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Demi or not Demi? That is the question

Demi Moore's questioned cover shot. (Photo courtesy W magazine) Last week, a scandal of minor proportions erupted when photographer Anthony Citrano (among others) claimed that Demi Moore's hot new W magazine cover had not just been PhotoShopped, but PhotoShopped so poorly that she seemed to be missing one hip. Both Demi and a W spokesperson denied any retouching had taken place and the matter seemed to drift off into the land of headscratchers. Until today, when pix surfaced of model Anja Rubik wearing the same outfit on the runway. When the image is superimposed over Demi's W cover, well, the similarity isn't exactly exact, but there are some definite correlations. The heart of the debate seems to be whether a 46-year-old Moore's body could in any way rock that gold Balmain getup as well as the 26-year-old Rubik. The question of the hour seems to be that, although there's...

By Liz  |  November 25, 2009; 10:38 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (14)
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Overplayed: Levi Johnston's Playgirl moment

poll by twiigs.com --- I ask because based on the pix released by Playgirl.com in an attempt to cajole us into buying a monthly pass to view an expanded gallery (I wasn't able to expense, so no go), I'm getting less heat than I would from an Abercrombie & Fitch catalog. See Levi. See Levi topless. See Levi sweaty. See Levi's armpit hair. Meh. (Photo courtesy Playgirl.com) Male nudity, beefcake, has always been a hit or miss kind of thing. Mostly miss. Witness the limited success of the male stripping industry. Even the Chippendales come off as more party prank (let's make the bride-to-be blush!) than party favor. The unadorned male body (sorry guys) just doesn't have that crucial "it" factor -- curves, smoothness, lack of lower back hair -- that keeps everything from girlie mags to the fashion industry moving along at a steady hum. (This isn't to...

By Liz  |  November 23, 2009; 10:21 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (30)
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An all-star lineup of Oprah replacements

Oprah may not have been a celebrity when she embarked on her broadcasting career some three decades back, but the woman is star power personified at this point. And when she exits the airwaves in September 2011 -- as she's expected to announce later today -- she'll be leaving a huge high-wattage void in our lives. Who better than another celeb to replace Oprah and take over the mantle? O's replacement must come equipped with a sense of his or her own divinity and a roster of A-list friends to parade before the public. Below, we offer five celebs who might just have the heft to fill Oprah's shoes: 1. Tom Cruise: Seriously, this guy's movie career is going nowhere and his 2005 couch-jumping episode is only one of TV's most memorable moments. And with pals like John Travolta, Will Smith and the Beckhams on speed dial there'd be no...

By Liz  |  November 20, 2009; 11:04 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (17)
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Can Jon Gosselin turn back time?

Hey America, Jon Gosselin may be despicable enough to exploit his kids on TV (and pass off the blame), but he can't be all bad, right? Especially if he's willing to own up to his idioacy in a new Funny or Die? video: Jon Gosselin Goes Back in Time from Jon Gosselin For those of you who can't watch at work, Gosselin -- to a soundtrack of Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time" -- methodically sets about dismantling his current image to arrive back at the Jon of yesteryear: the pre-Vegas pool party, pre-Hailey Glassman, pre-rabbi Shmuley Boteach guy. He peels off the layers to arrive back at the pitiful polo shirt-wearing schlub who was continually picked at by shrewish wife Kate. He swears off the Ed Hardy, takes out his diamond-esque stud earrings, trades vodka for juice and deletes Michael Lohan's number from his cell. Here's the thing:...

By Liz  |  November 12, 2009; 12:02 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (9)
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Photo: Goldie Hawn, out to sea or out to lunch?

