Kate Winslet and ScarJo wrote viral Facebook posts about body image — but there’s a catch

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WOMEN ARE SHARING no make-up selfies after Facebook posts written by Kate Winslet and Scarlett Johansson went insanely viral.

Last week, Winslet shared a barefaced selfie and wrote about not letting get the “haters” get her down.

Today, I want to put up a zero makeup photo. I know I have wrinkles on my skin but today i want you to see beyond that. I want to embrace the real me and I want you to embrace who you are, the way you are, and love yourself just the way you are. Share the message everywhere and let it reach the haters and let them know that you don’t give a damn about the negatives and you chose not to be a victim to those bullies who make fun of others based on appearances, race, gender, etc.

Johansson followed her lead and told fans that they need to learn to love themselves.

You should be care free. Love the real you. The way you are so that even if you are without makeup, you can look into the mirror and with a big smile embrace your imperfections. Just imagine if you don’t even love yourself how do you expect anyone to love you.

The posts have received hundreds of thousands of likes and shares. Countless women have been inspired to share no make-up selfies in the comments underneath.

Media outlets like Huffington Post, Bustle and The Mirror even shared the messages.
The only problem?

Neither Winslet nor Johansson wrote the posts. They’re both fake accounts.
Source: Kate Winslet Fans/Facebook

The pages were originally titled “Kate Winslet” and “Scarlett Johansson” hence why so many fans were fooled into believing they were legit.

Both posts used photos from an old Vanity Fair shoot and quotes falsely attributed to the actresses.
A few telltale signs that they’re not the real deal?

For one thing, we don’t think that Kate Winslet would use an official social media account to talk about Kylie Jenner’s appearance.

Source: Kate Winslet Fans/Facebook
Nor do we think either actress would use her clout to drive likes to a Facebook page devoted to sharing viral content about dogs.


Source: Dogitude/Facebook
The lesson here? Always look for that blue tick, y’all.

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Scarlett Johansson And The Liberation Of Body-Image Pressure. . . .

This is the stuff I love. And, it’s the stuff worth showing to and talking about with our kids. It’s those crazy “with” and “without” “before” and “after” photos of celebrities. They’re the photos that expose the lies of the camera and digital manipulation. They are the photos that expose the lies we believe. Maybe celebrities are real normal-looking people just like us. Maybe time and gravity do take a toll on their physical shells. . . in the same way time and gravity do the same to the rest of us.

Last week, a friend asked if I had seen the post by celebrity Scarlett Johansson on her Facebook Fan Page. Johansson is the thirty-year-old actress, model, and singer who is also known as one of entertainment’s “sex symbols.” In fact, she’s been proclaimed “Sexiest Woman Alive” on two occasions (2006 and 2013) by Esquire magazine (no, I didn’t pull that out of my head! Thank you Wikipedia!). The camera consistently presents a Scarlett Johansson that looks like this. . .


But on her Facebook fan page, Johansson posted this photo sans make-up and digital manipulation. Yes, she looks like a real person! . . .


Beneath the photo fans will find these words from Johansson: “Behind the glamour, behind the make up, behind all those flashy clothes, there’s an ordinary girl who just happens to have an extra ordinary job. I have seen young girls follow celebrities and try to be one of them. They try to attain perfection, have the perfect body, perfect skin tone. They aren’t fully aware of the fact that behind the looks there are a lot of designers, make up artists, and photoshop/video editing. Their whole sense of beauty is flawed. There is no good to looking good if you are conscious all the time about how you look. You should be care free. Love the real you. The way you are so that even if you are without makeup, you can look into the mirror and with a big smile embrace your imperfections. Just imagine if you don’t even love yourself how do you expect anyone to love you. So first and foremost learn to love yourself by being who you are and not what the world wants you to be. All you need to do is have a great heart and be compassionate towards others. I hope you spread the message and let the world know that you value inner beauty more than the outer appearance. “

Perhaps you can use Johansson’s photo and post as a starting point for a discussion of identity, body-image, and the consuming pressures that can take over our lives. And, it’s a great way to shift the cultural identity script to a biblical identity script. . . one that encourages our kids to flourish by finding their identity in Christ.

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Scarlett Johansson, Zoe Saldana, Anna Kendrick, & More Slated As Part Of The 2015 Oscars!

