Here are some new photos of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West at last night’s Angel Ball 2012 in New York City last night. Kanye took his girl to Italy for her 32nd birthday last week, and now they’re so “official” as a couple that they’re posing together on a red carpet. Is this the first time that’s happened? I think it might be. Although they’ve posed together outside of events before, obviously, I think this is the first time where they’ve gone to an event together and walked the red carpet as a couple at the same time. Which is notable, I suppose. Kanye loves that ass. Truly!

Should we talk about Kim’s dress? It’s awful. I hate nearly everything about this total look. The one thing I guess I’ll give her is that the blue looks nice with her coloring, but even then… I’m not a huge fan of cobalt blue. I love shades of blue, and if you want to rock some navy or turquoise or cornflower or sky blue, go ahead. But cobalt can often look very “cheap” I think. You have to know what you’re doing with cobalt. And I don’t think Kim knows what she’s doing. This dress has too much material and it adds weight on Kim. The sleeves are horrible. The plunging v-neck makes her bolt-ons look rigid, and the front slit is much too high. Add to all of that the horrible styling…ugh. That hairstyle is awful. I will say this, though: ‘Ye looks good in his tux!

Back to Kanye and how he feels about Kim… there are lots of rumors about Kanye perhaps proposing to Kim on or around her 32nd birthday. Even Ryan Seacrest suggested that Kim was “demanding” an engagement ring from Kanye, and that Kanye was going to propose for sure. While I don’t think Seacrest has any intuition when it comes to Kanye, Seacrest must be getting his tips from the Kardashians, and that means Team Kardashian is gearing up for another engagement.

Photos courtesy of Andres Otero/ WENN.com.

These are some new photos of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West in Rome. Yes, he took her to Rome. He wouldn’t take her to Paris for Fashion Week, but he’ll take that ass to Rome. You know who else is in Rome right now? Ben Affleck. You know who else is in Italy right now? Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel… their wedding is going down at some point, maybe today, maybe tomorrow. I wonder if Ben Affleck is going to the wedding? Jennifer Garner and Jessica Biel are tight. And Ben and JT just worked together. So maybe. But did JT invite Kanye and Kim? That would actually be kind of epic. Kanye and JT know each other, and they’ve done shows together, and Kanye once called Justin his “biggest inspiration and biggest competitor.”

Of course, there’s another possibility – Kanye might have taken Kim to Rome for her birthday! She turns 32 years old on Sunday. Do you think Kim would agree to go to Kanye’s friend’s wedding on her birthday weekend? Hm. Maybe they could do both? Go to the wedding AND have a big birthday bash in Rome. Maybe Kim’s birthday present will be something with a diamond? Keep in mind, she’s still married to Kris Humphries. But I would love it if Kanye put a diamond on that ass (that sounds surprisingly awesome!).

Can I just have a word about Kim’s dress? It’s awful. She actually has lost some weight recently, so I have no idea why she would wear this thick-material’d, peplum’d monstrosity. It’s incredibly unflattering.

Also: the paparazzi caught Kanye and Kim sharing a kiss… you can see that photo here. We have access to a photo of Kanye just about to kiss her… it’s the same thing. I don’t really get why this is breaking news…? They’ve been dating for, like, nine months or something. Of course they kiss. Why is it news?

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.

Here are some new photos of Kim Kardashian in Miami. Allegedly, she was coming out of a “glam sess” photo shoot or something. In my mind, Kim just walks around like this for no reason, though. A face full of makeup, a too-tight LBD in the middle of the day… just because. Anyway, the dress is awful on Kim. It’s much too tight, and it’s not meant to fit her bust that way. Her kat-face looks ridic too. Anyway, I have to stop saying that Kim and Kanye West are on the rocks. He came to Miami to visit her several days ago, and there were reports earlier this week that Kanye and Kim were “house-hunting” in Miami. Sure. Why not? And then today this happened – Kanye’s new song “White Dress” was leaked. It seems to be about Kanye wanting to marry Kim. OH GOD. (I’m leaving the YouTube audio up, even though it will probably be taken down at some point.)

She might have been househunting with boyfriend Kanye West earlier in the week, but Kanye’s back at work today.