Goldie Hawn meditates with an unidentified companion. (AP) Okay, so remember when Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell did that awful "Overboard" movie in the '80s? No? Well have a look, because it was the first thing I thought of when I saw the above picture move across the wires this morning. According to the caption, Hawn's meditating in a boat in Varanasi, India. What could be going through her mind? Perhaps she seeks absolution for her long career of cheesefests like "Overboard" and "Private Benjamin?" Or perhaps she hungers for the inner knowledge that will lead her to a better Botox practitioner? Or could she be seeking a way to tactfully recommend her daughter stop dating dudes who decorate their bedrooms with paintings of themselves as centaurs? We may never know. But Goldie, namaste....

By Liz  |  November 10, 2009; 10:43 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (58)
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Monday List: Celebs Who Should Join Twitter

Amy Winehouse, an as-yet unfullfilled Twitter genius. (Getty Images) After spending far too much of my Sunday evening reading Tila Tequila's increasingly unhinged tweets and wondering if it would be unprofessional for me to offer her some kind of monetary reward to quit the service, I was ready to follow Miley Cyrus into swearing off the whole over-hyped service. I was, then, of course reminded of Twitter's better side by reading a few dispatches from Sarah Silverman and Tracy Morgan, who see the 140-character or less model as yet another vehicle for their genius. And by Lindsay Lohan, who just plain overshares. And oversharing, in her case, is a good thing. But although I didn't much agree with this list from Popeater -- of celebrities who should join Twitter -- it did get me to thinking: which bold-namers would I like to see sign up and start dazzling us...

