Beauty Break: Headdresses
Friday, July 4, 2014 at 10:00AM
NATHANIEL R in Beauty Break, Cher, Exodus, Hedy Lamarr, Immortals, Liz Taylor, Metropolis, Norma Shearer, Sigourney Weaver, The Bodyguard, Yul Brynner

I've been holding on to this picture of Sigourney Weaver as "Tuya" from Exodus for a couple of days without any idea what to say about it other than 'thank god Sigourney's signature directors still love her'. Between Ridley Scott (Alien) and James Cameron (Aliens), Lt. Ellen Ripley will always find her way back to decent roles on the big screen.

But I don't understand the casting of that movie at all. Everyone is SO white, like pasty white. Especially Joel Edgerton as Ramses. In The Ten Commandments that role went to Yul Brynner. Though Brynner was also white, a white Russian to be exact though that sounds alcoholic and we're not talking about how drunk looking at Yul makes me, he had that exotic visual flair that had Hollywood casting him in every conceivable ethnicity. Kind of the way Ben Kingsley who is Indian British is used now, only sexier.

Let's stick with the sexy.  The Film Experience loves a good headdress on the big screen. Here are some of the best.  

Thou Shalt Not Lust After Yul Brynner - a commandment no one kept ever

Holy Smoke! It's Kate Winslet

Brigitte Helm - Pure Metropolis Evil!
Little Keanu Buddha

Josephine Baker
Phantom Headdress modelled by Natalie Portman


Norma ShearerWhen even your headdress cant compete with your cleavage

Hedy Lamarr who needs a biopic in the worst way. so fascinating

Headdress overachiever Whitney Houston in "The Bodyguard"


And the all time headdress champions, Cher & Elizabeth Taylor...


Cher as Half Breed, Endless Touring Performer, and Oscar Fixture


 

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