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    Will Michelle Williams' 'sexy' GQ cover help her Oscar chances?

    By The Week's Editorial Staff | The Week – Thu, Jan 19, 2012

    The My Week With Marilyn star and Best Actress hopeful turns her demure "pixie-mom persona" on its head with an arguably strategic cover shoot 

    The image: Indie darling Michelle Williams, on the Oscar campaign trail for her turn as Marilyn Monroe in My Week With Marilyn, poses seductively in barely-there lingerie for this month's GQ. (See the image below.) The "sexy" and uncharacteristically risque cover photo — paired with the objectifying headline "Who knew Michelle Williams had this body?" — will surely raise the actress' profile in the run-up to the Oscars, and is reminding pundits of Kate Winslet's nearly-nude 2009 Vanity Fair cover, which some consider a factor in her narrow win over Meryl Streep in a tight Best Actress race that year. This year, the category is once again neck and neck. At last week's Golden Globes, both Streep and Williams took home trophies: Streep for Best Actress in a Drama (The Iron Lady), Williams for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy (Marilyn). 

    The reaction: Sadly, when it comes to the Best Actress Oscar, you can often boost your chances by titillating voters with a sexy photo, says Sasha Stone at Awards Daily. The typically demure Williams is wise to fire up her sexuality — she "might pull off an upset after all." She's certainly garnering "attention at just the right time," says Guy Lodge at HitFix. But keep in mind: Williams not only looks unexpectedly sexy, she comes off as "smart and engaging" in the interview, too. In the end, though, this shoot may be too much of a "far cry from Williams' perpetual pixie-mom persona," says Jen Yamato at Movieline, and backfire. Check out the cover:

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    9 comments

    • jkc50
      jkc50  •  4 mths ago
      I can't stand her eyes and a pixie haircut should be on a child no older than 12.
      • Eric
        Eric 4 mths ago
        "a pixie haircut should be on a child no older than 12"

        So true.
    • fred
      fred  •  4 mths ago
      It sure helped me wish I was younger, richer, and living a bit more west of the rockies.
      She is a wonder, that little elf. And Jkc50, what are you, nuts? Both she and that little Hermione Grainger look dynamite with short hair.
    • Arthur MouseMcRatty
      Arthur MouseMcRatty  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  4 mths ago
      And the picture is where?
      • Michael
        Michael 4 mths ago
        It's on the cover of GQ. Go buy it!
      • Eric
        Eric 4 mths ago
        On the internet. Know how to use that?
    • Jeff
      Jeff  •  Wallingford, Connecticut  •  4 mths ago
      She's a very pretty woman, but the GQ cover pic makes her look like a corpse.
    • Tim G
      Tim G  •  Indianapolis, Indiana  •  4 mths ago
      It's tasteful. I don't see what the big deal is.
    • Jharaad
      Jharaad  •  4 mths ago
      No she is not .
    • Everyday American
      Everyday American  •  4 mths ago
      The lengths these girls have to go to in order to beat Meryl Streep actually says a lot more about HER than it does them. Obviously, she's a force to be reckoned with. GO, MERYL!
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Fulton, Maryland  •  4 mths ago
      Sexy? She is ghost white and 80lbs. What is sexy about that?
      • gm
        gm 4 mths ago
        Stan, are you looking at the right pictures? She is not a ghost, nor 80 lbs.
    • Eric
      Eric  •  4 mths ago
      I don't know about that, but it certainly helps my erection chances.
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