Megyn Kelly is not exactly the first person one would imagine who had their parents joke that they were too ugly to get married, and yet it’s still something she yells at her mom about, the Fox News anchor tells Elle magazine this week– along with explaining how a tenth-grade career quiz told her to be a journalist and, in her current job, what it takes for her to ban someone from the show.

Matt DamonMatt Damon lashed out at President Obama saying he would’ve preferred “a one-term president with some balls who actually got stuff done.”

Bill O’Reilly‘s “Culture Warriors” segment is dedicated to protect all the wholesome American kids out there from the barrage of deviant elements to which they are exposed on a daily basis through the media. Needless to say that, excluding the giant Canadian elephant in the room, the segment lends itself perfect to talking about Justin Bieber. Tonight, O’Reilly was concerned about Bieber’s fraternizing with famous lady of questionable repute Kim Kardashian.

The year 2009 was a remarkably troubled year for magazine publishing — filled with lay-offs, declining ad revenue, and serious questions about the viability of the medium as a whole. Yet, in this sea of bad news, a few titles were able to eke out some positive attention and influence over the field — thanks, in part, to the vision and leadership of their editors. Who among them did we find to do his or her job the best? Jon Meacham, Editor-in-chief for Newsweek. His runner-up and reader poll winner after the jump.

Following the trend of dropping the f-bomb on live morning television, Kelly Cutrone, head honchrix of fashion PR giant People’s Revolution (and Whitney Port’s boss on The City) told us how she really feels about Olivia Palermo, the reality show’s controversial villainess.

Alec Baldwin reportedly stole the show at Elle Magazine’s 16th Annual Women in Hollywood tribute Monday night, delivering terrific lines that left the audience rolling in the aisles while serving as the event’s first male host. Video of his presentation after the jump.

On the cover of Glamour’‘s October issue and back in the saddle with No Doubt, Gwen Stefani is positively in your face. Feeling her pink fuzzy grip, we’ve pulled some of Gwen’s best cover work from the last five years. In your face, in your crotch, on the bedroom of your wall in high school — she’s been all over the place on the cover. But which is her best to date?

Brianna Karp, the homeless woman who is receiving national attention for landing a prestigious internship with Elle Magazine, was also recently evicted from the Wal-Mart parking lot where she had been parking her RV. The truck, trailer, and all of her possessions have been accruing storage charges at an impound lot since it was towed on August 13. The total amount to get the vehicles out of impound is now over $3,000.00.

On the heels of an AP report on Elle magazine’s hiring of a homeless blogger for an internship, backlash is already fomenting on the interweb. It is an appealing notion, that fashion mag Elle is looking for a pat on the back for doling out crumbs. We go straight to the source in an exclusive interview with Brianna Karp.

Miley Cyrus’ controversial Vanity Fair spread may have been in the name of art, but there was nothing artistic about cavorting around a stripper pole on an ice cream cart in shortie-shorts doing oversexed dance moves at Monday’s Teen Choice Awards. Miley’s fame and fan base will not be affected by Monday’s dance. But the shift into overdrive of Miley’s sexualization cannot go unnoticed. From VF all the way to the stripper pole, this girl is growing up fast. Or being grown up fast.

The September Issue: it’s not just the title of the highly anticipated R.J Cutler documentary about Anna Wintour, its also what every magazine loving fashionista anxiously awaits, its hefty size a welcome antidote to the malnourished August issue. But judging from Elle’s September cover, which features Jennifer Aniston clad in black leather (last month anyone?), it’s beginning to look a lot like August.

In a fascinating Washington Post column this week, TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington described how AOL is scooping up some of the best print reporters from short-sighted print publications. Is racking up writing talent part of Tim Armstrong’s vision for preparing the massive online entity for spin-off?

Elle has recently been cited in the trades as a singular bright spot in an otherwise blighted sector – most recently getting attention for selling more ad pages than Conde Nast rival Vogue. So if rumors are true, why would Hachette want to sell off a profitable magazine that is on its way up?

Women’s fashion magazine covers typically fall somewhere between sexy and sophisticated. But finding the sweet spot is much trickier when your cover girl is still a teen. This month, women’s fashion mags across the globe plucked their covergirls from the young, supple crop of up-and-comers. Does putting teens on the cover help attract younger readers? (Or any readers at all?)

Elle magazine’s feature article on Miley Cyrus opens with a poem about sugar treats and delicious cookies — revealing that something’s a bit off. At first glance, this reads as innocent enough opening copy. In the context of the super hot vixen photo shoot of the 16 year-old star of Hannah Montana, it feels weird. On Special Victims Unit they call it the “lure.”

The Magazine Editors category on the Power Grid has engendered some good debate here at Mediaite’s global headquarters. Summing up: should a Magazine Editor be rewarded more for the public profile of the title they oversee, or more for how they promote their own name.

Have you heard the big news? Elle has now sold more ad pages than rival Vogue in the first half of fiscal year 2009! And sure — Elle deserves a ton of credit for an unprecedented turnaround (particularly in a ridiculous ad recession). But why did the reporter neglect to include total revenue?

Harper’s Bazaar goes tabloid on Angelina Jolie, V-word makes Sandra Bullock giggle, Vogue slims down for Sienna Miller…