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The only good thing about Kayne West's debut as a "fashion designer" last season was that he didn't cry when he took his final bow — we're looking at you Lindsay Lohan. Reviews went from terrible ("Good thing Kayne West has a day job") to merciless ("Kanye West's fashion debut was like being subjected to an hour long MRI scan — but not as much fun"). More »
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They say any publicity is good publicity, but that didn't exactly work out for prominent girlfriend beater Chris Brown. His public image never quite recovered from the just fallout that came from violently assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna at a pre-Grammy party three years ago, but some idiot – or Chris Brown-hating genius – decided it'd be a solid idea to for him to celebrate that fateful evening by performing at, you guessed it, the Grammys. Because we all need a reminder of how horrible that night was. Though it hasn't been publicly announced, a source told media folk that it is indeed on the cards. This deserves more FAIL-related hash tags than I have the energy to type at the present time. [Daily Mail] More »
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Kanye West stayed up late last night in London, and he shared his long night of the soul with his 5,826,998 Twitter followers. West is spending time in the city working on his fashion line, which he expects to show again in Paris this March, and this got him thinking about design, contract law, and shopping for "discount furs" with his mother at the age of 5. You'd never guess his teachers told him he "couldn't focus." More »
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Are you sitting down? Do you use a bosu ball for posture? Well, you might want to hold onto the table because word is out that Kim Kardashian is a big ol' homewrecker. That's right, though there was plenty of talk about it at the time, Amber Rose has confirmed that her relationship with Kanye West went belly-up after he was found to be hanging out of Kim. "Kim is one of the main reasons why me and Kanye are not together," she said. "She's a homewrecker!" And it gets better, with Amber adding that Kim was definitely dating Reggie Bush at the time and instigated the whole thing by relentlessly sexting Kanye — not even stopping when Amber confronted her. "They were both cheating on me and Reggie with each other," she added. "She was sending pictures, and I was like, ‘Kim, just stop. Don't be that person.' I thought at least she'd be woman enough to respond to me. She never responded." Now, that's what you call an oldie but a juicy goodie. [Radar] More »
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From the way they describe it Kanye West had a hard time keeping it in his pants at the after-party for his LA "Watch The Throne" concert with Jay-Z on Tuesday night, instead letting his fingers do the walking – all over Kim Kardashian's person. "Kanye was eating Kim up like she was a piece of cake," said an onlooker, who has a bright future in tabloids. "He was all over her - caressing her head, touching her waist." Caressing her head? Though talk of eating things and some light head work makes it sound like he was giving her some intriguing cunnilingus in the middle of a crowd it was, unfortunately, a bit more family-friendly. "I think he was dying to kiss her, but there were too many people in the room," they added. [NYDN] More »
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The idiosyncratic but engaging Twitter personality known as @kanyewest has now had some of his best work highlighted by needlepointer Amy Sheridan. Sheridan — and yes, the particular pieces shown in her Etsy listing are sold, but she'll get you "a brand new one, made just for you" — has immortalized some of the rapper's best/worst Tweets, including "I specifically ordered persian rugs with cherub imagery!!! What do I have to do to get a simple persian rug with cherub imagery uuuuugh" and "Fur pillows are hard to actually sleep on." It's not the first time someone's Tweets have been given the embroidery treatment (@MayorEmanuel's love of coffee and four-letter words was immortalized in Aida cloth earlier this year) but the medium is always appealing. Suggested additions: More »
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Rihanna might have overdone it a bit by scheduling a grueling 10-month tour, and now all the work and fun times are catching up with her. She's suffering from exhaustion, and she had a meltdown backstage before a recent show. Now, out of genuine concern that she might lose them money if she falls apart, her record company, Mercury, has reportedly ordered her to be on a round-the-clock "health watch," whatever that means. They've also given her a curfew. More »
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If you can stop weeping into a pint of ice cream while listening to "Someone Like You" for a second, there's good news: Adele could win six Grammys. 21 has been nominated for Album Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album; "Rolling In The Deep" is up for Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year; "Someone Like You" is nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance. She's also nominated in the music video category. The question is: Will she be able to sing at the awards show on February 12? Fingers crossed. Meanwhile, your friend Kanye West nabbed seven noms, and Rihanna, Foo Fighters, Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga are also among the nominees. Oh! And Chris Brown's F.A.M.E. is up for Best R&B Album. Fun. More »
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Kanye West showed his first collection on an all-star cast of (very very white!) models this weekend in Paris. (Okay, fine, there were two black models, but seriously, Ye?) The front row was stocked with some of the designers whose shows Kanye himself has attended for years, including Jeremy Scott, Joseph Altuzarra, Azzedine Alaïa, Alexander Wang, Dan and Dean Caten of DSquared2, and the Olsen twins. Editors, photographers, and celebrities (Ciara! Lindsay Lohan! Terry Richardson!) rounded out the pack. More »
