!
It was Connie Nielsen, the Danish actress who was in Ice Harvest, One Hour Photo, Gladiator, etc. She was sitting at an adjoining table to the HefnerBots. As I was talking to Connie, it was impossible not to note the contrast. She's forty and is still in possession of her own face. She's serious, passionate, and looked stunning in an elegant black dress.
I'm hoping it's the beginning of a renaissance of soulful women with no facelifts.
She told me she'd just finished a movie about Iraq called The Situation, and the best part of all: she promised to blog about it when it comes out.
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