"the hollywood shape shifting elite"

by elizabeth you (and friends)

california is full of beautiful people but hollywood is home for the most beautiful of all, the american royalty - celebrity actors and musicians. in a business where looks supersede talent, appearance is everything. the most successful stars understand this concept better than anyone. when they get too old or too pigeonholed they morph into a newer, trendier appearance and reinvent themselves to stay on top. some, like madonna, shamelessly change themselves every few years without changing their personas. others have a far deeper secret.

powerful shamans have long possessed the power to change their very shape into creatures and animals unlike themselves. they are shape shifters and can take on any form they desire. for hundreds of years well-crafted witches have created glamours to change their appearance. for a price, these powers can be bought and stars and rockstars have more than enough money to buy them. after a long investigation, envasion.net has uncovered some of the hollywood elite that can manipulate the dark forces and shape shift into other personas.

you know renee zellweger as the sassy mainstream actress from "jerry maguire", "me, myself & irene", and "bridget jones' diary". joey lauren adams has captured your hearts in indie flicks like "chasing amy" and "mallrats". jewel has sold millions of albums of soulful guitar and poetry. but surprisingly, they are all one and the same, who we will call jewel lauren zellweger. when she wants a blockbuster hit, she becomes renee. when searching for a independent film, she's the cute joey with the annoying yet sexy voice. and when she wants a whirlwind world tour she's the sweet jewel kilcher who lived in a van with nothing but an acoustic guitar for company. she isn't the most talented shape shifter in the world and at most times these three personas are nearly indistinguishable, but she's convinced everyone that they are three separate people.

helen hunt was once the highest paid actress in the industry. from her success on the wildly popular "mad about you" tv show to the blockbuster hit "twister" she vaulted into fame and success. but sadly women are judged more on their youthful age and firm breasts than their talent and experience, especially in the harsh glow of movie cameras. so helen hunt, seeing her career decline as she aged, reinvented herself as leelee sobieski, the long legged teen starlet from movies such as "the glass house" and "joy ride". by appearing younger and more supple, she can again enjoy the limelight.

not convinced yet? just take a closer look at nick nolte and gary busey. who needs the hairclub for men if you can reappear as a younger version of yourself and continue playing the same roles for another twenty years? fat paychecks aside, who could resist the ability to continue bedding eighteen-year-old blond girls well into your nineties? as long as nolte can shape shift into a younger version of himself he can avoid a mid (or late) life crises by staying forever young and beautiful.

parker posey has made a name for playing the quicky little girl with the brain of a sixth-grader. in countless movies she prances onto the screen and steals your heart. but that image wouldn't do for the feminist musician natalie merchant, a strong modern female with a pure and stalwart heart. so she has to morph between characters to get the roles she loves as an actress and the respect she deserves as a musician. why not be an airhead on the silver screen and a hippie on stage? using her shape shifting abilities, she can be both!

in california, nepotism has never been a bad word. families like the martin sheen/emilio estevez/charlie sheen trio are a testament to the doctrine in hollywood that it's not who you know, it's who you're related to that can make or break your career. daniel baldwin was a talented actor and director, but when his career peaked he shape shifted into a younger, more handsome brother, alec. before people could get bored of alec, he introduced another younger brother, william and then yet another, stephen. these charmed "brothers" cornered the market on sexy male leads in movies and on television, but they are all in fact separate incarnations of the same talented shape shifter, daniel baldwin, who markets himself as the oldest brother although all of the lucky baldwin boys are one and the same.

so why would anyone go to so much trouble to disguise themselves while remaining in the spotlight? some fear growing old and losing their screen appeal. others crave the multi-venue success or desperately seek polar opposite personalities. or maybe they created the allusion of multiple physical persons to avoid paying enormous taxes. for whatever the reason, now you know the truth about some of the hollywood shape shifting elite.