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British Comedian Russell Brand was forced to cancel his show in Canada on Saturday after customs officials refused to let him into the country. No word on why exactly he was denied entry yesterday, but it's not the first time he's had trouble with customs. Earlier this year, Japan refused to let him in because of his criminal record. Hmm, probably tweets like this one during last night's drama aren't helping his case: More »
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Sometimes a television pilot is so bad that even Kim Kardashian dressed as Princess Leia won't save it. This was the case for Alligator Boots, a series conceived for Comedy Central in 2008. Maybe the world wasn't ready for a "hip-hop puppet" named Beary White (get it?), or maybe it was because Crank Yankers already existed. More »
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Music producer Mark Ronson married French girlfriend Josephine de la Baume in the south of France yesterday —all while looking like he'd just finished practicing with a barbershop quartet. More »
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The lawyers defending Kanye West protege Big Sean have released a statement on behalf of their client, who was recently accused of sexually assaulting a woman during a concert: More »
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Have you been lying awake at night wondering how Jessica Alba will get thin again after giving birth to baby number 2 this month? Well: "I have a hard time with portion control, so I have 1,200 calorie meals delivered," she tells Lucky magazine. "But I also work out, so basically I'm starving. It sucks. I drink a lot of water." Jess also says: "In the gym, I have like five things to distract me: TV, iPod, magazines. Working partners are good, too, so you can chat and not just drown in your own misery… Sorry, does that sound bad? I just hate working out." On the one hand, what the hell is wrong with our society that women have to starve to be considered attractive and land magazine covers and cosmetic ad campaigns? On the other hand: At least she admits that it fucking sucks? [Us Magazine] [Also, a publicist requested we link to Lucky, but you won't find any juicy quotes at the link, just a weak-ass slideshow, so don't bother clicking.] More »
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Angelina Jolie received a special award at the Sarajevo Film Festival on Saturday. The audience gave her a standing ovation; she said, "I will start crying if you don't stop." Apparently she had tears in her eyes as she waited for the clapping to die down, and her voice broke when she said, "I told Brad in the car I was afraid I was going to cry." Sniffle. Her film about Bosnia, In The Land Of Blood And Honey, will be released in December. [OMG!] More »
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Uh-oh. Did Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony break up because Jen was getting on the floor with William Levy, the hired abs from her "I'm into You" video? Levy — a telenovela star — separated from his wife in May. Now, just because Jenny slithered all over him in front on the cameras doesn't mean the sexytimes continued later on. But. Apparently the 30-year-old Cuban cheated on his wife with over 40 women, so JLo could have been one of them. That's just how mathematical possibilities work. [Bossip] More »
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There's a rumor that Kanye West will launch his new clothing line at New York fashion week this September. Supposedly, Yeezy has hired designer Louise Goldin to oversee the collection, and has Central St. Martins' Louise Wilson as an advisor. That Kanye would turn designer has long been said to be imminent. Previously, he has collaborated on shoe collections with Nike and Louis Vuitton, released a line of silk scarves, "interned" briefly at the Gap, and attended ever so many fashion shows where he steadfastly refuses to talk to the press. He announced a clothing line to be called Pastelle in 2008, he rapped about Pastelle, and even wore a Pastelle bomber jacket to the AMAs, but before it could enter production, Kanye pulled the plug. [Grazia] More »
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Summer's here, which means it's time to pick up a book — or a Kindle, or an iPad. With all the traveling and hanging by the beach or pool, reading is fundamental! And celebrities are getting in on the action. More »
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So. You know that Jennifer Aniston is dating Justin Theroux. Did you know that Justin Theroux just ended is 14 year relationship with his girlfriend, Heidi Bivens? As in: She moved out over the weekend. Hence a headline insinuating that Jen is a "homewrecker." Bivens is "devastated," and the column at the link is sure to point out that Jen did this even though she called Angelina "uncool" for getting with Brad Pitt. Question: Better a homewrecker than a lonely spinster? [Page Six, Daily Mail] More »
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Gwyneth Paltrow has something to say about homosexuality! She took to Goop to discuss her views, writing: More »
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Taylor Warren says she was a little weirded out when she found out that Kanye West would be carrying around her severed head in his latest music video. But then she decided to go with it. More »
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First Rihanna shoots a dude, and now Kanye's dangling some nice lady's bloody dome from his fingers. Why are you so dark and twisty, Music Videos? What ever happened to good old-fashioned bitches and bling? More »
