• Madonna's humanitarian tour in Brazil is over. She left the country on Saturday night after spending the day in Angra dos Reis with Jesus and Guy Oseary. She visited a favela on Friday with Rio's governor Sérgio Cabral and the first lady.
• Watch Lady Gaga's interview on Brazilian TV.
• The fourteen cast members of the second season of the popular reality show A Fazenda (or The Farm) have been revealed. Let's hope for hot moments in the shower.
• Out magazine's class of 2009.
  
• Speedo break: Felipe Simão in Leblon.
• This is why we (heart) Federico Devito.
• This is by far the cutest thing I saw today.
• Ava Simões was crowned the 2009 Miss Brazil Gay in Juiz de Fora. She won a plane ticket to any city in the country and a human hair wig.
• Chanel Iman may be walking at São Paulo Fashion Week in January.
• Gisele's first announcement as UNEP's Goodwill Ambassador.
• Mariah's video for I Want To Know What Love Is.

If there is one thing Mario de Testino is really good at is getting Brazilians to take their clothes off, and there is no better proof of that than his new book MaRIO DE JANEIRO Testino. If you are doubting me, Taschen has now made the entire book available online. Make sure to flip through it, drool, and pre-order a copy. The pictures are stunning and super sexy.

And btw, if you are coming to Brazil for Christmas or NYE, now you know what to get me as a gift.

• Bombshell Izabel Goulart graces the cover of the Fashion Rocks supplement of Vogue Brazil.
• A gay marriage proposal at Mariah Carey's Vegas concert.
• The Fasano Group will be opening a new hotel in Salvador designed by Isay Weinfeld in 2010.
• Constance Jablonski was the girl who walked the most shows this season.
• What do you think of the new four-actress Vogue cover? It looks too much like like VF to me.
• Go-go boy or Brazilian cowboy?
• Caroline Trentini photographed naked by her bf Victor Demarchelier.
• A Q&A with Marc Jacobs.
• A sneak peek at François Nars' new book 15x15, celebrating the 15th anniversary of Nars cosmetics.
• More of Alexandre Herchcovitch's furniture line in partnership with Micasa.
• Perfect footwear for fall: Dr. Martens Weston boots.
• Watch the Black Eyed Peas' new video for Meet Me Halfway.

• Sponsored by the , a retrospective of the work of Guy Bourdin will be on display in São Paulo's MuBE (Brazilian Museum of Sculpture) from August 15 to August 31. The exhibition will feature 177 works by Bourdin, including unpublished images, as well as fashion editorials and short-feature movies.
• Raquel Zimmermann shot a story with Mario Sorrenti for Vogue Paris in Ipanema this week.
• Curvy: Isabeli Fontana for the Gap.
• Designers sketch Woodstock-inspired fashions for WWD.
• Singer Roisin Murphy talks to Arjan about her new record and what she really said about Lady Gaga.
• Adam Lambert talks about his upcoming album, and asks fans to stop throwing bondage gear at his face.
• Brilliant: Calvin Harris performs his single Ready For The Weekend on the first human synthesizer.
• Designer Olivier Theyskens was spotted in Rio today.
• Speedo break with Jonathan Waud. 
• Must buy: Oscar Niemeyer Ultimate Collection.
• Ticket refund: Toni Braxton canceled her concerts in Brazil this month.
• Brazil is the third country with most deaths caused by the swine flu, behind the US and Argentina. A vaccine against the H1N1 virus is going to be produced in the country starting October.

Check out a sneak peek at what's inside the book at Taschen. I am definitely pre-ordering a copy. 

Thanks Fernando for the heads up.

• Rodrigo Santoro rides a motorcycle in Rio, and Cauã Reymond goes biking shirtless with his gf.
• The São Paulo Gay Bikers are back. This year's first official meeting takes place tonight.
• Model Parker Gregory will unfortunately not have his back view on full display in the Meatpacking District.
• Calvin Klein's Francisco Costa talks Oscars and Italian food in Milan.
• Natalia Vodianova and Luke Grimes pose for the cover of V magazine's spring issue.
• Taschen is set to release Tom of Finland XXL, a collection of almost 1,000 images  by the artist in 704 pages (already on my shopping list).
• Gareth Pugh on YouTube.
• Pictures of the fall 2009 Balenciaga collection are already online. Cathy Horyn comments on the show on her blog.