Are Lady Gaga and Rihanna Stealing Other Artists' Work?
The overwhelming reaction to Lady Gaga's new single, "Born This Way," is that it's a rip-off of Madonna's "Express Yourself." Rihanna has just been sued by photographer David LaChapelle for using images inspired by his own in her video for "S&M." Where is the fine line between inspiration and theft?
Martin Scorsese Talks Caravaggio
Martin Scorsese, David LaChapelle, and a taxidermist discuss Caravaggio's influence on their work.
In the Deep End
[Photographer David LaChapelle cannonballs makeup artist Sharon Gault and sopping wet socialite Daphne Guinness on Saturday at the party for his 'Bliss Amongst Chaos' exhibit at Art Basel in Miami. Step inside to see even more. Image via Getty]
Paltrow's Big Plan, Michelle's Return to NYC
• Gwyneth Paltrow is planning to give up her contract with Estée Lauder so she can focus on her website Goop.com, per the ever-reliable Daily Mail. More troubling: The paper says her plan is to "become an Oprah Winfrey-like lifestyle guru." [DM]
• Michelle Obama returned to NYC today. She attended the reopening of a…
LaChapelle Lists in the EV, A Price Cut for Kagan
• Fashion photographer David LaChapelle's two-bedroom pied-à-terre at 170 Second Avenue is now up for sale for $1.65 million. The apartment has been discounted by $100,000 since first hitting the market this fall. [NYM, PDE]
• Furniture designer Vladimir Kagan and his wife, needlepoint artist Erica Wilson, have…
David LaChapelle Gallery Opening @ Shafrazi
In case you had some still-unanswered questions about 1. David LaChapelle, 2. West Chelsea 3. Shafrazi or 4. Uses of M.A.C., this video from Saturday night ought to clear them right up. Courtesy Gawker videographer Richard Blakeley, of course.
Earlier: See Amanda Lepore's Chest Not Quiver!
David LaChapelle's Speciously Sexy Christmas
Fashionista-forward photographer David LaChapelle conceived and executed the commercial above for the UK's Boots druggist chain. Therein, various glamorous (sorry, "glamourous") model types express far too much enthusiasm for Boots's cheap-ass cosmetics while engaging in holiday-related domestic tasks. We could do…

