● John Mayer has a crush, and her name is Taylor Swift. What makes her so attractive? Her humility (take note, Jennifer Aniston). Mayer adds: "Taylor Swift is the last person to know she's Taylor Swift, which I think is totally sweet." [DigitalSpy]
● Here’s a little insight into the world of Victoria Beckham: She usually wears nothing to bed, loves saying that she eats hamburgers, and has nixed self-tanner. [Us]
● Levi Johnston has shot down Sarah Palin’s Oprah-induced Thanksgiving offer saying it was "a nice gesture, but she didn't mean it," and even if she did, it would be totally “awkward.” [People]

Rumor has it Blake Lively -- the Gossip Girl star and former Vogue cover girl -- is extending her reach with regard to the fashion industry. Specifically, she may soon be playing muse to none other than Victoria Beckham. Whether it's the hair (which the New York Times claims is the new "Rachel") or maybe her unique style (she doesn't have a stylist and still has managed to land quite a bit of praise for her wardrobe choices), there's no doubt Lively's sartorial star is rising. As recently as October, Lively was seen sporting a VB design for SS10 on the red carpet; and, now, apparently Mrs. Beckham herself has taken notice.

Borrowing a page from Madonna's guide to instilling shame in your filthy young 'uns, Victoria Beckham took son Brooklyn a tour of America's Poorest Heathens. Their safari found them ending up in the rough wilds of Kentucky. The curated visit was filled with heartbreak, epiphany, and tears. Rumor has it that Beckham had to wrench a Cadbury wrapper from her son's hands, saying, "No you can't have your chocolate now. You didn't bring enough to share with all the other kids. Stop embarrassing mummy, Brooklyn."

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."

Maybe it's Chuck Bass' tortured histrionics (who could resist that pronounced pout!) or the chance to admonish Jenny Humphrey for her sartorial sins (such sloppy bangs!) More likely, it's The Hilary Duff Effect. That is, the trotting out of marquee-caliber guest stars the show has drawn (including Tyra Banks and Lady Gaga). But the social-climbery soap has ensnared a superstar, a feat her her former bandmates couldn't: Victoria Beckham.

Weren't lucky enough to land a Marc Jacobs tee emblazoned with a nude Chloë Sevigny the first time around? Don't fret. The designer and arguable mayor of Bleecker Street is reissuing his much loved "Protect the Skin You’re In" line of t-shirts. Thanks to the relaunch, in addition to Sevigny you can now also outfit yourself with fleshy images of Victoria Beckham, Heidi Klum, Dita Von Teese, Doutzen Kroes, or Erin Wasson overlaid with the aforementioned phrase.

There are good things and then there are execrable things. Good thing: The Spice Girls staging a lucrative reunion nearly a decade after one of them splintered off to ghost-write a crappy memoir and record a little-seen TV spot or two about the horrors of breast cancer. Execrable thing: The Spice Girls mulling a second, Posh-less reunion only a year-and-a-half after prematurely aborting the first. And then you have things that fall squarely in between good and execrable, such as the idea of a Spice Girls musical, which looks poised to bow on London's West End.

Swirling around Victoria Beckham are a number of siroccos: a second Spice Girls reunion, size ire, and her Wintourish visit to the Fashion East 2010 show to scout out aspiring young visionaries. And it's excellent that she's got her priorities straight, leaving talk of any reunion to former bandmates more hard-up for publicity and deflecting complaints about her allegedly barely-there body.

● Maybe the plethora of "Lonely Jen" stories stem from the fact that Jennifer Aniston hates to date; she says dating “sucks,” she doesn’t “understand it,” and the experience is just “bizarre.” [JustJared]
● Saturday Night Live has dumped Casey Wilson from the cast, reportedly because she refused to drop 1 pound of the 30 the show demanded she lose over summer break. [E!]
● Megan Fox says that, unlike other Hollywood bimbos, you’ll (sadly) never see her naked in a leaked sex tape. Fox says one glance at herself naked would ensure she’d never have sex again. [Us]

● 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]