By Liz  |  November 9, 2009; 11:15 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (23)
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Who Is Lola? Who Cares?, Liz , October 12, 2009
Serious Film Fandom at the Toronto Film Festival, Jen Chaney , September 16, 2009
Good Reads: Celebrity Twitter Impostors, Liz , September 16, 2009
Diablo Cody Talks Scary Movies, Jen Chaney , September 14, 2009
Good Reads: Celebrity Twitterings, Liz , September 4, 2009
Madonna In a League of Her Own?, Liz , September 1, 2009
Shiantology: The Cult of LaBeouf, Liz , August 13, 2009
Introducing: 'The Unclickables', Christian Pelusi , August 5, 2009
Five-Minute Memoir: Joel Madden, Liz , July 28, 2009
Another Way to Stalk the Stars, Liz , July 16, 2009
Celebs Doing Things, Liz , July 8, 2009
Karl Malden Dead at 97, Liz , July 1, 2009
Farrah Fawcett Dies, Liz , June 25, 2009
When I Met Ed McMahon, Liz , June 23, 2009
Will Celebs Get You iGoogling?, Liz , June 4, 2009
Are Celebrities Ruining Twitter?, Liz , April 27, 2009
Drew Barrymore on the Brink?, Liz , April 8, 2009
Kanye West's Sneak(er) Attack, Liz , April 7, 2009
Natasha Richardson Dead at 45, Liz , March 18, 2009
Who is Rashida Jones?, Liz , March 18, 2009
Julia Roberts: Comeback Kid?, Liz , March 17, 2009
Insta-Poll: Pink's Pirate Moment, Liz , February 25, 2009
Oscar's Class Acts, Liz , February 23, 2009
Celebs Storm New York Fashion Week, Liz , February 18, 2009
Celeb Wedding Trends: Invitations, Liz , February 16, 2009
Diane Keaton: Future Nobel Laureate?, Liz , February 10, 2009
For Chris Brown, a Time to Get Help?, Liz , February 9, 2009
A New Psychic Friend: Vivica A. Fox, Liz , February 3, 2009
Spector Trial Watch: Now Hair This, Liz , January 27, 2009
How to Be a Celebrity , Liz , January 23, 2009
For Joaquin Phoenix, a Bad Rap, Liz , January 19, 2009
The Impact Film Fund Party: Fact vs. Fiction, Jen Chaney , January 19, 2009
2008's Most Shocking Celebrity Story?, Liz , December 31, 2008
Jennifer Aniston Has No Clothes, Liz , December 12, 2008
Celeb Politik: Senator Drescher?, Liz , December 10, 2008
Style-o-Metrics: Rate Cate, Liz , December 9, 2008
And Now a Few Words from K-Fed , Liz , December 3, 2008
Hey Elijah Wood: Stop Creeping Me Out, Liz , November 18, 2008
Beyonce's No 'Wonder Woman' (Yet), Liz , November 11, 2008
Comment Box: Have We Had Enough Hef?, Liz , November 10, 2008
How Webby is William Shatner? , Liz , October 22, 2008
Timeline: Madonna's Love Life, Liz , October 15, 2008
Save Ginger from Aubrey O'Day, Liz , October 8, 2008
Miley Cyrus's Bittersweet Sixteen, Liz , October 6, 2008
Stone Cold Parenting Advice, Liz , October 2, 2008
Remembering Paul Newman , Liz , September 27, 2008
What Would Gwyneth Do?, Liz , September 23, 2008
A Funny Thing Happened to Ricky Gervais, Liz , September 16, 2008
Friday List: Celebrity Odd Couples, Liz , September 5, 2008
J. Lo: The Gift That Keeps On Giving, Liz , September 4, 2008
Double Take: Chevy or Cheney?, Liz , August 28, 2008
Terrence Howard, Music Man, Liz , August 22, 2008
In Praise of Robert Downey Jr., Liz , August 12, 2008
Jake Gyllenhaal's House Rules, Liz , July 17, 2008
What Would Jamie Lee Do?, Liz , June 30, 2008
Insta-Poll: Miley's Mileage?, Liz , May 27, 2008
Paris and Paula Want You Sober, Liz , May 20, 2008
For Oprah, the Golden Touch, Liz , May 15, 2008
10 Truths About Tom Cruise, Liz , May 6, 2008
Sneak Peek: Miley Cyrus's Memoirs, Liz , April 24, 2008
Highbrow: Britology, Liz , April 18, 2008
Paris Hilton's Cheesy Smackdown, Liz , April 17, 2008
Melanie Brown's Catty Couture, Liz , April 10, 2008
Katie Holmes, Tomboy?, Liz , April 2, 2008
Catching Up with Kate Walsh, Liz , March 28, 2008
