NEW YORK - In her first interview since splitting with Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston says she was "shocked" by the breakup and is trying to "pick up the pieces in the midst of this media circus."
Aniston broke down twice during the interview for the September issue of Vanity Fair. Mostly, though, the actress comes across as resilient.
"Am I lonely? Yes. Am I upset? Yes. Am I confused? Yes. Do I have my days when I've thrown a little pity party for myself? Absolutely. But I'm also doing really well."
Holed up in her Malibu, Calif., bungalow, the 36-year-old actress says the media coverage and tabloid rumors have been hard to deal with - especially reports that she didn't want to start a family.
"A man divorcing would never be accused of choosing career over children," she says. "I've never in my life said I didn't want children. I did and I do and I will!"
Aniston filed for divorce in March, citing irreconcilable differences after 4 1/2 years of marriage. The couple separated in January.
Aniston says she was aware of Pitt's attraction to Angelina Jolie, his "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" co-star, but doesn't blame their split on her.
"It's just complicated," she says. "There are all these levels of growth - and when you stop growing together, that's when the problems happen."
But when pictures were published showing Pitt, Jolie and her 3-year-old son Maddox together on a beach in Africa, the former "Friends" star says, "the world was shocked and I was shocked."
She was also hurt by a fashion spread in W magazine - a concept of Pitt's - that showed the actor and Jolie as a 1960's-style married couple. "There's a sensitivity chip that's missing," Aniston says of Pitt.
She adds: "I just don't know what happened.... I feel as if I'm trying to scrounge around and pick up the pieces in the midst of this media circus."
Aniston, who says she loves Pitt and "will love him for the rest of my life," hasn't lost her sense of humor. On his recently bleached blond hair, she says, "Billy Idol called - he wants his look back."
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LONDON (AP) - Today, he's referred to as Sir Mick Jagger. But 35 years ago, he was a rock rebel who could rattle the authorities.
In 1969, police considered Jagger an "intelligent young man" who lived on the fringe and consorted with "the dregs of society," according to newly released documents.
The police files, declassified by the National Archives, detail Jagger's claim that detectives planted drugs during a 1969 raid on his London apartment.
Jagger was fined about $500 for possession of cannabis after the raid on his Chelsea home.
The rocker claimed that a drug squad officer, Detective Sgt. Robin Constable, had tried to plant "white powder" inside a box in the house.
"I think he put the box down and opened the folded paper. He said, 'Ah, ah, we won't have to look much further,'" Jagger said in a statement to police.
"As I got to him he showed me the paper and I saw it contained some white powder."
Jagger claimed Constable then said, "Don't worry, Mick, we can sort it all out."
"He twice asked me how much it was worth. He then said 'a thousand,' but I never replied," Jagger said.
Scotland Yard interviewed supporters of Jagger, who included a lawyer, a member of Parliament and minor drug dealers.
"The private persons interviewed during the course of this investigation represent extreme ends of the scale. At one end are public figures whilst at the other are the dregs of society," noted Commander Robert Huntley, who oversaw the inquiry.
The investigation concluded there was no "substantial corroborative evidence" for Jagger's claim against Constable.
"Michael Jagger is an intelligent young man, and doubtless is on the fringe, if not embroiled in the world of users of dangerous drugs," said Detective Chief Inspector William Wilson, one of the investigators.
The case was referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions, who concluded that no action should be taken against the police.
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NEW YORK (AP) - "Desperate Housewives" star Teri Hatcher will serve up life lessons in "Burnt Toast," a book of advice and inspiration Hyperion plans to publish in the spring of 2006.
"I have had many women approach me, sharing their own stories, and ask me how it feels to have a second chance at 40," Hatcher said in a statement released Tuesday by Hyperion. "With this book, I truly hope to reach everyone that I don't bump into on the street and share my story."
Hatcher won a Golden Globe in January. She recently received an Emmy nomination for her role as single mom Susan Mayer in "Desperate Housewives," a dark satire about suburbia that became a hit in its debut season.
