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Happy Birthday to Me

I'm not yet quite as old as Madonna, but getting there.

Via Blame It On The Voices

Look, fellow Boomers, Brooke Shields says it's okay for us to have La-Z-Boys in our living rooms

Don't know about you, but I don't trust a woman who would allow herself to be photoshopped so poorly.

Marshmallow Fluff holiday ad

Hey, Jewetts, how come you don't know your nanny's name? And learn how to use an apostrophe, for crissakes.

Photoshop-a-palooza

Movie Poster: Burlesque

Is that a banana or do you need photoshopping?

We know women get photoshopped. Sometimes, men get photoshopped, too.

This was the original screen on the Banana Republic website:

In answer to your question, your guess is as good as mine.

Banana Republic decided the bulge had to go. This is what the product shot looks like now:

Read more about it at Jezebel.

Tragic photoshopping from Anne Taylor

The folks at Anne Taylor thought this model was too fat.

So they "fixed" her.

Read more at Jezebel.

Domino's to stop photoshopping their pizzas

To demonstrate how good their pizza looks, Domino's will stop photo retouching advertising images of its pizza.

Good thinking.

I think overly styled, photoshopped pizza doesn't look as appetizing as the real thing.

Which makes you hungrier?

The cheese is a little ooky-looking in the photo above, but I know that pizza is going to taste like it came from my favorite pizza joint. I expect the one above it to taste like frozen pizza.

Read more about Domino's plans at Brandweek.

Halloween masks are more lifelike

Julia Roberts recently signed a deal worth $20 million to be Lancome's global ambassador and photoshopping victim.

Celebrity Saturday: A few of the celebrities selling jewelry on TV

Molly Sims for Home Shopping Network:

Suzanne Somers for Shop NBC:

Joan Rivers for QVC:

Kudos to Molly Sims for not insisting her face be photoshopped into a plasticine mask.

Evidently, Kim Cattrall couldn't attend the shoot for the Sex and the City 2 movie poster

THIS is what Kim Cattrall looks like.

The woman in black below is either someone else or evidence of an overzealous  photoshopper.

Chelsea Handler on the cover of Shape

 

That's her head, anyway.

Movie Poster: A Team

Apparently the budget ran out before they hired the photoshopper.

Source: Internet Movie Poster Awards

More out-of-control photoshopping

Read more about Marisa Miller's freakishly thin waist at Jezebel.

Click here to see more photoshopping nightmares.