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“Who, Jonah? He was never a boyfriend. He was a guy I dated when his wife wasn’t jerking him around.” “Really. I don’t think I knew about him. I was talking about the other one. Curly-haired fellow whose dad has all the dough.” “Doesn’t ring a bell,” I said, though I knew perfectly well he was referring to Cheney Phillips. === Sometimes when I’m standing in a supermarket checkout line, I’ll spot the cover of a tabloid magazine plastered with candid photos of well-known actresses the paparazzi have caught off guard. What a shock it is to see legendary beauties looking washed-out and furtive, with matted hair, puffy lids, and splotchy complexions; flaws made all the more alarming for the images we carry of them, creamy-skinned and doe-eyed with tresses artfully tousled and sprayed to a hard shine.