Many of you may have heard about the LeBron James Vogue's "Shape Issue" controversy. Those of you who haven't need look no further than the above image.

Did the Vogue staffers really intend to present the NBA superstar as King Kong? That wasn't our impression. While we did think it queer they didn't doll him up in a suit, we just figured they wanted to make sure readers knew he's a basketball player. Are we just naive? Maybe.

Our colleague, Cord Jefferson, who has 26-years of blackness under his belt, offered this take:

The Vogue cover is inexcusable for this reason: Even if the photo was not intentionally alluding to the ape imagery of yesteryear, Annie Leibovitz and Anna Wintour, "experts" on imagery that they are, should have been able to look at that photograph and realize what sorts of feelings it would evoke in the public. At worst, the picture's racist, at best, it's evidence of glaring ineptitude.

That straight boy sure does have him some sass.

So, readers, if you're not too mad at us right now, what's your take on this James outrage?

Former Soviet Union President Mikhail S. Gorbachev landed a new gig: Louis Vuitton model!! NY Times' Eric Wilson explains:

The Vuitton ad, however, is part of a campaign to emphasize the company’s heritage in luggage and travel accessories. Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, the ads include other celebrities using Vuitton bags: Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf cuddling in a hotel room, their bags not yet unpacked; Catherine Deneuve resting on a trunk in front of a steaming locomotive; and Mr. Gorbachev in the back of a car with a duffel bag on the seat next to him. Of the group, Mr. Gorbachev appears the least comfortable. He is holding on to a door handle, as if the bag contained polonium 210.

This isn't Gorbachev's first foray into the wild world of advertising. The 76-year old Nobel Peace Prize winner formerly appeared in a Pizza Hut commercial. His modeling career's obviously moving in the right direction.

As Wilson points out, however, L'Oreal probably won't be courting Gorbachev, nor his legendary birthmark. Unless it's for a new cover up, perhaps…