FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 01, 2006 10:50AM EST

By Stephen M. Silverman

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Katie Couric's digitally slimmed-down photo didn't surprise Rosie O'Donnell, who says she's been there, done that.

In her online blog, O'Donnell, who joins ABC's The View on Tuesday, writes (in her signature haiku-like style): "they retouched katie .../ yea....and/ they airbrush everyone/ in everything we see on tv or in print/ EVERYTHING."

O'Donnell, 44, writes that when she was in the 1996 movie Beautiful Girls with Matt Dillon and Uma Thurman, "i saw the poster and said aloud/ 'i didn't know courteney cox was in this film'/ it wasn't courteney – it was me."

She writes that she called her agent, laughing; her agent called studio chief Harvey Weinstein, who, O'Donnell says, replied, "so what – she should thank me – she looks a lot better."

O'Donnell also says she was digitally trimmed in the new publicity shot for The View, in which she appears with co-hosts Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Joy Behar and Barbara Walters. She writes:

look at the amount of white space
between my arm and body
barbara and elisabeth seem to vanish
there in my underarm thinnest
yes i say
photoshop

Reality Check: When Grandma's too Easy My parents often babysit for my daughter, but never follow my rules. How can I get them to stick to my routine?
By Denene Millner Q My parents often babysit for my daughter, but they put her to bed late, let her leave toys out, and do other things I never do. How can I get them to follow my rules? A When you rely on family for babysitting, getting them to understand why they should parent like you can be dicey — especially if the sitters in question once changed your diapers. They'll be quick to note the irony of your telling them what to do. To get everyone on board, you need to speak up, but you'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar. When Mari was little, I'd "remind" my parents which (healthy) foods she liked to eat, and I'd give them an update on "all the great things" their granddaughter could do: scrape her plate after dinner, pick up her toys, take off her own clothes at bathtime, fall asleep on her own if tucked in by 8 p.m.�impressive signs of her physical advances and mental maturity that my parents couldn't wait to see for themselves.

Champion Schwimmer

The day after winning ''So You Think You Can Dance,'' Benji talks with Jessica Shaw about competing with his cousin, his movie plans, and why he may not work for Celine Dion

Even if you were a fan of spiky-haired Travis Wall, you have to give props to toothy, hip-swiveling Benji Schwimmer, who took home the So You Think You Can Dance title last night. After not much sleep and brushes with a crazed fan or two, Benji called EW from his hotel room in New York City to tell us about dancing sexy with his cousin Heidi, playing Fred Astaire, and why he might not be claiming that Celine Dion contract prize.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Benji, have you slept yet since you won?
BENJI SCHWIMMER: I'm a little tired. I didn't sleep too much. I was on the plane as soon as I finished the show. Then our plane got delayed. I kept waking up and going in and out of sleep and having recurring dreams about not winning the show. I'm here in my hotel room thinking about what just happened to me.

Get Comfortable With Cottage Style
Written by Coral Nafie, About.com's Guide to Interior Decorating found at http://interiordec.about.com.
Technically speaking, Cottage Style isn’t really a style. After all, a cottage is meant to be lived in, to be enjoyed, and is usually the recipient of all the cast-offs from the real home. But Cottage furnishings and accessorites have grown in popularity in recent years. In Cottage Style anything (and everything) goes. Furniture The furniture in a Cottage Style home is often recycled, purchased from a flea market, or collected from family rejects. Nothing really needs to match -- and it shouldn’t -- yet the overall effect is charming and comfortable. Anything found can be painted or recovered to help it fit into your scheme. Reuse Vintage Items In Cottage decor, pieces are often adapted from one use to another.

Bully Proof Your Kids

Bullies. Every school has them. They taunt, tease, shove, and beat up other kids. Indirect bullying -- where kids are ignored or excluded -- can be just as devastating as a physical assault, say experts.

