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Here’s more details about some high-fashion-book reading and some sweet pooch art.

The self-titled hard cover debut book by Maison Martin Margiela, this documents the works of the influential Paris-based designer, offering pictures by Margiela himself of his production in fashion, design, art and performance.

Long elusive to the public eye, Margiela is a luminary in the contemporary international fashion scene, and this book offers the reader a rare glimpse into his extravagantly chic reality. The book also includes essays on Margiela by designers such as Jean-Paul Gautier and Vanessa Beecroft.
Dog Portraits


Looking for an original gift idea? How about a commissioned portrait of your pet by one of these two uber-talented artists? Valerie Leonard and Kate Williamson paint these unforgettable portraits of your pets.
Valerie Leonard’s portraits are in the style of such 18th century luminaries as Thomas Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds, incorporating the techniques of Renaissance portraiture mastered by the above-mentioned artists to paint well-crafted, carefully detailed pictures of your pooch.

Kate Williamson opts for a simpler, warmer approach, with portraits that resemble beautifully captured snapshots of your beloved pet as seen through the lens of a master illustrator. Williamson’s portraits are more modern and fresh in style, though no less skillful as those by Leonard.
Woof, indeed.
By Selena Watkins
Welcome back to our Thanksgifting holiday gift guide. Yes, turkey day is less than a week away. EEEK! And to get your holiday shopping started, we’ve got more fun ideas for stuff to buy. This time, books! (Yes, people still read them. Or at least they give them to each other.)
Obviously, a good book is a classic necessity for train rides and plane rides, when there’s nothing on TV, when you can’t fall sleep or when you want to ignore the people around you. Soooooo handy!
And because of technology, you don’t have to carry around a whole book shelf every time you hit the road. Well, that is, whoever you are buying for this holiday season won’t have to…
If you have no idea what the Kindle is, you’re out of the loop. It’s like an iPod, for your books.
Basically, you don’t have to turn the page anymore, at least not physically. You can purchase books for a cheaper price than you would in a bookstore, download them to your Kindle and Voila! Every book you buy is right there on your hand held device.
I know, I almost peed myself when I first heard about it too. I don’t know if this makes us lazier than ever as a society, or extremely cool…
Majority rules. It’s cool. And whoever you buy it for will be too.
And if digital books are a little bogus to you, a regular book with real pages is always a great gift. Check out some of these funny ladies, after the jump (Hint: Kathy! Chelsea! Lisa! Sarah???):

The fact that I’m annoyed that after all the hype, we apparently don’t get to see Levi Johnson’s schlong full-on in the Playgirl spread shot last week, is silly, of course. Did it really ever seem likely we would? Is that really something a fully functional adult should care about? Probably not.
But, come on! They said we’d get to see it!!!! Or, um… They made us think we would! So, like a kid promised a toy only then to have a fickle parent yank it away, there’ll be no Levi wang to play with, folks.
Playgirl’s Daniel Nardicio told the NY Daily News: “He did not give ‘full frontal‘ as his manager Tank (Jones) reported he would. We’re thrilled with the photos we got, and are confident people will love them, but although there may be glimpses, we did not get full on frontal nudity.”
So, cue the big Debbie-Downer-ish “Waaah-waaaaahhhhhh.”
Meanwhile, babymama-in-law Sarah Palin commented on Levi’s almost-nude spread while on Oprah Monday, mocking Johnston’s newfound fame and referring to his Playgirl photo shoot as a “kind of heartbreaking” venture into “porn.” Hmph. If only!
Keeping the exchange sassy, Johnston fired back on Palin’s comments on Oprah: “You could tell by her laugh she was full of it,” Johnston said.
Maybe Johnston’s Playgirl pics will still be hot? Just not as meaty as we thought. They’re supposedly due out this coming Saturday… We’ll see.

The annual roll call of the queer who’s-who and who’s been sassy beyond belief in 2009 known as the OUT 100 has been unleashed on the public, officially. Ready?
Gracing the cover of OUT Magazine for this annual celebrity handjob/tribute is… Adam Lambert, Wanda Sykes, movie director Rob Marshall, legend Cyndi Lauper and “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” warrior Lt. Dan Choi.
And f-word happy Adam Lambert has some great quotes in his profile…
Glambert on fame & pleasing gays:
“I’m doing the best I f*cking can, you know?” Adam Lambert asks, as if there’s any way to satisfy all his critics or fans, none of whom even knew his name a year ago.
On his American Idol performance:
“It’s about making a good TV show. I just wanted to be really careful that it didn’t turn into a f*cking pageant. I can sing my face off. All this other stuff is part of a personality, a persona.”
On coming out:
“I didn’t want to acknowledge [being gay] as a mistake or something I was ashamed of — I’m not. It’s part of who I am, but because our nation is the way it is, it’s an announcement. If I lose some fans, f*ck it. I need to be happy too.”
On sexuality:
“To some people, me being sexual is really offensive because I’m gay. They’re like, ‘He’s being really gay.’ And I’m like, actually, ‘No, I’m just being sexual.’ Male sexuality is frightening to America [but] female sexuality is all over the place.”

You can view all of the fab photos and read the profiles on Out.com. It’s got a big high-school superlative theme. Cute. But I know you just wanna see some visuals, so scroll down and peek after the jump for more fab pics of Wanda Sykes, Cyndi Lauper, Will Young, Bebe Zahara Benet and more!