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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Entertainment
Maddy Mussen

Oh boy! Abs are back in fashion — but at what cost?

Last month, Vanity Fair dropped a photoshoot that brought together 12 of the hottest stars in showbiz as part of its annual “Hollywood Issue”. A dozen A-listers, strewn across a dive bar, dressed to the nines with wet-look hair and glistening skin, their instantly recognisable faces giving pure blue steel to the camera.

The spread played host to practically every viral icon of the past year: Florence Pugh, Jeremy Allen White, Keke Palmer, Austin Butler, you name them. But all anyone could talk about was one thing. Or six things, really: Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s abs.

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