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Oprah's finale — taped last night — involved a steaming heap of celebrities, including Jamie Foxx, Stevie Wonder, Jerry Seinfeld, Rosie O'Donnell, Simon Cowell, Maya Angelou, Tyler Perry, Alicia Keys, Aretha Franklin, Usher and Maria Shriver. Oh, and Will Smith. And Katie Holmes. And Kristin Chenoweth. AND. Tom Hanks. AND. Tom Cruise. Living legends, A-listers, screaming fans! There was even a proposal. (?!?) The show is gonna be crazy. [Radar Online] More »
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Wow. Welp. We heard rumblings of consistent infidelity, and today, a bombshell: Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a child with a member of his household staff, and that's why Maria Shriver decided to call it quits. The mother of this child worked for the Schwarzenegger family for TWENTY YEARS, until she retired. In January. This woman — whose name is not being published — says: "I wanted to achieve my 20 years, then I asked to retire." She received a severance payment and "left on good terms with them." Schwarzenegger took financial responsibility for the child from the start and continued to provide support. The kid was born over ten years ago, but Maria found out that the Terminator was the biological father very recently. Ahnuld tells the Los Angeles Times: "After leaving the governor's office I told my wife about this event, which occurred over a decade ago.  I understand and deserve the feelings of anger and disappointment among my friends and family.  There are no excuses and I take full responsibility for the hurt I have caused.  I apologized to Maria, my children and my family.  I am truly sorry." Apparently Arnold and Maria's kids basically grew up with this child — they all played together — so the lies were fairly extensive. Funny how this cigar-smoking muscle-bound manly man is basically Cowardice personified. Also, it's amazing that his didn't come out sooner - but as we learned yesterday, there may have been all kinds of tabloid blackmail and payoffs going on behind the scenes. The stuff epic mini series are made of. [TMZ, LA Times, Radar Online] More »
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Quoth she: "There's no comparison in personalities. You know when people say how do you go from Kanye to Wiz Khalifa, that's a downgrade. But the only question I can ask them is: have you ever dated Kanye? Because I have, and believe me, I did not downgrade at all. Not in any aspect, at all." More »
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Bethenny Frankel is being sued by her ex-manager, Doug Wald, who claims that he helped her make the deal to create the Skinnygirl cocktail brand — but was cut out of the profit share. According to this report, "Wald says Frankel specifically sought out his advice because she thought the Skinnygirl cocktail was underexploited and he could help her make some money from it." The Skinnygirl cocktail brand is a huge success, because women love booze but hate calories, and when the line was acquired in March, it was a $120 million deal. Wald wants his ten percent — $12 million - and $100 million in damages. Ouch. [Hollywood Reporter] More »
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When it comes to fashion week, it doesn't get much more serious than Paris. And that goes double for the A-list front rows. More »
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Today in Tweet Beat, James Franco is trying to make everyone fall in love with him with this picture. Plus, Lily Allen gets upset about Kanye's abortion comment. More »
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Oh, yes. It isn't really a feud until Kanye West gets involved! Today Yeezy reminded us that in all this talk about abortion, we're forgetting those who are hit hardest by the costs of an unwanted pregnancy. Won't someone think of the ballers?! More »
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Yesterday Kanye West released the music video for "All of the Lights," and in true Yeezy fashion, it's already embroiled in controversy. You see, sections of the video are extremely similar to the opening sequence of the 2010 film Enter the Void directed by Gaspar Noe. Is it plagiarism? An homage? With pop music, who can tell anymore? Either way, Kanye has easily beaten Lady Gaga for the most esoteric music video tribute/theft of the week. More »
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• Last night we went to the VMan issue launch party with coverboy Kanye West. It took over an hour to get in — Calvin Klein men's wear designer Italo Zucchelli, Vogue Italia covergirl Toni Garrn, and photographers Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin were among the faces we spotted in the scrum outside the Mondrian, all bearing the patient if slightly beleaguered look of any stranger trying to find a warm berth on a cold fashion week night — but it was well worth it, even though Kanye a) didn't perform and b) wouldn't talk to us. He also wouldn't talk to the New York Times, but he told our Observer friend that he, Kanye West, liked his tie. There were go-go dancers, a woman dressed in a red toile gown with an enormous hoop skirt and paniers, Ladyfag, Lady Bunny, and at 1 a.m., they shot cash through the air over the dance floor. (West was photographed for the cover with a $100 bill in his mouth. Certain editions of the magazine have real, folded up $1 bills stuffed through slits in the cover.) We bent down and collected 22 slightly crumpled notes from beneath the feet of less observant guests, because we are shameless. (Also, poor.) That, we found, is sufficient for a modest, low-denomination cash-fan. What Are You Going To Spend Your Kanye Cash On? became a topic of much discussion. It seems in retrospect like the whole night should have been a hallucination, but the cash — and our hangover — is real.
