- Target‘s CEO Gregg Steinhafel still living down that Gaga gaff. [The Cut]

- Some people just shouldn’t have kids. People like me or Amy Winehouse or Anthony Weiner and of course Botox mom. Recently added to that list: Sarah Burge, who gave her seven year old daughter, Poppy, a £6,000 voucher for breast augmentation surgery as a birthday present. That is unless she develops juicy melons all her own. In that case she’ll just use that money for therapy. [Styleite]

- The sky is falling! The sky is falling! At least that’s what Chicken Little would have said if she (he?) was shopping at Forever 21 in Times Square. But she/he’s more of an H&M gal/guy. [Racked]

- Michael Jackson‘s iconic jacket from the “Thriller” music video is going up for auction with an estimated value of $400,000. [Mogulite]

- Duran Duran‘s supermodel-stuffed music video for “Girl Panic” is quickly approaching. Jonas Åkerlund directed the clip featuring Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Eva Herzigova, Helena Christensen and Yasmin Le Bon. Also aboard were Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana who styled the ladies for the video, which will also serve as a photoshoot for Harpers Bazaar UK. [Fashionologie]

“But the birth was not finite. It was infinite. As the wombs numbered and the mitosis of the future began, it was perceived that this infamous moment in life is not temporal. It is eternal. And thus began the beginning of a new race.

“A race within the race of humanity. A race which bears no prejudice, no judgment, but boundless freedom. But on that same day as the eternal mother hovered in the multiverse, another, more terrifying birth took place: the birth of evil.

“And as she herself split into two, rotating in agony over two ultimate forces, the pendulum of choice began its dance. It seems easy, you imagine, to gravitate instantly and unwaveringly to good, but she wondered, ‘How can I protect something so perfect without evil?’”

Cue dance break . Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” manages to trump the epic “Bad Romance” for grandeur and opulence and why shouldn’t it?: this is her “Thriller.”

From the cinematic opening, random voiceover, elaborate dance sequence (a prerequisite in any bombastic pop video), thick ghoulish make-up and the freeze frame zombie smirk at the end, this is Gaga’s homage to her little Monsters and to the King of the Monsters, Michael Jackson. The Lady even strolls out, illuminating the sidewalk à la “Billie Jean.”

The first two minutes are dedicated to the creation myth, a Technicolor mash-up of Hinduism, Lisa Frank and science fiction geekery. Gags is Mom, giving infinite birth to her Monsters, creating a Utopian society. But Good cannot exist without Evil and to protect her Paradise, Mother Monster births Evil, that hottie with the face tattoo business, by splitting herself in two (I’m guessing).

Then the little Monsters rejoice, celebrating their innate freakishness until Mother Monster takes off on her spirit animal. A unicorn. Encased within a pink triangle.

I mean, if you weren’t gay before watching this video, you will be afterwards.

Ms. Germanotta has returned in top form, both physically (her body is disgusting, in a good way) and artistically. The song is what it is, a cheap, funny dance-pop song with anthemic aspirations, but as usual, the video elevates the music into something far more potent and memorable. This is why Lady Gaga is amazing; she’s more than a pop star, she’s a revolution.

Check out the video below and some of the beautiful imagery in the stills gallery below. Nicola Formichetti‘s fingerprints are all over the place.

Though this sadly won’t be a tribute episode to the Gloved One and we’ll have to sit through covers of the Black Eyed Peas, Katy Perry and Lady Antebellum. I nearly fell asleep at the keyboard after writing that.

This episode will be Glee’s most expensive ever and probably one of the most expensive in television history. The storyline will focus on the local football championship and the Cheerios cheerleading regionals. I hope this means Sue Sylvester‘s doing Vincent Price’s rap then:

The foulest stench is in the air/ The funk of forty thousand years/ Or could I be mistaken/ Will Schuester’s hair?

And if that isn’t enough news to bejewel your cape,  there’s a tribute episode to Dame  Elton John in the works. Give me a little “Benny and the Jets” mixed with a little “Circle of Life” and I’ll be happy.

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In honor of Halloween and the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s record-breaking Thriller album, hundreds of fans turned up at Madame Tussauds in Times Square to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most people doing the Thriller dance at the same time.

All decked out in ghoulish costumes, participants received lessons on how to do the Thriller dance, got a zombie makeover, and were photographed with Madame Tussauds’ Michael Jackson wax figure.

So sad we missed it…

Thanks PopCrunch