- With New York Fashion Week only a month away — cue panic attack — the CFDA wants to make sure you’re not freebasing Sugarfree Red Bulls and replacing the sugar in your coffee with cocaine by hosting a panel dedicated to living healthy. If I wanted to live healthy during fashion week I’d just sleep through it. [The Cut]

- Time to tune into TRL and vote for your favorite videos of the day! Oh, wait, it’s not 1998. But it certainly feels like it now that 90s R&B divas Brandy and Monica are reuniting to sing-argue who the boy really belongs to for their new duet, “Turn the Lights On.” I just hope the video involves a split-screen and a tube-top turtleneck. [Buzzfeed]

- Kim Kardashian wished Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge née Kate Middleton a happy birthday the only way she knew how: with a convenient product placement. Meanwhile, if the Duchess is ever caught dead in a Shoedazzle heel, all the style points she earned with that McQueen wedding gown will go right out the window. [Huff Po]

-  Models just can’t keep it in their pants these days. Molly Sims is the latest catwalker to get knocked up. [Modelinia]

- Barbie may be making some questionable choices as of late, but the pint-sized fashion plate has never looked so badass, thanks to these amazing printable hair extensions. Now if they just came out with these in human size. [Refinery29]

- PETA strikes again. The most annoying people in the world have now taken issue with Oscar de la Renta’s Beats by Dre headphones, imploring beatsmith Dr. Dre to use his “tremendous amount of influence on young people…to advocate kindness toward animals by pledging never to design with real fur and exotic skins.” The good doctor, unsurprisingly, has not responded. [Huff Po]

- In the age of viral this and social media that, why let something as petty as death interfere with your internet life? Now you don’t have to, thanks to a new app that ensures your last words will be disseminated to all your Facebook friends, in the event of your untimely passing. But more importantly, can you poke some one from beyond… [Refinery29]

Unlike her real-life counterpart, Barbdashian actually can hold down a 9 to 5. And she's got the power suit to prove it. Get outta her way, boys, Barb's ready to smash the glass ceiling -- preferably with Kris Humphries' head.

Under all that makeup and plastic and makeup and...makeup, lies a real, caring, compassionate doll soul. Call her Barbdashian Nightengale 'cause this gal's healing the string of broken hearts she's left in and near every gutter on Hollywood Blvd.

While Barbie and Ken have been living in sin for decades, Barbdashian wants to make it official as soon as conveniently possible -- just as long as she gets a cut of the profits and sole ownership to the wedding rights, including TV licensing and an exclusive deal with Doll People.

- The bro-ing of America continues as men become more and more in touch with their inner lady. The latest development,
“Brotox.” Women are even getting in on the action, gifting their dudes with the gift of immobile foreheads. [HuffPo]

- Dolce & Gabbana caused outrage — and protests — among Hong Kong citizens after passing a ban on photos of the store’s window displays. The ban, however, was not enforced for foreign shoppers or Chinese nationals. [WSJ]

- The Vatican continues sweet-talking the gays with Pope Benedict claiming gay marriage basically signals the downfall of humanity. Joke’s on him, that happened after season one of the Jersey Shore. [Towleroad]

- It may be time for Barbie to start picking better friends. Doll versions of Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian – called Dash dolls after their miniature Kardashian-inspired clothing — will befriend Mattel’s golden girl this year. In addition to wearing the trashy leopard print jumpsuits synonymous with the family’s Dash Boutiques, the dolls will “reflect the girls’ measurements.” Meaning the Khloe doll will be played by Ken. [MTV]

Looks like a dress isn't the only thing they've been sharing.

“Kim is one of the main reasons why me and Kanye are not together. She’s a homewrecker!” Amber told the mag. According to Rose, she was dating Kanye and Kim was dating noted brick house Reggie Bush, when Kim started moving in on her man. “They were both cheating. They were both cheating on me and Reggie with each other.”

