This week in Pictures

It was only a matter of time… Mattel has been given the rights to turn the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge into Barbie Dolls. Have a look at the first two pics in the gallery for a comparison of the real couple and the Barbie version.

Also this week – Adele, the Grammys, an official Oscars portrait gallery and all the news from the week

Mattel will sell official Royal Wedding Barbie Dolls just in time for the royal couple's one-year anniversary.

Pretty close, huh?

Have a look at these Academy Awards nominee pics from The Oscars official website. Photoshop much?

Ironically, the series of images is called Out of Character.

Here's Michelle Williams, who's nominated for Best Actress.

And Viola Davis is also up for Best Actress. The Oscars are on Feb 26 - mark that date in your diary.

Adele appeared on the cover of US Vogue's March issue.

This week she also walked away from the Grammys with 6 awards.

She also announced she would walk away from the industry for four to five years to concentrate on her relationship, but later revoked the comments.

In a first for Australian magazines, plus-size model Robyn Lawley appears on the cover of Madison magazine.

They even hired a woman to pose as Whitney Houston's dead body.The cover says What Really Happened, but small text underneath reads: photo re-creation.

And then there was this page: Whitney-related covers to show they knew she was in trouble all along.

Whitney Houston was found dead in her hotel room in Los Angeles. She was just 48 years old.

Since her death, more than 1 million of her albums and singles have been sold.

At the Grammys this week, Jennifer Hudson sang I WIll Always Love You a tribute to Whitney.

Magda Szubanski says she absolutely identifies with being gay when she appeared on The 7pm Project. She also joined Twitter.

The British advertising watchdog has banned a Ryanair newspaper campaign featuring scantily-clad flight attendants, ruling that it linked female cabin crew with sexual behaviour and should not have appeared in national newspapers.

J-Lo in ad an for her new fragrance and a pose not even a gymnast could achieve.

The Sports Illustrated cover everyone's talking about. Can you notice what's missing?

Also in the edition, model Crystal Renn.

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Also in the Sports Illustrated swimwear edition, Rafa Nadal and Bar Refaeli.

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Kylie Minogue was styled by 25 designers to celebrate her 25 years in the music industry with Stylist magazine. These are the three covers that will appear on the mag.

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Jennifer Aniston's new boyfriend Justin Theroux poses for New York Magazine.

Kim Kardashian goes semi natural for this Allure magazine shoot.

She's without her signature smoky eyes, long lashes and layers of lip gloss.

The singer everyone's talking about, Lana Del Rey, appeared on the cover of T Magazine and defended her real lips.

Beyonce and Jay Z released the first pics of their baby girl Blue Ivy.

Blue was born on Jan 7.

US magazine, The National Enquirer, printed a story called Whitney's Final Minutes, in which they recreated Whitney Houston's death scene. Whitney Houston was found dead in her hotel room in Los Angeles. She was just 48 years old.

Onto something a little cute, say hello to the German bulldog who has adopted six oprhan piglets.

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These underwater photos of dogs have been going viral. They're taken by Seth Casteel.This is a bulldog.

Here's a cavalier King Charles Spaniel.

And a Labrador Retriever fetching a ball.

Nicki Minaj arrived at the Grammys as Little Red Riding Hood and was escorted by a pope lookalike.

Fergie at the Grammys

Lady Gaga was less shocking this year (last year she turned up in an egg) but still turning heads.

You might’ve noticed this stamp popping up in the gallery today, Here’s the deal. While we wish all magazine and advertisers would just tell us when they’re using Photoshop as per the Govt’s Voluntary Code Of Conduct, the reality is they don’t. That’s why we’ve created our own Photoshopped stamp, which we will apply to images of a person we believe has been digitally altered in a way that could affect your perception of your own body or face.

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