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Hitchcock star Jessica Biel, dressed in a silk and tulle Dior design, strikes a high-fashion pose on the January 2013 cover of Elle, on newsstands Dec. 18. Inside the magazine, Jessica posed with designers Jean Paul Gaultier, Azzedine Alaia, Maison Martin Margiela, Christian Louboutin, and Giambattista Valli, who famously created her pink wedding gown. It's been less than two months since Jessica and Justin Timberlake tied the knot in Italy, and she's already happily sharing thoughts on marriage as well as plans for the future. Here's more from Jess:

• Jessica on her honeymoon: "Honeymooning is the best thing about being a newlywed. I wish I could honeymoon forever."
• Jessica on marriage: "It means always having someone there to open the pickle jar . . . to share the ups and downs with, have adventures with. Someone to go swimming naked with. That kind of thing."
• Jessica on Justin's domestic sensibility: "He bakes pies. He's Southern, so he's got all this influence from his grandma. He does a three-layer pie . . . and blueberry crunch cake, which is pretty unbelievable. It doesn't happen all that often, thank God. Otherwise, it would be a big problem."
• Jessica on the future: "My goal now is to work with great directors. Small role, big role, medium-size role—it doesn't matter. I just want to work with someone who's going to push me to a scary, exciting place that I've never been before."

Jennifer Lawrence makes a sexy statement in a white Balenciaga dress on the cover of Elle's December issue. She's currently filming the second installment in the Hunger Games franchise, Catching Fire, and talked about how she prepares for the role of Katniss in the publication. First, though, Jennifer has Silver Linings Playbook coming out this month. She has multiple other films in the works and shared that despite her success, she still stays grounded. Here's more from Jennifer Lawrence in Elle:

• On dieting: "I'm never going to starve myself for a part . . . I don't want little girls to be like, 'Oh, I want to look like Katniss, so I'm going to skip dinner. That's something I was really conscious of during training, when you're trying to get your body to look exactly right. I was trying to get my body to look fit and strong, not thin and underfed."
• On not living large: "Ten million dollars and I'm still living in my parents' condo . . . I've always lived in a tiny rat-infested apartment in New York, or a little condo in LA, or a normal house in Kentucky. I think it would be very bizarre to live in a big mansion by myself."
• On her boyfriend, Nicholas Hoult: "[My boyfriend] is honestly my best friend, and hopefully I'm his best friend too. He's my favorite person to be around and makes me laugh harder than anybody. . . . We can eat Cheetos and watch beach volleyball and we turn into two perverted Homer Simpsons, like, 'Oh, she's got a nice ass.' I never thought we'd have such different opinions on asses."

Photos courtesy Carter Smith for Elle, styling by Joe Zee

Victoria Beckham shared a few snaps from her recent shoot with Karl Lagerfeld for Elle France on Twitter today. She wrote that it was "a dream come true" to pose at Chanel's Paris shop on 31 Rue Cambon. Victoria may be looking back to her time in France, but she's currently in London with her daughter, Harper. The mother-daughter duo traveled to the UK over the weekend after spending a few weeks at home in LA with family. Victoria attended multiple soccer games to cheer on her boys, including David, who will hit the field again this Sunday to play against the San Jose Earthquakes.

Britney Spears covers the October 2012 issue of Elle, which hits newsstands Sept. 18. She also struck a pose with her husband-to-be, Jason Trawick, for the accompanying spread, shot by photographer Alexi Lubomirski and styled by Joe Zee — check out how to get Britney's look from the shoot. The next week will be busy a one for Brit as she gears up for the Sept. 12 debut of The X Factor. She touched on more personal topics with the magazine, though, including her style and how she met Jason. Here are highlights from Britney Spears in Elle:

• Britney on her style: "I love my jeans and my sweats — I'm really just a tomboy at heart. So it's really hard for me to be like Kim Kardashian and be makeup- and hair-ready every time I go out of my house. I'm not a believer in that, you know? On the other hand, when you do wear those sweats, you're like, 'Oh God, I should step it up a notch.'"
• Jason on how he and Britney got together: "It was kind of one of those things where she moved, like, turned around, so we were face-to-face, and then . . . "
• Britney adds: "Okay, that's enough information, sweetie. It was sweet, just say that."

Katie Holmes got serious for the August issue of Elle, which hits newsstands on July 17. She posed in a sexy black and white look for the cover and showed skin in the accompanying spread, styled by Joe Zee and photographed by Carter Smith. Katie chatted with the magazine before filing for divorce from Tom Cruise last week, but she touched on her relationship with Tom and shared her feelings about getting older. Here's more from Katie Holmes in Elle:

• On Tom: "He has been Tom Cruise for 30 years . . . I know who I am and where I am and where I want to go, so I want to focus on that."
• On if being married to Tom has helped her career: "Things are not handed to anyone. If anything, you work a little bit harder when you're in such visible circumstances."
• On being in her 30s: "I definitely feel much more comfortable in my own skin. I feel sexier. I think in my twenties — it's like you're trying too hard to figure everything out . . . I'm starting to come into my own. It's like a new phase."