Kim would call, text and sext racy photos of herself to Kanye, which didn’t sit too well with Amber. “She was sending pictures, and I was like, ‘Kim, just stop. Don’t be that person.” Rose then showed her thorns by confronting Kardashian on her triflin’ ways via email, to no avail.  “I thought at least she’d be woman enough to respond to me.  She never responded.” Amber then admonished Kim for ceremoniously taking a dump in the sisterhood of the travelling pants, saying, “It’s very important that us women stick together and we don’t fuck each other over like that.”

Through it all, however, Amber came out smelling like her surname and she even expresses gratitude towards Kim for being an immoral slut. “I want to thank her. Because if she was never a homewrecker, then I never would have met Wiz, and I wouldn’t be as happy as I am now,” she taunted, referring to her relationship with human bong Wiz Khalifa. [Radar]

Looks like a dress isn't the only thing they've been sharing.

- Queen Elizabeth will give the late Elizabeth Taylor a run for the bodacious bauble money when she puts some of her most important jewels on display in August as part of a celebration honoring the monarch’s 60 years on the throne. [WWD]

- Steven Tyler in a speedo. Proceed at your own risk. [Just Jared]

- Yves Saint Laurent has hired 11 law professors from across the country to lay the legal smackdown on Christian Louboutin and his trademark infringement case. [Telegraph]

- Nicki Minaj‘s line of nail polish for OPI includes such names as “Pink Friday,” “Metallic 4 Life,” “Superbass,” and my personal fave, “Did It on ‘Em.” I don’t know what layaway look like — Bitch, I can’t even spell welfare! [SheFinds]

- Mariah Carey tweeted a picture of her and house-husband Nick Cannon in the hospital after he suffered ”mild kidney failure.”  [ABC]

- The Kardashians are starting a magazine about their favorite subject: the Kardashians. As if keeping up with them wasn’t pointless enough. However, their lawsuit against Star magazine might get in the way. American Media, the company Kim and co. are working with on this egregious  use of perfectly good trees, owns Star, which accused the First Family of Public Whoring of using slave labor in sweatshops. [Styleite]

- Whatever you’re doing, stop it right now and go here to birth your very own My Little Pony. Mine’s the baddest pony on the block. [via Refinery 29]

- Multimedia artist Colette Maison Lumiere thinks Lady Gaga, specifically Mother Monster’s Barneys Workshop, copied her work and made a little video to elaborate on it. [The Cut]

- “I think one of the most flattering things I’ve ever heard—you know, I almost fell out of my chair when someone called to tell me about it—Alexis Bittar’s PR girl has a tattoo of me on her wrist. It’s a very good portrait! I haven’t seen it in person, but apparently it looks just like me.” —  90-year-old sasstronaut Iris Apfel on the kids thinking she’s cool, or hot or “whatever the expression is.” [Fashionista]

[Huffington Post]

PETA has these snarky comments for their Grinches:

“Filmmaker and former visionary Cameron Crowe went retro in the wrong way for his new flick, We Bought a Zoo, which relied on the performing-animal industry—in which the “actors” are routinely neglected and even abused—instead of using state-of-the-art computer imaging. Exploiting live animals to tell a story about saving animals? At least Elizabethtown won’t go down as his worst creative flop.”

“Some have speculated that Kim Kardashian’s wedding to NBA forward Kris Humphries was fake. Too bad the socialite princess doesn’t have the same enthusiasm for faking her fur. Unlike her sweet sister Khloe, who starred in her own PETA anti-fur ad, Kim just can’t seem to divorce herself from fur and say ‘I do’ to a kind and kompassionate wardrobe.”

“When Janet Jackson had her infamous “wardrobe malfunction” during the Super Bowl, at least the flesh that popped into view was her own—unlike the stolen animal skins that she drapes herself with, which are as dead as her taste in fashion (not to mention her career). Ms. Jackson, you’re just plain nasty.”