How marvelous!

We're just two weeks away from the 87th Academy Awards, but we still don't have a full list of which celebs are going to be presenting Oscars to their peers.

However, on Monday, we did get few names of some stars who are going to be in attendance, and we really like what we're seeing!

That's because Zoe Saldana, Scarlett Johansson, Octavia Spencer, and Josh Hutcherson were all announced as presenters for this year's awards!

But that's not all.

Anna Kendrick also shared some gossip on her Twitter that she's not only going to be at the Oscars, but she's going to be performing too!!!

Excited to announce @TheAcademy has invited me to be part of a special performance at the #Oscars on Feb. 22nd!
— Anna Kendrick (@AnnaKendrick47) February 9, 2015

We're assuming it has to do with her part in Into the Woods, but we're hoping it's actually a plug for Pitch Perfect 2.

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Josh Hutcherson, Scarlett Johansson, Zoe Saldana and Octavia Spencer to Present at 87th Oscars(R)

JOSH HUTCHERSON, SCARLETT JOHANSSON, ZOE SALDANA AND OCTAVIA SPENCER TO PRESENT AT 87TH OSCARS(R)

Josh Hutcherson, Scarlett Johansson, Zoe Saldana and Octavia Spencer will be presenters at this year's Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. The Oscars, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, will air on Sunday, February 22, live on ABC.

Hutcherson has appeared in such films as "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (2008), "The Kids Are All Right" (2010) and all three "Hunger Games" films to date. He will star later this year in the series finale, "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2."

Johansson, whose film credits include "Lost in Translation" (2003), "Match Point" (2005), "Her" (2013) and "Lucy" (2014), will reprise her recurring role as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in the upcoming film "Avengers: Age of Ultron."

Saldana has appeared in such features as "Avatar" (2009), "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013) and "Guardians of the Galaxy" (2014). She will next appear in "Infinitely Polar Bear" due out later this year.

Spencer won an Oscar(R) for her supporting role in the 2011 film "The Help." Her other film credits include "Fruitvale Station" (2013), "Snowpiercer" (2014) and "Black or White" (2014). She will appear in the upcoming "Divergent" sequel "Insurgent."

The 87th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre(R) at Hollywood & Highland Center(R) in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscars, produced by Zadan and Meron, also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

Designed to be the ultimate complement to the broadcast, The Oscars Backstage will also be live at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT in the US on the WATCH ABC app for desktop, mobile and connected TV devices. Presented again this year by Samsung Galaxy(R), The Oscars Backstage lets fans select from three channels that will pull from more than 15 live cameras strategically placed on the Red Carpet and throughout the backstage areas of the Dolby Theatre, providing fans with insider views into the most memorable moments of the night. Popular cameras positions include the Director's Cut (including Thank You cam), Audience and Backstage.

Additionally, fans who have verified with a participating pay TV provider in one of the eight ABC Owned markets - Chicago, Fresno, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Raleigh-Durham and San Francisco - can access a live feed of the Oscars preshow, full awards telecast and "Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Oscars" as part of the regular WATCH ABC service. Live streaming is currently available through Comcast, Cablevision, Cox Communications, Charter
Communications, DISH, DirecTV (coming soon), Midcontinent Communications, Verizon FiOS, Google Fiber and AT&T U-verse, among others. Once aired, the full Oscars telecast will be available on demand via WATCH ABC for verified viewers for three days. WATCH ABC can be accessed from Oscar.com, ABC.com, or via the WATCH ABC app, which is free on select Android devices, iOS and can be downloaded at Google Play, the Amazon Appstore, and the App Store. Verified viewers then log in using their cable or satellite subscription username and password.

The 10th annual "Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Oscars" airs Sunday, February 22 at 12:05 a.m. ET after the late local news and at 10:00 p.m. PT on ABC. Broadcasting from Disney's El Capitan Theater located on Hollywood Boulevard in the heart of L.A.'s star-studded Walk of Fame, the studio is just steps away from Dolby Theater, home to the "Academy Awards." Kimmel's previous post-Oscar specials have featured viral comedy bits and guest appearances by Oprah Winfrey, Tom Cruise, Kevin Spacey, Ellen DeGeneres, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Ben Affleck, Jamie Foxx, Channing Tatum, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Jon Stewart, Morgan Freeman, Billy Crystal, Martin Scorsese, Chris Hemsworth, Christoph Waltz, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Gary Oldman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Kingsley, and many more. Over the past six years, the show's post-Oscar comedy bits have racked up over 55 million views on the "Jimmy Kimmel Live" YouTube channel.

