Ooops, you mean you didn’t notice that’s Martha’s head on someone else’s body? How long until celebrity is completely fake… maybe I’m thinking of Tara Reid, Jessica Simpson, or Paris Hilton. All of whom are famous for being famous (which cancels out in my opinion).

Anyway, newsweek was naughty naughty,

last week’s cover, which used digital manipulation to merge an image of Stewart’s head onto a model’s body. Media critics and readers alike felt that the composite image looking deceptively real.

… and as a result,

… bylines for cover photos and illustrations will now appear directly on the cover, marking a shift from the industry practice of crediting cover photos on the table of contents page. Newsweek is the first major news magazine to adopt the crediting policy. See we are proactive people, sheesh! Its called spin, look into it.

Ok, I added that last part. But I don’t claim to be a source for anything more than amusement.

Source: Newsweek

…it was once common practice for studio publicity departments to concoct quotes that they would then attempt to get real critics to put their names to.

According to Carl Bialik from Gelf Magazine all movie studios need is a string of words that when put together make a movie sound good. As in taken out of context. An example from Bride and Prejudice:

• Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: “It’s Pure Pleasure! I watched it with an ear-to-ear grin throughout.”
• Actual line: “Bride very well may be the first not-so-great film since Viva Las Vegas that I watched with an ear-to-ear grin throughout. It’s pure pleasure.

It seems obvious that reviewers must be in on this and as such willingly choose to write reviews that can be taken out of context. Here is my review of bad reviewers: “You guys suck.” Try and spin that into gold!

Source: Gelf Magazine

Pasted below from the Toronto Star, here is a correction that needs to be corrected. Delicious irony. I find it hard to belive that these mistakes where an accident…. Bold added for emphasis.

Forensic pathologist cited cause of death
Mar. 4, 2005. 04:16 PM

Forensic pathologist Dr. Jac queline Parai cited excited delir- ium as the cause of death for Nicholas Blentzas. Her testimo ny was misattributed to coroner Dr. James Edwards in a head- line Thursday. The Star regrets the error.

Toronto Star Corrections

I’m sure it wasn’t funny for Dr. Limpho Maile, but it is to me. What do you think, is Dr. Limpho Maile a man or woman? The answer here