Sharon Stone sure got a lot of mileage out of uncrossing her legsFixed!while smoking a cigarette.
Posted on 05/29/2008 1:22:40 PM PDT by kevin_in_so_cal
Christian Dior, the French fashion brand, has become the latest global company to learn a hard lesson about the danger of offending Chinese sensitivities.
Facing the possibility of a boycott of its products, the luxury company said Thursday that it had dropped the American actress Sharon Stone from its advertising in China after she suggested last week that the recent earthquakes in Sichuan Province were karmic retribution for Beijing’s treatment of Tibet.
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I think it’s also because she had more wrinkles than a Hippo. Time is not being kind to Sharon.
Good for Dior. Ms. Stone is seriously deranged if she thinks all those innocent little children killed and maimed when their schools collapsed were getting “karmic retribution” for anything. Very few of the people killed and injured in the earthquakes had anything to do with the repression of the Tibetan. I haven’t heard of a single senior government official sustaining so much as a scratch.
Is her husband dropping out of the “Komodo Dragon foot race” olympic event?
Sharon Stone sure got a lot of mileage out of uncrossing her legs while smoking a cigarette.
Amen!
LOL!!! Didn’t they get divorced?
Sharon was stoned when she made that heartless statement.
Skank pulls down $14 million per movie. I doubt she cares.
These loud mouth actors just never get it! Good for Dior! Hit em where it hurts - in the pocket book. It’s not like this loud mouth is doing anything anymore other than being obnoxious!
They should have dropped her anyway because she is OLD.
Surprised all the ones siding with COMMUNIST CHINA on this one....
No fan of Stone, but I rather support an ignorant American over Commie China anyday.
But, this is the world where faux-conservatives and un-American GOPers would rather ship a job to COMMUNIST CHINA than hire an American.
Stick to flashing your beaver, you uneducated bimbo.
Yeah, Phil Bronstein finally got smart and dumped her back in 2004.
Well, it wasn't her face most guys were looking at.
If she had said that the recent tornado’s were America’s karma for global warming or the Iraq war, the world would have cheered, and Dior would have given her a raise.
Why do you assume I was referring to her face?
Let's correct the propaganda that the NYTs is promoting here.
Agents Provocateur? ["Tibetan supporter" who attacked torch bearer may be Chinese agent]
Attack on an American volunteer by anti-Carrefour mob in Zhuzhou, Hunan
"The cab driver was shouting at him to get out. Then they started hitting the car.
The crowd was shouting "kill him! kill the Frenchman."" (he was actually an American but small difference to a government hired mob)
You are so right! Without that cinematic scene, who would she be today? And would old Bill have taken her on Air Force One? lol
I heard that and my first thought was "is that Karma"? ;)
Woah, Bucko! You sure ain’t gonna make many friends, saying that someone who is fifty is “OLD”! That’s dangerous talk for a newbie!
Sharon Stone sure got a lot of mileage out of uncrossing her legsFixed!while smoking a cigarette.
Maybe Taiwan should approach her about doing tourism ads.
Fifty year old actresses whose careers were mostly based on looks are old and have outlived their usefulness. A lot of young girls probably barely remember Sharon Stone, so she may not have been doing much for Dior’s sales or their demographics. She was only really a star who could sell tickets for a brief period around 1992-94. That was quite a long while ago now. Afterwards, her films failed commercially. And her fan base was male. “Basic Instinct,” while not without its merits, is not the kind of movie that very many women would care to sit through more than once, if that.
Bucko, I have no concern whatsoever about her career. I never did.
I just think it was a thoughtless comment to make - that 50 is “OLD”, as there are some very good posters on this forum who are way over 50.
Now, you go have a good evening, whipper-snapper. ;-)
Excuse me? And just how old are you? I happen to be 50 so I am old? Sorry Bucky but I sure don’t look it in the least. You are RUDE, CRUDE & haven’t a clue!
