Earlier this week, Harper’s Bazaar released their photo shoot and cover profile of their September cover girl, Jennifer Aniston. As many of you mentioned, at least Aniston wasn’t half-naked in the shoot – instead, the whole thing was done as an “homage” to Barbra Streisand. It would have been cool, I think, if the whole thing was just about showing Barbra respect, but throughout the interview, it really seemed like Jennifer was forcing the comparison to Barbra, a groundbreaking actress, singer, director and producer who achieved the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) early in her career – and Barbra is actually in a class of her own, even amongst the EGOTen, what with two Oscars and nine Grammys. Jennifer… well, she had a good career on television, and she’s got an Emmy and a Globe. But the comparison didn’t really help her.
Anyway, Barbra has deigned to comment about Aniston’s shoot, and her reaction was pretty much on course with everybody else’s – “What about the nose?”
Jennifer Aniston paid homage to Barbra in a photo shoot that is featured in this month’s Harper’s Bazaar magazine — and here’s what Barbra said about the photos:
I was very flattered that Jennifer Aniston chose to interpret my style with the photos in Harper’s Bazaar. She’s a delightful person, and I think she did a wonderful job. If only she had a bump on her nose.
[From Barbra Streisand’s blog]
Not necessarily a cut, not necessarily a compliment either. Personally, I think it was very classy of Barbra to use the words “flattered” and “delightful” when most icons would have used the words “bitch” and “please”.
Header: Babs’ album cover courtesy of Google Images. Additional photos of Jennifer Aniston’s Bazaar shoot courtesy of Bazaar online.
