Britney Spears will address the causes of her infamously erratic behavior in an upcoming documentary. Sample quote: "I sit there and I'll look back and I'm like: 'I'm a smart person. What the hell was I thinking?'" [People]

The cover photo from the November issue of W, which features Angelina Jolie breast-feeding one of her children, has been released. [Radar]

In preparation for his role in The Wrestler, Mickey Rourke cut his own forehead open with a razor blade he had taped to his forearm; how exactly this helped him to prepare is unclear. [R&M]

While touring with Madonna, Swedish musician Robyn was told "not to approach Madonna, not to speak to Madonna and, above all, no pictures.  read more »

Beatrice Inn co-owner Andre Saraiva has come out with a clothing line called Andrewear. [NY Times via The Cut] 

Having grown tired of pegged boyfriend jeans, Katie Holmes is now experimenting with head scarves. [Just Jared] 

Kate Winslet will reportedly play Vivienne Westwood in the upcoming biopic about the designer. [Vogue UK]

Jessica Stam is learning how to fly planes. [WWD]   read more »

Paris Hilton's flack is denying reports that the heiress left two of her many dogs outside to be mauled by coyotes, insisting that the Chihuahuas are "healthy and happy" in their "doggie mansion." [People] 

Gossip Girl's Penn Badgley said that Jessica Stroup and Shenae Grime of rival high school soap opera Beverly Hills 90210 should "eat a double cheeseburger or something" and praised his female co-stars for not being "bone-thin." [US Weekly] 

Reportedly, a first-class passenger on a flight with Ivana Trump offered to switch seats with the socialite after she was given a coach seat due a flight change. Her rep insists that this had nothing to do with her pouting or complaints about nearby children, but because the concerned stewardess, "asked someone to switch because Ivana always travels in first class.  read more »

Katie Holmes' Prps boyfriend jeans have launched in the U.S. and are selling out. [NY Daily News]

Mark Lee, the president chief executive officer of Gucci, will step down at the end of the year and Bottega Veneta's CEO Patrizio Di Marco will take over. [WWD]

Eighteen-year-old actress Emma Watson models couture in the pages of Italian Vogue this month. [Vogue UK]  read more »

Billy Joel and wife Katie Lee held an end-of-summer barbeque in Sagaponack, where Howard Stern played beer pong against Ivanka Trump.  [NYDN]

Levi Johnston, the young gentleman behind 17-year-old Bristol’s Palin’s pregnancy, has changed his Myspace status to “In A Relationship” but still seems a bit ambivalent about his new role. [US Weekly]

A group of “concerned citizens” calling themselves Anonymous plans to picket the opening night of Katie Holmes’s Broadway debut in All My Sons in an effort to “save” the actress. We wish them the best of luck. [The Scoop]  read more »

Barack Obama's campaign managers are focused on keeping celebrities off the stage and out of sight of cameras in order to prevent further "celebrity" attacks from the McCain camp. [NY Daily News]  

That's not stopping them from coming to Denver, though. Rosario Dawson, Jessica Alba, Eva Longoria, Fat Joe, Wilmer Valderrama and Sofia Vergara will reportedly party tonight at the Voto Latino DNC event in Denver. [P6] 

Richard Price, author of Lush Life and Clockers, compared his creative process to the way that a woman "of a certain age" feels when she has not yet had a child and her biological clock is ticking. [P6]  read more »

Martha Stewart has been the victim of natural disasters this summer. First, Ms. Stewart's farm in Bedford, N.Y. was struck by lightning earlier this summer, and now her East Hampton home on Lily Pond Lane was also struck with a bolt, which fried her stereo system and her electronic driveway gate. [P6]

Kirsten Dunst was spotted making out with Drew Barrymore's ex Justin Long at Sunset Junction in LA, where she seems to have returned after a summer spent hanging around New York. [NY Daily News] 

Chloe Sevigny took a seaplane to Atlantic City to celebrate the opening of the new nightclub The Chelsea, which is owned by her brother Paul. Once there, the Sevigny siblings danced until dawn. [P6]  read more »

When actor Chace Crawford worked as a valet in New York, pre-Gossip Girl days, he was terrified when Suge Knight came in with his car (Mr. Crawford made one of the other valets move it!). [Us Weekly] 

Eleanor Wohl will reportedly throw a party on Sunday at her Meadow Lane Estate in honor of Prudential Douglas Elliman chairman Howard Lorber to thank him for helping the Chabad of Southampton in its zoning dispute. [P6] 

Gwen Stefani gave birth to her second son, named Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale--"Afrikan" is very in these days--on Thursday in L.A. [Us Weekly] 

George Steinbrenner and his son Hank are reportedly in talks to put on a show at Yankee Stadium featuring Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney that will rival the farewell shows performed at Shea by Billy Joel.  read more »

Target confirmed yesterday that Thakoon Panichgul is set to design its next diffusion line, which will arrive in stores in September and be available through January. [WWD]

Despite causing a stir with her case of fashionably saggy jeans, Katie Holmes will not be designing her own line of clothing according to her publicist. [Vogue UK]

Narciso Rodriguez will be honored with a Special Achievement in Fashion Award at this year’s American Latino Media Arts Awards, which take place Saturday in Pasadena, California. Jessica Alba will present the designer with the award. [WWD]  read more »

While attending rehearsals for Broadway’s revival of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons over the past couple of weeks in New York, Katie Holmes has been clinging to her pegged boyfriend jeans like a security blanket while away from her home in Los Angeles—which hasn’t gone unnoticed by gossip and fashion blogs, all of which seem to be wondering what has inspired this new sartorial direction.

We can’t pretend to know what’s going through Ms. Holmes’s mind (can anyone really these days?), but according to US Weekly, this tired old pair of jeans belongs to her husband, Tom Cruise. A rep for Prps, the brand that manufactured the jean, told the magazine that they’ve even adopted the men’s style for women for their fall collection.  read more »