He’ll probably be a bit upset that his new track, White Dress, has leaked online. The track, produced by Kanye and RZA from Wu-Tang Clan, is basically about Kim. We think. We’re like rap detectives.

Kanye raps: “You the type of girl who deserve a new last name”/ “Your high heels clicking, your lip gloss glisten, your hips start switching … “/ “Even when we kissing baby girl feel different, Friends still diss me like no he didn’t”/ “I used to do things to make you laugh, like order a girl a drink in a masculine glass”.

That’s right people, Kanye’s idea of a joke is getting you a Prosecco in a pint glass.

But most exciting of all, he says: “I seen you in the club in a tight dress, but I picture you in church with a white dress.” Kim’s been very open about how she wants to get married again, so maybe this is the hip-hop version of a proposal?

[From The Mirror]

So, Kanye might still want to marry that ass. But will he still want to marry it a year from now, or whenever her dumb divorce from Kris Humphries comes through? We’ll see.

Oh, and Kim was tweeting photos of Mercy West-Kardashian yesterday too. I have the ability to read a cat’s inner-most thoughts… and little Mercy is saying, “This bitch. STOP TRYING TO PUT YOUR MOUTH ON ME.”

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and Kim’s Twitter.

Here are some semi-interesting photos of Kim Kardashian and a somber looking Kanye West walking together yesterday in Miami Beach. He doesn’t look especially thrilled to be holding Kim’s hand, and I have to wonder whether or not this pap walk is meant as damage control towards the rumors that Kanye is getting tired of Kim and that they might be cooling off. Wouldn’t it be odd if they actually broke up? They seem so perfect for each other in their mutual extreme narcissism and love of drama. Who would date either of them after the breakup? They basically have to stay together because I think they’ve already ruined themselves for other people at this point. Still, if anyone will do the dumping in this relationship, it would definitely be Kanye. I wonder when if and when it will happen though.

Another theory for this convenient pap walk might be some counterprogramming for the news that just came down involving Kim’s ex-boyfriend, Reggie Bush, who has received some interesting news of his own. That is, Reggie has impregnated his girlfriend of a year, Lilit Avagyan, according to In Touch. The creepy thing about this new development is that a lot of people think that Lilit physically looks a lot like Kim (they’re both Armenian too), and of course there are always those rumors that Kim really wants a baby with Kanye. Now she and Kanye might soon be over, and her ex is having a baby with her lookalike? So creepy:

Kim Kardashian’s ex Reggie Bush is about to become a daddy! In Touch can exclusively reveal that the Miami Dolphins running back is expecting a baby with his Kim look-alike girlfriend Lilit Avagyan!

“She is 100 percent pregnant,” an insider confirms to In Touch. “Reggie’s friends were saying to him, ‘At least you’ll have something to celebrate in 2013!’” referring to the slim chance that the Dolphins will be in next year’s Super Bowl.

According to the source, the couple has only told a small group of people about their exciting news, as the mother-to-be is only twelve weeks pregnant and is expected to give birth in April.

“She is extremely excited to become a mom, even though it wasn’t planned,” a friend of Reggie’s tells In Touch. And Reggie feels the same way. “He’s excited and can’t wait to announce it!”

Reggie began dating Lilit, who looks almost identical to Kim, nearly a year ago.

[From In Touch Weekly]

Meanwhile, Bossip is claiming that even though Reggie and Lilit have been together for over a year and “he moved her from L.A. to Miami so she could be on his arm during the NFL season,” he is totally “p-ssed about the whole situation.” Supposedly, they weren’t using protection, so I guess he’s just an idiot who thinks his girlfriend shouldn’t have “gotten herself” pregnant? Whatever, dude. Here’s a photo of Lilit, and you can judge for yourself whether or not she looks like Kim.

You know, I totally see the resemblance here. Lilit and Kim do share a certain common attribute, right?

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, WENN, and Bossip

These are some photos of Kanye West during Paris Fashion Week – he attended the Chanel, Givenchy, Celine and Christian Dior shows while in town. Interestingly enough, Kanye was solo through his whole trip. No Kim Kardashian. Which is interesting because Kim is supposed to be so fashionable and such, and she probably would have loved to come to Paris, right? So, is Kim’s absence reflective of the new rumors floating around that Kim and Kanye are “cooling off”? Or does it mean that Kim is just stuck in Miami, filming her reality show? Or is it something else?