To Ronald Stephens, executive director of the National School Safety Center, bullying is "one of the most underrated but enduring problems in schools today." In the U.S., surveys show that as many as one in four kids say they've been bullied recently in school. Kids may be afraid or ashamed to tell adults about a bully. Some parents don't intervene because they think kids should work it out on their own. What can you do to help your kids protect themselves from a bully? * Encourage your kids to tell you, a teacher, or another adult when they're having a problem. It's important for them to let someone know early, before the situation escalates.

Second Wind
''Big Brother'': It's a do-over! After technical difficulties on last night's telecast, a new HOH competition yielded interesting results by Lynette Rice

I actually started writing this column the minute Tuesday's episode was over, mostly because I knew that Kaysar's ouster was a fait accompli and that Janelle wouldn't be able to convince enough floaters that James was playing both sides. Too bad — not because I thought Kay-Kay deserved to stick around (his dour intensity was matched only by his inability to say or do anything even remotely interesting), but James was such an idiot for bidding for prizes during that veto competition that he deserved to be back-doored. What a duplicitous, indignant boob he's turned out to be. Didn't he learn anything last season by putting Sarah and himself at risk that when he attempted to play both sides? All I can say is, poor Danielle. Will was right to point out how harsh it was that the house's only mom was stuck in solitary confinement (not that I didn't enjoy watching her eat crow. Girlfriend gets awfully cocky when you give her a little power). Still, she deserved better from her partner-in-crime, James. As the shrewdest female player in BB history, Danielle came into this house with a pretty significant target on her head and a bitter enemy in Marcellas. And though she suffered a tremendous brain fart during the first week, she made a necessary course correction, kept her mouth shut, and look how far she's come! Of course I attribute her staying power to her secret alliance with James and Chill Town (yes, I learned that by watching the feeds. No, I don't always acknowledge them because this is about the TV show. So ease up on the smack talk, will ya, folks?). But Danielle is still smart enough to stand on her own. Gotta hand it to home girl for not giving into pressure Tuesday to nominate Marcellas when she knew that picking a Sixer was the wiser way to go (but I also gotta hand it to Chill Town for shrewdly positioning Marcellas as the greedy new owner of $5,000 and a plasma TV. Can Will get any better at playing this game?). But that's ancient history now, especially since we have a more pressing issue to address: the next HOH. No, it is not boring Erica (cue Hallelujah chorus). For anyone who doesn't have the privilege of an internet feed (or the patience to pull a late nighter while waiting for a damn answer), you didn't learn from last night's episode that BB opted for a do-over on the HOH competition because Howie couldn't push his button. Now I'm sure there wasn't a soul in the BB universe who thought Big Boy was robbed of a much-deserved win (it's not like he's normally a lightning-fast thinker). They just thought he faced some unfair technical difficulties so a new competition was deemed necessary. All I can say is, hell yeah! [SPOILER ALERT! Stop reading if you don�t want to know the results.] The contest finally commenced around 11 p.m. PT with the HGs using those silly wheel thingies instead of the unpredictable buzzers. And though the questions were far less interesting than the first time around, the results were much more enjoyable (and well deserved). Janelle won again! Now my first thought was how James was probably thinking to himself, ''Man that fat beeyotch is gonna come after me now. Probably shouldn't have bid for those prizes this week.'' Then my second thought was how that skinny tool deserved to be the next to go because he bid for those prizes this week. And my third thought? What a lovely time it must be for Will and Boogie. A win for Janelle means another free week in the house — though those guys would be wise to stop relying on Will's uncanny ability to schmooze the women and start actually competing for a change. Seriously, has Will managed to go beyond the first round of any of the competition? But that's a problem for later. I do hope Janelle goes with her gut and nominates James; if there's anything he's done this week, it's proven how much he lies. But my fear is that James and Chill Town will convince her to pick Marcellas, who I don't believe deserves to hit the road when far more useless players remain intact (hello, Chicken George? Erica? Chicken George? Erica?). So what do you think? Do you like the sound of the coup d'etat twist? Were you disappointed to see Kaysar go? Did CBS do right by Howie by staging that do-over? Will Janelle put her Sixer alliance in jeopardizing by targeting James?

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