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This month, it's all about Beyoncé, booze, babies, Buckley, balls (of meat), and of course Bieber. Hit the jump for the full infographical goodness.

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When Das Racist performed at BlackBook’s 15th anniversary party last week – a labor of love they totally took seriously – Victor Vazquez’s beard appeared a fluffy chin-nimbus, while Heems’ ‘hawk flopped to and fro with each pull off his joint. Not that the hip-hop trio’s hair should particularly interest you (leave that to their scintillating live performances), but if you’re fans of Das Racist – and we are – then you notice everything. Like this new video on Details’ website. Is that a Hitler moustache, Kool A.D.? Watch as Das Racist has a completely sober conversation about Fader, the “singles game,” and Kantian metaphysics.

5475 days of BlackBook deserves a celebration, so last night we indulged ourselves. At PH-D Rooftop Lounge at Dream Downtown, with the help of Tequila Don Julio and Heineken, hundreds of our closest friends, including September cover star Alexander Skarsgard, his True Blood costar Kristin Bauer, and How to Make It in America's Bryan Greenberg, got together to share in this most special of occasions.

You are likely aware of the existence of Big Time Movie Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt. You may also be aware of his hitRECord project, which promotes social remixes and remastering of creative efforts in a pretty rad manner. You are almost certainly not aware that Mr. G-L will be gracing the cover of our October issue, and you are equally unlikely to know -- UNTIL NOW -- that participants in the hitRECord community can remix images from the Gordon-Levitt + BlackBook photo shoot, and that some lucky folks will be selected to have their work appear in that very same October issue. Go here now to find out more, because the DEADLINE IS THURSDAY! Go go go go!

Alexander Skarsgård and Kate Bosworth may have parted ways romantically, but they're still burning up the double cover of our September issue, hitting newsstands next week. Did we mention this also marks BlackBook's 15th anniversary issue? Take a moment to dive through 15 years of our covers, with the opportunity to get up close and personal with Alex and Kate's cover shots at the end. What else is going on in this issue, you might ask?

You know that mystery chef we mentioned -- the blind recluse opening a 52-hour popup restaurant in Chelsea next month? Well, he doesn't exist. Or rather, he does exist, and his name is legion. That's because he's a culinary amalgam of 13 for-real superchefs, all contributing their talents and grub to 13 individual seatings for Le Grand Fooding NYC 2011. You would be well advised to buy from our special allotment presale tickets, available as of right now. But who exactly makes up the exquisite corpse of the mythical Nikoalan Nselurfueymardcora?

Yesterday we repeated a rumor that a mysterious, mostly unknown superchef would soon make his public debut at a pop-up restaurant in New York. Deliberate prodding has revealed a few more details, such as the proper spelling of his name (it's not "Nicholas Enslerfymarcorn"). We were also sent a cellphone shot of an illustration of the chef himself, which as you can see is ... not that useful. Yet.

Just as there are comedians' comedians, there are chefs' chefs. These gourmands may toil in obscurity their entire lives or bask in the approbation of the public as well as their peers, but their manic focus on cuisine makes these concerns secondary. Such chefs are invariably their own worst critics, even as they deny anyone else the authority to criticize. And just such a chef, we hear, will next month drop his career-long invisibility cloak and cook, publicly, for more than two days straight somewhere in Chelsea.

Even if you're not the sparkling water fanatics that we are, you're no doubt familiar with Perrier. The effervescent French icon from a spring in Vergèze can be found in Parisian sidewalk cafes, Tokyo nightclubs, and everywhere global taste makers raise a glass to the good life. Building on its international reputation, Perrier has launched a slick new website geared toward global culture enthusiasts that's filled with captivating content, amazing photography, and essential events around the world.