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Good news for boomer celebrities, People magazine wants you on its cover. The New York Times Generation B column, in which Michael Winerip tracks life trends of 78 million middle-aged people,
struck an encouraging note Sunday reporting that relics of the
counterculture still appeal as commercial sex symbols, at least from a
marketing standpoint. Since magazine readers between 45 and 59 make up
28 percent of People's circulation, over the last 11 years, its editors chose five annual "sexiest man alive"
covers from the aging hipster demographic. Famous senior-ish ladies
have also called out from checkout lanes for various newsworthy
achievements, especially losing or gaining an enormous amount of
weight. When Valerie Bertinelli, dropped 50 pounds, she posed in a bikini. Kirstie Alley's extra 83 pounds got her a People
cover wearing a hot pink sundress. Some prominent prehistoric persons,
especially longtime favorites of the 35-year-old celebrity glossy, such
as Farrah Fawcett and Cher, have appeared on People covers multiple times... (To read the rest of this post, visit our new website DoubleX.com!)
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The Palin family's message machine seems to have gone haywire of late. Governor
Sarah has plastered on her serious face, forswearing this month's White House
Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington to concentrate on the recession
in Alaska. She sent her husband to D.C. instead to hang with Greta Van Susteren
but say nothing to the cameras. At one WHCA post-party, former Palin
running-mate-in-law Meghan McCain seemed confused about how to deal with... (To read the rest of this post, visit our new website DoubleX.com!)
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