Confidenti@l has learned exclusively that Kanye West had “no intentions” of bringing reality star girlfriend Kim Kardashian to Paris Fashion Week. “He didn’t think it was good for his reputation,” a Kanye spy tells us. “He didn’t want to hurt her feelings.”

The rapper turned fashion designer choose not to show his fashion collection this season, after his two previous Paris shows were bashed by critics. But he RSVP’d without a plus one to numerous shows weeks before telling Kim he was even going.

Despite his inability to handle criticism, West is expected to be back in Paris in March to show his own fashion line, sources said. For now, though, he is palling around with some of Europe’s most famous designers, including Peter Dundas of Pucci, Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy, and Karl Lagerfeld of Chanel. And Kanye may adore Kim, but sources close to the rapper say “he’s uncomfortable bringing her” and “wants to be taken seriously.”

Meanwhile, Kim was busy filming her reality show in Miami with other members of the Kardashian Klan. She wore yet another outfit entirely too small for her generous curves when she arrived at the Webster Hotel in Miami Beach for lunch Tuesday.

[From NYDN]

I think this could probably be true. After all, Kanye saw what (allegedly) happened to Kim during New York Fashion Week – Anna Wintour allegedly snubbed her AGAIN, and when Kim tried to befriend Stacy Keibler, George Clooney told Stacy to shut it down. Could it be that Kim is not the ass-tastic muse that Kanye needs to become The Greatest Fashion Designer In the World?

Meanwhile, things just keep getting sketchier. Yesterday, Kanye deleted all of his tweets and left one final one for his fans:

My theory: Kanye is having another introspective moment, another phase where he goes away for a little while and shuns everybody. But does that mean that he’s dumping Kim? Unknown.

Incidentally, Kim has a new interview and photo shoot with Tatler (the UK mag). The interview is pretty boring, but some of the highlights include Kim gushing about ‘Ye, saying stuff like: “It’s so nice to have a best friend in this game who understands everything you’re going through. Being with someone I’ve known for so many years is comforting. He’s been there through so many different stages of my life and before I was famous, so this relationship is a different thing entirely. It’s good to be aware that he definitely doesn’t want anything from me, too, because he understands the business. I can’t even think about being with anyone else than the man I’m with.” Kim says she’s a “hopeless romantic and she “always believe the next one is the one.” And for her next wedding (remember, she’s still married to Kris Humphries)? “The next time, I want to do it on an island with just my friends and family and that’s it.” Maybe this is what has Kanye running scared? That ass wants to get married. Did I mention that she’s wearing a wedding dress in the photo shoot? Yeah.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Tatler.

This ^^ is a photo of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West entering the Marchesa show earlier this month, during New York Fashion Week. Kanye and Kim made several appearances together during NYFW, but the Marchesa show was an interesting choice for them in particular. Does the Marchesa label need more Kat-face? Not really. Does Kim Kardashian need Marchesa? God, no. Don’t give her any ideas. But still, Kanye and Kim showed up for some reason, and I can only guess it was to “prove” their fashion credentials and schmooze with industry types. Like Anna Wintour! According to In Touch, Wintour greeted Kanye warmly – she’s a fan. But Nuclear Wintour made it a point to snub Kim. Of course!

Style icon Anna Wintour showed rapper-designer Kanye West plenty of love at the Spring 2013 Marchesa show, but the warm reception wasn’t extended to his girlfriend Kim Kardashian.

“Anna wouldn’t even looks at her; it was obvious Anna doesn’t like her in the least,” says an eyewitness. “Meanwhile, Anna was kissy-kissy with Kanye. It couldn’t have been funnier.”

This isn’t the first time Anne shunned Kim: Wintour reportedly banned Kim from her annual star-studded Met Gala this year. Says a source: “Anna loathes the fact that Kim gains access to events over people associated with the fashion world.”

