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● A California woman has filed a paternity suit against Justin Bieber alleging that she took the pop star's virginity in a backstage hook-up and ended up pregnant. Bieber and co. are saying, of course, that the baby ain't so. [Radar] ● E! plans to continue airing the now obsolete Kim's Fairytale Wedding because, as one exec explains, “The program model of television doesn’t exactly keep up with the life model of real people... if Kim gets to keep her gifts, why can't E!? [NYT] ● Speaking of lost innocence: still mostly precious teen queens Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, and Emma Roberts are allegedly in talks to join James Franco in Harmony Korine's upcoming film, Spring Breakers, about a spring break gone terribly wrong. [EW]

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Today at 4pm EST, Proenza Schouler will debut a fascinating promo for their FW11 collection directed by cult filmmaker Harmony Korine. Given that the range was inspired by a 10-day road trip through the Southwest, and that the director is known for dreaming up twisted films like Kids and Gummo, we're expecting "Snowballs" to be deliciously eccentric.

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Fashion's love affair with film looks like it's only gathering steam. While Chrissie Miller has promised a narrative short for her FW10 collection (a cinematic installment has become a seasonal signature of her brand, Sophomore), a few designers are getting into the pictures game for the first time this coming fashion week. Proenza Schouler is entering the medium with a bang, having enlisted cult adored director Harmony Korine to capture the essence of their collection on film. "[Lazaro] Hernandez and [Jack] McCullough armed Korine with one of [Christopher] Wool’s photographs and a batch of their designs, which Korine took to Nashville, Tennessee, or as he puts it, 'the greatest place on earth'," says Nowness. "The resulting film (turned around in just one and a half days) is classic Korine: jagged, poignant, beautiful. Its protagonists are anxious teen girls on the threshold of adulthood—'part of the system, yet still outsiders,' explains McCollough." Stills from the film and a Q&A about with the duo is on Nowness as of today; the film in question won't debut until September, when you can find it on Proenza Schouler's site.

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Ten things he hates about New York

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The odd man out lets us in

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There’s been a tendency in some of the writing about Trash Humpers to consider it a kind of back-to-basics film for director Harmony Korine. I don’t entirely agree with this -- there’s more variety in his work than people give him credit for -- except to the extent that it clearly inhabits the same filthy suburban demimonde that Korine first limned in 1997’s Gummo. The familiar parking lots, back alleys, and low-rent tract houses from that film are here being ransacked by a quartet of feckless, giggling assholes with the bodies of boys and the faces of geezers. But the look of the picture is very different, which his to say deliberately shitty. Anyone who thought some of his work unpolished before will have to reset the bar. Trash Humpers was shot on dated VHS equipment.

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So the trailer (though some might debate whether it deserves to be so called) for Harmony Korine’s Trash Humpers has debuted on the web. If you haven’t heard of Trash Humpers, you’re not alone. A little over a month ago, fans and web-watchers alike were somewhat confounded when it was announced that perennial provocateur Korine had completed a new film in time for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. No one, it seems, had heard even a whisper about the production. And yet only a few days later, the New York Film Festival added the film to its roster as well. What gives?

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Comparing the hotness in "regular" movies to porn action

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Scott Osman, or “Scotto” as everyone knows him, is one of those eternally young club types. He’s been around for as long as I can remember. I think I fired him more than any other employee I ever had, which, of course, means that I also hired him more than anyone else. I interviewed Scotto because he has traveled beyond the club scene, and his work has taken him as far as getting within couple of feet of Barack Obama during the inauguration -- with security clearance to boot. This begs the question: What’s wrong with the Secret Service, or what’s right with clubs?

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● Tom Ford has never been subtle, so it's no surprise he chose to open his namesake boutique directly across from his former design home, Gucci, on Rodeo Drive. [LATimesBlog] ● Hugh Jackman has dropped out of discussions for Cleo, Steven Soderbergh's 3-D live-action Elvis-style musical about Cleopatra and her lover Marc Antony. Not gay enough? [Variety] ● The International Center of Photography will debut a yearlong series of exhibits dedicated to fashion photography. [WWD]

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