E! ONLINE.... When the biggest stars on the planet gathered recently for that annual rite of teary acceptance speeches and over-the-top gowns known as the Oscars, the rapt TV audience included every plastic surgeon worth his scalpel from Manhattan to Beverly Hills. And why not? With their carefully crafted handiwork on display to more than a billion people worldwide, the Academy Awards are also the doctors' big night. Not that they're ever likely to be acknowledged from the stage by those famous faces... One plastic surgeon, who has raised more famous faces than the elevator at CAA, sits in his elegant pastel-hued Lasky Clinic in Beverly Hills, smiling wryly. God forbid anybody should see my charts, he says. When you see what they looked like before we operated! But they're happy. Their careers are going well. Whether I had something to do with that I don't know. But I think I did. Around Hollywood, it's easier to count the people who have never gone near the knife than those for whom it's a ritual. All over town, discreet little hotels advertise their availability for plastic surgery recovery

I saw Katherine Helmond on TV the other day. Her face lift has obviously fallen a bit and she looks damn good. Her face was too tight before. It should only happen to Lauren Bacall.

should only happen to Lauren Bacall. This reminds me of her character in the movie, Brazil.  Remember?  She had plastic stretched over her face and handles on either side of her head that could be tightened.  That was a FUN part of the movie, unlike more gritty, scarier portions. Hollie