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Director Jonathan Glazer on Filming Unsuspecting Strangers with Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin

In director Jonathan Glazer’s latest film, Under the Skin, Scarlett Johansson stars as a nameless, raven-wigged alien on the hunt for men. Disguised in human skin, she transitions from predator to prey, lost in a foreign world as treacherous as any extraterrestrial landscape. Shot in part by surveillance cameras hidden in Glasgow storefronts, nightclubs, and in the van where Johansson picked up unwitting passersby, Under the Skin presents an unvarnished image of humanity—both its tenderness and its monstrosity—as seen through alien eyes.

Glazer, the groundbreaking music video and commercial producer, previously directed Sexy Beast, the British gangster comedy starring a brilliantly sociopathic Ben Kingsley, and Birth, the controversial love story in which Nicole Kidman shares a bathtub with a ten-year-old boy. On a windy spring evening, the director sat down with Vogue at the Bowery Hotel to discuss his haunting new work.

Sexy Beast, Birth, and Under the Skin are so different, tonally and narratively. What is it that attracts you to a project?
When there’s an idea—it can be a tiny idea—that you turn over in your head. Sometimes you find a flaw in it, a reason why it’s not worth pursuing and then it’s gone. You don’t dwell on it. But then there are others that really stick, that you walk around in your head, and you see there’s something about it that’s really fertile or profound maybe. It’s those ideas that you move forward with.

What was the genesis of this project?
Jim Wilson, the producer, gave me the book [Under the Skin by Michel Faber]. He felt that I’d like it. It was the alien perspective that hooked me. But we departed from the plot of the book and focused on what we might look like through her eyes. I became fascinated by the idea of her witnessing things and becoming almost occupied by human feelings or impulses that were unfathomable to her. Underneath it all, there’s something really savage and dispassionate about the idea that for something to live, something else must die. There’s this thing that is human and majestic, and the idea of that [alien] force becoming occupied by those impulses felt very beautiful.

How did Scarlett become involved with the film?
Scarlett and I were kind of circling each other. We met here, actually, and I went through all the things that she would need to do, all the situations she would be put in, which she was completely up for. And she never wavered from that. She was brilliant.

Scarlett’s character takes her victims to her hideout, which, inside, is a glossy black void. How did you land on the visual concept for that space?
You eliminate the idea of anything actual, of sci-fi conventions, and what we were left with was simply a black screen. So if the black screen is right, what is the language of that? I could tell you the eureka moments we had, but the real work is done to get to the eureka moments. The eureka moment is almost when you’ve given up, when you let go and you think we’ve tried everything, or they come from dreams. You’re dreaming what you’re thinking during the day; you’re so immersed in those problems.

Did you find that being so entrenched in a film with a lot of horror elements had a strange impact on your life for the ten years you were working on it?
Yeah, probably. It becomes your whole world. You’re thinking about it all the time when you’re performing normal tasks: Picking my kids up from school, or fixing the car—not that I fix the car, that’s a lie of an example [laughs]—driving the car. Your mind can go to these ideas, and you have to be kind of shaken out of that weird headspace.

I love how you involved the Glasgow locals.
Oh, yeah, we took some in the car who didn’t know they were being filmed.

How far did you take them? And where did you leave them?
We just took them where they said they wanted to go! Afterward, the production assistant would come out and explain. It’s a combination of people who are completely unaware and people who are only aware of their part.

Were you or part of the production team listening in?
Totally. I had headphones, microphone. Scarlett had an earwig so I could talk to her.

Were you able to get permissions from most of the people you filmed?
There was a hidden camera shooting two people sitting on a bench, and they were breaking up. They were talking about the end of their relationship. It was very beautiful, very sad. And we asked them if we could use the footage, and, of course, they said no. I mourned that one.

Under the Skin opens in New York and L.A. this Friday and in theaters nationwide April 11.

