Friday, February 03, 2012

This is it 'Fresh Stars of 2012' Vanity Fair choice

Vanity Fair's annual Hollywood issue launch cover, featuring a row of "fresh star in 2012" were selected based on their impact on the public of the films they have made.

Was nominated, among others, Oscar-nominated actress Rooney Mara and Jessica Chastain.

"We're looking for an actress who did a great job on the big screens. And if they are young and beautiful, it's not the wrong thing," writes Vanity Fair features editor Jane Sarkin in an email to Reuters.

Most of the stars that choice in their 20s. Paula Patton is the oldest 36 years old.

The 11 stars selected along with Mara ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo") and Chastain ("Help") in the cover of the prestigious ranks of the three pages it was last year's Oscar nominations

Actress Jennifer Lawrence and "Albert Nobbs" Mia Wasikowska.

They are joined on the cover with "Martha Marcy May Marlene" actress Elizabeth Olsen, star of "The Descendants" Shailene Woodley, the star of women's "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" Patton, actress "Abduction" Lily Collins, star of "pariah" Adepero Oduye , Chicago-born writer-actor and actress Brit Marling "Like Crazy" Felicity Jones.

"This group has a solid acting credibility. Some of them have had a big role, and I think that all these girls have the opportunity for every film to be made," says Sarkin.

Art deco style of shooting, who to showing the young star in a pastel colored dress with feathers and fur that was inspired by the era of Jazz in the 1920's and 30's, performed by renowned photographer Mario Testino.

March edition of the annual cover, which also put the story of the stars on the Hollywood board, such as Anne Hathaway, James Franco, Carey Mulligan and Amy Adams in recent years, represented by Sarkin as something that helps raise the profile of the actor.

Vanity Fair in the past is often criticized for its lack of racial diversity on display among the stars chosen and despite featuring two African-American woman on the cover of this year, the magazine was re-drawn criticism.

Dodai Stewart, editor of feminist website Jezebel, noting that the two actresses skin, Patton and Oduye, on the cover of the three pages were removed from the left page and placed inside. He said "it's pretty obvious that Hollywood has a serious problem with diversity."


Page Cinemablend.com also deplored the film an Oscar nomination this year exemption Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, the title character in "The Help", and questioned the inclusion of Collins.

"We are very pleased with our cover and talented women who graced the cover pages of all three," Sarkin said in response to the critics.

March issue of Vanity Fair is available in stores starting February 2.

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