Lance Bass: I'm Gay  —  Lance Bass, the former 'N Sync heartthrob, reveals that he is gay, in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE.  —  "I knew that I was in this popular band and I had four other guys' careers in my hand, and I knew that if I ever acted on it or even said (that I was gay) …

The Waxing of Shiloh  —  Sorry, Suri—as Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt might tell you, you snooze, you lose.  —  The exalted offspring of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt has been chosen to be the first infant ever memorialized in wax by Madame Tussauds, the New York outpost of the museum announced Tuesday.

Here They Are ... The Beautiful People  —  So cute!  —  Angelina already looks great after the birth of Shiloh  —  ... and those look like breastfeeding boobs!  —  The happy family  —  They went for a walk on the beach after lunch  —  Brad's in love!

George Michael: Kenny approves stranger sex  —  George Michael insists lover Kenny Goss doesn't mind him having gay sex with strangers.  —  The singer, who was caught engaged in sex acts with a jobless van driver on London's Hampstead Heath last week, insists Goss accepts his promiscuous behaviour.

EXCLUSIVE: IT'S MAD'S MAD WORLD  —  As Madge nips out for a swim, then covers up like ET, we reveal her crazy tour demands  —  IN showbiz there are the eccentric, the slightly bonkers... and the stark, staring Mad.  When it comes to peculiar, the Queen of Pop is totally off the dial.

GOOD RIDDANCE  —  July 26, 2006 — CHRISTIE Brinkley's daughter, Alexa Joel, won't be sorry if her mother doesn't bite at Peter Cook's "take me back" plea reported by Cindy Adams yesterday.  Hamptons sources say Cook, Brinkley's fourth husband, wasn't exactly a doting stepfather to the 20-year-old fledgling musician.

Jessica to Be Rosie's First View Guest  —  PHOTO BY: JACOB ANDRZEJCZAK / SHOOTING STAR  —  Jessica Simpson will appear on the first episode of The View to star new cohost Rosie O'Donnell, on Sept. 5, PEOPLE has learned.  —  "Rosie herself reached out to Jessica," says a source close to Simpson about the singer-actress's guest shot.

Edwards' drive heads into the stretch run  —  Just how much does former Sen. John Edwards want to be President?  —  So much, apparently, that to get a meeting Monday night with hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, a go-to guy for Democratic presidential candidates courting the African-American vote …

Access Exclusive: Carmen & Dave Update  —  On July 17, Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro announced that after less than three years of marriage they were calling it quits.  —  Now, Access Hollywood hears that just days after their announced separation, Electra's Mercedes Benz and Navarro's Hummer …

PBS to Melanie Martinez: 'Good Night'  —  SOMEONE WITH moral authority - perhaps Tattle - needs to put out a guidebook to help people escape their pasts.  —  We're not sure why it is that some folks get a free pass on misdeeds committed as impressionable youths while other folks lose jobs over... nothing.

Sean Preston Federline Is One Big Baby  —  In the future, he may want to lay off the pudding pops.  —  (Image source)

I WANNA B NEXT ON 'VIEW'  —  B. Smith.  The lifestyle mogul and restaurateur whose real name is Barbara Smith, and who is sometimes called "the black Martha Stewart," will soon be pressing hard for the vacant seat on ABC's daytime gabfest - mainly because she's got all the attitude of Jones with none of the cringe-inducing baggage.

can't beat the real thing  —  chances are (if you are an avid blog reader), you already know about the new scissor sisters single making it's way to the internet (finally!).  my opinion?  i've never been much of a bee gee's fan, so i'm going to pretend that "don't feel like dancin'" …

Star Catcher NY: Nick and Vanessa's Sloppy Night  —  Butter was thick and creamy with celebs last night, as couple-of-the-moment Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo, along with legendary swordsman Wilmer Valderrama and hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons, spent their evening in the ever-packed celeb-boite.

Barris and neighbor are busy playing the berating game  —  It's no fun living next door to game-show king Chuck Barris.  —  Dorothea Weitzner says her battle with the creator of "The Gong Show," "The Newlywed Game" and "The Dating Game" has heated up and that she caught Barris' wife, Mary, outside her door with a tape recorder.

"Lost" Gets New Man Meat  —  Latin hunk Rodrigo Santoro will joint the cast of Lost for season 3.  Rodrigo has been dubbed the Brazilian Tom Cruise.  I'm not sure that's a compliment.  Producers are mum on his role on the show, but had this to say: … It's funny how people keep ending up on that deserted island.

Matthew Perry's TV drug jibe  —  Matthew Perry and producer Aaron Sorkin say bad television is like "crack in the schoolyard".  —  Sorkin - writer and executive producer of new US show 'Studio 60' - made the shocking quip after being asked about the phenomenon of reality TV.