In light of the whole A-Rod/Madonna divorce scandal, some enterprising young fool sent Vanity Fair an alleged correspondence between the super stars. There is no way this shit can be real. From “Esther” to “Slugger:” “along with “the zohar” i will send you a copy of my cd “ray of light.” truly some of my best stuff if i do say so myself. ;) i must say it saddened me a bit when u said “get into the groove” was your favorite song of mine. :(.” As if Madonna has emoticons! [VF] ...

I'm all done filling in for Andy. I hope to be back in the future, and I hope some of you will visit me at Boy Culture from time to time. A big thanks to Andy and Michael for the opportunity. You guys have been so great to me these past four days, here is a little present—from the June 25, 2008, issue of Italian Vanity Fair, "Fashion Rugby" is a shoot by Giampaolo Vimercati featuring some of his country's sexiest rugby stars modeling (aka running like animals on a rugby field) alongside model Omahyra. Happy 4th to ...

Earlier this year, Christopher Hitchens agreed to undergo waterboarding in order to answer for himself the question of whether the process constitutes torture or not. His answer, in this month's Vanity Fair is non-equivocal: Believe me, it's torture.   Even more harrowing was watching the video of him getting waterboarded, despite the strains of Enigma playing in the background. What astounded me was seeing for myself how little time is required before the victim believes himself or herself to be simultaneously smothered and drowning. Tellingly, Hitchens says that since the experience, he's had nightmares about it. ...

She's two, two stars in one...but there simply isn't enough of her to go around. Yep, we're talking about Miley Cyrus, the Disney darling turned Vanity Fair vixen. In the following video, The Onion has some fun with Hannah Montana and her rise to fame. Of course The Onion warns that her Whitney-esque "I'm every woman (teeny bop), it's all in me" persona can't last forever...predicting that she's destined to be "drained dry of entertainment value" if we continue to overindulge. If the celebrity expert in the video has a handle on Cyrus' trajectory, one minute she's a wholesome role ...

On-and-offscreen couple Penn Badgley and Blake Lively, who are included in Vanity Fair's "Bright Young Hollywood" spread, are seen here at week's end shooting a scene for Gossip Girl at Fort Tilden in Queens. Or rehearsing. (Photo: BauerGriffin) ...