Curtis Drops Top to Make a Point
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Posted: 2008-03-21 17:43:07
(March 21) - Actress Jamie Lee Curtis has once again decided to bare her soul -- and body -- to convince women that they will be their most beautiful if they take care of their bodies and age naturally. The star will help celebrate her 50th birthday by posing topless on the cover of AARP The Magazine.
Get Full Story From PEOPLEOf course, this isn't the first time a celebrity has bared all (or at least some) to take a stand on an issue or to show their support for a cause.

SANTA MONICA, CA - OCTOBER 27: Actress Jamie Lee Curtis attends Dream Halloween, the annual fundraising event benefiting the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation, at Barker Hanger on October 27, 2007 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)
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SANTA MONICA, CA - OCTOBER 27: Actress Jamie Lee Curtis attends Dream Halloween, the annual fundraising event benefiting the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation, at Barker Hanger on October 27, 2007 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)
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SANTA MONICA, CA - OCTOBER 27: Actress Jamie Lee Curtis attends Dream Halloween, the annual fundraising event benefiting the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation, at Barker Hanger on October 27, 2007 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 07: (L-R) Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Hawk, Shaun White, Kevin Johnson, Matt Hoffman, and Leeza Gibbons arrive for Tony Hawk's Proving Ground Stand Up For Skateparks event at a private residence on October 7, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 07: Actress Jamie Lee Curtis arrives for Tony Hawk's Proving Ground Stand Up For Skateparks event at a private residence on October 7, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 07: Actress Jamie Lee Curtis arrives for Tony Hawk's Proving Ground Stand Up For Skateparks event at a private residence on October 7, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 07: Actress Jamie Lee Curtis and cyclist Lance Armstrong arrive for Tony Hawk's Proving Ground Stand Up For Skateparks event at a private residence on October 7, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 07: Actress Jamie Lee Curtis and cyclist Lance Armstrong arrive for Tony Hawk's Proving Ground Stand Up For Skateparks event at a private residence on October 7, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 07: (L-R) Talk show host Leeza Gibbons and actress Jamie Lee Curtis speak at the press conference for Tony Hawk's Proving Ground Stand Up For Skateparks event at a private residence on October 7, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)
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Moira Forbes, Dr. Krieger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Dern, and Terri Apanasewicz speak at the P3 and Forbeslife executive women's "day of beauty" for mother's of patients of Children's Hospital Los Angeles held at Beverly Wilshire Hotel on September 26, 2007 in Los Angeles, California..P3 Beauty and ForbesLife Executive Women Host Mom's Day of Beauty.Beverly Wilshire Hotel.Beverly Hills, California United States.September 26, 2007.Photo by Alexandra Wyman/WireImage.com..To license this image (14870300), contact WireImage:.U.S. +1-212-686-8900 / U.K. +44-207-868-8940 / Australia +61-2-8262-9222 / Germany +49-40-320-05521 / Japan: +81-3-5464-7020.+1 212-686-8901 (fax).info@wireimage.com (e-mail).www.wireimage.com (web site)
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The star of "True Lies," "A Fish Called Wanda" and other
films becomes eligible for membership in AARP, the nonprofit
organization for people 50 and over, when she celebrates her
birthday Nov. 22.
"I want to be older," she tells the magazine. "I actually
think there's an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes
with getting older. I feel way better now than I did when I was 20.
I'm stronger, I'm smarter in every way, I'm so much less crazy than
I was then."
Curtis, who is married to Christopher Guest and the mother of
two children, says she reached a turning point two years ago when a
tabloid published a photo of her and gave her weight as 161 pounds.
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"I was like, `How dare you - I'm not 161 pounds!' I was
indignant. I got home and I went on a scale and I was 161 pounds. I
was in denial about it," she says.
"So I started a really healthy way of eating, just avoiding
things that I had been shoving in my mouth. Over the course of a
year, I dropped about 20 pounds," Curtis says.
"Now, I get up at (5 a.m.) every day, filled with energy. I
play tennis three times a week, and I do yoga."
Curtis says growing older means paring down to an essential
version of yourself.
"I've let my hair go gray. I wear only black and white. Every
year I buy three or four black dresses that I just keep in
rotation. I own one pair of blue jeans. I've given away all my
jewelry, because I don't wear it," she says.
What about her life would she do over?
"I've been an inconsistent parent at times, and it's my
greatest regret," she says. "When my daughter was small, I worked
too much. I was replicating what my own mother (Janet Leigh) did."
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