Ione Skye

I just read somewhere that this random person (the author of whatever I was reading) was and undeniably always will be, incredibly jealous of Ione Skye (ask me to read that name in any other context and I would pronounce it like "lone", as in, "lone wolf"). I was surprised because I just watched Dream for an Insomniac and loved her eyebrows but felt she wasn't too stellar, especially when compared to Jennifer Aniston, of whom I am undeniably more jealous of. Now I've never seen Say Anything (I know), but I promise to soon see it and then jump to conclusions.

But isn't that interesting. Everyone, and I mean everyone has those that they admire and/or can't stand because of raging jealousy. I wish that I could cut my hair super short like Emma Watson one minute and another I wish I could wear it long and proud like Selena Gomez (before she lost her mind, put purple in her hair and started aligning herself with Justin Bieber). But just like we have preferences to the males we prefer (some like Zack, some like Cody), we all have preferences of the most stunning and beautiful women to idolize.

I once had a friend who told me she wasn't interested in any of the guys we went to school with. I almost spit out my milk; since I basically had (have) a crush on every guy I saw (see). She was all about the way a guy was one the inside, like, his personality, whilst I could base all of my attraction on appearance. The same sort of categorizing occurs when we subconsciously pick our role models.

When this topic comes to the surface in conversations I always throw out  that I can't stand Anne Hathaway. This usually stirs up some thrilling debates over her incredible performances in The Princess Diaries and Ella Enchanted. I shake my head and bring up some of her other roles, where she was helplessly exploited at the hands of mediocre cinema. Havoc. If you've never seen it, I wouldn't recommend it. I felt like I was slowly dying. Love and Other Drugs. Would've been good; it starred Gabriel Macht and Jake Gyllenhaal, but she revealed it all and it failed to develop her character at all. Not one to watch with the family. Then there's Bride Wars and One Day. I have got to say, if you enjoyed those movies, just stop. There are plenty of other movies out there for you to see.

Needless to say I'm sure she has a lot of "gentleman" callers. But then bring up Carey Mulligan. If you don't know her, shame on you. She  knows what's up. I love her choices in movies (always classy - take notes, Anne Hathaway). An Education made me fall in love with her innocence and acting ability, Pride & Prejudice showed off her versatility, and Drive, well, Ryan Gosling.

And this coming year we'll all be glad to see Mulligan star alongside DiCaprio in The Great Gatsby. I'm proud of her.