Once upon a time, Cameron Diaz turned 40 and started making depressing and obvious statements to Access Hollywood like "Look, the alternative to getting older is [being dead]." Diaz has since found herself in what the tabloids are calling "a bit of a mid-life crisis" since her split from Alex Rodriguez and a fling with P. …

My Size Barbie and Ken Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds put on the My Wedding Dream Clothes™ that came in the box with them and stealthily got married on a plantation in South Carolina yesterday. Their friend Bell Sleeves Florence Welch was there to sing in honor of their love, and so—more importantly!—was Hollywood's…

Tennis fans were shocked yesterday when Venus Williams dropped out of the U.S. Open at the very last minute, after she winning her first match and being scheduled to play against Sabine Lisicki today. Williams announced that she's been diagnosed with Sjögren's Syndrome, an autoimmune disease that effects a person's…

Venus Williams has pulled out of the U.S. Open before her second-round match, apparently due to "an unspecified illness." Now we probably won't get to find out what she thinks about the tournament's scheduling decisions.

Why not work some tennis terms into your conversations tonight? Start with "love means nothing," and move on to "the ball's in your court." Or you know, just toast to Venus Williams, who turns 31 today. Doesn't she look amazingly focused and determined in this photograph taken yesterday during her match against Daniela…

• Lady Gaga's meat dress was named the top fashion moment of 2010 by the sartorial sages at Time, closely followed by M.I.A.'s burqa, and Venus Williams' lingerie-inspired French Open get-up. Let's discuss. [Time]

[And the last known survivor stalks her prey in the night... Oh, hi. Flushing, September 7: Ms. Williams follows through on a return against Francesca Schiavone of Italy. Williams won the match, because that's what she does. Image via Getty.]

• Apparently, the last thing Lindsay Lohan did before she went to jail was wrangle a commitment out of Blackbook to publish her ramblings about fashion, personal style, and that feeling you get when you're cutting up a Gucci dress. Herewith:

It's a truth universally acknowledged that celebrities love product launches. And judging by the assembled starpower - Amber and Venus and Felicity and Christina and Rashida, among others - they really loved the Blackberry Torch.

• Sarah Burton, who has worked for Alexander McQueen since 1996, was named its new creative director. Cathy Horyn came out in support of Burton as a potential McQueen successor in March. Burton was previously head of women's wear. [WWD, Telegraph]