When she accepted her Golden Globe for best actress in a TV comedy, Hatcher thanked ABC for giving "me a second chance at a career when I couldn't have been a bigger has-been."
Hatcher starred in the '90s TV series "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman." Her film credits include "Soapdish," "Tomorrow Never Dies" and "Spy Kids."
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NEW YORK (AP) - David Letterman found just the right bike accessory for Lance Armstrong.
On Monday, the "Late Show" host gave the seven-time Tour de France winner a white basket decorated with gaudy plastic flowers and a sign saying, "7 Time Winner."
"It goes right on the handlebars," Letterman said.
Armstrong appeared on the CBS late-night show to talk about winning his seventh and final Tour and life after racing.
After receiving the basket, Armstrong recalled his first visit to the show and another gift Letterman had given him - a beaded seat cover that was popular among New York City taxi drivers.
Of course, his was shaped to fit a bicycle seat.
"Dave cut one out the shape of a saddle, with just the beads and said, 'Here, I thought you might like this.'" Armstrong said. "But the two together, like the seat and this (basket), I might come back for No. 8."
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - It's a boy for Ben Stiller and his wife, Christine Taylor.
Quinlin Dempsey Stiller was born July 10 in Los Angeles. The baby weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces, People magazine reported Monday. Stiller, 39, and Taylor, 34, have a 3-year-old daughter, Ella.
The couple, who starred in "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" and "Zoolander," wed in May 2000.
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NEW YORK (AP) - If Michael Jackson took Jermaine Dupri's advice, he'd be on TV flaunting his acquittal instead of retreating from the public eye.
"(If) I was him, I would have gone on 'TRL' immediately and said look, 'Everybody who wanna say something about me, good, y'all could say whatever y'all wanna say, there's nothing you can say about me at this point, no more than what just happened," said Dupri, who is dating Jackson's sister Janet.
Jackson was acquitted in June on child molestation charges.
While other scandal-plagued stars have launched the comeback route with a teary-eyed interview with Oprah Winfrey or Barbara Walters, Dupri scoffed at the suggestion that Jackson should be remorseful.
"He don't have to do that, because he didn't do nothing wrong. Everybody else did something wrong but him. What did he do wrong? Why should he come back and cry?" Dupri asked.
And though some have doubted whether the pop star could make a successful comeback, Dupri says Jackson has a magical quality that will always keep people interested.
"If Michael Jackson came in this room right now, there would be no one in this room who could not stop looking at him. As long as you've got that power, you're never damaged," Dupri told The Associated Press in a recent interview. "He has that power over anybody. If people can't stop looking at you, you're so interesting to people, there's no way you can be damaged."
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NEW YORK (AP) - Calling all Martha Stewarts.
The famous homemaker is scouring the country for those who don't necessarily share her homemaking abilities, but her name.
Producers of the hour-long syndicated daytime show "Martha," which premieres Sept. 12, are hoping to fill the studio audience with 150 Martha Stewarts for a special show.
Those with the name Martha Stewart or Martha Stuart can find information on the Web site http://www.marthastewart.com/martha. Deadline for submissions is Sept. 1.
An air date for the show featuring all the Marthas hasn't been set.
The lifestyle guru, who turns 64 Wednesday, will also star in a version of the reality show "The Apprentice" on NBC this fall. Her old daytime series, "Martha Stewart Living," lasted 12 years and ended when her case went to court.
Stewart has been serving a five-month term at her home in Bedford, N.Y., after completing five months in a West Virginia prison for lying about a stock sale.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Despite their on-again, off-again relationship, Pamela Anderson says she and Tommy Lee aren't an item right now.
"Absolutely not," Anderson told reporters recently, according to AP Radio. "(I'm) just trying to get him a little press for his new show."
Anderson and Lee, who divorced in 1998, had been photographed together recently.
"Tommy Lee Goes to College" debuts Aug. 16 on NBC. It follows the 42-year-old rocker as he tries out for the marching band and crams for exams at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Anderson said she hadn't seen the show.
"I'm endorsing him," the 38-year-old actress said. "He's family."
New episodes of Anderson's show, "Stacked," will start later this year on the Fox network.
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