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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Appearing to have nothing "going on up there"?

London, Feb 26 (PTI) Veteran actor Antony Hopkins has taken a pot shot at Paris Hilton and the current crop of celebrity socialites, comparing them to soulless "machines". The Silence of the Lambs actor is fed up with skinny models and stars on the red carpet who lack substance and hes singled out the hotel heiress for appearing to have nothing "going on up there", Contactmusic reported.

"Were living in a pretty strange time. I went into a shop to buy my wife some clothes and I wanted them gift-wrapped.
And they had this big plasma screen on with these women on the catwalk. I thought, God almighty, what have we become? These girls - anorexic, walking like machines, no soul," Hopkins said.
"You look at fashion magazines and you think, What are we living in? You look at the red carpet, Paris Hilton, you know, these people and you think, Is there anything going on up there? Its a mass enslavement and its kind of fascism. And its the androgyny of it; the androgyny of the human soul.
I dont think people think any more. But maybe I''m just old," he added.

Could you please explain to me the emboldened parts?

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Hi, London, Feb 26 (PTI) Veteran actor Antony Hopkins has taken a pot shot at Paris Hilton and the current crop of celebrity socialites, comparing them to soulless "machines". The Silence of the Lambs actor is fed up with skinny models and stars on the red carpet who lack substance and hes singled out the hotel heiress for appearing to have nothing "going on up there ", seeming to have no mental activity in her brain, ie she seems totally stupid Contactmusic reported. "Were living in a pretty strange time.

  • Hi, London, Feb 26 (PTI) Veteran actor Antony Hopkins has taken a pot shot at Paris Hilton and the current crop of celebrity socialites, comparing them to soulless "machines".
  • The Silence of the Lambs actor is fed up with skinny models and stars on the red carpet who lack substance and hes singled out the hotel heiress for appearing to have nothing "going on up there ", seeming to have no mental activity in her brain, ie she seems totally stupid Contactmusic reported.
  • "Were living in a pretty strange time.
  • I went into a shop to buy my wife some clothes and I wanted them gift-wrapped.
  • And they had this big plasma screen on with these women on the catwalk.
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London, Feb 26 (PTI) Veteran actor Antony Hopkins has taken a pot shot at Paris Hilton and the current crop of celebrity socialites, comparing them to soulless "machines". The Silence of the Lambs actor is fed up with skinny models and stars on the red carpet who lack substance and hes singled out the hotel heiress for

appearing to have nothing "going on up there",

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