Kim and Kanye: Designed to Last?

Kim and Kanye designed to last? We have no comment about the substance of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's relationship, but we'll to defer to BET's assessment that they definitely look good together and have enough style to last a lifetime.

GOP plotting against Obama since Day 1? Not a huge surprise: Robert Draper writes in his new book that as President Barack Obama was celebrating his inauguration at various balls, top Republican lawmakers and strategists were conjuring up ways to submarine his presidency at a private dinner in Washington, D.C.

Brandi talks about her eating disorder: On last night's episode of VH1's Behind the Music, the 33-year-old revealed her struggle with an eating disorder as a teen. "I wanted to be thin. That was my main thing. So I started not taking care of myself — not eating properly, not eating at all, diet pills, regurgitating, all all of these things that girls do," she said.

Rihanna and Jay at the Olympics: Rihanna and Jay-Z will be the two headline acts in the popular-music lineup for the London 2012 Olympic Games, Bloomberg Business Week reports.

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