PETA’s outrage over Janet stems from her Blackglama‘s “What Becomes a Legend Most?” campaign, which has featured a host of other legendary ladies including Diana Ross, Audrey Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Lena Horne, Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor and Bette Davis. Now I can abide by ridiculing Kim Kardashian. In fact, I even fully support it. As for Cameron Crowe, so sue the guy for wanting to use real animals — that’s not to say they weren’t treated humanely on set. Plus, how bad could he possibly be? He did Almost Famous (and almost convinced the world Kate Hudson could act).

But you don’t just go around insulting divas like that. Sure she may have flashed a few hundred million people. Sure she hasn’t had a hit in god knows how long. Sure, she’s been relegated to starring in Tyler Perry movies and Nutrisystem commercials. But what about the good times? What about the parade of hits and classics over the past 25 years? And more importantly, what about her hot billionaire boyfriend who probably keeps her up to her wigs in all the stolen animal skins she wants?

It’s time someone stood up to people like PETA, which makes me proud to announce the formation of my new charity, PETD (pronounced: petted) — People for the Ethical Treatment of Divas. Divas are not ours to eat, wear, or experiment on — just to use for entertainment and in drag shows.

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Winner: Sarah Jessica Parker Her January Elle, August Vogue, and September Marie Claire covers are the 2nd or 3rd bestsellers of each mag this year.

Loser: Justin Bieber His Vanity Fair cover is the lowest selling issue since Graydon Carter took over in 1992. Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue and People similarly bombed.

Winner: Lady Gaga Mother Monster's Vogue cover was Anna Wintour's second best-selling issue, while her March Harper's Bazaar is Glenda Bailey's third top performer.

Loser: Lady Gaga However, no one wants to see a pared-down, bare-faced Gaga and the October issue of Bazaar is its third worst performer.

Winner: Mila Kunis A breakout year for the actress delivered GQ's biggest-selling issue from August and a 15% increase for a struggling W with her March cover. A turn on Cosmopolitan and a shared cover with Justin Timberlake on Elle in August also proved to be hits.

Loser: Justin Timberlake JT's cover with Mila might have been a hit for Elle, but his W cover with Amanda Seyfried was the mag's 2nd worst seller, while his solo cover for Esquire in October was its worst seller of the year.

Winner: Jennifer Aniston Alleged sexiest woman of all time, Aniston was also Marie Claire's top seller of the year and her November Elle is on track to be one of its biggest hits.

Loser: Michelle Williams The My Week with Marilyn star's Vogue cover and her Marie Claire cover were each mag's second and third worst-performing covers, respectively.

Winner: Kim Kardashian Kim delivered Glamour's bestseller of the year with her February cover, but a lot happened between then and now...

Loser: The Kardashians While Kim's Harper's Bazaar, Self and Lucky covers were mild hits, the January 2012 issue of Glamour featuring sisters Khloe and Kourtney is on track to bomb Bieber-style.

- And speaking of former reality stars I didn’t know/care were still around, Paris Hilton on the cover of Vanity Fair Spain, ladies and gentlemen. [Huffington Post]

- Derek Lam has issued a cease-and-desist letter to Ivanka Trump claiming she “blatantly and intentionally copied” his Ayami wedge sandal. Well she’s a Trump, did you think she’d copy it with any degree of subtlety? [WWD]

- The Kardashians are suing Star Magazine for libel after the tabloid broke news that they were using child labor and sweatshops in China to manufacture their products. Turns out the head of the Institute for Global Labor and Human Rights was operating on hearsay and assumption. Did no one ever tell him that when you assume you make an ass out of Kim, Kourtney and Khloe — and they can do that fine all by themselves, thank you. [TMZ]

- For some over-privileged boys and girls, Christmas will come a few days late this year.  Due to technical issues of some sort, Barneys has had to cancel several online holiday orders. No, Virginia, there isn’t a Santa Claus because Santa’s IT elves are slacking this season. [Racked]