• Kanye West also wasn't answering questions at the Rodarte show yesterday — but when Amy Odell from The Cut looked put out by this, he gave her a hug. Kanye's the best. That Kanye! So personable. [The Cut]
• For his fashion show after-party, Marc Jacobs — who showed on February 14 — gave his guests candy necklaces and candy hearts. Karen Elson and Terry Richardson were among the attendees. [WWD]
• New W cover star Mila Kunis says, "I was never raised to think that I was pretty. It's not that I was raised to think I was unattractive, but it was just never something that was pointed out to me by my family," she explained. "They would point out personality traits — 'Our daughter is really quirky' — versus what I look like, because inevitably, looks go, so it makes no difference." [NYDN]
• Iman and David Bowie don't celebrate Valentine's day with dinner. "We never do Valentine's dinner, because everybody, they look," says the supermodel. "On Valentine's, imagine me and David going to a restaurant! Like everybody's going to say, ‘Did they talk? Did they hold hands?' Twenty years. We've been married twenty years!" [The Cut]
• "People say don't judge a book by its cover," said Peter Brant Jr., between sips from a coupe of pink champagne. "But designing book covers is a multimillion-dollar business." We actually wrote this story. In case that line alone didn't make you want to read on, it's about a salon Miu Miu sponsors with André Leon Talley, Tavi Gevinson, and the offspring of Stephanie Seymour and Peter M. Brant. (Peter Jr. has been reading his Veblen.) [NYObs]
• Kate Moss and Mario Testino are well away from the madding fashion week crowds. They're down in Rio de Janeiro, shooting what is rumored to be a 70-page editorial for Vogue Brazil. [Made in Brazil]
• "For me, it's what I want from The New York Times on a weekend. I want a good, sexy, neurotic story about New York literary life in the Seventies. I want the New York Review of Books parties. I want a little Farrar, Strauss and Giroux. You have that literary dream of New York. It's got it all." T editor Sally Singer, on Sigrid Nunez's piece about Susan Sontag and David Rieff in the new issue of her magazine. [WWD]
• In other media news, @womensweardaily interviewed @oscarPRgirl. In 140 characters or fewer. [WWD]
• Chace Crawford cracked jokes during the Diesel show that kept fellow front-row denizens Paz de la Huerta and Vanessa Hudgens laughing. But Paz wouldn't talk about it afterwards. "They were secret jokes," she said. [P6]
• Karl Lagerfeld is not selling his Gramercy Park retirement apartment. "We live in a time beyond truth," says the Kaiser. "Today, you can put anything on the 'Net and you don't even have to excuse yourself when it's not true." Rumor had it that the Chanel creative director had put his penthouse on the market — for about a million less than he'd bought it for. [WWD]
• Moda Operandi, Vogue editor Lauren Santo Domingo's new trunk-show e-tailer, launches today with an Alexander Wang sale. [WWD]
• This year's BlogLovin awards went to The Man Repeller, The Sartorialist, Fashiontoast, Who What Wear, and The Blonde Salad. Women's Wear Daily reports "Each winner got a free trip to Florence, a Rebecca Minkoff handbag and a Swatch watch." [WWD]

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• Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom's perfume, Unbreakable, launches in a week. Unbreakable. Like their love. Get it? Let's speculate about what Khloe is thinking in that photo in the top corner. ("People are really going to buy this?") [Official Site]

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Megan Fox uploaded two baby pictures on Facebook in an album titled "I look like Steve Buscemi." As for Kanye, he looks pretty much like who he is today — a man with excellent fashion sense. More »
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Today in Tweet Beat, Kanye gets TMI. Plus, according to Shanna Moakler, a lot of women are interested in applying for a second season of Bridalplasty. More »
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The show Fairly Legal opens with the heroine, Kate, stumbling out of her houseboat and dodging repeated calls from someone labeled "The Wicked Witch of the West." More »
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• Halle Berry is preparing to go to court to deal with the custody battle of her 2½-year-old daughter Nahla.

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• Though she has acted alongside respected thespians such as Joaquin Phoenix, James Purefoy and Luke Wilson, working with a pachyderm for Water For Elephants was "one of the best experiences of my career," says Reese Witherspoon.

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• Ted Williams, the homeless man turned voice actor, left rehab today against his doctors' advice, less than two weeks after he checked in vowing to kick his drug and alcohol addictions.

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With Khloe not present on the premiere of their new reality show, Kim and Kourtney needed another "K," so they invited Kanye West around to offer his fashion advice. In his brief, one-minute appearance he managed to be arrogant. More »
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Nicki Minaj and her entourage were kicked out of a five-star hotel for causing a ruckus. What did they expect? Everybody knows she's a motherfucking monster. More »
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