- Everyone seems to think that Riccardo Tisci has been confirmed as Dior’s new creative director — this confirmation hasn’t come directly from Dior, but then again a tweet from backstage at a Katy Perry concert is all the proof I need. [The Cut]

- More images from Blake Lively‘s Chanel purse ad campaign have been released along with behind the scene footage of her smiling sweetly at Karl Lagerfeld. One can only assume this joy was proceeded by the Kaiser devouring the Gossip Girl‘s essence. [Fashionista]

- Lady Gaga‘s eau de semen-blood-and-cheap hooker perfume just got some serious — and seriously gross — competition. [Refinery29]

- Chanel Iman is a workaholic. I love this new breed of supermodel, but I miss the days when supers were every other kind of “-aholic.” [W Editor's Blog]

- Mariah Carey‘s baby shower was a veritable “Who’s That?” of Hollywood also-rans, featuring Penny Marshall, Lorraine Bracco, Randy Jackson, Brett Ratner and Piers Morgan. And to top it off, her fans sent her a book of well wishes entitled “Always Be My Babies.” Is it too early to reserve two rooms in Betty Ford for the twins? [Life & Style]

- Calling the Emmys, get ready to hurl a trophy at Jules Moore’s impeccable face. The Oscar-nominee will play Sarah Palin in the HBO film Game Change, based on the book of the same name that chronicled the 2008 presidential election. Who else wants Betty White to play McCain? [Deadline]

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-”I’m on a quest to claim absolute victory on every front.”

-”Everybody thinks I should be, like, begging for my job back. And I’m just going to forewarn them that it’s everybody else that’s going to be begging me for their job back.”

-”Come Wednesday morning, they’re going to rename it Charlie Bros., not Warner Bros.”

-”I’m grandiose. I have a grandiose life and I’m embracing it. … It doesn’t fit into their model and their model sucks.”

-”When I step between the lines, that’s the time I get to be free.” I’m not sure if he’s talking about acting or…he’s not talking about acting.

-”I will not believe that if I do something then I have to follow a certain path because it was written, it was written for normal people, people that aren’t special, people that don’t have tiger blood and Adonis DNA.”

-“Blame the studio for giving me too much dough.”

-”I’m tired of pretending like I’m not special. I’m tired of pretending like I’m not bitching a total freaking rock star from Mars. And people can’t figure me out. They can’t process me. I don’t expect them to. You can’t process me with a normal brain.”

I’m sorry, when did Kanye West become a contagious disease? Though Kanye could take a few tips from Sheen on how to bitch a total freaking rock star from Mars, since Ye’s strictly moon-bitching right now.

It’s this kind of behavior that gets you $2 million an episode, BFF-status with Mel Gibson and your publicist quitting over his inability to even begin to deal with you. Where’s Emilio Estevez with a D2:Mighty Ducks-level inspirational speech for his younger bro when you need him?

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