Mark Pasetsky's Cover Awards

At one point, Chesney was being driven home by his pal Bruce Springstein while on a tour stop in — of course — New Jersey, according to People.

“He could see that I was pretty tired,” says Chesney.

Springstein said, “What you have out here is wonderful.”

But he told Chesney that it took him until he was 41 to realize that it was an illusion. He said, “You can start a song today, and 10 years from now you can go back to that song and it will still be there. But your life isn’t like that.”

“It was like God talking to me,” says Chesney.

“Motherhood has given her all the keys to understanding how her mother and I were trying to raise her,” he says.

“Now it has come full circle.”

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In the new issue of Man About Town, Hayden admits that he hates the “whole overwhelming ambition that’s around” Hollywood.

“I would say I have an ambition, but not an ambition that fits with any sort of greater endeavor, you know?

You might achieve a lot but I gauge it by the experience I have on set.”

Remember those pictures with the cup marks on Gwyneth’s back?

Did she care that people found out she was into cupping?

“I think it’s good because people found out about cupping,” reveals Paltrow.

“I get cupping a lot. I’m a real chinese medicine fan,” says Paltrow in V Magazine.

“Oh God, don’t ask me that,” he squirms in his seat during his interview with Fantastic Man.

“I made a lot of money and have everything I ever wanted.

So I have, I don’t know, fifteen WARHOLS - and they’re okay ones too.”

…is one of the most loving and nurturing mothers I have yet to come across,” in the new issue of Harper’s Bazaar.

Pasetsky’s Cover Critique

It’s fascinating to watch the transformation of Quick & Simple’s cover.

Last week, I pointed out that Quick & Simple looked like it had a split personality.  Half of the cover featured celebs while the other half was women’s service lines.

This week it’s all about Trisha Yearwood’s “Country Cookbook!”

To make sure you get what that means, there is an arrow pointing at one of Trisha’s recipes — a 5-ingredient peach cobbler.

This cover would have been much stronger if it focused on how Trisha stays slim vs. the broader “country cookbook” line especially when you see Woman’s World’s cover.

Bottom Line: Quick & Simple is still trying to find its identity.  Recipes are a commodity and this cover will not do well on the newsstand.