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Aug 08 2008 7:58am EDT

Idle Chatter: Gross-Out Lit; Beyonce the Pale

-To get boys excited about reading, publishers are issuing titles about mass murderers and disgusting infections. One's called Help! What's Eating My Flesh?? [WSJ]

-L'Oréal says it didn't lighten Beyoncé Knowles' skin in an ad that's running in several women's magazines. She was just looking whiter than usual that day, is all. [E!]

-Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia laid off 25 people this week, twice as many as previously reported. [NYP]

-Here's more advance intelligence on just how ugly Monday's magazine circulation report is going to be. [WWD]. □

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