Cher Turns Back Time at the VMAs

I'm old enough to remember Cher's second heyday, when The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour was in its first-run on CBS in the early 70s.  My mom--who's only 18 years older than me--was a big fan, and so at 5 years old, I watched along.  After Cher divorced Sonny, she tried to go solo, tried again to team up with him, then faded into obscurity. Briefly.  She then turned up in many guises, in many venues, as a singer, an Oscar-winning actress, and as an infomercial queen.  She even remade herself as a dance floor diva in the early 2000s.

Through it all, Cher has been beset by slams about all the plastic surgery she's allegedly had.  Nobody--short of Michael Jackson or Joan Rivers--has taken so much ribbing for it.  But the weird thing is, she really doesn't look much different than she ever did.  Now, I realize that at the age of sixty-four, it's likely impossible that she hasn't had a little help.  I'm pretty sure she had some nose work and cosmetic dentistry. But geez, people.  Whatever she's had done, it's damned good work.  The pictures above are from 1987 and 2010, which happen to be the years in which she wore that "barely there" VMA outfit.  Looks like the same chick to me.  How many 64-year-old women could wear the same slinky outfit today that they wore twenty-three years ago?  She can probably still get into those 70s Bob Mackie outfits as well. So, cut the gal some slack, will ya?

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Cher VMA appearance with Lady Gaga Meat Dress at Video Music Awards 2010 (Video)

MTV decided to "Turn Back Time" last night in the presentation of its "Video of the Year" award as once-controversial video star Cher's VMA appearance surprised many. That's because Cher wore the outfit that she made famous in the aircraft carrier video "If I Could Turn Back Time" and had people talking in whispers, years ago. Not only did she get a standing O, Cher also got to present Lady Gaga (wearing meat dress) with a major award and then hold her meat purse for her. Quite the honor. . .

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