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Scarlett Johansson Alludes to Ryan Reynolds Split, Says Marriage "Takes Work"

Scarlett Johansson opened up to Parade about the problems with dating an actor (like ex-husband Ryan Reynolds) and why her marriage to French journalist Romain Dauriac is different

Maybe birds of a feather shouldn't flock together! Scarlett Johansson's marriage to Ryan Reynolds didn't work out, but she's now happily wed to French journalist Romain Dauriac — a fact she credits to their separate careers.

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The Avengers: Age of Ultron star opened up about her love life in the new issue of Parade, and while she didn't mention her ex-husband by name, she did allude vaguely to the problems inherent in dating (and marrying) a fellow actor. (Reynolds and Johansson split in 2011 after three years of marriage. He went on to wed another actress, Blake Lively, in September 2012; she said "I do" to Dauriac in October 2014.) 

"Acting is a very strange world to be co-existing in," the Lucy star told the magazine. "It's very volatile. There's always going to be the more successful person. It's related to rejection. Because actors, if they're not having success, connect it directly to unpopularity — to the fact that nobody wants them."

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That's not to say her relationship with Dauriac is all fun and games; just that she values having distinct identities and goals from her spouse.

"[Marriage] takes a lot of work. It takes a man who's not only confident in the love that you have for one another, but confident in what he has going on in his own career. He has to be in a field that's completely different from yours," she explained to Parade.

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"My husband's also involved in art. What's important to him is the recognition that he gets from his job, and that has nothing to do with my job," she added.

They do share some common interests, of course. "We like to go out and go dancing," the blonde stunner, 30, dished. "Other times, we like to sit at home and eat Thai food and watch House Hunters International for four hours. And we're interested in each other's worlds."

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They're also building a world of their own together, with daughter Rose Dorothy, whom they welcomed last September.

"The biggest joy that I have is looking at my daughter," Johansson gushed. "When I'm just hanging out with her and we're doing silly stuff and if I make her laugh, the feeling of joy I have is explosive. If I can make her laugh and she gets a big smile on her face, that's pretty much it. If only you could actually bottle that and carry it around."

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SCARLETT JOHANSSON HINTS AS TO WHY RYAN REYNOLDS MARRIAGE DIDN'T WORK OUT

The 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' star has hinted as to why her high-profile marriage didn't last. Photo: Getty Images

For many Hollywood stars, dating another actor just fits. For Scarlett Johansson, she lived and learned post-Ryan Reynolds that wasn't going to work for her.

"Acting is a very strange world to be co-existing in. It’s very volatile. There’s always going to be the more successful person," she toldParade when discussing how fame can be a challenge in a relationship when two actors are involved.

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"It’s related to rejection. Because actors, if they’re not having success, connect it directly to unpopularity - to the fact that nobody wants them. It’s not necessarily true. I’m constantly rejected."

Johansson and Reynolds split in 2010 after nearly two years of marriage, but Ryan clearly hasn't found the same statement to be true in his personal life. He went on to wed his Green Lantern co-star Blake Lively in 2012.

The pair split in 2010 after nearly two years of marriage. Photo: Getty Images

"[Marriage] takes a lot of work," the 30-year-old actress continued. "It takes a man who's not only confident in the love that you have for one another, but confident in what he has going on in his own career. He has to be in a field that's completely different from yours."

Johansson found that in Romain Dauriac. She married the French journalist in a hush-hush ceremony in Montana last October.

"My husband’s also involved in art," she explained. "What’s important to him is the recognition that he gets from his job, and that has nothing to do with my job."

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So what is married life like for Scarlett the second time around?

"We like to go out and go dancing. Other times, we like to sit at home and eat Thai food and watch House Hunters International for four hours," she revealed. "And we're interested in each other's worlds. He's interested in my weird, alien entertainment world. It fascinates him because it's so different than what he knows. And I like to go to art openings with him and talk about art and emerging artists with him. That's his passion."

Scarlett and Romain welcomed their first child together, Rose, in September.

"The biggest joy that I have is looking at my daughter," she confessed. "When I'm just hanging out with her and we're doing silly stuff and if I make her laugh, the feeling of joy I have is explosive. If I can make her laugh and she gets a big smile on her face, that's pretty much it. If only you could actually bottle that and carry it around."

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