Photoshop Gone Too Far - Gwyneth Paltrow

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This is just taking Photoshop too far! I get that us regular folks are supposed to idolize celebs for their beauty but photoshopping them to the extent that they become unrecognizable is just wrong.

I had to really analyze the picture to realize who was on the cover of the September issue of W Magazine and I still couldn't figure it out. At first glance I thought Sharon Stone, then Sienna Miller then I read that it was Gwyneth Paltrow.

Come on guys, let's get a little natural with the photoshopping.

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Reader Comments

0:33PM 08/14/07 cover boy

she looks so dead¡¡¡ i don't like it i totally heated

4:07PM 08/12/07 Infallible

ALL U PEOPLE WHO KNOCKING HER COVER NEED 2 GET A LIFE! IS THAT THE BEST U CAN DO...? SIT ONLINE & CRITIQUE SOMEBODY WHO CAN PROBABLY BUY YOUR ASS! GET A LIFE! & DO IT FAST B4 ITS TOO LATE!

3:16PM 08/12/07 joe schmoe

all you little people are just jealous...let the hollywood people make themselves look completely unreal...who cares?

3:07PM 08/12/07 Heidi

Besides........if they used photoshop wouldn't they have taken time to remove the peach fuzz on her jawline? This is all natural with a little paint!

3:05PM 08/12/07 heidi

Not only is this Gwenyth, it is ALL Gwenyth. It's make-up folks! and camera angle and attitude! How can anyone say this isn't her? Stop being jealous girls this is why she is an actress/model and we are not. It's wonderful! Buy photoshop so you can adjust your own photos and leave Gwen alone.

2:58PM 08/12/07 Goober Von Kockenbalz

Di-aaamn . Gweneth be thy name- Schwing!!! Best I've seen her look. Eat your heart out Brad Pitt...

2:23PM 08/12/07 Lord

I think she looks great. Hollywood yesteryear circa 1967. Hanging out at the Gibson Guitar shop as the new girl who likes pot and dildos. I like it.

11:43AM 08/12/07 Bryan

Not sure why people are so rude about Gwyneth. She is a very beautiful woman, always has been and always will be. And how can anyone honestly say that this photo of Gwyneth is unrecognizable? Looks just like her. There is nothing wrong with looking good. All women do different things to look good. If this photo was of a friend or wife of all the one's putting Gwyneth down, I can guarantee they would be going on how beautiful she was. Jealously doesn't become people so just admit she looks good and I'll apologize for the rude comments. So sorry Gwyneth they realize now you take care.

9:00PM 08/11/07 Tomasina

She's definitely an MILF - Mom I'd like to fart on.

7:46PM 08/09/07 Jackson

Hey, La chat, the expression is "up and coming," not "up incoming." Gwyneyth is made up for a photo shoot...and looks exactly like herself (with make up)...what's the big deal? She's beautiful!

4:41PM 08/08/07 Rebecca

She is a beautiful person, but don't like this photo (she looks drugged)

4:04PM 08/08/07 CinPA

If Gwyneth's character in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (a woman who dressed up as a man to be an actor in a Shakesepare play) looked like she does this photograph, she probably would have gotten away with it, no problem. Yikes. Will the real Gwyneth please return? You're generally lovely. There is no need to try so hard.

2:23PM 08/08/07 Ashley

I think this cover totally looks like Gwyneth. I don't get the problem. I could tell at a distance that it was Ms. Paltrow.

0:42PM 08/08/07 memememe

It's not jealousy... she's beautiful on the cover (and she's beautiful in real life) it's just creepy that it's NOT HER!

0:35PM 08/08/07 Cass

What are you people smoking? The woman is gorgeous and I recognized her immediately. Sounds like jealousy runs rampant on these boards. Wait...why am I reading them anyway?

