Incidentally, regarding my comments below, I like Anne Hathaway and think she's a terrific actress. I just think seeing someone that is not so "entrenched" in the Hollywood mentality is going to garner a lot of admiration from the average Joe out there. But as others said, anytime we are judging from such a distance, it's pretty dangerous. You can judge someone's outward actions, but not their motive or heart.

I don't think the main love for Jennifer over Anne is as much about being "real" as about being "approachable" or "humble." Jennifer has never come across as "I'm better than you" or "I'm so deserving." I love it when I hear her say, "I think it's ridiculous that actresses complain about the rough conditions of an arduous schedule when we are getting millions of dollars for less than a year of work" or watch an interview from a local news station interviewing a friend of Jennifer's from her neighborhood, a boy with Downs and he actually off the cuff dialed Miss Lawrence's cellphone and she picked up and was so gracious towards this young man. He handed the phone to the reporter and she went on and on what a wonderful person this guy is. Her family has run a camp for years in our area that is well loved. She may not be the poster child for proper etiquette, but her lack of pretense (which it seems ALL of Hollywood is composed of) is refreshing. Proud of our hometown girl.

@ Tati--Um, I think you need to read this again. She's not criticizing Anne Hathaway at all. She's criticizing all of *us* for criticizing Anne as "inauthentic", and praising Ms. Lawrence because she shows flaws and is therefore, "authentic". I have heard modern American protestantism compared to someone who uses the WC and leaves the door open. A bit crude, but there's a totally valid point. Sometimes the one who is *most* *in*authentic is the one who "lets it all hang out". The one who knows there are things about one's life that one *ought* to be ashamed of--is often closer to the truth. That's why the church has *private* confession and absolution. You "let it all hang out" to God, via his undershepherd who will not, must not divulge, and He forgives you freely for Jesus' sake. Truth is, *no one* is "authentic"-we *all* wear masks toward God, the world, and ourselves. But Christ is the One "authentic" one, for us, crucified for it, but that's how He saves us.

I just pinched myself to see if I read this article on a Christian website. As I read the author's judgmental comments on Ms. Hathaway, I pictured a 14 yr old speaking badly about a peer whom she didn't even know. (I often address/resolve bullying & gossiping issues in my work.) If the author had the opportunity to meet Ms. Hathaway, would she feel comfortable telling her how fake she judged her to be? Some of us are blessed to be the girl-next-door who may be relatable to those of us who have been known to slip on stairs or feel more comfortable in jeans. Some of us are blessed to be elegant & polished & may be more relatable to those of us who flow across the stage & present ourselves in a dignified manner. Jennifer may be comfortable in her own skin whereas Anne may need to be "rehearsed" in order to calm stomach butterflies. I don't know b/c I know neither woman. Let's not judge but rather accept our differences as God accepts us-flaws & all!

Is there a law that I can't like BOTH Jennifer Lawrence AND Anne Hathaway?

I'm not sure the desire we have for celebrities, or anyone for that matter, to "keep it real" has any root in a sincere desire for them to present themselves authentically so much as to keep them on a level playing field with us in our own insecure, publicly insignificant state. We are uncomfortable when others come off as more intelligent, more beautiful, more poised than we are (though we secretly admire, perhaps crave intelligence, beauty and poise.) I think it boils down to envy, the same thing most women began struggling with in middle school, if not earlier, and the false comparison game we allow ourselves to be forced to play by the movie and fashion industries. Learning to find our worth and beauty in our relationship to Christ will help us allow others to be "better" than we are and even to welcome and admire their success, whether earned, as in acting talent, or granted through good genetics, as in the slender and beautiful ladies pictured above.

And all this is hearsay anyway unless you know them personally in real life.

Anne Hathaway was poised and lovely at the Oscar ceremony, but anybody who has ever read anything about her personal life (her ex-boyfriend was a fraud who went to prison in a real-estate scam) or her previous roles (she grew up as the very awkward princess in "Princess Diaries") knows she is just as real as Jennifer Lawrence or any of us, even if she doesn't swear this minute or sweat this minute in front of us. Both she and Jennifer Lawrence are authentic to themselves ... which is what we all should be to ourselves, too!

The issue is defining “real” (or “authenticity”) – who defines it and what it is. Same as the issue of defining “truth” – see the Truth Project stuff - only God defines truth. While we can in fact discern truth, reality, and authenticity, the use of these words today instead involve defining – not discerning – their meaning. When we decide what truth, reality, and authenticity are, we replace God with ourselves. Nothing new here … “You shall not surely die – you will be like God, knowing (i.e., ‘defining for yourself what is’) good and evil.” Gen 3:4-5 So, when someone claims to declare something to be “authentic” – ask yourself: “does this person really know what they are talking about?”

What if in their private lives, when they're around the people they love and trust, their personalities are opposite than what we see? What if Jennifer acts haughty and Anne acts approachable? None of us know at all who they "really" are. And I bet if you asked people who know me really well what I'm like, their answers would be different based on the context in which they know me. I can be as socially awkward as Anne, and I can be as alarmingly blunt as Jennifer. Is one of those more authentic than the other? I don't know. I know I can overthink things and want to be smooth and come across as arrogant, and I can also be fake-ily self-deprecating in a very authentic-looking way but in my heart of hearts just be so unsure of communicating arrogance that I AM being authentically self-deprecating....aaaaghhhh....I'm both! And neither! And other things that are just as great/horrible! I just don't think we can judge authenticity, at all. And why would we want to?