Catching Up With Sheryl Crow, Liz , March 17, 2008
Mary-Kate Olsen Raided My Memory, Liz , March 13, 2008
The Animated Britney Spears, Liz , March 12, 2008
Catching Up With Jane Fonda, Liz , February 27, 2008
Ledger Died of Accidental Overdose, Liz , February 6, 2008
Are We All Celebrity Stalkers?, Liz , February 4, 2008
Lindsay Lohan, Washed Up at 21?, Liz , January 29, 2008
For Heath Ledger, a Surprise Ending, Liz , January 23, 2008
Heath Ledger Dead at 28, Liz , January 22, 2008
The Oprah-fication of America, Liz , January 16, 2008
Risky Business: Chronicling Cruise, Liz , January 9, 2008
Jamie Lynn Spears, in the Family Way, Liz , December 19, 2007
How Webby is Bill Shatner?, Liz , December 14, 2007
Catching Up With Dave Navarro, Liz , December 13, 2007
Paris Peddles Her Party Girl Rep, Liz , December 12, 2007
In Praise of Julia Roberts, Liz , December 11, 2007
Matchmaking: Celebrity Species, Liz , November 14, 2007
2007: The Year of the Celeb DUI?, Liz , November 9, 2007
Doubletake: Celebrity Clones as Art, Liz , November 8, 2007
A Decidedly Non-Rosie Outlook, Liz , November 6, 2007
Catching Up With... Andy Dick, Liz , November 2, 2007
The World According to Kanye, Liz , October 30, 2007
Tom Hanks: His Space, Liz , October 23, 2007
Love to Hate: Oprah's Shoe Fetish, Liz , October 16, 2007
Lindsay Lohan: A Changed Woman?, Liz , October 9, 2007
Bai Ling's Literary Juggernaut, Liz , October 2, 2007
Britney: Just a Gum Blonde, Liz , October 1, 2007
Highbrow: O.J. Revisited Edition, Liz , September 18, 2007
Who's to Blame for Brit's Belly Flop?, Liz , September 12, 2007
Remembering Jane Wyman, Liz , September 11, 2007
Britney Spears: The Naked Truth, Liz , September 7, 2007
Perez Hilton Comes to Town, Liz , August 20, 2007
Ethan Hawke: Ladykiller, Liz , August 15, 2007
Rant: When Good Stars Go Bad, Liz , August 1, 2007
Mapping the Stars, Liz , July 31, 2007
Catching Up With Ricki Lake, Liz , July 25, 2007
Catching Up with Tony Danza, Liz , July 3, 2007
Signs of the Brit-Pocalypse, Liz , June 27, 2007
Eddie Murphy's Golden Child, Liz , June 25, 2007
Big Time Blame Shifting, Liz , June 21, 2007
K-Fed, Father of the Year, Liz , June 13, 2007
Go Away, Lindsay Lohan, Liz , May 29, 2007
Catching Up with Joe Mantegna, Liz , May 25, 2007
Paris Hilton Gets Jail Time, Liz , May 4, 2007
Britney Spears: Suddenly Svelte, Liz , April 24, 2007
Happy Birthday to Suri, Liz , April 18, 2007
Dannielynn: A Timeline, Liz , April 10, 2007
Report Card: TomKat Gets Schooled, Liz , April 10, 2007
The World According to Gwyneth, Liz , March 28, 2007
Posh Spice: Hot or Not?, Liz , March 16, 2007
Angelina Jolie, Womb Raider?, Liz , March 14, 2007
Britney Back in Rehab (Again), Liz , February 22, 2007
Parsing Britney's Meltdown, Liz , February 20, 2007
Britney's Bold Bald New Look, Liz , February 19, 2007
Anna Nicole Dead: A Timeline, Liz , February 8, 2007
Anna Nicole Smith Dead, Liz , February 8, 2007
Catching Up With Ralph Macchio, Liz , February 6, 2007
When Child Stars Attack Grow Up, Liz , January 31, 2007
Hilary Duff: The New Lindsay?, Liz , January 30, 2007
In Praise of Marky Mark, Liz , January 24, 2007
Courtney's Love Connection, Liz , January 23, 2007
Britney vs. K-Fed: You Be the Judge, Liz , January 18, 2007
Hollywood's Best Night, Liz , January 16, 2007
Rosie and Donald -- Enough Already!, Liz , January 11, 2007
Wanted: A Little Reality for Britney, Liz , January 10, 2007
Rosie vs. The 'Comb-over Bunny', Liz , January 9, 2007
Celebrity Baby Boom, Liz , January 3, 2007
A Desperate K-Fed Kicks Off 2007, Liz , January 2, 2007
He Oughta Be in Pictures, Liz , December 22, 2006
Top 10 Celebrity Stories of 2006, Liz , December 21, 2006
