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Barton Rep Says Photos Were Doctored

"Those photos are doctored. I'm not saying she's perfect, nobody is. But they've given a 22-year-old woman the legs and bottom of an 80-year-old," Mischa Barton's rep says of unflattering bikini photos of the young actress.

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Speaking out about unflattering photos that her rep says were doctored, Mischa Barton said, "Every woman has cellulite. I've never claimed to have a perfect body. I eat healthy, I work out. I feel very comfortable. I come from a European family that's always very comfortable with their bodies. You are what you are as a woman."

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Gossip Grrrl Beth Ditto Goes Deep

Beth Ditto isn't your average rock star. The spandex-wearing Gossip singer makes that abundantly clear every time she opens her mouth, hits the stage or strips down to nothing for a magazine cover. In a new Spinner interview, the rabble-rousing Arkansan talks about body image, the prospect of marrying her longtime girlfriend and forcefully defends "badass" friend, supermodel Kate Moss.
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Thin, Thinning Winehouse Causes Stir

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Amy Winehouse removed her trademark beehive wig and most of her clothes over the weekend while vacationing with friends. 'Back to Bald' snickered the Daily Mail newspaper in a typical reaction in the UK to the troubled soul singer's thinning scalp.

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Hudson Is People's Most Beautiful Woman

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PEOPLE
Kate Hudson's natural beauty bumps her to the top of PEOPLE's annual list. "She will talk about being flat-chested and having a little bit of an offbeat look," says senior editor Galina Espinoza.

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Paltrow Felt 'Detached' After Childbirth

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X17online.com

"It was a very weird three to six months," Gwyneth Paltrow says about her struggle with postpartum depression following the birth of her kids. "I just did not know what was wrong with me," confesses the actress, here with son Moses, 2, in October. "I felt very detached ... like I was a shell of myself."

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Leibovitz Defends 'Classy' Cyrus Photos

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Famed photographer Annie Leibovitz calls the photo she took of Miley Cyrus for Vanity Fair "simple" and "very beautiful" and says she and the singer, who now has regrets, discussed the context of the photo beforehand.

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Chesney's Foot Crushed During Concert

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Determined not to disappoint his fans, country star Kenny Chesney limps his way through a concert in South Carolina after his foot is crushed by an elevator.

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Simpson Strips Down for Magazine Cover

For the May issue of Shape magazine, Ashlee Simpson reveals more than just details about her engagement, as the other Simpson sister goes front-and-center in a skimpy bikini.

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Where's the Ring? These photos of Liv Tyler let the world know she's a single girl again.

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