- Carine Roitfeld‘s had one hell of a year and she wants everyone at Vogue Paris to know it, especially that Emmanuelle Alt. Regarding the loss of Alt’s friendship after 10 years, Roitfeld had this to say: “Maybe this was not supposed to be a friendship. If I look at the balance, maybe I lost some people I thought were my friends, but I made so many new friends. I am very happy, in the end, because I am the winner.” Well, it’s nice to know she’s not bitter. [NYT]

- Among the other Grammy honorees is the late Steve Jobs who will be posthumously awarded one of the Special Merit Awards. [E!]

- A brief history of glitter: from Neanderthals to World War II and Haitian voodoo. [Etsy on Vimeo]

- Details on Madonna’s Truth or Dare line have come flooding, including news that Madge will be recycling photos from a 2010 shoot with Mert and Marcus for Interview Magazine for the ad campaign. And the commercials will feature her classic 80s ballad, “Lazy for You.” [Madonnarama]

- Prince William and wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge may be of royal stock, but that don’t mean they don’t like to put it down on the dancefloor. At a charity event, Will ran into a sassy black girl — who probably said something along these lines — and the result was this priceless moment of shoulder-dusting. Kate lovingly looks on as if to say, “Oh, Will, you’re so hood in your comtempo-casual sweater and mom jeans.” Meanwhile the Prince should use this angle for every photo op from here on out. We haven’t been this attracted to him in ages. [Styleite]

-  London Fashion Week, known for gently nurturing young, emerging designers, apparently didn’t feel like breaking in a new class of Fashion East-sponsored designers and are re-using the same up-and-comers from last LFW. [Elle UK]

- The Kardashians have been accused of selling and endorsing products manufactured in Chinese sweatshops using child labor, an allegation that caught the klan unawares. Kim and co. claim that they are taking the accusations “very seriously,” but the head of China’s foremost human rights organization thinks they’re just a bunch of greedy liars. ”If they [the Kardashians] don’t stop endorsing these products or do anything to improve the conditions in the factories,” said Li Qiang, executive director of China Labor Watch, ”they are sending a message to the public saying, ‘We will do anything to make money.’” I think they sent that message a while ago. [Radar]

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 21: Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (L) dances with Vanessa Boateng (C) as his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (R) looks on during a reception at Centrepoint's Camberwell Foyer on December 21, 2011 in London, England. The national charity, Centrepoint, provides housing and support to improve the lives of homeless young people aged 16-25. (Photo by Ben Stansall-WPA Pool/Getty Images)

This card is a little moody for the season but we don’t mind because this photo is giving us a fashion high. This definitely top our 10 fave Kardashian moments as of recent. And little Mason is seriously the cutest fashionisto out there.

So what do you think of the Kardashian Khristmas?

Kim counts Taylor as her “idol” and “icon,” so it comes as no surprise that the Big K would shell out some clams to have a piece of Liz in her life: “If you have a piece of jade, the energy goes into the piece and you absorb the energy,” Kardashian said via phone. “So I can feel Elizabeth in the piece.” Good for you, Kim, feeling up Elizabeth Taylor — but you’re going to need a lot more than one failed marriage if you’re going to “Keep Up” with that legacy.

Among the most popular items was a Christian Dior evening gown and matching clutch that fetched $362,500, over 60 times its estimated worth, and a Versace jacket featuring Taylor’s iconic face emblazoned in rhinestones all over it (#dead), which sold for $128,500.

The Gina Fratini wedding dress Liz wore for her second marriage to Richard Burton went for $62,500, while the yellow chiffon dress she wore to their first wedding was removed from auction at the last minute and will instead be donated to an institution. Two diamond and gold wedding bands from both Burton nuptials, however, were sold for $1 million — 125 times more than its estimated $8000 worth.

