Miley Cyrus is back to just being Miley. With the photoshoot uproar behind her, the Disney star debuted a new single Tuesday morning on the syndicated radio show Elvis Duran and the Morning Zoo.

The angsty single, "7 Things," chronicles a painful breakup, begging the question, is the tween sensation singing about ex-boyfriend Nick Jonas.

In the song, Miley rants, "You're vain, your games, you're insecure/You love me, you like her/You make me laugh you make me cry."

By Kathy Suarez,
Access Field Producer

When I was in high school and for part of college, I considered myself a bit "boy crazy" -- at least, that's what my friends would tell me. I would do the usual "OMG! OMG! OMG! He's looking at me! OMG he's so hot! I'm in love!" thing, regularly.

But when I settled down and got married, I locked up that "boy-crazy teenager part of me" in a box and hid her in the back of my sock drawer, never to come out again.
Well, it appears that since working at Access Hollywood, that crazy teenager has escaped several times from her hiding spot. I am sure some of you might remember my NKOTB incident last month. And, oh, one of my other favorites, the night I interviewed Justin Timberlake for the first time. I literally rushed home after work and changed into the sexiest top I had so he would notice me (I got more stares from construction workers and dog walkers that night though).

Regardless, my body collapsed when I saw him. My heart literally pounded so hard the whole neighborhood could hear, and my palms sweated profusely to the point that I formed a sweat puddle around me. Needless to say, I could barely remember any of questions when Justin approached. All I could do is look into those baby blues and fantasize about me being the girl in the "Senorita" video. And ever since, he's been my celebrity crush.

Click Here To Watch Video Of Wednesday Night's 'Prince Caspian' Premiere

Now, fast forward to last night. I'm standing at the Ziegfeld Theater for the premiere of "Prince Caspian" and all everyone keeps buzzing about is how devastatingly gorgeous Ben Barnes is (he  plays Prince Caspian). That's just impossible. No one is as hot as Justin Timberlake in my book. Suddenly the flashes go off like mad, and this image of total hotness appears before me. He's like a perfectly sculptured Greek god. My mouth literally dropped.

by the Access Hollywood News Desk

Access has a behind-the-scenes story of Britney's appearance in court on Tuesday...
 
   
SURROUNDED:  In a dress you could almost call demure, Britney was escorted by 5 LASD deputies and an entourage that included parents Jamie and Lynn. Brit (wearing a serious expression) was holding onto her mother's hand.  Also there, two power attorneys; Blair Berk (who is handling the conservatorship) and Stacey Phillips (who is handling custody issues) along with teams of Lesser Attorneys from both their offices. Our reporter Selin Dark says Britney was under a tight rein, with parents and attorneys huddled closely around her. But Selin notes they treat Britney like she's "delicate." When she entered there was absolute silence.  She and her ex did not make eye contact at all.

 

SHARP DRESSED MAN:  In contrast with his ex, Kevin Federline (who arrived first) looked cocky and in control of the situation and himself. Head shaven, he wore a cream-colored striped suit and matching shoes. To Selin he looked "like he was walking a red carpet.” Interesting to note that reporters asked both "who are you wearing" but got no answer.

 

by Dan Gomez, Access assistant research director

 

With the writers strike over, many in the TV industry are hoping that all those viewers they lost would flock to their TV sets now that there are new episodes of their favorite shows. Well keep hoping, networks. Things are down all over.

 

For example, last night's number one show "CSI" was seen by almost 18 million viewers. The crime drama is up from last week by 800,000 people. This is a good number and most shows would kill to get it but “CSI” used to be TV’s number one show and would bring at least 24 million a week.

 

"Grey's Anatomy", the night's number two show, finished with 15 million viewers. The medical soap opera is down from last week by just over 1 million. Maybe it’s the overexposure of the show’s stars, either in the news or on the big screen but “Grey’s” like “CSI” is down significantly. In fact, “Grey’s” and  “CSI” would often compete for the week’s top spot.

by Bret Hyde, Access Hollywood staffer

 

So last night, the hottest ticket in New York was the Madonna show at Roseland, a 3000 person ballroom in the heart of Manhattan's theater district, around the corner from Letterman.  People lined up down 52nd Street and back up Broadway (some up to four days!) for a chance to see the Material Mom in a more - ahem - intimate setting than her usual room twenty blocks south at Madison Square Garden.  The occasion for the show was the release of Hard Candy, Madonna's latest album of dance music which was produced by, among others, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, and Pharrell Williams.  I was sent by Access to record the video footage of the concert you might have seen on our show.  I had never seen Madonna perform live before, and since I wasn't about to shell out $300 to see her any other time, I was curious to say the least about the spectacle I was about to witness.

 

I showed up at Roseland promptly at 8 only to find out that Madonna was not going to take the stage until 10.  After I was finally allowed in a little before 9, we were escorted to the press area upstairs.  As I passed by the stage, I noticed a case full of guitars, which struck me as odd seeing as how this was supposed to be a dance album, and Madonna is ranked somewhere between Mick Jagger and Bono for their guitar prowess.  I plugged my deck into the box and now had an hour to mingle backstage.  Now let me say upfront, I never saw Madonna backstage.  They were keeping her in some room far, far away from the press until she went out on stage.  However, I did pass the time with her dancers and backup singers. 

 

Also Rosie O'Donnell passed through and Josh Groban hung out following his performance on Letterman earlier that night. 

