Photoshop Of Horrors

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 research. When seen "in the wild," Scarlett's midsection is that of a normal, fit human being. It's only on the cover of
Cosmo that she takes on the dimensions of Betty Boop. Oh, and, as commenter TheGarlicSong
pointed out, on this cover, her left arm is smaller and shorter than her right arm. WTF. (Click to enlarge.) [
Bitch Ph.D.]
Controversies

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 seen on
Cover Awards. Cover Awards is run by
Mark Pasetsky, the former Editor-in-Chief of
Life & Style. So obviously he'd love to take
Star down a notch. But did TMZ steal from him? [
Radar]
MagHag
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.)