SJP looks predictably tiny and pretty on the January cover of Elle, and inside, she talks about her kids, working for Halston, and everyone's favorite topic, getting older in Hollywood!

Johanna Cox, who won a job at Elle on Stylista, has left the magazine. In a bridge-burning blog post, Cox describes "working on the real-life set of that Meryl Streep movie" under a "very senior person" who was...less than collegial.

Robbie Myers, editor-in-chief of Elle, claims that Gabourey Sidibe's skin was "absolutely not" changed.

• So. Everything Joaquin Phoenix has been doing for the last two years has been "performance art."

When we discussed Gabourey Sidibe's Elle cover last week, we focused on her terrible wig. But some readers and commenters noticed something else amiss: Her skin tone.

This is my opinion and I own it. When I read the report that Gabby Sidibe was covering the 25th anniversary of Elle magazine's October issue, I nearly jumped out of my office chair with utter excitement.

Elle staffers are working from home this week after bedbugs were discovered in the mag's Manhattan offices. The infestation was confirmed by a "specially trained sniffing beagle" and treated. Expect to see a beauty feature on combating unsightly bites.

Julia! She's not a multimillionaire internationally known Hollywood superstar. She's just a girl! And the men she works with are boys.

Drew Barrymore's first job was a dog food commercial when she was 11 months old; now, at 35, she's in Elle promoting her latest flick, Going the Distance and admitting that she is tired.

Lily Allen is on the August cover of Elle UK (discussing "Fashion, Music, & BABIES"), but it seems the editors did not invite her jaw bone to the shoot. Is she the latest victim of overzealous airbrushing? Let's investigate.

Earlier this week, we took a look at Elizabeth Kaye's piece in June's Elle magazine, in which she describes watching an actor's film, falling in love with his image on screen, setting up an interview, and then bedding him. Repeatedly.

Rihanna looks spectacular on the July cover of Elle magazine. But is her waist really the same width as her head?

For the June issue of Elle, Elizabeth Kaye penned what is essentially a very long blind item. The short version? She went to the movies, developed a crush on an actor, set up an interview and subsequently bedded him. Repeatedly.

"My family are amazing. I had like, the perfect upbringing. It sucks for people like Lindsay, but it's not her fault that she's so off the rails." [Elle UK]

Reader P.K. emailed us to say: "I think there must be a memo floating around in fashion magazines' editor's room — everywhere June is 'size acceptance issue' month. I'm sending you scans of Polish Elle's June issue."

On Today this morning, Ann Curry talked to Elle editor-in-chief Robbie Myers about "curves" making a "comeback." Myers mentioned the Louis Vuitton show with "curvy" models, and said: "Elle Macpherson… She is not a skinny girl." Beg your pardon?

Yesterday, we looked at editorial pages from the May 1986 issue of Elle magazine and compared them to the May 2010 issue. Today: Big hair, tan skin, turquoise eyeshadow and lots of lady-cigarettes: Let's compare advertising pages, then and now.

Recently, we came across a copy of the May 1986 issue of Elle magazine. How does it compare to the May 2010 issue of Elle? What has changed — and what hasn't — in the last 24 years?

"There was a huge gender divide [on the set of her new film]. Every single woman said that mental infidelity is 10 times worse… Most men said that it's the physical act that would be the ultimate betrayal." [Elle]

The February Elle 'Modern Love' issue has been out for two weeks, but we just couldn't bring ourselves to read it until now. What did we discover?