● Kim Kardashian got her first bikini wax at the jejune age of twelve and has since been hooked. "I'm, like, obsessed with hair removal," she said of her grooming habits, which apparently include forehead waxes. [DailyMail] ● Pulitzers were announced yesterday, and Jennifer Egan's acclaimed A Visit From The Goon Squad took a much-deserved place in the winners circle. [Pulitzer] ● James Franco and Winona Ryder are set to star together in the insanely meta-sounding film The Stare. Ryder's character is a playwright haunted by her work as it moves toward production. Franco, who's producing the film alongside one of his NYU professors, will play a performer in the playwright's production. It's hard to imagine a film like this could have been better cast. [Deadline]

● Director Baz Luhrmann believes in the green light of the orgiastic future, taking The Great Gatsby, with Leo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan, to 3D. [HollywoodReporter] ● H&H Imports' stock spiked 355% after rapper 50 Cent encouraged his Twitter followers to invest in the electronics company that's helped sell George Foreman Grills and 50's own Sleek headphones. [RapRapar] ● With the 40/40 Club well established, Jay-Z has secretly invested in another restaurant -- his cousin's Brooklyn buffalo wing joint, Buffalo Boss. [TMZ] ● After downing vodka shots at the hotel bar, Charlie Sheen has taken to his room in Las Vegas' Palms Hotel with three porn stars. If you see this, Charlie, call your people -- they are worried about you. [TMZ]

● Winona Ryder knew about Mel Gibson's penchant for drunken tirades long before everyone else: "He made a really horrible gay joke. And somehow it came up that I was Jewish. He said something about 'oven dodgers,' but I didn't get it." [GQ] ● Ryan Reynolds may have cheated on Scarlett Johansson with his Green Lantern costar Blake Lively, known in some circles as Johansson with emptier eyes. [Popeater] ● Breakfast at Tiffany's director Blake Edwards, also known for the Pink Panther series, died at the age of 88. [HuffPo]

It’s no mystery—the suit look is hot right now for ladies. Seen on red carpets and celebrities left and right, it has caught on like wildfire. Some have pulled it off, like Jessica Alba at the FN Achievement Awards, while others have come off a bit masculine (ahem, Winona Ryder). While I do think the suit look is cute, I don’t like when it veers off of the trendy road and into the man zone (they're already making a run on our purses). Here are some pointers on getting the look while maintaining your femininity. Stick to fitted styles, tapered pants, and cropped blazers. Also, lose the men’s tie and go for a more feminine bow collar. Yes, ladies we can do everything men can, but we don’t need to dress exactly like them.

● Madonna has moved on from being the poster girl for Louis Vuitton to the leading lady of the Dolce and Gabbana’s Spring 2010 collection; she shot the campaign yesterday with Steven Klein. [Swide] ● Winona Ryder will join Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis in the ballerina romp Black Swan. [HR] ● Gwyneth Paltrow will push Nicole Kidman into becoming a man in their new film The Danish Girl. Paltrow will play painter Gerda Wegener, whose husband, played by Kidman, was the first post-op transsexual. [Us]

Post-hiatus, the actress' explosive return

Hey look, you're on the cover of BlackBook! What a lovely birthday present for Winona Ryder, born on this day back in 1971. On newsstands now, our November issue also features Jared Leto, La Roux, Willem Dafoe, Richard Linklater, Lily Cole, Devendra Banhart, Terry Gilliam, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Pee-Wee Herman. Oh yes. Come back next week for more, and in the meantime, see our full cover gallery.

● Tina Fey is America's Sweetheart, at least according to Vanity Fair. How do you get to be America's Sweetheart? Gain a bunch of weight in the writer's room, then lose it all and become the most attractive lady at 30 Rock. [Vanity Fair] ● Brooklyn retailer Bird will open up a pop-up store in their new (still under construction) boutique starting December 5. The store proper won't be open till early 2009, but owner Jennifer Mankins wanted to "showcase [her] favorite designers and artists during the holiday season." [Fashion Week Daily] ● Who's Brad Pitt's BFF? Film director David Fincher. It's a give and take relationship; Fincher gives Pitt a sense of creativity, while Pitt gives Fincher the clout to make dreary masterpieces that never break even. [USA Today]

He writes, he directs—and he lives where Orson Welles died.