The big ticket item of the night was a  lithograph of Liz  by signed by Andy Warhol — “To Elizabeth, with much love”; estimated at $30,000 to $50,000, the painting sold for $662,500. The Liz Taylor auction continues tonight and into tomorrow, giving more reality TV stars and alleged socialites plenty opportunity to claim a piece of Taylor for her own. [Telgraph, Forbes, Bloomberg]

Gina Fratini wedding dress ($62,500), Versace "Face" jacket ($128,500) and Christian Dior gown ($362,500)

Andy Warhol lithograph, $662,500

The first Taylor-Burton wedding dress

E! is  creating a new reality show focused just on these young ones. Watch out Kim, Kourtney, and Khloe, the Jenners have officially arrived.

1. Mason got a mullet.  Kourtney and Scott must be jealous that Baby Mase has stolen the spotlight and are trying to sabotage him with the horrible haircut.  Boom, doesn’t matter, he totally rocks it.

2. Kim stole Kourtney’s signature ballerina bun.  This is just shaking up my world.

3. Kourtney discovers Scott’s porn stash. He defends himself by saying he watches classy porn and it’s not “weird stuff” like “horses banging anybody”.

4. Kim has the baby talk with Kris, Kris reacts as if he’s not sure how babies are made.

5. Kris makes a dinner reservation under the name “Oliver Clothesoff”.  Perverted 5th grade joke? Check. Kris you’re totally ready to be a dad.

6. Kris Jenner and Hoda Kotb bust out Scott for not being married yet. Scott actually handles it well and compliments Kris on her job.  5 points Disick.

7. Bombshell! We’ve been waiting for this quote all season:  ”By the time you have kids and they’re in school and all that, no one will probably care about you”. aka “your career isn’t real”.  Kris finally states what the rest of America is thinking.

8. Hump rocks a double deep V neck. He’s just picking up points in my book left and right.

9. The Angela Martini cameo as Kourtney’s threesome potential #winning

10. Kim takes a bubble bath with full hair & makeup, she’s just like the rest of us! Relatability is why we watch this show week after week.

Any questions or tips on the Kardashain duo? Predictions on what’s going to happen next week? Not concerned at all but just want to say hello?  Tweet it all to me @iamsamlim

My fellow sisters in the editorial trenches Amanda and Jessica openly gasped at MObama’s strapless Vera Wang, not least of all because who the hell knew Vera Wang could still turn out a black-tie stunner after that whole wedding dress disaster? Leave it to Mrs. Obama to pick Wang’s name out of the mud known as Kim Kardashian and give the designer a good shaking off to the rhythm of her patriotic hips.

Photo: Styleite

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 4: (AFP OUT) First lady Michelle Obama and U.S. President Barack Obama arrive for a Kennedy Center Honors reception in the East Room of the White House on December 4, 2011in Washington, DC. For their accomplishments and contributions to the arts actress Meryl Streep, singer Neil Diamond, actress Barbara Cook, musician Yo-Yo Ma, and musician Sonny Rollins where etched recognized as this year's recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski-Pool/Getty Images)

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Remember that time the UK banned Julia Roberts’ Lancôme ad for tryng and failing to convince us that the Oscar winning actress hadn’t been Photoshopped into oblivion? The Brits, it seems, don’t care to turn a Botoxed cheek to computer-generated enhancement; nor do the French and the Norwegians. Feminist legislators from those European superpowers — and Norway — want all digitally-altered images to be labeled to avoid giving girls the wrong impression.

It was exactly this impression that the American Medical Association wanted to protect when it passed a policy in June to “discourage the altering of photographs in a manner that could promote unrealistic expectations of appropriate body image.” But was this enough? Would that stomp the scourge of rampant Photoshop mutilation?

Enter the dashing Dr. Hany Faid, riding up on his microscope of justice, his pristine lab coat effortlessly billowing in the wind. Along with PhD student Erica Kee, Faid enlisted hundreds of people to compare before and after photos (see below) and then determine the level of digital alteration on a scale from 1-5. They then used this research to train the software to mimic human perception.

