The entire Tyra-as-Michelle-Obama spread in Harper’s Bazaar has been released.

I’ll be honest: I’ve looked at this from quite a few angles, and I just don’t know what to make of it. Is this a cool thing? Is this a dumb thing? Is this a poignant thing? Or does it fall flat? Does it minimize the work Michelle Obama’s done? Or does it honor it? I really don’t know how I feel. So I’m gonna do what I do best: look at photos, decide which ones I like, and then post them here for you guys to look at too. I can’t go wrong that way.

If you’re one of those “reader” types, the full article is here.

Everyone getting waxed!

Up now: Tyra Banks, whose wax likeness was unveiled at the Madame Tusseauds in NYC on Thursday.

I look at this, and all I can think is “She needs to fire her stylist!” Sorry. It’s sheer habit.

Word on the street is that Miz Tyra Banks is getting a little tired of baby-sitting 18-year-old drama queens from Middle America all day, and she wants to ditch her post on America’s Next Top Model to focus her energies on her talk show.

She’s also reportedly feuding with Jay Manuel.

“It’s gotten so bad that Tyra and Jay aren’t speaking,” says an insider. Um … doesn’t Tyra Banks executive produce Top Model? And doesn’t Jay Manuel not executive produce Top Model? It seems that if they were feuding, Tyra wouldn’t be the one to go. I call bullshit on this part of the story.

Continues the source: “Tyra barely interacts with the contestants and only wants to show up on judging day.”

Dude, can you blame her? Do you want to interact with the contestants of America’s Next Top Model? I mean, except for in a sex way? It’s become painfully, almost comically, clear over the years that this show is a farce when it comes to producing actual top models. The most famous of the show’s graduates is Adrienne Curry, who went on to the fame and success of marrying a Brady and scoring a spot on not one but two additional reality TV shows. If I were Tyra, I, too, would be a little bored of trying to keep a straight face while teaching these girls how to tilt their chins just so, a skill which will certainly come in handy when they return to their jobs at the K-Mart in Tuscaloosa.

Says another source: “She’s really throwing all her weight behind her talk show. She’s putting lots of pressure on her staff to keep her show on the map. She had Barack Obama on, she had Hilary Clinton on — she got a taste of playing with the big boys and now ‘Top Model’ seems to detract from her big plans.”

Tyra had no comment on the story. She’s ignoring the whole thing, hoping that this little 10-cycle career misstep doesn’t interfere with her plans to moderate the 2012 Presidential debates.

Check out Danielle Fishel talking about her DUI on Tyra.

Part II of the interview is after the jump.

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Check out Hillary Clinton on Tyra.

Tyra Banks takes … er … a fashion risk at the BET Awards.

It looks like a peacock ate her.

Trying to cover up our middle much, Tyra?

“I’d go to work and women would be crying in my arms on the talk show. But then I’d go home and put my key in my door and … nothing: no friends, no husband, no children. I feel so full when I’m at work but so empty when I come home.”

Tyra Banks, in the new issue of Essence.

This showed up in my inbox this morning from a well-known PR agency:

Following find Tyra Banks’ statement today regarding recent reports of her speaking about Britney Spears in a negative manner:

“Britney is a friend and we correspond with each other. These alleged statements are completely false.”

What the hell did Tyra supposedly say about Britney? How did I miss this?

And they correspond??? What the hell do Tyra and Britney have to say to each other? “Just a little note 2 say that u r not fat. xoxoxooxoxo.”

OMG.

Too funny.

What?

You tell me she doesn’t look like a damn birthday present.

Nah, I kind of dig this dress, and I think she looks gorgeous in it, and I kind of hate myself for that. I want to be meaner about it, because, come on, that’s a huge fucking bow, but I have to admit that, sometimes, even my evil little heart warms a little for Tyra.

At the CNN Heroes Tribute in NYC.

Check out Kim Kardashian’s interview with Tyra today, where she talks about her sex tape.

Part II is inside.

Update: If the video’s not working for you then you can click here for Part I and here for Part II.

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She’s got a talk show. She’s got ANTM. She’s got modeling gigs. And now it looks like Warner Bros wants to expand their relationship with Tyra, signing her to executive produce a series of direct-to-DVD films based on the popular young adult Clique novels.

“I’ve been a mean girl and I’ve been teased, so I identify with both sides of it,” Banks told Daily Variety. “This is very much my brand, especially as teenage girls are dedicated to watching both my shows.”

Variety also says:

The “America’s Next Top Model” producer-host has also carved out a series development deal with the CW, which is half-owned by Warners. Agreement covers both scripted and nonscripted projects.

Hyphenate is set to continue on “Top Model” and as host of her syndie gabber, which is produced via Warner’s Telepictures unit. “Top Model” has just begun lensing in Gotham on its 10th cycle.

I’m gonna translate from Variety-ese to English:

Tyra is also on the hook to develop one or more television series to air on the CW. These may be reality TV shows, or they may be standard sitcoms. Let’s all just pray they’re not dramas. Tyra continues to host ANTM and her talk show. ANTM has just begun filming its 10th cycle in NYC.

So basically:

Tyra Power!

At the grand opening of The Cove Atlantis in the Bahamas. DJ Lohan on the mic, yo. You know, if I’m ever a DJ, I think I’m going to go by DJ Tanner.