Britney tells ‘Rolling Stone’ she has picked up the pieces  —  Nearly a year after a breakdown, Britney Spears says she feels as if she has matured.  —  To be exact, “I feel like an old person now,” she says in Rolling Stone's next issue, out Friday.  “I do!

MADGE A-ROD'S TURKEY CHOICE  —  ALEX Rodriguez has his priorities - and they are not his children.  —  The Yankee slugger, who ditched his wife of six years, Cynthia, after becoming besotted with Madonna, is a “soul-less” man who is “abandoning” his kids on Thanksgiving for his lover, according to what Cynthia is telling friends.

Winehouse collapsed, rushed to hospital  —  Amy Winehouse was taken to hospital after collapsing at the weekend in what is claimed to have been a drink and drug related seizure.  —  A spokesman for the singer said her hospitalisation on Sunday was due to a “bad reaction to the combination …

WE HEAR . . . WE HEAR  —  THAT although we didn't think it would be pos sible to silence Ann Coulter, the leggy reaction- ary broke her jaw and the mouth that roared has been wired shut . . . THAT the Tel Aviv Hilton was abuzz Saturday with the arrival of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock …

George Clooney Hazes Hugh Jackman in Late-Night Call  —  The newly minted Sexiest Man Alive has many fans - but Clooney is not one of them!  —  Hugh Jackman (left) and George Clooney  —  As PEOPLE's newly crowned Sexiest Man Alive, Hugh Jackman has been inundated with congratulatory phone calls.

“I've made mistakes”, admits Tom Cruise as he makes his comeback  —  When Tom Cruise jumped up and down on Oprah Winfrey's sofa yelping “I'm in love” the world knew something was wrong... and began to fall out of love with him.  —  His behaviour became more and more erratic and his stellar Hollywood career crumbled as he was vilified.

Topless at 52: Kim Cattrall bares all in the name of art... and holds her own among the younger models … Kim Cattrall is nothing if not brave.  —  The game actress's latest role called for her to take off her clothes for a worthy cause - to save a valuable artwork - alongside a troupe …

Beyoncé: Too Traumatized for Babies?  —  Beyoncé and Ellen DeGeneres  —  Beyoncé Knowles says married life is “great” - but she's still in no rush to have kids.  —  “One day, maybe,” the singer - who wed rapper Jay-Z in a super-secret ceremony last April - tells Ellen DeGeneres during Tuesday's show.

Real Housewives: Kim Talks NeNe, Big Papa and Hair Extensions  —  Filming the first season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Kim Zolciak, the curvy blond with big ambitions to become a country music star, turned her back on her best friend NeNe, but found a new companion in Sheree.

Pete Wentz: I Almost Had a “Heart Attack” When Ashlee Went Into Labor  —  Being in the delivery room shortly before Ashlee Simpson gave birth Nov. 20 was “pretty surreal,” Pete Wentz says in his first interview since welcoming son Bronx.  —  “Obviously, some stuff my wife would freak if I said …

Vanity Fair Oscar Party Will Be Held at Sunset Tower  —  Leonardo DiCaprio with Sharon Stone, 1995.  Photograph by Dafydd Jones.  —  Vanity Fair will hold its annual Oscar Night party at the Sunset Tower Hotel on February 22, 2009, it was announced today by editor Graydon Carter.

IS PARIS OVER?  —  Paris Hilton's popularity has plummeted.  The heir-head, whose show, “Paris Hilton's My New BFF,” on MTV has low ratings, was booed so badly at the Kress in Hollywood this weekend, she refused to take the stage.  Hilton was at a birthday party for designer Christian Audigier's daughter …