Faid hopes this tool will be used to regulate and reduce retouching. He suggests, “Models, for example, might well say, ‘I don’t want to be a 5. I want to be a 1.’” Perhaps this new breakthrough will prevent anymore unfortunate airbrush mishaps and won’t result in the complete devastation of the women’s magazine industry. [NYT]

In his new book, Hedy’s Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World, Richard Rhodes dips his quill into the actress’ inkwell of kookery to detail her long-neglected contributions to modern science…and badassery.

At 18, Lamarr starred in 1933′s Ecstasy, a highly controversial Czezh film featuring a nude Lamarr and filmdom’s first depiction of a female orgasm. Around that time, Lamarr unhappily married an Austrian arms dealer — it’s just something you do once breaking down sexual taboos before hitting legal drinking age. The Austrian arms dealer husband would invite Nazi generals over for a little tea and tyranny where they would discuss weapons — and Lamarr eagerly listened.

Perhaps not too keen on being a Nazi war bride, the time came for Hedy to escape her marriage. She claimed she dressed up as a maid and jumped out the window to freedom, but in truth she hopped a steamer that had one of the most, if not the most influential man in Hollywood at that time — MGM’s Louis B. Mayer. By the end of the trip, she had a seven-year, $3000/week contract with the studio. Sure it’s no $20 mil per film, but that was big money then…hell, it ain’t that bad now.

According to Rhodes, Lamarr “was keenly aware of the coming war. She was glued to the newspaper, reading the stories. … When German submarines began torpedoing passenger liners, she felt at that point, ‘I’ve got to invent something that will put a stop to that.’ ” Along with the avant-garde composer George Antheil, she conceived and patened a frequency-hopping torpedo guidance system in 1942. Seven years later Hedy accomplished another equally-impressive feat when she won the Sour Apple Award for Least Cooperative Actress at the now defunct Golden Apple Awards.

Antheil and Lamarr gave their invention to the U.S. Navy, which was openly unimpressed. Those swarthy sailors buried the invention for a while and the patent eventually expired. Then in 1962,  during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Navy resurrected George and Heddy’s idea, but by then Antheil had already died. Finally in 1997, Lamarr was recognized by the Electronic Frontier Foundation — she died three years later at  age 86.

Although Lamarr doesn’t enjoy the same level of esteem given to many of her contemporary movie stars, her frequency-hopping invention is the basis for a lot of wireless technology including WiFi, cell phones and Bluetooth. Not bad for a girl who got her start faking it for a pay-Czech.. [LA Times Blog]

Kim posted this picture of her wearing a Violent Lips tattoo a few days ago with the message ”I found these Violent Lips lip tattoos in Kylie’s room & I thought it would be fun to try out a new look! ”

We on the other hand posted this picture of our editors Amanda & Jessica back in May.

We have to admit that Kim’s look in the photo is pretty flawless (Dying for that Dolce & Gabbana jacket) but don’t let that cloud your judgement.

So who wore Violent Lips the better?

Not only did the show begin with a montage of “Kardashian-Humphries Divorce” clips and headlines, it opened up with an ominous “8 months earlier” stamp across the screen, securing the fact that this entire season is going to be a documentation on the downfall of the $18 million bride.  But have no fear, its not all Return to Depression Mountain here, because of the show’s saving grace: Baby Mason (aka the happiest baby in the world).

He’s adorably well dressed, knows how to dip his french bread in olive oil, and does classy toddler appropriate things like screaming hello to New York off his Gansevoort Park penthouse balcony, classic.  We won’t waste your time with any analysis on Kim and Kourtney Take New York #BMMTS because seriously, who cares,  but we will give you a list of the Top Ten Post Kardashian Show Highlights: 

1. Kourtney means business this season, with a higher and tighter ballerina bun than ever.

2. The foursome move into the penthouse of the Gansevoort Park Hotel, a sprawling 3 bedroom duplex that quickly turns out to be way too small.

