Marilyn Manson, who was seen with a mysterious new young woman in Miami, FL this week, officially unveiled his “special new lady friend” to the world at an art opening at 101 Exhibit in Miami’s Design District on Thursday night. MM was on hand for the opening night event of his Trismegistus with his new chicky on his arm (and lips) who we now know to be a 24-year old model named Isani Griffith. Here are a few pics of MM and Isani at the art event and some info on the Trismegistus opening:

Marilyn Manson’s shock tactics worked again. With art, this time. Manson, real name Brian Hugh Warner, showed up at the media preview of Trismegistus at 101 Exhibit in Miami’s Design District Thursday night. Most, if not all, the works in the collection were pretty grisly. But who would expect anything else? The Goth rocker-turned-painter, 39, is taller than he appears in photos and dressed in head-to-toe black, from his signature floppy witch’s hat to his Herman Munster boots. ”I paint people that I think are interesting,” he said simply. We’re not sure what crowd he runs with, but some pieces were tough to look at — like The Man Who Eats His Fingers, a ghostly apparition, mouth bloodied, showing off his missing digits. Others were more tongue in cheek, such as Ready or Not Tot, a creepy baby with werewolf-like lower teeth. Three recent paintings of a blue-eyed mystery woman, ”Isani,” put the Evan Rachel Wood reconciliation rumors to rest. ”That’s my special lady friend,” said the man who took his stage name from icons Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson. Then, rambling a bit: ”I really don’t want to start the next chapter of my life by … burdening someone with being the solution to my problems — or the source of my problems.” Trismegistus is the name of Manson’s 2004 painting of a three-headed Jesus, done on an antique embalming table he found on eBay. ”That one was during a period in my life where I was feeling a bit hopeless. For me it signifies a resurrection and believing in myself,” he said. ”I admit, it’s a little gruesome — even for me.” Isani (no last name given) later showed up looking eerily like Manson’s ex, Dita Von Teese. The two left together to Louis lounge at the Gansevoort South, where they cuddled way into the night.

Well, it turns out that Isani’s last name is Griffith and appears to be just the sort of young lady that tickles MM’s fancy. It really does look like Evan Rachel Wood has been cast aside for a new model (pardon the pun). After the jump, check out a couple of pre-Marilyn Manson photos of Isani in more her innocent days of yore along with a couple of her modeling pics …

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Vicki B., newly arrived in NYC after a quick trip to the UK last weekend, appears to be spending a bit more time in the Big Apple than I anticipated. Since David Beckham is off in New Zealand playing soccer and the Beckham children are home in SoCal, I thought that VB would be making her way home to LA to be with her kiddies. Clearly, I was wrong. Here are new pics of VB stepping out into the brisk NY weather yesterday wearing a wrap that was designed to keep her arms and back very warm:

Lord have mercy, woman! With that much exposed chest you’re likely to catch your death! Tho, I’m not sure what I’m really worried about … this model of animatronic robot is designed to withstand the coldest temperatures while managing to look her absolute best. I guess the fur-like wrap that she is wearing is meant to make it seem like she’s concerned about warmth. So funny.

[Photo credit: Splash News]

Yesterday was another chill day where I kept pretty much to myself … I did manage to wrench myself from my apartment long enough to make my way out to Glendale, CA to do some Xmas shopping. I always tend to delay the Xmas shopping to the last minute so I’m trying to avoid doing that this year. The new Americana shopping center (which is The Grove of the Valley) was all decked out in lights and stuff … so I snapped this pic of the top of the Xmas tree which looked like it was pointing at the moon:

I was very happy to be outdoors last night wearing only a t-shirt and jeans. I still can’t get over how temperate the weather in here in SoCal. I just love it.

This afternoon I think I”ll be hanging out with my friend Tony and tonight I’ll be making my way out to Mike’s place for his holiday party. It’s been ages since I’ve seen either of them so it should be fun.

• The Pink Power Ranger (Amy Jo Johnson) gives birth to a baby girl.
• Jonny Lee Miller is a new dad.
• Jodie Sweetin reveals the sad reasons for her divorce. How rude!
• Vinnie Jones got busted.
• Oprah Winfrey is not interested in working in the Obama administration.
• M.I.A. reveals her baby due date.
• Ulf Ekberg of Ace of Base is 38, Peter Buck of R.E.M. is 52 and JoBeth Williams (Poltergeist) is 60 years old today. Click HERE to see who else is celebrating a birthday today.
• Sad news :( Pinup model Bettie Page is in critical condition after suffering a heart attack. Let’s keep her in our thoughts.

Here is this week’s batch of photos sent in by Pink is the new Blog readers — Bri from Canton, MI sends in a pic of her baby girl Olivia who was born about 7 weeks ago and is already reppin’ Detroit in style with her cute hat — Emily sends in a pic of her newborn niece, Sailor Carolyn, celebrating her first Thanksgiving just one week after being born on November 18 — Melissa sends in a pic of her beautiful baby boy happily celebrating his first birthday — Sarah sends in a pic of her faboo 40th birthday cake that features her yummy likeness on it — Kim sends in a pic with her best friend Erin sharing a couple pints of Guinness at the Guinness Factory in Dublin, Ireland — Rebecca sends in a pic that we snapped together on the Airtran shuttle at the Dallas International Airport on Thanksgiving eve as we crossed paths on our travels … she was going to San Francisco and I was headed for Connecticut:

Thank you all so much for sharing your beautiful pics … the babies! OY! The babies are all so cute!! Belated birthday wishes go out to Sarah (may the coming year be your best yet!) and lurve goes out to Rebecca for sending me our photo — it was so great meeting you randomly in Dallas :) Keep those photos coming, y’all … they are always such a fun treat for me! XOXOX

Pink reader Betsy gave me the head’s up that Justin Gaston, underwear model extraordinaire and Miley Cyrus’s rumored manfriend, is featured heavily in a new holiday ad campaign for Buckle clothing company. Part American Eagle, part Gap this particular clothier caters to the frugal youth market. Here is a pic of Justin that is currently featured on the Buckle website splash page:

After the jump, check out a whole slew of photos from the Buckle site that feature Justin Gaston in their clothing …

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Xtina Aguilera was on hand for a in-store appearance at the Macy’s department store in the Glendale Galleria here in the San Fernando Valley yesterday to promote the launch of her newest fragrance called Inspire. Here are a few pics of Xtina at yesterday’s in-store event:

You may recall that Xtina announced the release of this new fragrance back in August (complete with a fun commercial) and made her first in-store appearance for it back in September in NYC. At last, Xtina brings the promo machine to SoCal. I gotta say, Xtina looks pretty fab in these photos. Her make-up is flawless. I much prefer these softer tones to the garish red lipstick that she likes to wear … this lighter color palette really suits her much better. It’s funny … I actually made my way out to Glendale, CA last night to do a bit of shopping but ended up at the new outdoor shopping mall Americana, which is right next to the Galleria. I may not be the biggest Xtina fan but I’ve been diggin’ her stuff as of late so I think it would’ve been cool to see her in person again.

[Photo credit: Bauer-Griffin]