• Khloe Kardashian, her late, lamented red hair, and a mask apparently made of plastic packing straps and a packet of studs from the nearest Michaels star on the cover of NY skate shop Yellow Rat Bastard's in-store mag, YRB. [Racked]

• Carine Roitfeld finally addressed her infamous blackface editorial: "We take risks. Painting Lara Stone in black, for example. We were accused of being racist, which was totally untrue, since I once did an entire issue on a black model." [WWD]

[Hawaii, December 18. Image via Bauer-Griffin.]

• In an upcoming MTV documentary about her, Nicki Minaj discusses how The Showbiz's double-standardism discourages women artists from being more assertive. "When I am assertive, I'm a bitch," she says. "When a man is assertive, he's a boss."

• Investigators have reportedly concluded that Justin Bieber didn't hit a 12-year-old during a laser tag match over the weekend, but the other boy was taunting Bieber, calling him a "faggot."

[Hollywood, October 9. Actress Megan Fox and husband Brian Austin Green picking up his son Kassius from karate class. Image via Flynet]

• Gisele Bündchen's rep says the art dealer she was photographed getting cozy with is just a close, personal man-friend. [DigitalSpy]
• Bündchen celebrated 15 years of modeling by pulling another version of her favorite cover pose for Brazilian Vogue. [MadeinBrazil]

• Michael Lohan reportedly tried to visit Lindsay Lohan in rehab, but security guards at the Betty Ford Center turned him away because visiting hours were over. However, that hasn't stopped him from bothering staffers.

• Courtney Love hired Michael Mouris to create a short animated video about her life. Karl Lagerfeld comes to her and tells her she is "drowning in the kook," like a Teutonic fairy godmother of style. It is awesome. [WWD]

[Milan, September 25. Image via Getty.]

• Taylor Swift is set to perform at the VMAs tonight—her appearance was supposed to be a surprise, but it leaked out, presumably so we'd all gossip about it prior to the show. And it worked! Good morning! [People]

[Toronto, September 10. Image via Dominic Chan/WENN.]

• Mike "The Designer" Sorrentino had his buddy Jonny "The Unit" Manfre model a bedazzled wifebeater from his soon-to-be-released "clothing" line. [Facebook]
• Jackie O's triple-strand of faux pearls is up for auction, and may fetch as much as $55,000. [LATimes]

• If you are a celebrity looking to distill your smelly essence into a trademarked blend of volatile organic compounds and sell it for a disgusting profit, be like Mary J. Blige. In six hours, Blige moved 60,000 units. [People]

• Paris Hilton is allegedly making the Nazi salute while wearing a military-style hat in a picture taken on a yacht in St. Tropez. She insists she's just dancing and scratching her nose.

• Mel Gibson may have been the target of an extortion scandal by ex Oksana Grigorieva — and supposedly there is a text that proves it.

• Christina Applegate's rep has confirmed that she and her fiancé Martyn Lenoble are expecting their first child.

• Lindsay Lohan has hired famed attorney Robert Shapiro to represent her, but it doesn't look like Shapiro is interested in getting Lohan out of her jail time:

• After leaking quotes from Mel Gibson's disgusting tirade, Radar has finally released the audio. The recording, in which he tells Oksana Grigorieva that she deserves to be raped because she wears tight clothing, is even more disturbing than originally reported.

• Well shit. Love her or hate her, you cannot deny that Megan Fox looks amazing and happy in her beachy, pretty wedding pictures.

• In response to Mel Gibson's disgusting, N-word laced rant, both the Anti-Defamation League and the NAACP have already denounced him, with the latter saying, "An apology is insufficient given his history of racism, sexism and anti-Semitism.

• Breaking: Katy Perry kissed a girl. [TMZ]
• Also! Katy Perry bought her mom a facelift. Katy's dad says:

• Britney Spears is facing allegations that she abused her two young sons.