Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files is set to revolutionize paranormal programming by investigating the evidence witnesses post on the Internet every day. Have you ever seen a photo or video online and wondered, “Is this real?” This is the show that will answer that question.
Heading up the Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files team is Ben Hansen, a former FBI agent with a life-long fascination with the paranormal. Now, having left the agency, he leads a young team of intrepid investigators who will convene to dissect the latest unusual images and decide whether they merit further investigation. Grainy videos will be brought to life as the team conducts thorough and elaborate experiments in an attempt to recreate the phenomena, and Ben will make the final choice which cases will require a trip into the field.
The series premiere is Thursday, July 15th at 10 Eastern (9 Central). Can’t wait!
Outside Magazine got called out the other day by their very own cover boy, Lance Armstrong. He tweeted…
Pictured above is the cover he tweeted about. Outside Shopped onto Armstrong’s plain t-shirt “38. BFD.” The “38″ stands for Armstrong’s age and – I imagine – the “BFD” stands for that infamous Joe Biden-ism “Big Fucking Deal”. To their credit, Outside printed a disclaimer on the cover: “Note: Not Armstrong’s real T-shirt” and offered up an explanation after Lance’s initial complaint, but that did not satisfy Armstrong. Rightfully so, if Outside wanted to use that visual story angle they should have told Armstrong about the concept ahead of time – not after the fact – because it is obviously a BFD to Lance.
Oh, how I love those ladies over at Jezebel! Kimora Lee Simmons has used an obviously shopped image for her latest perfume campaign, and I have been hoping that someone would find the original source image. Well, it appears it has been franken-shopped from a few models…
April 28, 2010 UPDATE: As much as I love Jezebel, I love the eagle eye users of this site even more! Commenter Doron pointed out that although he thinks the Kimora ad was Shopped, that these legs are not the source. He says: “Yes, the pictures are similar, but out of all the modelling pictures ever published, it’s not surprising that you can find one that looks very much like any other picture. When layered one on top of the other and compared pixel-to-pixel, one of the legs doesn’t even look alike.” So I did just that…
[mouse over to see the other image above] If you don’t like the mouse over thing you can see the 2 images overlayed below…
Survey says: Doron is correct! I lined up the ankles of the forward facing foot. While there are similarities to the legs the important things (namely ankles, calves and kneecaps) are entirely different. So, it appears I go back to hoping someone out there finds the original source imagery for this gem. I still believe it is Shopped (cuz Lord knows that is NOT Kimora’s current body) so the original has to be out there somewhere.
Thanks Doron for keeping your eyes on the pixels and calling this out! Please check out Doron’s blog post on this as well.
Don’t even get me going on the inconsistent lighting of the soda cans. This is Photoshop Disaster level work here, folks. Thanks for the submit, Nathanael!
The latest imagery for Candies featuring Britney Spears is out along with the unretouched originals. The Daily Mail says that it was Britney herself who demanded their release, but they are not giving credit to any named source for statements like: “Britney is proud of her body – imperfections and all.” OK, so, if she’s so damn proud why can’t you credit who said that? I’m with Jezebel – I’ll wait for some more info on these images before I stand up and applaud anyone.
Anyway, here are the images (below) – Brit looks damn good regardless, but you can see the extensive work on her legs, butt, thighs and waist. On the bottom image you can even see how they elongated her legs so they appear slimmer and so she looks taller.