Reese Witherspoon looks stunning in Giorgio Armani on the cover of Elle's February issue. She's prepping for the release of This Means War next month after closing out a big 2011 that included her wedding to Jim Toth. Reese opened up about meeting her now husband and how he changed her views on marrying again in the publication. She also shared her embarrassment over making so much money. Here's more from Reese in Elle:

• On meeting Jim for the first time: "It happened out of the blue. This really drunk guy was hitting on me, making such an idiot of himself, yelling at me. He was like, [slurring, scowling, pointing finger in her face] ‘You don’t know me.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, I know. I don’t know you!’ Jim came over and said, ‘Please excuse my friend. He’s just broken up with someone.’ Jim was a really good friend, pulling him out of that situation. That’s just kind of who he is, a really good person."
• On being embarrassed by her earnings: "Every time they call and talk to me about money, I get embarrassed about it. A couple of women finally made me feel better: ‘To get what you’re making, do you know how much money people are making off of you?’ I’m like, ‘Oh, oh, okay.’"
• On Jim changing her mind about marrying again: "Jim said, ‘I’m gonna show you every day what a good partner is, what a good person is. I’m going to take care of you. I’m gonna do this so much that you’re gonna get used to it.’ I was like, ‘What are you talking about?’ I’ve never had anybody like that in my life."

H&M, who doesn't have plans on launching ecommerce in the US until 2012, is giving its die-hard fans a special treat today with an exclusive online shopping experience. The Swedish retailer has teamed up with Elle.com to sell four Fall looks — about 20 pieces total — from its collection starting precisely at noon today. In addition to being able to shop from the luxuries off your comfy sofa, you'll feel good knowing the pieces you bought were available to you two days before they hit stores on Sept. 1. For those who live outside the vicinity of an H&M brick and mortar, this might be your only chance to buy online until 2012. Quantities are limited so we suggest you get on it, stat. Click the slideshow to see the four exclusive looks — then start shopping!

Selena Gomez has been flying high on our fashion radar, and her latest appearance in the August issue of Elle Mexico has us even more enamored with her fresh beauty. The actress and singer took the cover in an editorial titled "Forever Young," shot by Steven Gomillion and Dennis Leupold, wearing Marc Jacobs, Altuzarra, Gucci, and Yves Saint Laurent. We love the mature look and styling, and the sepia-tone backdrop is gorgeous. Take a look at the slideshow to see more of Selena for Elle.

Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake get flirty for Elle's August issue and in their upcoming release Friends With Benefits. The pair sat down and shared what they consider to be the perfect first day, the idea of friends sleeping together, and their nude scenes, to which Mila complimented Justin on his "fine ass." Mila and Justin have shot down rumors of a real-life fling, and while Mila's been rolling solo since her breakup with Macaulay Culkin, Justin was spotted with his ex Jessica Biel over the weekend, sparking rumors of a reunion. Here's more from Justin and Mila:

• On the concept of friends with benefits:
  JT: [Smiles] "It is such a good idea—until it's a bad idea."
  MK: "I concur. Ultimately, it ends when someone wants to go and get serious with somebody. More times than not, a person catches feelings and somebody gets hurt."
• What they felt self-conscious about while shooting nude scenes:
  MK: [To Justin] "You've got a fine ass. I was self-conscious about a lot of things. Show me one girl who isn't."
  JT: "I'll be honest and say, like, I'm still trying to get into the editing room and cut down on my ass time. I'm like, 'Oh my God, my mom's gonna see that!'"
• On getting caught in the act by their parents:
  JT: "I was caught one time. My mom wasn't cool about it. I was too young to be in bed with a girl, so she was upset."
  MK: "I don't think my parents think I've ever had sex."
• Thoughts on the perfect first date:
  JT: "Something more simple than extravagant. Scrabble."
  MK: "Monopoly."
  JT: "Scrabble's a good date. If she can't spell, I don't want to hang out with her. So that's a good test."
  MK: "I can't spell at all. [To Justin] Now we'll never be friends."
• Mila on her older-man crush:
  MK: "George Clooney and Johnny Depp."
• On dating in the public eye:
  MK: "I haven't dated ever."
  JT: "I'm not equipped to answer that right now."

To see more pictures of Mila and Justin's sexy shoot, check out Elle.com, and don't forget to enter to win a pair of tickets to one of our Friends With Benefits screenings.