 

The craft service table had a bunch of sandwiches and chips laid out, along with the requisite coffee urns and cooler full of water and Diet Cokes, but it was festooned with signs reminding the people who were not part of the tour that the food was not for them, and yes, that meant you.

By Lisa Day

So we had to wait through a long strike, but "The Office" is finally back in full force.

After last week's limited cast Dinner Party episode, it was great to see ALL the characters that we love.

And how much do we love Kevin and Phyllis now?

While he usually plays aloof, Kevin revealed his sensitive side was suffering after a recent breakup. And how sweet was his triumph after "winning one" for the team by getting control of the parking lot?

Meanwhile, Phyllis may have one line, but it stole the show as she told Andy to, "make sure you call when you get there, so we know you're OK," after he realized he left his cell phone in his car parked on the street.

And although some fans are finding Jim and Pam's love now stale and static, Jim's engagement ring reveal, and the near proposal, sure changed that!

So thank goodness everyone is back at work, and maybe as the season unfolds we can hear more from the minor players (Stanley… come back!) as we wonder what exactly Creed is going to do with that third office chair?

by Kathy Suarez, Access producer

 

Breathe. One...two...three...breathe.

 

Okay.

 

Today, April 4, 2008 is a new milestone in my life. This was bigger than my wedding day (I still love you Coco). Yes, that’s a bold statement, but it’s true! 

 
My stomach fluttered, my heart raced and I could barely breathe. My hair was perfectly blow dried for the BIG occasion. My New Kids on the Block shirt was so fresh and so clean. Someone, who just a day before the big interview, bragged about how composed she would be. So as Nomi (my friend and colleague at Access Hollywood) and I wait to meet the guys, I remember my 9-year-old self -- I am wearing my New Kids on the Block pajamas with all their faces on me, looking into Joey McIntyre’s eyes as he looks at me from the poster hanging behind my wall and me kissing him before going to bed, going to the record store and buying my NKOTB pins, and then there was that horrible memory of me crying hysterically when my mom told me that I could not go to their Miami concert because I was too young. A memory I prefer to block out because it hurts just thinking about. I was devastated. My world would never be the same. Life was not worth living if I could not see NKOTB up close and personal from the nosebleed section singing “Step by Step” and “The Right Stuff!” What parent would do that to a child?

But little did I know that life had a surprise waiting for me...

 

Fast Forward 15 years later and I am standing in the “Today” show green room waiting for them to walk in. There are platters of food everywhere -- food that they have touched! I wonder, "What if I took some and sold it on EBay?" "Which carrot or Polio-O cheese did Joey bite into?"

 

Then the door opens and in comes Joey first (my fave!) and he tells me "I love your shirt!" and I say "And I love you."

 

Did I just tell him that I loved him?! I did! And it felt good! 

by Nomi Pincus, Access production assistant

 

The time, 1990. The place, my living room in New Jersey. There I was, a young 12-year-old girl dancing along to my favorite VHS tape of the New Kids on the Block compilation videos.

 

I would dance and sing along, fantasizing that maybe I would be able to go to one of their concerts...just to see them in person. I didn't care if I was in the last row, just to be in the same room with them would mean the world to me. They were my life, my everything, I was officially obsessed.

 

From wall to wall posters, to their pillow cases and pajama sets, my world was all about NKOTB! I would dream about meeting them and then wake up with disappointment as reality hit. And as life sometimes offers us disappointments, my mother said I was too young to go their concert, and so along with many of my crazy, young dreams, that one was laid to rest and life moved on...without NKOTB!
 

by Michael Lewittes, Access Hollywood producer

 

(The following blog also appears in The Huffington Post. CLICK HERE to view.)

 

Traditionally, right after the Academy Awards, the entertainment magazines feature the big winners on their covers. But this year you would have had a better chance of finding Waldo on a weekly’s cover than Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Tilda Swinton or Javier Bardem. 

 

Actually, we’ve come to expect the weeklies to run post-Academy Awards covers, promising all the “Oscar Glitz, Glamour, Gowns and Gossip!” Not this year, the Academy Award’s 80th anniversary. No, this year the only thing expected were those who were expecting – and a few stars who already gave birth.

 

In fact, you have to turn 63 pages in People magazine before uncovering an Oscar winner. And there, you will only find a goofy grimacing Javier Bardem clutching an Oscar at Prince’s post-awards party. But then again, maybe it’s better being hidden away than to be included on page 15 of OK!, for example, where winners Tilda Swinton, Marion Cottilard and Daniel Day-Lewis were in a fashion feature called, “What Were They Thinking?” 

 

But what ever could have motivated two-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis to wear brown suede shoes with his tux thankfully wasn’t that mag’s main cover question. Like the other tabloids, OK! was baby-obsessed this week, and asked, across a cover shot of (the not nominated) Katie Holmes, “Is She Pregnant?”

 

Here’s another question: Aren’t the entertainment magazines supposed to know those answers instead of asking its readers to find out. According to OK!, “Katie’s and Tom’s reps deny Katie’s pregnant.” So then one more question? Why put her on the cover if she’s not pregnant? (OK! argues its it piece that recently “Katie uncharacteristically wore loose-fitting dresses that seemed to reveal the hint of a bump to spectators.” Oh, OK.) 

 

The real reason for these types of covers is that bona fide American stars having babies – whether true or not – sell better than award-winning foreign film stars like Marion Cottilard (quick name three people who saw, “La Vie En Rose” – don’t worry, I couldn’t either.) Plus, this year’s Oscars, considered to be a real snooze, was the least watched telecast ever.