● Thom Yorke has announced a short U.S. tour with his side project Atoms For Peace. But when will Radiohead come? [A.V. Club]
● See the new font called "effing." Ingenious use of body parts. [Alex Merto]
● Madonna secured boy toy Jesus Luz a record deal on the Warner Music label. Since abs are apparently all that are required, expect The Situation to land a deal soon. [The Sun]
● Earlier today, the fashion world turned out for Alexander McQueen's funeral. Guests included Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, and Stella McCartney. [The Telegraph]

Rumor has it Madonna is gearing up to design lingerie exclusively for Macy's. While no comment has been released from either the pop icon or the department store, WWD is announcing quite a few details about the prospective collaboration. First off, in addition to undergarments it'll include clothing, accessories and shoes. "Label names under serious consideration for the product lines include Material Girl for the apparel and Truth or Dare for the lingerie and underwear," says WWD, a hat tip to Truth or Dare the 1991 doc that followed Madge's Blonde Ambition tour.

Say what you will about Madonna--I know I already have! But when she's not committing Avatar-style feats of imperialism or copping italo disco riffs from Kylie, it's impressive the dubious roles Madonna secures for herself. Like her turn as a couples therapist on The Marriage Ref. Who would've thought that a woman twice-divorced and subsequently resigned to cradle-robbing would be well-suited to advise Joe and Jane Plumber on how to keep their marriage from crumbling? Especially now that John McCain has stirred some discord in the bedroom?

Famous old lady Madonna is deciding that for Valentine's Day, she will act out scenes from Avatar in Malawi. To this end, the "Drowned World" hitmaker has has forced out scores of Malawi villagers to build some kind of finishing school to groom uncouth Malawi girls into comparatively less uncouth Malawi women. It's an institution that will afford the pop star a chance to live out her wildest dream: To play the part of a strict governess, complete with British accent.

Maybe from somewhere on high, Alexander McQueen's gleefully watching the rest of us below--across the vast worlds of culture, art, and fashion--squirm in anguish as we try to carry on with Fashion Week--a concept that suddenly seems redundant without McQueen's designs in the mix. While no shortage of eulogies flooding the web will feast on the salacious details of the visionary's passing, fewer will take the time out to comb through his body of work to look at his influence in arenas apart from fashion. And it's here that we look back at the more subtle ways McQueen was able to inform consumer culture.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that any pop star in want of a duet with another similar-sounding pop star is just begging for one of the biggest musical disappointments of her career. It's here that we stick our ears to the ground and listen to rumblings that hint at Lady Gaga and Britney Spears teaming up for a duet. Maybe a 21st century take of "The Boy Is Mine"?

● Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick may bring Adam Lambert to the Oscars, to class up the joint. [Movieline]
● An intrepid reporters has a rendezvous with Nevada’s only prosti-dude. Must read. [NYPost]
● Gabourey Sidibe continues her charm offensive, in this morning’s interview about her Oscar nomination. [Jezebel]
● Find out if your city likes Gaga and Radiohead more or less than other cities around the world. [My City vs. Your City]

Don't ask us how we ended up clicking through Google images of Madonna's daughter (hint: it had something to do with Cameron Douglas pleading guilty to drug trafficking), but we couldn't help but notice how incredibly hip she is, especially for a 14 year old. And when we say hip, we don't mean as a person, since we don't know her and have never heard the girl speak. We're talking strictly wardrobe. But based on the following ten outfits, we're gonna guess that when Lourdes is painting her nails black, it's not Miley Cyrus blaring in her headphones, it's Major Lazer.

Last night was a wonderful night across the world where if you had never experienced the miracles of getting a colonic, your television brought one to you! So to speak. Celebrities, actors, and other famous people who aren't Heidi Montag, Taylor Momsen, or Lindsay Lohan all joined hands and sang a little prayer for the little country that loves its carbs in a big way. And unless you were "getting drunk for Haiti" or "going on blind dates for Haiti" or "eating lasagna for one for Haiti," you probably remember every moment of this poignant television event like it happened yesterday (which it did!) But in case you fall in the 97% of people who had something else better "to do for Haiti," a quick recap after the break.

You know how at Time magazine, they like to close out their year with a "Year in Pictures" retrospect? You've got sobbing babies in Third World countries, a solitary president standing solemnly in the Oval Office, or maybe a protester somewhere in the Middle East collecting the blood that spills from their busted nose. Well, there's a picture that gloriously landed online today, and we really, really hope it makes this year's cut, because it's a dandy. We'd warn you that it's NSFW, but don't let that stop you. (Tho, really, really, it's NSFW.)