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After years of over-exposure to UV rays, Patricia Krentcil (better known as or TBM) is finding herself in a whole different kind of light—the spotlight. Krentil is facing 10 years in prison for second-degree child endangerment after allegedly bringing her five-year-old daughter into a tanning bed.

The whole debacle started after a teacher noticed a serious sunburn on the chubby-cheeked child who remarked she had gone tanning with her mom.  While TBM’s lips were saying her daughter’s burn was from a day of casual gardening, her football-coloured (and textured, for that matter) tan was saying differently.

It’s a trend we’ve been trying to ignore for a while, but Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi keeps trying to make it happen—the duckbill nail. Dubbed as such because of the way the nail gets wider at the ends, it takes a long afternoon at the salon to achieve this extremely fake nail look. Seen as recently as yesterday, at the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards, we’re hoping the duckbill trend doesn’t have wings and will stay in the Jersey Shore forever. But red carpet after red carpet (who, exactly, keeps inviting her?) Snooki is there, showing off her bedazzled, duckbill’d tips. There are about a thousand adjectives to describe why we hate this look, with “artificial” and “acrylic” topping the list. Actually, we’d maybe even like the airbrushed art she’s wearing (in a Katy Perry sort of way) if it was paired with a more naturally shaped nail.

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As we eagerly await tonight’s premiere of Jersey Shore’s fourth season, reports are flying that Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino will be fronting a line of tuxedos. The reality star seems to be following the example of fellow cast members JWoww, Pauly D, and Snooki by expanding his brand to include clothing.

The deal, a line also called “The Situation,” (natch!) comes courtesy of a New York–based manufacturer called FLOW Formal, a company hoping to reach a younger demographic. What’s more is that Sitch is supposedly raking in a whopping six figures for a role that still seems sketchy. It’s still unclear whether he’ll only serve to promote the collection or actually have some design input.

The scheduled launch of February 2012 and the emphasis on a younger customer base bring one thing to mind: prom season. For the sake of 2012’s graduating classes, we’re keeping our fingers crossed that things are kept classic. Thinking about the product of a Jersey Shore star’s venture into formalwear is a bit terrifying: rhinestones on lapels, backs printed like tattoos, shirts purposefully left undone indecently low… We could go on, but we won’t.

Where’s the beef? Lady Gaga’s infamous meat dress is to go on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [Racked]

Kate Moss will be judging a Polyvore contest. Contenders have to create a “Roxy Girl” set inspired by images of Moss from her Robert Ferry album cover shoot. [Fashionista]

While many will be going as Snooki for Halloween Ellen DeGeneres took the inspiration a step further. The funnywoman dressed up as Snooki’s pouf. [People]

Check out Gucci’s super future-y ad for their new fragrance Guilty, featuring Evan Rachel Wood. On a gossip-ier note, apparently the 22-year-old just split with fiance Marilyn Manson (again). [Racked and Huffington Post]

Taylor Momsen ran her mouth the other day in an interview with Spin Magazine. “People think pop is rock, and the lines are getting blurred. Now Rihanna‘s wearing f—–‘ leather jackets, and it’s really annoying.” Taylor will most likely regret this next time she finds herself encountering Rihanna in a dark alley. Those leather jackets have spikes. [Huffington Post]

Marc Jacobs and Lorenzo Martone are no longer an item. While there may be “break-up rumours were false!” updates–and the inevitable “rumours that the break-up was false, were false!” updates–Martone maintains, via Twitter, that they’ve been split for about two months. So maybe this time it’s for real. Boo. [The Cut]

The much cackled about Snooki, gossip fodder and star of Jersey Shore, has just been compared to Elizabeth Taylor by fashion writer Cathy Horyn. Why? Images of Liz, recently published in Vanity Fair, “confirm a short, busty woman with high hair, big jewelry, garish taste in clothes and a complete indifference to the cyclonic effect that all that produced.”  [NYTimes]