Star Magazine Alters Photograph of Jennifer Aniston for Cover Story

Star Magazine recently published this cover of Jennifer Aniston.


The cover story is about Jen possibly having a $5M deal on a tell-all about her years with Brad Pitt. Jennifer's publicist has denied the story, saying the allegations are just not true.

Which is probably the case being as the photo Star used for their cover was altered to suggest she was carrying a manuscript. And you know, it's Star Magazine.

Now Radar Online has uncovered the photos of Jennifer Aniston before they were doctored. Read for yourself..

"Seeing is believing, as Star magazine knows. That's why it illustrated its cover story about "Jen's $5 Million Tell-All!" with a shot of Jennifer Aniston carrying what is plainly the manuscript she's allegedly shopping around to publishers about her days with Brad Pitt.

But hang on—maybe Jen's not really writing a book? In which case, maybe Star's cover actually shows something else—say, Aniston attending an auction, holding an art catalog from Los Angeles Modern Auctions? And maybe Star simply airbrushed out the cover of the catalog, along with a pair of sunglasses she was holding, for good measure?

Yeah, that sounds more plausible. Especially coming from the company that brought you Andy Roddick's digitally enhanced pythons.

Asked about the manipulation, an AMI spokesperson said, "Every magazine in this category chooses cover photos that best describe the story."


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Keri Russell Perfects the Pin-Up Look in Interview Magazine

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And just because I am a huge fan of retro pin-up art..


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Jessica Alba Wants You to Get Past Her 'Hotness'

It's hard being beautiful.

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At least that's what Jessica Alba thinks. Alba says she is tired of being appreciated only for her looks, and she thinks it's time she is taken seriously as an actress.

"I hope all my new work will help producers in getting past my hotness."

If this sounds familiar it's because Jessica Biel also said virtually the same thing recently.

Alba goes on to say she is shy and does not like to attract attention. "I try not to make the headlines. I'm self-conscious about this. I try to not make my presence known.

"I have my own fashion style and do not try to fit in. I don't have my breasts under my chin, I'm not showing butt cheeks, nor much legs. I don't go for the trendiest look."

But she will show nearly everything in next month's GQ. Go figure.

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Lindsay Lohan vs. The Paparazzi

This is a great article and the photographs are super snazzy. Thanks to Radar Online for allowing us to republish it.


Paparazzi Facts:

* In the last 15 years, the number of paparazzi in L.A. has increased more than tenfold

*On any given day, 300 to 400 paps roam the streets of L.A. on behalf of 20 or so agencies




The evening of March 13 was just another Tuesday night for Lindsay Lohan. She spent a few hours at Butter in Manhattan—where the line for nobodies stretches around the block and blood orange Bellinis go for $14—sporting a brave face on the eve of her ne'er-do-well father's release from prison.


Around 3 a.m., she and some friends hopped in her mother's white 2004 BMW as the paparazzi gave chase. Pursued by at least two cars, she careened through lower Manhattan, putting the Beemer's famed facility for cornering to the test. Pulling into the valet lane in front of Hotel Gansevoort in the West Village, she found herself blocked in and surrounded by photographers.

To judge by video aired by Access Hollywood, the scene rapidly devolved into mayhem, with gawkers and paparazzi shouting Lohan's name as she sat trapped in the driver's seat. Then, depending on whom you ask, one of two things happened: Either Lohan decided to run over a paparazzo named Giovanni Arnold, or Arnold, who was perched on the hood of Lohan's car snapping pics, smelled a lawsuit and took a dive in front of her BMW as she edged forward.
"Oh my God! Lindsay, you hit somebody," the photographers shouted, addressing the starlet like concerned friends.

Arnold wound up at St. Vincent's Hospital, where he was treated for a bruised knee, and clips of the incident were on the Internet within hours. Days later, Lohan's mother, Dina, told Harper's Bazaar that "Diana will happen again" (referring to the Princess of Wales' death during a paparazzi car chase), and hinted darkly that her daughter might be next.

The Hotel Gansevoort incident was just one in a seemingly endless series of confrontations in recent months between the paparazzi and the celebrities whose every move they chronicle.

Just this past November, Lohan suffered cuts and bruises after being rear-ended by a paparazzo in Los Angeles at 2 a.m. on her way home from a night of clubbing.

In February, Britney Spears had a well-documented breakdown, the highlight of which was her umbrella-swinging rampage against photographers from the X17 photo agency. According to X17, Spears had just been prevented by Kevin Federline from seeing her children when she went after a photographer's car, spitting and screaming, "Go fuck yourself!"

Just hours before, while stopped at a gas station, an obviously distressed Spears had sat passively in the passenger seat of a Mercedes as a photographer snapped half a dozen shots through the windshield while attempting to console her: "How you doing?" Click. "You doing okay?" Click. Click. "I'm concerned about you though, okay?" Click.

And in March, in a Los Angeles church parking lot of all places, a security guard leveled a pistol at another X17 photographer on Britney detail after the cameraman ignored a traffic cop's instruction to stop and wait for Spears's vehicle to leave before exiting the lot.

That same week, Princess Di's son Harry allegedly lunged at a photographer while leaving a London nightclub and wound up sprawled on the pavement. Lohan's mother is right: Someone will likely be killed again. And when they are, the shot will be priceless.



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Michelle Rodriguez Talks About Being Outed by 'Curve' Magazine

Michelle Rodriguez wrote on her website about being featured on the cover of Curve, a lesbian magazine.

From Michelle's website: "As far as rumors go of me coming out, I guess Curve magazine took it upon themselves to out me on the premise of their own suspicions.

"Whatever, I'm not insulted, I have a big lesbian following, and for whatever reasons they show me love. I'm never going to shun, disrespect or neglect anybody who shows me genuine non-psychotic love."

"I will say this: To put words in someone's mouth and place people in categories affects them for sure, especially in this business...I don't know what the intent behind the Curve magazine cover was. I wasn't informed of it, I had no idea they were planning on using my image to sell magazines."

"If I wanted people to know what I do with my vagina I would have released a sex video a long time ago. Yet I haven't done that."

Michelle thinks that being labeled as a lesbian would hinder her career. "There are certain things that can close doors between a celebrity and certain audiences. ... If I were Ellen [DeGeneres] I may get away with the 'I'm gay' level of exposure, but I'm not a comedian, I like men (real ones anyway) and I've only been in this business for seven years, not 20."

The Curve article does not say specifically that Rodriguez is gay, but many on the internet assumed that she had officially outed herself.

Curve executive editor Diane Anderson-Minshall told People Magazine: "I am sorry that Michelle Rodriguez feels like we've outed her. If she would read the article, she could see that is simply not true. Our intention was definitely not to do that. We simply wanted to pay homage to an actress that has been on our 'Top 5 Wish List' (of celebrities our readers want to read more about) for several years."

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