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The Post in Which I Beg for a Moratorium on Botox

After watching last night’s episode of Glee, I can do nothing other than beg the women of Hollywood to lay off the Botox and plastic surgery.

Olivia Newton-John was so pretty until the heavy hand of her plastic surgeon had his way with her face. She looks so stretched out and bizarre that it is hard to imagine the fresh face of her youth. Jane Lynch looked fabulous in comparison—she may have lines, but she still looks human.

And there are so many others. Courteney Cox may deny that she has had work done, but her face didn’t look anything like that on Friends. And Jennifer Aniston’s aesthetic manipulations made it nearly impossible for me to pay attention to Marley & Me when she was on screen.

I want more stars to follow the lead of Virginia Madsen, who uses Botox to soften a few lines without compromising her entire look. See her talk about it here.

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Some of Our Favorites Return

By now, you’ve probably heard the news that Lauren Graham is joining the cast of NBC’s Parenthood.

You may also have heard that Matthew Perry is coming back to network television with a show for ABC and Amy Sherman-Palladino is writing a series for HBO.

I was happy to see Jenna Elfman, Courteney Cox, and Dan Byrd back on TV this fall, even though I’m not watching Accidentally on Purpose and Cougar Town is a DVR-only show.

What actors do you want to see back on TV?

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Would You Watch a Very Friends Christmas?

And, more important, would it be any good?

Since my beloved Friends went off the air, there has been speculation that the cast would reunite for a movie. (To wit, Showbiz Spy, AHN, and Digital Spy, as just a recent few.)

Now talk has shifted to a TV special, a la A Very Brady Christmas and the like. I think it is pretty obvious that I would watch, but I fear that it wouldn’t be as good as the show. The quality of the show declined in the last few years, as storylines were recycled and characters became less than three-dimensional. The nice thing is that the passing years would give new storylines, as Emma, Jack, and Erica would likely be in school now, and Joey moved to LA. (Speaking of Joey, how would they handle the spinoff?)

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