3. Within a couple of days of living together, Kris grumbles about how star of the show, Baby Mason is just too much to deal with. He actually yells. At a baby. Hump, you’re dead to me.

4. Scott and Kris shave each other’s armpits…WTF?

5. TRIPLE THREAT: Kourtney surprises Kim at their spa day with…an enema! Kourtney later “leaks” (it is exactly what you think) onto Kim & Kris’s bed!  You also hear the ladies fart. That’s right. f-a-r-t, FART. Who says these girls aren’t still known for their asses?

6. Avril Levigne‘s Abbey Dawn fashion show was featured in one scene, showing at least one press outlet that enjoyed plugged her collection.

7. Kris then kicks off his first tv display of a$$hole immaturity by calling the nude yogi (yes, there’s nude yoga in this episode) “some rasta dude”, asking him “if it was cold in here”, calling him “disgusting”, then outwardly laughing in his face.  This was of course followed by a public argument with Kim and ends with Kris leaving (insert completely unshocked face here).

8. You get to see the inside of Dash and not only does it look like people are working, it is one of the rare scenes where the sisters seem genuinely happy.

9. By the end of the episode Scott and Kris have both moved out. Season foreshadowing dun dun dunn…

10. We are left with a teaser reel of Kim breaking down in tears about her failing marriage and low self esteem, making us disregard any negative feeling portrayed in this entire article.  Can’t wait til next week!

Any questions or tips on the Kardashain duo? Predictions on what’s going to happen next week? Not concerned at all but just want to say hello?  Tweet it all to me @iamsamlim

Reality television — aside from heralding the downfall of Western civilization — is a booming market with an insatiable audience hungry for more fights, more breakdowns, more thrown glasses and flipped tables and more inevitable trips to rehab. Therefore American Media Inc. — the publisher of such prestigious titles as The National Enquirer, Star and OK! — has tapped into that hunger with Reality Weekly. Hitting newsstands the first week in January, the tabloid sells for a paltry $1.79;  justly earning the slogan “Less money/More fun!”

Sidebar, that was originally the tagline for The Real Housewives of New Jersey.

RW‘s editor, Richard Spencer — who also pulls double duty as the editor of OK! — extols the virtues of reality stars and their lack of virtue when it comes to any sort of discretion: “[Y]ou can’t keep them away. It’s always ‘Come to my wedding!’ or ‘I just redid my baby’s room. Want to see it?’ ” Whereas the stars love the constant exposure, the producers of the show love the free promotion.

When approached by American Media about Reality Weekly,  Simon Cowell – noted wearer of tight T-shirts and producer of America’s Got Talent — said: “Why hasn’t anyone done this before?” Off-hand, I would say integrity, but considering the nature of the tabloid industry, that can’t be right.

With features such as “Biggest Fights of the Week,” “Hottest Shots of the Week” (in reference to bikini shots) and a format that — according to Spencer — “you don’t even have to read to know what’s going on,” Reality Weekly is destined to be extended beyond its 13-week test period.  And America is destined to descend further into cultural despair.

Now excuse me while I catch up on my Teen Mom reruns. [NYT]

The registry included these items, some of which were never fulfilled:

Christofle butter spreader – $43

Stainless steel Christofle coffee pot – $1,750

Lalique ashtray – $1,200

William Yeoward crystal cocktail shaker – $895

24 Herms dinner plates, “splashed with touches of gold” – $225 apiece

French-made Baccarat vase – $7,850, the most expensive gift on the list

18 Gold pinstripe Tina Chen placemats – $35 apiece

18 Butter Sferra napkins – $12.50 apiece

So what about all of the presents Kim actually did receive on the big day? Big surprise, she’s keeping them.

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