[From In Touch Weekly, print edition]

Everyone claimed Wintour “banned” Kim from the Met Gala, but Kim claimed that she was never planning on going this year because she already had another “work” commitment in LA. Which still doesn’t answer the question of “Yeah, but does Anna Wintour hate everything Kim Kardashian-related?” Honestly, I’d like to think that Anna has bigger fish to fry, you know? She doesn’t have time to hold some anti-Kardashian grudge. That being said, if Anna runs into Kim again, Kim just needs to understand that Wintour is not going to speak to her. EVER.

Oh, and Star Mag has another story of Kim Kardashian being shunned too! Star claims that Kim was hanging out with Stacy Keibler during NYFW (Stacy was at the same Marchesa show), and that Stacy’s boyfriend George Clooney told Stacy to shut it down. Allegedly, George become “enraged and demanded that Stacy stop hanging out” with Kim. A source says, “George feels like the Kardashians are famous for nothing – they have no talent and are looked down on in the industry. He thinks Stacy being friends with Kim could hurt possible career opportunities for her.” Hahaha. When George dumps Stacy, Stacy will have to move into George Clooney’s Lonely Ho Hotel For Ex-Girlfriends Who Mentioned Marriage, and Stacy is going to wish she had Kim Kardashian’s friendship. Truly.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

You have to look at this outfit Kim wore in Miami yesterday. WTF IS THIS? What hath Kat-face wrought? From the back, it’s a skirt and from the front it’s a really unflattering pair of shorts? WITH A PEPLUM. Dear God. Kanye looked at this and said, “Girl, I think we need to see other people. You are hopeless.”

I’m also including photos of Kim at the beach, wearing a white one-piece swimsuit (with gold metal accents?) and a white cover-up thing. She kept the cover-up on when she went into the ocean too. Please don’t yell about her thighs or anything. There is so much to criticize about Kim, and I just don’t think “she’s fat” should even make the top twenty criticisms. Although, I do have to say, I think she’s gained weight since she’s been with Kanye. I think he likes her “thicker” – he’s always taking her out for ice cream, you know?

Speaking of Kanye, I’ve been avoiding the stories about his sex tape (or tapes) for the past few days for lots of reasons. First of all, the rumors started at Radar. I like Radar and everything, but they sensationalize everything to a crazy degree. Radar “got their hands” on a tape of Kanye bangin’ some 18-year-old (at least that’s what she says) Kim Kardashian look-alike. The tape was filmed a few years ago, I guess, and someone is trying to sell it for $1 million. Following that story, there was another story of yet another, longer (!) video being shopped around. Kanye’s lawyers have gotten involved, and Kanye is claiming the videos were stolen off of his computer. Basically, I haven’t really discussed it because I think it’s a meh story. Am I surprised that Kanye has one or multiple sex tapes? Nope. Do I want to see it? Nope.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

These are new, awful photos of Kim Kardashian at the E! Channel Brand Event (?) in Sydney, Australia yesterday. I’m assuming it was just a promotional event for all things E!-related. Just think of it this way: instead of looking at those awful photos of Kim treating her fluffy white kitten like a f—king purse, we get to look at photos of Kim with her typically terrible styling. How many times have I called out Kim for increasing her “Kat-Face” awfulness with the Croydon Facelift? She simply needs to stop pulling her hair back THAT tight. It makes her look like an alien-face. The Botox and the lip-injections aren’t helping, of course. Anyway, there are lots of little stories about Kim and about Kanye West too, so let’s just do some highlights:

*The other day Kanye tweeted, “I just f—ked Kim so hard.” Kanye deleted it just a few minutes later, but not before that one tweet got 7,410 retweets and 39,777 of his followers made it their favorite.

*Kanye is reportedly planning to shell out $1 million (or more) on a crazy birthday party for Kim (her birthday is October 21). MTV reports that Kanye wants to bring everybody to Pine Cay, a private island in the Turks and Caicos to “lift her spirits”. A source claims, “Kim has been really down about turning 32 and having two failed marriages behind her and no children, so he wants to make this extra-special… Plus it’s her first birthday since they’ve been together as a couple. Kanye has never been shy of splashing out on the women he loves, but this time he’s pulling out all the stops with presents.” Some of those presents allegedly include: a Prada bag with a “KK” print, a pink diamond bracelet and a couture Chanel dress.

*Chanel you say? Ah, yes. Remember poor little Mercy Kardashian-West, the fluffy Persian? Well, allegedly Kanye was the one to buy the kitten for Kim. And it probably has something to do with Choupette Lagerfeld.

