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   "IMTammyP"  wrote in message   
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   > >   
   > >George had no problem pimping out his private life in the past to   
   > >promote his career. Do you guys remember those awful shots of him all   
   > >over Kelly Preston at their home in LA (some 15 years ago now)? Now he   
   > >doesn't need the publicity anymore he can take the moral high ground   
   > >position he now takes i.e. I believe in keeping my private life   
   > >private".>>   
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   > Pimping?  BS.  Moral high ground?  WTF?   
   > Why is it so hard to figure out that showbiz is alluring til someone   
   >has gone through your garbage for the umpteenth time or conned your   
   >sister into giving up private photos?  Called women you're walking down   
   >the street with (your assistant or maybe your sister) 'the fat broad' or   
   >told  lies about you repeatedly in print and on television shows?  How   
   >long before you, as a human being, just get sick of the some of the things   
   >that go with fame?   
      
      
   Yeah, there are actors who try to take the high ground after they've been   
   slumming it for swag (Ben Affleck I'm looking at you), but in this case I   
   think it's more about changing circumstances than changing morals.   
      
   15 years ago, Kelly and George were virtual unknowns. They could do a photo   
   shoot for People and not cause a stir. Today, if George is seen having   
   *dinner* with a woman, it makes headlines and the paparazzi hound them and   
   their families for weeks. 15 years ago no one really cared who he lived   
   with, now there are helicopters circling over his house hoping to get photos   
   of a pig. A pig!   
      
      
      
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   > The guy has been in Hollywood for 20 years and things have changed.   
      
      
   Things have really really changed. Today, a press junket means giving up to   
   100 interviews a day (ugh) and marketing accounts for at least 1/3 to 1/2   
   the total budget of most movies. I don't have the statistics handy (and no   
   one really cares) but this is a drastic change from even 10 years ago.   
   Basically there are a hundred times more outlets all trying to get at the   
   same old information (and recycling the same information, and doing it   
   worldwide instantly thanks to the internet), so a magazine spread 20 years   
   ago and one today would have totally different results. George makes a   
   passing comment about marriage to a reporter in L.A. and the Bangkok Herald   
   runs it as front page news the same day. Think about that! Yikes!   
      
   I'm not saying he's above being a hypocrite, but I think his choices have   
   changed dramatically, in every aspect of his life.   
      
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