How To Close Doors Quickly, by Lindsay Lohan:

Lindsay Lohan claims a fast-track to Oscar success is to make yourself ugly.

Having a passing dig at recent Oscar winners Charlize Theron and Nicole Kidman, 18-year-old Lindsay made the eccentric comments to a reporter. She said: "With movies now, it's very easy for a girl to dumb herself down or look ugly or be naked or be a lesbian or gain weight. "Those are the ones that win Oscars," she added, warming to her theme.

Theron picked up an Oscar after gaining weight and enduring lengthy, gruelling daily make-up sessions for her role in Monster. And Kidman's portrayal of Virginia Woolf in The Hours, saw her don a prosthetic nose and dowdy clothing for the part. She won a best actress award too.

"The only one who didn't have to do that was Julia Roberts," added Lins. "And she never took her clothes off."

--Umm, Lindsay--you might try to learn to act before you have to even worry about that.

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Posted by Lawren at March 24, 2005 06:47 AM

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You know, I'm going to have to side with Lindsay on this one. There is a little validity to it. Ditto goes for men playing mentally handicapped people and winning (or getting nominated):

* Rain Man
* Forrest Gump
* I Am Sam

Hey, no disrespect to all the actors and actresses, seriously. I think the Oscar people are just predictable, that's all.

Says: Kevvy the Unnamed Source at March 24, 2005 07:13 AM

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Don't for get Leonardo DiCaprio in What's eating Gilbert Grape

Says: at March 24, 2005 10:03 AM

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It's always been an advantage to play a mentally handicapped character. But hey, they're so amazingly difficult to portray genuinely, if you can pull it off and become believable, you have deserved the honor.

Signed,

A former actor who portrayed mentally handicapped characters more often than not.

Says: Iceman at March 24, 2005 10:05 AM

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