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NEWS ABOUT: magazine cover

magazine cover stories: 11 news summaries

 Demi Moore: 
 That's Really 
 My Hip! 


W mag cover not photoshopped, she says, even if unbelievable

Nov 20, 09 9:08 AM CST
(Newser) - The latest Photoshop scandal to hit the magazine world involves Demi Moore, who is apparently missing a portion of her hip on the cover of W—but she says the image was not touched up. A close-up courtesy of the Huffington Post shows that a chunk of her leg appears... More »

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entertainment • magazine • celebrity • Photoshop • Demi Moore • magazine cover • magazines • Demi Moore Photoshop • Demi Moore W magazine

 Leggy Palin 
 Pic Is Gender 
 Neutral: Newsweek 

Nothing sexist about leggy cover, says editor

Nov 18, 09 3:19 AM CST
(Newser) - A Newsweek cover of Sarah Palin in running shorts showing lots of leg met a "gender neutral" standard despite Palin's complaints of sexism, said the magazine's editor. "We chose the most interesting image available to us to illustrate the theme," Jon Meacham said in a statement provided... More »

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Newsweek • sexism • gender politics • gender bias • magazine cover • Jon Meacham • sexist • Sarah Palin Newsweek cover • Palin Newsweek cover • running shorts

OPINION

 For That Photoshopped Look: 
 Airbrush Yourself at Home 

Effect of digital retouching on real women's body issues is now creepily tangible

Sep 30, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - As if the fake beauty of those Photoshopped magazine covers wasn’t enough, enter Temptu, a home “airbrush system” that can give anyone that flat, plastic look in the flesh. Chloe Angyal is appalled. One really needs to focus in order “to think about just how incredibly screwed... More »

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women • Photoshop • cosmetics • body image • digital retouching • makeup • magazine cover • airbrush

OPINION

 Why Do Twits 
 Grace Women's Mags? 

Women's mag covers have gone from models to celebs to Kate Gosselin

Sep 29, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Aymar Jean Christian is fed up with the faces that appear on the covers of women’s magazines. Once upon a time, the women there were simply pretty. “Then sometime in the late 1980s and early 1990s, celebrity became more important than beauty.” And that was great, because... More »

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women • celebrity • Us Weekly • People Magazine • publishing industry • actress • magazine cover • celebrities • working

Plus-Sized Model Renn:
I Risked My Life To Be Thin

She finds success by scrapping the diet

Sep 8, 09 5:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Crystal Renn’s success as a model didn’t come when she reached her ideal weight after a grueling regimen. It arrived when she came to her senses after that regimen and decided to be a plus-size model at age 18. She was never going to “meet the weight... More »

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Vogue • memoir • healthy eating • clothing • magazine cover • Crystal Renn • plus-size • fashion model

(Newser) - A bare-chested Sharon Stone has hit French newsstands, Fox News reports. The 51-year-old actress poses topless and in bondage gear on the cover of Paris Match. Stone, who memorably revealed another part of her anatomy in Basic Instinct, says posing nude is easy; it just depends on motivation.... More »

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entertainment • France • Paris • topless • Sharon Stone • actress • magazine cover

OBITUARY

Breakthrough Black Model Naomi Sims Dead at 61


Aug 3, 09 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Naomi Sims, the first black model to grace the cover of Ladies Home Journal—and arguably the first black supermodel—has died at 61, the New York Times reports. Her family says the cause was cancer. Sims burst onto the scene in the late 1960s, but chose in the ‘... More »

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African Americans • Andy Warhol • obituary • black women • supermodel • magazine cover • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion • Salvador Dali • Naomi Sims • cover girl

(Newser) - Vogue's editor-in-chief gave Oprah Winfrey some advice before she graced the mag's cover in 1998: Lose some weight, babe. Like 20 pounds. "It was a very gentle suggestion," said Anna Wintour in an unaired portion of her 60 Minutes segment last night, Us reports. "I said... More »

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obesity • Oprah Winfrey • Vogue • Anna Wintour • magazine cover

OPINION

 Portfolio Misses 
 Another Historic Cover 

Magazine editor becoming known for bad decisions

Mar 18, 09 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The bad cover decisions at Portfolio just keep on coming, writes Ryan Tate in his continuing persecution of the mag on Gawker. Sure, “diva editor” Joanne Lipman has made some poor choices of what to feature instead of the current economic crisis—a clothier, Sarah Palin. But her worst... More »

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Barack Obama • journalism • Annie Leibovitz • Gawker • Conde Nast • Portfolio • magazine cover • Joanne Lipman

OPINION

Gawker to Portfolio: Cover Your Beat

Why must business mag put Palin on cover in midst of meltdown?

Mar 17, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - This should be Joanne Lipman's big moment. But the Portfolio editor blew it, complains Ryan Tate at Gawker: Instead of using her position at the helm of a major finance magazine to cover a once-in-a-century financial crisis, Lipman put Sarah Palin on the April cover. It's as bad as her... More »

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magazine • journalism • Gawker • Sarah Palin • Portfolio • magazine cover • Joanne Lipman

(Newser) - Michelle Obama will appear on the cover of Vogue’s March issue, only the second first lady (after Hillary Clinton) to have the fashion honor, the Washington Post reports. While most first ladies in the modern age have had spreads inside, editor Anna Wintour says Michelle's "serene... More »

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fashion • Michelle Obama • magazine • Vogue • Narciso Rodriguez • Annie Leibovitz • Anna Wintour • first lady • Jason Wu • magazine cover

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