● New couple alert? Kanye West couldn't keep his eyes (or hands) off Kim Kardashian at his Watch the Throne after-party in Los Angeles. According to one spy, “Kanye was eating Kim up like she was a piece of cake,” a delicacy Kim has been known to appreciate. [NYDN]
● The 19-kids-and-counting-Duggar family celebrated the embryonic life of their miscarried child yesterday with a photograph of the fetal baby and the message, "There is no foot too small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world." [TMZ]
● The National Enquirer reports that Selena Gomez got Justin an engagement ring for Christmas. [National Enquirer]
● Madonna signed on the dotted line, handing over the release of her new album to Interscope-Live Nation for a cool $40 million. [THR]
● Mos Def, who now goes by Yassin Bey, was named as one of George Washington University's top 500 Muslims for "his stance against the misinterpretation of the Qur'an." [Rap Radar]
● Courtney Love is at risk of being evicted from her West Village townhouse, for which she owes $50,000 in unpaid rent. And worse yet, she wall papered over the hand-finished walls and set fire to one of the designer curtains, damage "tantamount to destroying a work of art,” said the building's owner. You might say, though, that destruction is the fruit of Love's art. [Page Six]
● Of course Taylor Swift's birthday cakes are fit for a fairy tale. Celebrating her 22nd yesterday, she was presented with a European chocolate butter cream cake, filled with a layer of chocolate truffle, topped with vanilla butter cream, and sprinkled with edible glitter. It was so good she bought a second. [People]
Responses to Morning Links: Kanye West Eyes Kim Kardashian, Courtney Love Faces Eviction