Macrovision Solutions Corporation’s TV Guide has officially entered Inside TV land.

The name of the magazine is TV Guide and the cover story subscribers will be receiving is a story about “Hot Bods.”

I’m sure they’ll be thrilled.

This issue will also be on the newsstand next to other celebrity weeklies - which already have cornered the market on these types of covers. You already saw In Touch’s cover earlier today.

Yes, the picture of Mario Lopez and Audrina Partridge is striking. But again, the editors of TV Guide have made some catastrophic decisions in making this its cover. Here’s why this cover will not work:

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In a year that looks like Us Weekly will have it’s lowest newsstand numbers in recent memory, Janice Min takes a risk and features Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as the main cover story for the magazine.

I think this is also the first time a national weekly has featured the couple on its cover.

I hope it works for them but…

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PASETSKY CELEBRITY WEEKLY PREDICTION

This is the perfect cover for summer.

I found this picture of Lauren and Audrina from the Hills. You’re thinking that’s a pretty shitty picture. And you’re right.

The key for this cover to work is a great photo director.

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 It’s more than a show.

The Hills is now a sales-platform for each of the four stars reports Rolling Stone.

What are they each doing?

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