In the latter part of their careers, Marlon Brando and Orson Welles took a lot of heat for allowing themselves to bloat to zeppelin-sized proportions. Today, however, either man might have passed for a sex symbol. The New York Times says that current male superstars are more portly than ever - and that audiences seem completely tolerant of their "more to love" physical appearance. Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, John Travolta and Denzel Washington are among those cited as losing the battle with middle-aged girth. Women aren't immune, but in a cruel irony, the industry routinely denies sizable roles to mddle aged actresses, so we rarely get to see if nature wreaks havoc on them. For more
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