In forthcoming Marc Jacobs magazine ads featuring Victoria Beckham, the former Spice Girl will appear (photographed by Juergen Teller) peeking out of a shopping bag, leaving a gift box and pouting. [WWD]

Princess Diana’s onetime therapist testified that Prince Philip sent his daughter-in-law “cruel” and “derogatory” letters. [Rush&Malloy]

When audience members at The Color Purple on Broadway started yelling excitedly before the curtain rose, Denise Rich said: “It’s either Obama or Oprah.” It was Oprah, who apparently started crying at the arrival of the lesbian subplot. [Page Six]

Watching the new reality-contest show Make Me A Supermodel (above) provokes immediate inquiry: ‘Really?’ [Bravo.com]

It’s Fashion Week in Rio de Janeiro, and they even have their own version of Marc Jacobs, Colcci, who “started more than an hour late.” [T]

A critic for the Architectural Record really despises the design of the Hearst Tower—he calls the lobby waterfall and escalator the kind of cliché you’d find at “a Hyatt convention hotel.” [A.R. via NYMag]

When police arrived at Britney Spears’ home on Jan. 3 to investigate custody dispute, they found a bite and bruises on her son, Jayden James. [US]

Former supermodel Janice Dickinson told Fox’s Greg Gutfeld that her onetime fiancé, Sylvester Stallone, took steroids. [Page Six]

Kate Hudson loves being single. [Page Six]

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