OPEN LETTER TO MILEY CYRUS  —  I wasn't going to write this letter, but today i've been dodging phone calls from various newspapers who wished me to remark upon your having said in Rolling Stone your Wrecking Ball video was designed to be similar to the one for Nothing Compares …

Britney Spears: “A Lot Of Sex Goes Into What I Do”  —  Britney Spears has a 50 show residency at Planet Hollywood in Vegas, a new album dropping in December, and is intricately balancing her life between world-class pop star and mom to Sean and Jayden.  She took a few minutes out of her whirlwind life …

Samuel L. Jackson on His ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Cameo as Nick Fury … Coming off a debut that saw 11.9 million viewers — the highest-rated network drama in four years — ABC's “Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” attempted to excite fans Tuesday night with a cameo by “The Avengers” Nick Fury.

NEWS/ George Clooney Explains Why He Won't Date Sandra Bullock  —  George Clooney is nothing if not a man's man.  —  Though he admitted that his Gravity costar, Sandra Bullock, looked especially great on the red carpet at their film's New York City premiere, Clooney would never date his friend of “more than 20 years.”

Lamar Odom — I'm Sober, And I Can Kick Drugs WITHOUT REHAB  —  I'M SOBER I CAN KICK DRUGS W/O REHAB  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Lamar Odom says he's been sober for 5 days ... and he believes he can maintain sobriety WITHOUT going to rehab.  —  Sources connected to the troubled BBaller tell TMZ …

Barbara Sinatra: Frank Sinatra, Ronan Farrow rumor ‘phony’  —  Mia Farrow says son she had during Woody Allen marriage ‘possibly’ Sinatra's  —  Frank Sinatra ‘possibly’ father of Mia Farrow son ...: In an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair for the magazine's November issue …

Conrad Murray — Delusional Ex-Doc Thinks Michael Jackson Death Verdict Vindicates Him  —  Delusional Ex-Doc Thinks  —  MJ DEATH VERDICT VINDICATES HIM  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Michael Jackson's former doctor and convicted killer, Conrad Murray, must be getting pretty strong meds behind bars …

Rosario Dawson on losing her virginity: 'I didn't even have sex until I was 20′  —  I don't really care when people lose their virginity.  I'm not about judging women or men about when and how they “lost it”.  My first time was awful.  My second time was awful.  My third time was... well, you get the idea.

beyonce talks marriage and motherhood  —  She's a perfectionist who frets over a costume button at 4am and a sex symbol who's also a presidential role model.  Here, Beyonce opens up to marie claire about marriage, motherhood, and the pressure of the spotlight.  —  The November 2013 issue of marie claire with Beyonce on the cover.

Still Got It  —  The ultimate downtown icon happens to be a nice Connecticut girl.  She's also one of the most versatile actresses of our time.  Mysterious, contradictory, lovable, too cool for school: Chloe Sevigny is all that and more.  —  In My Side of the Mountain …

Steven Spielberg's Kids Are In-Demand DJs — and Signed to Jay Z's Roc Nation  —  Sasha Spielberg, 23, and Theo Spielberg, 25, also make up band Wardell (a pet name from mom Kate Capshaw) are signed through U.K.'s National Anthem label and will put out an album sometime in 2014.

Chris Brown, Drake End Feud After Brawl, Recording Music Together  —  Drake and Chris Brown Bury Hatchet, Record Together  —  Credit: Chelsea Lauren/WireImage.com; Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty  —  Maybe they can make sense of Rihanna's new “Pour It Up” video together?

Kate Gosselin on Jon Gosselin: I Have Sadness, Empathy, Pity for Him  —  Kate Gosselin and Jon Gosselin's days as lovably cranky TLC sweethearts with a telegenic brood of eight feel like ancient history — and, over three years since their marriage bitterly imploded, Kate, 38, claims she harbors no ill will towards her ex-husband, 36.

Paul Giamatti Talks PARKLAND, DOWNTON ABBEY, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 and 3, the Sinister Six, and More  —  Opening this weekend is writer-director Peter Landesman's JFK assassination drama Parkland.  Produced by Tom Hanks, the pic revolves around the chaotic events that occurred …

Cory Monteith Death Report — Injecting Heroin, Slamming Alcohol Before Death  —  Before Death  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Cory Monteith was shooting heroin and downing champagne in his hotel room on the night of his death ... this according to the final coroner's report obtained by TMZ.