What do the fall issues of Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue and Glamour have in common, besides chic fashions? They all feature an A-list celebrity over age 40 on the cover: Julia Roberts, 42, Jennifer Aniston, 41, Halle Berry, 43, and Jennifer Lopez, 41. Add Julianna Margulies, 44, on Redbook and you've got five major magazines sporting September cover girls who would better be described as cover women. So: does this mean that 40 is the new 20? Au contraire -- it means that 40 is the new 40! And that is a very good thing.
For the first time in Hollywood
history, the most desirable leading ladies are women who have passed, or are approaching, the big four-oh. Sandra Bullock, 46, and Aniston, 41, are the reigning queens of the romantic comedy -- and now, nobody blinks if they're older than their leading men. (Aniston was paired with Ben Affleck, four years younger, in 2009's He's Just Not That Into You; Bullock teamed with Ryan Reynolds, 13 years younger, in The Proposal). The ad campaign for Eat Pray Love is based almost entirely on the beauty and likability of Julia Roberts. And Jennifer Lopez may be a mother of two, but she can rock a miniskirt like nobody else.
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