*Us Weekly/Hollywood Life claim that Kim and Kanye are “reportedly just dying to live together.” A source says, “They have the most fun with each other and they keep getting closer. She’s thinking of getting a bigger place in LA and he’ll get a biggest one in NYC and they’ll share!”

*OK! Mag (via Jezebel) claims that Kanye is worried about Kim’s ass. Like, he thinks it’s too big. And he wants her to lose 20 pounds by doing a liquid diet? Not for nothing, but to his credit, I actually think Kanye is fine with Kim’s massive ass just the way it is. He keeps taking her for ice cream and stuff too, so if anything, I think he’d like her to be even “thicker”.

And that’s about it. I will leave you with one quote from Kim, which she gave during an interview with an Australian media outlet while at this E! event thing. Kim was asked “Who would she want to swap lives with for a day?” Her answer: “Jesus. Because I think it would be pretty fascinating to see the power that he had.” Deep thoughts by Alien-Face.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

I like a good feminist analysis in general, and I’ve been known to spend an hour here or there reading the latest feminist treatise. But sometimes… it’s hard to explain without feeling like I’m selling out my gender. Like, I’m Team Ladies and I fight for and donate money to causes that I think will support women and women’s issues. But I think there’s a sliding scale of importance when it comes to “women’s issues” and given my limited time and resources, I tend to focus on what I consider the most urgent and pressing issues of the feminist cause: women’s reproductive rights, violence against women, gross inequalities and the like. When it comes to a feminist analysis of certain words, a semantic debate about what is or is not acceptable to say… I tend to lose interest. After all, I write for a site with “bitch” right there in the name. And I’ve always worn the “bitch” label with pride, even if I was called a “bitch” in a negative way. I AM a bitch. I own that sh-t, good and bad.

Why discuss this subject now? Because Kanye West brought it up. Kanye uses “bitch” in his lyrics often enough, and he recently wrote and recorded a song called “Perfect Bitch” – for his girlfriend Kim Kardashian. But Kanye took to Twitter a few days ago to question himself and his followers about his use of the word, and whether he was (my words) a misogynist for using the word. You can read all of Kanye’s free-style tweets here, and here’s basically what he said:

Kanye West declared that Kim Kardashian was his “Perfect Bitch” when he confirmed that a new track he previewed at a New York club was written about his reality TV star girlfriend — but he may be having second thoughts about the pet name. Though Kim was reportedly “honored” to be Kanye’s “Perfect Bitch,” the 35-year-old rapper is now wondering if it really is an acceptable word to use to describe a woman — even if it is meant in a positive way.

The rapper, who was most recently featured in 2 Chainz’s (arguably misogynistic) video for “Birthday Song,” ruminated on the use of the word while in France on Sept. 2.

In a series of tweets he wrote:

“I usually never tweet questions but I struggle with this so here goes… Is the word BITCH acceptable? To be more specific, is it acceptable for a man to call a woman a bitch even if it’s endearing? Has hip hop conditioned us to accept this word?” he wrote, before comparing the word bitch to an equally contentious word.

“Do we love this word as much as we love the word NI**A in an endearing way? correction, Here’s the age old question, would we refer to our mothers as bitches? Would’ we call our fathers n-ggers or better yet NI**AS? If ni**a is such a positive word, why do we feel so uncomfortable for white people to say it, even with a hall pass? Is it ok to use bitch as long as we put BAD in front of it? Like you a BAD BITCH. Perhaps the words BITCH and NI**A are now neither positive or negative. They are just potent and it depends on how [they] are used and by whom? #FREETHOUGHT.”

The rapper makes a good point — not that any of this hasn’t been said before, but he continued on to further ponder the use of the word.

“What if there was no profanity… What if we decided to legalise profanity in a sense? In France they play songs with cursing on the radio. I was recently questioned about the use of the word BITCH in my music and initially was offended by anyone questioning anything in my music,” he wrote, explaining the inspiration behind his sudden introspection.

“Stevie Wonder never had to use the word bitch to get his point across,” he conceded, adding, “I will admit that I sometimes go back an omit cursing from my records. I like to use profanity as a tool and not a crutch. I’m not tweeting to say what we need and what we don’t… I just wanted to think out loud with you guys today… #THEWORDBITCH.”

