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- At first glance, Marie Claire South Africa achieved the cover coup of the year, featuring Kate Middleton purportedly wearing South Africa's best local designers. But alas, the Duchess of Cambridge remains editorially elusive and her presence is just a "photorealistic illustration." [Fashionista]

- Blake Lively's recent flirtation with Gucci as the face of their "Première" fragrance campaign hasn't affected her Gay-December romance with Uncle Karl. According to sources, "Blake is still an ambassador to Chanel and regularly keeps in touch with designer Karl Lagerfeld. She was invited to the couture show but couldn't make it because she was promoting Savages. She still wears Chanel whenever she can." [The Cut]

- Anne Hathaway dusted off her comedic chops for a "makeover" segment on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and the results are...well, interesting to say the least. [Refinery29]

- Meanwhile, her Dark Knight Rises co-star Marion Cotillard revealed in Vogue that director Christopher Nolan worked around her pregnancy just to make sure she made it into the film. [NYDN]

- Madonna and her 800-year-old cleavage go riding about the Italian countryside picking up a car-load of boys on a typical Friday night in her latest video, "Turn Up the Radio." [Styleite]

- Daffy's is going the way of the dodo, closing all nineteen of its stores -- eight of which are in Manhattan. [WWD, sub req'd]