# Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch Blog: Trend Hunter on Digitally Aged Celebrities By Marissa Brassfield | Published 2009-07-25 | About Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/trend-hunter-entertainment-weekly-popwatch-blog References: [popwatch.ew](http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/07/celebs-like-youve-never-seen-them-before-old-.html)  A post from Trend Hunter’s own Senior Editor Bianca Bartz was featured in Entertainment Weekly’s PopWatch blog this morning. The article in question covered a Worth 1000 contest that asked readers to digitally age celebrities and fast forward to the year 2040. Famous faces from Paris Hilton to Justin Timberlake and Angelina Jolie were no match to the Worth 1000 crew. Entertainment Weekly was quick to note that while the whole image-editing party was a bit of “mindless silliness,” it’s a “swell pastime” for a Friday. With [446,000](http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/digitally-aged-celebrities-stars-in-2040) views and counting, it’s clear EW.com wasn’t alone in that sentiment. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.0/10 - Popularity: 35% | Activity: 77% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [About](https://www.trendhunter.com/about) > [In The News](https://www.trendhunter.com/inthenews) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Digitally Aged Celebrities:** Opportunity for disruptive innovation in the field of digital image editing to create realistic and detailed age progression of celebrities. - **Image-editing:** Opportunity for disruptive innovation in the image-editing industry by developing advanced tools and technologies for manipulating and enhancing photographs. - **Online Contests:** Opportunity for disruptive innovation in the online contest industry by creating unique and engaging challenges that encourage user participation and creativity. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Digital Image Editing:** Opportunity for disruptive innovation in the digital image editing industry to provide specialized software or services for aging individuals in photographs. - **Entertainment:** Opportunity for disruptive innovation in the entertainment industry by incorporating digitally aged celebrities in movies, TV shows, or virtual reality experiences. - **Online Media:** Opportunity for disruptive innovation in the online media industry by creating platforms or websites that host similar image-editing contests and engage a large audience. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Time-Altering Digital Portraits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/time-machine-feature.md) - [Cultural Newsletter Subscriptions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/off-the-cuff.md) - [Beauty Comedy Collaborations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/comedy-collaboration.md) - [Retiree Influencer Houses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/retirement-house.md) - [Tween-Targeted Weekly News Shows](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/first-stop-news.md) - [Celebrity Social Feeds](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bereal-1.md) - [Celebrity Face Matchers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/celebrity-twin.md) - [Hilarious Judicial Beauty Ads](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/judge-beauty-1.md) - [AI-Powered Fashion Photography Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/betterstudio.md)