its probably the norm in an age-obsessed industry but some stars really go too far when lying about their age, especially when it's so obvious that the age they claim to be isn't the age they really are.
case in point: just read a news article on irene cara. she states she was born in 1964. voter registration records in florida as well as the imdb and other sources list her birth year as 1959. when the associated press questioned her she had "no comment".
i thought that maybe the 1959 birth year was an error but it turns out that may just be her birth year. if she had in fact been born in 1964 as she claims then that means that she made her movie debut in 1975's "Aaron Loves Angela" at the very young age of 11?!!!! I seriously doubt that she was 12 years old when she appeared in the 1976 movie "Sparkle". That would have made her 16 when she gained stardom in the movie "Fame"....uh i don't think so.
i mean its her business if she wants to shave 5 years off her age, but then is 5 years that big of a difference?
Updated On: 8/23/04 at 04:21 PM