Stone is a little geriatric to be a “sex symbol” actress/spokesmodel
There are careers that one does age out of
Basic Instinct 2 is proof in this case
She is out at Dior, but maybe the good people at Sensodent could use her services
I meant Polident
There are quite a few beautiful actresses over 50 for your info BJ. You just insulted all of us women who are 50... These actresses are 50 & over...Goldie Hawn, Christie Brinkley,Renee Russo, Michelle Pfeiffer, Isabelle Adjani & of course Sophia Loren are all OLD & should never be seen again? roflmao!
I wear Dioressence by Dior everyday. Nothing Sharon Stone could or would say would stop me from doing that.
Do guys look at a woman’s face anyway?
Some old people don’t want to be reminded about how “advanced in life” and yes, old, they are.
That doesn’t make it appropriate or a good idea for prehistoric, rapidly aging, washed up actresses to appear in advertisements of products not meant for the retired crowd.
Sharon Stone wearing a Dior whatever might look youthful to a 65-year-old, but I doubt that is what Dior is going for. Bad marketing. Not to mention that she is crazy.
What she said was probably just an excuse for them. You want a young image for a luxury brand.
She can be the killer’s mom on some Law & Order or whatever.
How old are you? So all the women I posted ought to not play sexy roles? So you don’t like Sharon Stone...But you don’t have to lump all women 50 as OLD! I am 50 & you wouldn’t know it. I am sure Sharon Stone could care less what you or I think anyway.....Why would she? As for Dior....I am sure they want the business of both young & old. Money is money.
They want the business of old & young, but when a woman buys an overpriced luxury item, she doesn’t do it to make herself seem her age or older, or make herself look like someone’s rich great aunt
Models tend to be young for good reason
Some people make a conscious decision not to be polite to guests at a gathering, and choose instead to insult and degrade others.
I think it must be kind of a 'macho' thing - some guys feel real big when they insult women, and even bigger as they continue with their degrading remarks.
Do those actresses play sexy roles?
Hardly at all for years.
Because who would invest good money in that? It is expensive to make a movie and the idea of elderly sex does not have or require a big audience
LOL! Actually, we do. What steams some women is that we might just notice another feature or two first, depending on the situation. :-))
“”Surprised all the ones siding with COMMUNIST CHINA on this one....
No fan of Stone, but I rather support an ignorant American over Commie China anyday.
But, this is the world where faux-conservatives and un-American GOPers would rather ship a job to COMMUNIST CHINA than hire an American.””
No, I’m siding with decency on this one, not communist China. Stone is an idiot, and you imply that it’s un-American not to agree with an idiotic statement from a Hollywood loser.
If that’s the case, call me an un-American GOP’er any day, any time.
Born during Reagan
Models are models, its their job. Who do you think has plenty of money, just the young? WRONG! Run along now. I don’t play with little boys who creep me out. You don’t like older women playing roles that they are picked for too bad. Don’t go to their movies. Personally I don’t care what Sharon Stone does with her life. However 50 is not old & I stand by my first comment. Rude, Crude & lacking in manners newbie. Have a very nice night, its been interesting....& amusing. ~Pandora~
Not even the magic airbrush can save her now!
Sometimes it takes them a few seconds to wrap their minds around what I've said. Last semester I had a very attractive young lady in one of my classes. I finally told her that she was, in fact, very lovely. I told her she had great genes, and then I asked her if her mother happened to be single. When she said yes... I asked about her grandmother!
Actually, we have a lot of laughs in my classes.
Thats a good one. Many times I go out with my husband & he will leave me alone & younger guys come on to me quite often. When I say I am a grandma that doesn’t even bother them until they see my husband. My grandmother never had a wrinkle on her face & I don’t either. It is the genes. I think the actresses I mentioned are still sexy. I think the way you act & your attitude on life keep you looking & feeling younger too.
LOL! It wasn’t too long ago that a doctor asked my daughter if her mother was single. He told her he would fly her mother to Paris for lunch over the weekend, as he would be going to a conference there.
I honour a gentleman who demonstrates respect for all ages of womanhood and femininity.
Thank you for your charming post on this topic.
(2007)
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