Rob Lowe on His Early Years as an Actor, His Friendships with the Sheens and Tom Cruise, and the Movie that Launched His Career, The Outsiders  —  New York, N.Y.—"We competed to see who could play harder, then show up for work and still kick ass," Rob Lowe tells Vanity Fair contributing …

EXCLUSIVE: Christina Aguilera Raunchy Pix For Sale: In Bed With Boyfriend, At Nicole Richie's Bachelorette Party  —  Hundreds of highly intimate photographs of Christina Aguilera have surfaced,including candid images of the star partying at Nicole Richie's bachelorette party and in bed with her boyfriend Matt Rutler.

AMC Officially Greenlights Season 5 Of ‘Mad Men’ For March 2012 Premiere  —  UPDATE 11AM: The upcoming fifth season of Mad Men is now slated to debut in March 2012.  That is 17 months from the series' fourth season finale.  While the protract ed negotiations between Mad Men creator …

Mila Kunis blasts ‘Black Swan’ controversy: ‘Natalie danced her a- - off.’ — EXCLUSIVE  —  Black Swan co-star Mila Kunis is speaking out in support of her friend and cast mate Natalie Portman amid accusations that the bulk of the dancing in Portman's Oscar-winning role was actually performed …

EXCLUSIVE: Beyonce and Her Dad: Why We Split Professionally  —  Beyonce is all grown up.  —  After a professional lifetime together, the superstar and her father, Mathew Knowles, have parted ways, with Mathew no longer managing the “Halo” singer.  —  “I've only parted ways with my father …

Exclusive: Enrique Iglesias Pulls Out Of Britney Spears Tour  —  Enrique Iglesias has pulled out of the Britney Spears North American tour just hours after the tour was announced, sources tell Billboard.biz.  —  Tour promoter Live Nation declined to comment; Billboard.biz will have more on this story as details emerge.

Jennifer Garner To Star In Disney's Miss Marple Reboot  —  UPDATE: Jennifer Garner will be the actress who puts a young spin on Miss Marple in Disney's reboot of the Agatha Christie mystery series sleuth.  The character had been portrayed by a long line of actresses who played Marple …

Foxy Brown — Kicked Off Cruise After Nail Disaster  —  Foxy Brown's fingernails have once again landed the singer in hot water — this time, she was booted off a Royal Caribbean cruise because she flipped out after missing her at-sea manicure appointment ... TMZ has learned.

Say It Ain't So: Kevin Federline Ready to Spawn Again!  —  Kevin Federline is hanging another branch on his family tree.  —  Britney Spears' ex-hubby is expecting his first child with girlfriend Victoria Prince, a Britney/K-Fed insider confirmed exclusively to E! News on Monday.

Justice League, the movie?  Warner chief sets sights on team-up film and ‘reinventing’ Batman  —  Ben Fritz sat down with top Warner Bros. executive Jeff Robinov for a profile piece that ran Tuesday in the Los Angeles Times business section.  Fritz also brought back this Hero Complex report …

Little People Sue ‘The Soup’ — They Defamed Us!  —  A dwarf couple is suing E! Entertainment and “The Soup” host Joel McHale, claiming they made scurrilous, false, defamatory and hurtful comments about them.  —  Cara and Gibson Reynolds are dwarfs who struggled for years to have children.

Scarlett Johansson Makes Out With Sean Penn at a Bar  —  When stopping by Jimmy's Bar at Ojai Inn and Spa after attending Reese Witherspoon's wedding, the ‘Iron Man 2’ beauty is reportedly heard telling the ‘Milk’ actor, ‘This is so terrifying.’  —  Scarlett Johansson and Sean Penn seemingly went more public with their romance.

Tori Spelling: pregnant again or bad dress?  —  Tori Spelling had a party at her new antiques store yesterday, which is of course a play on her name like everything she does, and is called invenTORI.  I'm sure it's just an excuse to create more plot for whatever reality show she's working on.

Jennifer Aniston to Direct!  —  It's lights, camera, action for Jennifer Aniston!  —  The actress has signed on to direct a short film about breast cancer to air as part of Lifetime TV's five-part anthology series, Project Five.  —  Alicia Keys, Demi Moore and Monster's Patty Jenkins …

Farley Granger, a Favorite of Hitchcock, Dies at 85  —  Farley Granger, who starred in the Alfred Hitchcock classic film ‘Strangers on a Train,’ died Monday, according to E! Online.  He was 85.  —  Though his role in 1951's ‘Strangers on a Train’ is by far his most memorable, Granger was no stranger to other parts.

Not everyone's ‘Lively’ about Blake's Chanel gig  —  Not everyone is feeling Lively at Chanel USA.  —  A source tells us there have been “internal grumblings” at the design label's American division since actress Blake Lively was named the official face of Chanel's Mademoiselle handbag line.