Her cherry-red lips were bright in her face, like something sparkly on a billboard that was otherwise weatherworn.

NEWYORKER: I.D.

But Jolie -- her red lips virtually the only burst of color in a pale palette -- dominates the screen.

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For the current Vanity Fair cover, the young actress Emma Stone has been outfitted as an overgrown Lolita bikini, blond hair, flaming-red lips.

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Called "The Argument, " the painting depicts a street scene and a couple of men who look like minstrels in blackface, with oversize red lips.

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The damsel in distress with red lips and a cheating heart.

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The winner of the first round was Nicole Fiorentino, a 33-year-old with red lips, black hair and black-rimmed glasses, who plays bass in the rock band the Smashing Pumpkins.

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Drawn on a piece of paper, the spokesman said it was "full of the pop art motifs we have now come to recognise, including Warhol's signature bright red lips, made using lipstick, and a typically pop art blocked background, coloured with green and orange felt-tip pen".

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The female models, with fluffy curled hair and bright red lips, looked like they were ready to get on an airline flight to mix a little business with pleasure, while the men in plaid wool blazers could have been running off to a campus club meeting.

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When she swivelled in her chair and smiled at me, I saw that her eyes were black, too, and her lips very red.

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His lips were soon stained red.

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