0:33PM 08/08/07 Memememe

This is the height of ridiculous... I'm all for photoshoping (whoever says this is not altered is completely nuts) but this is altered to the point that it's no longer her! Its not just the skin and nose and eyebrows... they've changed the entire shape of her face! How could anyone be proud of getting a cover when it's not them on the cover?!? And BTW there's no "photo angle" in the world that could do all that! And as to the idea that they did this "on purpose" if I were her, I'd like to be somewhat recognizable if I were on the cover of W.

0:29PM 08/08/07 Michelle

ALL magazine covers are photoshopped. I do that for a living. No cover goes untouched. I'm sure great photography, lighting, and makeup are involved also, but don't discount digital retouching. There is not one single line on her face - that is Photoshop. Even young people with beautiful skin have expression lines somewhere. I think she is a pretty woman - not gorgeous - but this is a very different look for her. I prefer her pale & demure, as it seems to fit her personality better.

0:23PM 08/08/07 Margo

Actually, it looks like gweneth with a tan and a bad camera angle.... thats all. We all have those pics were we kinda look different. Thats what happend... STOP FREAKING OUT EVERYBODY... ITS GONNA BE OKAY! LOL

0:08PM 08/08/07 caramel kobra

You look beautiful Gwyn very nice picture.

0:00PM 08/08/07 Laura

Wow! Obviously you all need help! W is a high fashion magazine, she is not photo shopped. They are just trying to give her a different look. If you don't like it that's one thing. No reason to get so personal on a woman you don't even know!

11:53AM 08/08/07 jocelyn

Hell i think its a step up for her, she isnt really that pretty, atleast here, she has pretty hair..

11:32AM 08/08/07 Julia

It's all make-up to do something different than what's normal for her. It sounds like people are taking it way too serious! It's only a magazine cover! For the most part, I think most women are jealous of her. I think they did a great job in doing something different when they made the decision to color outside the lines. I think her look -- for a magazine cover -- is great! Well done!

10:49AM 08/08/07 anon

this is not photoshopped, it is all make-up, if you ask me. There is nothing to photoshop, it is just her face, and the make-up plus platinum hair, are a very different (edgy) look for her.

8:30AM 08/08/07 Lala

Yeah, it does look like heidi klum.

6:15AM 08/08/07 Jen#2

I think they made her look like a man.

5:03PM 08/07/07 ladybug

I don't think "photoshop" is the right word to use in this case. This is photography angles and makeup. I think the end results on Gywneth are not attractive, but it's edgy and different and probably all done on purpose.

4:43PM 08/07/07 Chloe

I actually knew it was Gwyneth at first glance. As for how it looks, yeah, it looks terrible. She's so bronzed and square-faced. But yeah, it totally looks like her. Just not the "real" her, whatever that means.

2:07PM 08/07/07 Alexia

It looked like Heidi Klum to me lol! There's no way that the woman on the cover is even near to the Gwyneth! Jesus Christ, this is just way too much!

2:00PM 08/07/07 Goo.

She is an unattractive person on the outside as well as the inside, apparently.

0:35PM 08/07/07 lissa

Even photoshop cannot make this selfish bitch a goddess!

0:09PM 08/07/07 lanie

hahahahah ya this is definitely bad why would they do that, she is a beautiful woman

11:40AM 08/07/07 dinigi

who the fuck is that supposed to be???

11:20AM 08/07/07 Lene

Does anyone know where I can read the interview online?

11:00AM 08/07/07 tammy

ya wow i didn't even notice that it looks like lilo's mouth. the eyebrows are totally sienna miller

10:43AM 08/07/07 OMG its LILO

From the nose down it looks like a Lilo cover. Ugh.

10:39AM 08/07/07 La chat

I couldn't figure out who this was either. She looks like one of those unknown, up incoming models that you have to be like who is this?, but I think she's pretty, and she seems really approachable as well.

10:24AM 08/07/07 Brenda

She is UGLY before and after. The best thing she can do is go back to London.