● 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]

Very soon, Victoria Beckham fans will be able to suit up in head-to-toe looks created by the popstar-turned-designer. Rumor has it that Beckham, who has also moonlighted as an underwear mannequin for Armani (a title recently passed on to Megan Fox), will soon introduce a line of handbags and shoes to compliment her already wildly successful women's line. According to the UK's The Sun, "Victoria, 35, already has lines in dresses, eyewear and denim, with accessories to be announced soon."

This year, Fashion Week was dedicated to the consumers. Even if Fashion’s Night Out will be known as a huge fiscal flop in retrospect, the overall idea was reinforced by momentous store opening celebrations, and corporations extending access to what has historically been a VIP pony show. American Express sold out of their highly sought after Mercedes-Benz Sky Box seats in record time, a hot ticket that offers AmEx card holders a behind the scenes look at fashion week, bringing experts into a windowed box, much like one you would find in a football stadium, to teach consumers how to consume in what seems like a lesson in ‘high fashion with training wheels.' Likewise, growing retailers like the downtown-meets-uptown-meets-Gwyneth Paltrow label, Generra, opened up shop during the week, settling into in the Meatpacking District, within winking distance of Andre Balazs’ shiny new Standard Hotel. Another newbie to extend brand identity is Douglas Hannant, who pin-pointed their market perfectly, opening in the Plaza Hotel. And, as if to truly trumpet the return of retail, Tommy Hilfiger will open the doors to his breathtaking new 5th Avenue store tonight, with a star studded celebration.

● Megan Fox, like Lindsay Lohan, has a Marilyn Monroe obsession (see Fox’s Marilyn tat) and fears that she will meet the same tragic end, adding she has “’bouts of schizophrenia.” [Yahoo]
● There’s at least one reason to tune into this year’s MTV Video Music Awards: the Twilight gods will bless the ceremony with an exclusive New Moon trailer. [MTV]
● Naomi Campbell is looking to start a catfight with PETA. Fifteen years ago the model posed for PETA’s “I’d rather go naked” campaign, but now Campbell is back to hawking fur coats for designer Dennis Basso. [AdFreak]

● Leonardo DiCaprio is preparing to get all Christian Bale for his new film Inception. The actor is set to start a crash diet so he can appear emaciated for a pivotal scene in the film. [Radar]
● After a four-year hiatus, the VH1 Divas Concert is back on with everybody’s favorite incoherent diva Paula Abdul as host. [JustJared]
● Those rumors that Gwyneth Paltrow is the Yoko of Coldplay are back on now that the actress is allegedly trying to get husband Chris Martin to leave the band and go solo. [BettyConfidential]

● Ryan Reynolds and Dave Coulier better watch out, ‘cause Alanis Morissette is coming for you -- in the form of a new tell-all that is sure to drive Scarlett Johansson crazy. [PopCrunch]
● Victoria Beckham continues her assault on American television by co-hosting The View on its upcoming season. [JustJared]
● First Yoga, then Kabbalah; now Gwyneth Paltrow is (yet again) following Mama Madonna's footsteps by buying the London townhouse next to her and transforming it into a super-GOOPtastic mansion. [DailyMail]

As this week crawls toward an agonizingly slow close, New York City remains a soggy teabag in too-hot water: puffy, steamed, damp, and fraying. Frankly, we'd all rather be snacking on mackerel in Antarctic bunkers. But that's just not our reality, which is otherwise two-fold: be on the streets for too long and fumes emanating from trash or smelly people will asphyxiate you. Conversely, stay indoors and you'll probably end up doing nothing besides tooling around on Twitter, because at 140 characters, it requires minimal exertion and that means fewer puddles of sweat around your apartment. But sadly, in this post-Michael Jackson era, this means that such intensive exploration will probably yield in many sobering truths about your idols. In a world of hashtags, character limits, and no copyeditors, Twitter will kill the celebrity.

Katie Holmes may have recently announced the specifics for her soon-to-launch clothing line, but GOOP-purveyor Gwyneth Paltrow has been hard at work on her first-ever fashion design endeavor for some time. And now, the fruits of her labor have arrived in the form of a vintage-inspired collection that looks a bit like the lovechild of Topshop and Bebe. According to Elle UK, "the capsule collection has been designed by Zoetees' Michele Corty with Gwyneth, to reflect all the elements of Gwyneth's personal style, 'from [her] laid back day time style to her elegant evening look,' says Corty."

● Did Usher’s soon-to-be ex-wife Tameka Foster lift her Huffington Post blog “She's Pretty for a Dark-Skinned Girl ...” from Aisha Curry’s book Pretty for a Black Girl? [BVBuzz]
● After months of false reports, are Marc Jacobs and Lorenzo Martone finally tying the knot? It seems so. The couple will have a small ceremony in Massachusetts with an after-party for their fashion posse this weekend. [P6]
● The GOOP Empire, continues to expand with Gwyneth Paltrow designing a line of luxe basics for French label Zoetee’s. [MarieClaireUK]

● All our prayers have been answered: Gwyneth Paltrow has completed her first GOOP vlog. The lifestyle master schools us in cooking a chicken while keeping your designer top and Kabbalah string pristine. [GOOP]
● New Moon director says Thom Yorke has written a new song specifically for the film, and unless it’s just Yorke "belching," will be featured on the movie’s soundtrack. [Pitchfork]
● Paris Hilton hopes her MTV documentary Paris, Not France will clear up the perception that she’s nothing but a "blond heiress ... airhead" and "slut." [E!]