The Nicole Richie Effect, Liz , December 12, 2006
In Praise of Kate, Liz , December 6, 2006
Jessica Simpson, Breaking It on Down, Liz , December 5, 2006
When Celebrities Divorce, Liz , November 29, 2006
TomKat: A Fairy Tale Wedding in Verse, Liz , November 20, 2006
TomKat Wedding: Believe the Hype, Liz , November 16, 2006
Tom Cruise, Studio Honcho, Liz , November 2, 2006
K-Fed, for the True Connoisseur, Liz , November 1, 2006
Celebrity Halloween Costume Help, Liz , October 25, 2006
For Madonna, It's Oprah Time, Liz , October 24, 2006
Paris and Nicole, Together Again, Liz , October 10, 2006
TomKat Moving to Virginia?, Liz , October 4, 2006
Happy Birthday to..., Liz , October 3, 2006
Lindsay's Jailhouse Pen Pal, aka Dad, Liz , September 28, 2006
Celebritology, the Religion, Liz , September 26, 2006
Dr. Phil, Heal Thyself, Liz , September 19, 2006
Whitney Houston Files for Divorce, Liz , September 13, 2006
Britney Does It Again, Liz , September 13, 2006
Report: Britney Gives Birth, Liz , September 12, 2006
TomKat Make the Scene at Redskins Game, Liz , September 11, 2006
We're Soooo Suri, Liz , September 6, 2006
J.Lo's Futuristic Fashion Flub, Liz , September 1, 2006
Catching Up with Robbie Rist, Liz , August 31, 2006
Paramount Cuts Ties to Tom Cruise, Liz , August 22, 2006
Paris vs. Nicole, Again and Again, Liz , August 16, 2006
Boy George, Garbage Man, Liz , August 14, 2006
Robin Williams in Rehab, Liz , August 9, 2006
Mel Gibson, Past Rehabilitation?, Liz , August 2, 2006
Parsing Mel's Meltdown, Liz , August 1, 2006
A Message From You, Britney, Liz , July 20, 2006
Who's in Your Backseat?, Liz , July 19, 2006
Dear Jen: Admit It Already, Liz , July 18, 2006
Oprah: I'm Not Gay, Liz , July 17, 2006
The Unsinkable 'Simple Life', Liz , July 13, 2006
What's Left of Nick Lachey?, Liz , July 11, 2006
Two Coreys Are Better Than One, Liz , June 22, 2006
My Celebrity Eating Disorder, Liz , June 20, 2006
Help K-Fed Tell His Story, Liz , June 15, 2006
Britney: Overexposed, Liz , June 14, 2006
Cruisin' for a Bruisin'?, Liz , June 9, 2006
Forget Paris (And Nicole), Liz , June 7, 2006
Is Britney K-Fed Up?, Liz , June 5, 2006
Celebrity Baby Boom, Liz , June 1, 2006
Wax Britney's Whacked Message, Liz , May 31, 2006
All About Baby Brangelina, Liz , May 30, 2006
Paris Is Burning Me Up, Liz , May 25, 2006
The Brangelina Baby Name Game, Liz , May 19, 2006
Audrey Tautou, Reluctant Star, Liz , May 18, 2006
Richie Sambora, Available?, Liz , May 17, 2006
Madonna: One Trick Pony?, Liz , May 16, 2006
All About Angelina, Liz , May 10, 2006
Mr. T's A Game, Liz , May 3, 2006
"Mission" Impervious?, Liz , May 2, 2006
Stars, They're Just Like Us!, Liz , April 26, 2006
Dear Charlie, Liz , April 25, 2006
Hollywood Shuffle, Liz , April 18, 2006
Mighty Morphin Ashlee Simpson, Liz , April 14, 2006
Katie's 'Special' Delivery, Liz , April 13, 2006
Bob Geldolf: Top of the Pops?, Liz , April 12, 2006
Elton's Closet, Liz , April 11, 2006
Proof Dead in Nightclub Shooting, Liz , April 11, 2006
All About Nicole, Liz , April 5, 2006
In Death, the Joke's on Farley, Liz , April 4, 2006
Naomi Campbell Arrested, Liz , March 30, 2006
Dear George, Liz , March 29, 2006
Lindsay Lohan, Wonder Wha?, Liz , March 24, 2006
Jacko: Forever Off the Wall, Liz , March 20, 2006
Matisyahu Busts a Move, Liz , March 17, 2006
Pictures of Rosie, Liz , March 16, 2006
For Isaac Hayes, Delayed Offense, Liz , March 15, 2006
Bill Paxton's Big Role, Liz , March 14, 2006
'Flavor' Leaves a Bad Aftertaste, Liz , March 10, 2006
Eddie Van Halen, Acting His Age, Liz , March 7, 2006
Memo to Jon Stewart, Liz , March 3, 2006
 
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