“Slop Face” Is Taking Over Hollywood — and Making Beauty Boring

Tael Gomes

The New Face of Hollywood

Why do so many of today’s stars look so ... same-y? You can blame casting directors, plastic surgery trends and — as with everything else these days — social media.

July 15, 2026

Hollywood’s old guard looks distinctive. Haven’t they always? Meryl. Al. Tom. Morgan. Matt. Denzel. Brad. Newer stars look more … familiar. We’re not saying millennial and Gen Z stars have had some work done (though many certainly have). But there is arguably a more generic quality to beauty nowadays. Call it Instagram face. Or, in a reference to AI’s rising influence on beauty standards, “slop face.”