At a recent show, the legend quipped, "Have you ever seen so much retouching? But I look swell. Sometimes I even fool myself into thinking that I really look like that!"

A bill moving through the California Legislature would impose harsh penalties, including possible jail time, on paparazzi caught driving dangerously. Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon have voiced their support, but critics say there are already laws against reckless driving.

Adrian Grenier's new documentary and this piece about a house painter-turned-photographer have something in common: They're both tales about the paparazzi and our obsession with celebrity.

Dazed Digital's Octavia Morris calls photographer Ellen von Unwerth's images "intimate" and "playful." And they are. But they're also incredibly sexy. Erotic. And yet: Not sleazy. Is it because she's a woman? (Some images NSFW)

It's hard to believe a year has passed since Barack Obama became President-elect of the United States. A look back at the faces — and emotions — around the globe, November 4, 2008.

About two weeks ago, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a new law allowing civil lawsuits against media outlets that commission or publish illegally taken photographs. This should be interesting.

Recently, the New York Times and other sources reported that photographer Annie Leibovitz had been borrowing money. The truth is, she's been saddled with what Salon's Nancy Goldstein calls "the gay tax."

Yesterday, we posted about the Vanity Fair shot in which funny dudes recreate a 2006 cover — with bodysuits. Today, the annoyance is spreading around the web:

This item about Scarlett Johansson on the cover of Cosmo focuses on her waist. Specifically: The waist the magazine's art department whittled for her. Is ScarJo curvy? Yes! Does she have, as seen here, a waist that is only a smidge wider than her neck? No. And we know this because M. LeBlanc at Bitch Ph.D. did the…

We talked about this in Midweek Madness, but the cover of Star magazine uses a month-old photo to illustrate Angelina's "collapse." The original pic shows her sitting on a beach, then being helped up by Brad and, uh, The Edge. Radar says that TMZ wrote about the photo controversy, but stole their story from a post…

Mariah Carey is on the cover of the June 2008 issue of Vibe looking absolutely tiny. You may recognize this image because the photo shoot was in her "Bye Bye" video. Maybe she really is a size zero (as she told Us magazine.) (Click for a closer look.)

Nicole Richie did a photo shoot for Harper's Bazaar with Harlow and baby daddy Joel Madden. Lionel Richie makes an appearance, too, shamelessly wearing a T-shirt that reads, "Hello." Ha! Click the picture to see more images. [ONTD]