[From HuffPo]

I think Kanye really was having this debate with himself – this wasn’t some statement issued because of a controversy, Kanye was just sitting there in his Paris hotel or wherever, thinking about feminism and lyricism and the power we give to some words. And you know what? I don’t hate his analysis. Some people hate the word bitch in any context, some people don’t care about appointing themselves the Word Police, and some people think it just depends on the context. I truly wouldn’t be offended if Kanye called me a BAD BITCH. You know he would too.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

These are photos of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West in New York City (Soho to be exact) over the weekend. The leather skirt photos are from Saturday and the boot photos are from Sunday. On Sunday, they apparently took a helicopter into Westchester to look at houses – perhaps a little Westchester love nest for Kimye? Perhaps. I know y’all are going to hate on her boots (I think they’re Givenchy), but I loved those boots on Miranda Kerr and I kind of like them on Kat-face. I want to try those boots. But that outfit is hideous. Ugh – ‘Ye needs to do a better job styling his girlfriend. He also needs to do a better job of making sure that his girlfriend isn’t Mean Girl’d by his BFF’s wife. According to a new report in the NYDN, Beyonce is no longer pretending to be friends with Kim. This is epic, of course.

Love can conquer all — unless “all” is Beyonce. Despite Kim Kardashian’s repeated attempts to befriend Bey, a source tells Confidenti@l that the 16-time Grammy winner gave Kardashian a serious reality check on Saturday night.

A source at the Made in America Festival in Philadelphia, where both Beyonce and Kardashian were supporting their musical men, tells us, “Kim and Beyonce barely spoke to each other.”

Adding, “They were on opposite sides of the stage. Beyonce didn’t even acknowledge [Kardashian] was there until the concert was almost over.”

The situation was made extra awkward since Kanye West, Kardashian’s fling of nearly five months, and Jay-Z are best pals. West was even a surprise performer during Hova’s set that night.

But we hear it wasn’t just Beyonce giving the cold shoulder this time around. “(Kardashian) didn’t make any efforts to go speak to Beyonce either,” the source says. Instead, she spent her time hanging out with best friend Jonathan Cheban and West, when he wasn’t performing.

Eventually, the women “made small talk in the dressing room, but you could tell Kim was uncomfortable. She clung onto Kanye the entire time and didn’t say much,” according to a second source.

“(Kardashian) was talking to Jonathan, and Kanye was talking to Jay-Z and Beyonce,” the insider says, adding that Kardashian did tell Jay-Z how much she loved his show.

Despite the quiet cattiness, Kardashian and Beyonce could have bonded over the fact that both ladies are watching their waistlines.

As Confidenti@l recently reported, Kardashian is trying to downsize her famous derriere to fit into West’s fashion line. The insider says Beyonce had chef Anthony DiRienzo from STARR Restaurants, whose eateries Buddakkan and Morimoto had a VIP tent for celebrities at the show, prepare a dairy-free meal for her, including a chicken quesadilla with no cheese and watermelon tomato salad. Jay-Z and Beyonce were such fans of the grub, they asked for a doggy bag to take aboard their private jet Sunday.

[From The NYDN]

So they went from fast friends to cold-shouldering to outright Mean Girling in just a few months. My take on the situation is that Beyonce was simply being “nice” to Kanye’s girlfriend because she wanted to go along and get along, and then Bey faced the wrath of her fans and friends who didn’t want to see her taint her “Luxury, Exclusivity” Beyonce Brand with a Kardashian friendship. While I think Kim would really, really love to be friends with Bey, I kind of doubt that Kim is crying Botox-tears over this one, honestly.

Oh, and remember how Kim said she wanted to be the first reality star to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? She was shut down by the Chamber of Commerce, whose spokesperson told media outlets, “Part of criteria in being honoured is receiving awards such as Emmys, SAG Awards, Oscars… in the category of television, live-stage performance or motion pictures. And they have to have a career in the business of acting for five years or more.” Dude. I know a lot of Kardash-haters are throwing confetti, but seriously, let’s not act like the Walk of Fame really means much at this point.

Photos courtesy of WENN.