Britney Spears - Surprise VMA Performance?

Britney Spears breaks out her bikini and hangs out pool-side with her entourage at the Mirage Casino in Las Vegas on Monday.

The 26-year-old singer showed off her body in a private cabana area reserved only for her and her friends.

Fox News is reporting that Brit-Brit is having a private dressing room prepared for the MTV Video Music Awards this weekend. Nobody at MTV is officially confirm this, however. Larry Rudolph, Brit’s manager, has said that his client was never slated to perform.

DO YOU THINK that MTV is preparing Britney for a surprise performance at the VMA’s - YAY or NAY?

Natalie Portman Rams On

Natalie Portman sports a “Rams On” T-Shirt at the Eve photocall at the Piazzale del Casino during the 2008 Venice Film Festival on Tuesday in Venice, Italy.

The 27-year-old Harvard University graduate directed the short, Eve, which received an enthusiastic response after premiering last night at the festival. The 22-minute movie revolves around a young woman called Kate, who visits her grandmother Lola for dinner and is surprised to find her on a date with a man named Joe.

“I was always interested in trying to write and direct,” Nat admitted. “We have so much time off between filming as actors that we tend to get restless and we want a creative outlet. There is not always acting work that fulfills that need.”

Rihanna Grabs McDonald’s Breakfast

Rihanna grabs a quick bite to eat at a McDonald’s in Uptown Manhattan on Tuesday morning. She was nice enough to stop to sign autographs for fans!

Yesterday, the 20-year-old Barbadian beauty was at The Grove in Los Angeles shopping for a skateboard. Guess who she was shopping with! Yep, rumored boyfriend Chris Brown!

You can check out the fast food chain’s breakfast items at McDonalds.com.

Katie Holmes To Face Anti-Scientology Crusaders?

Katie Holmes sports another floaty top and Roger Vivier buckled flats as arrives at NYC’s Minetta Lane Theatre on Tuesday morning.

The 29-year-old actress will be making her Broadway debut in the play “All My Sons” next month but anti-Scientology crusaders say they will sit silently among the audience at the Gerard Schoenfeld Theatre wearing masks of British Catholic revolutionary Guy Fawkes.

A rep for Anonymous tells The Sun: “We aren’t looking to shut All My Sons down. We don’t have the power to do that – we just want to prove a point. We just want to save Katie. We want to draw attention to Scientology, and hopefully get Katie out of it before it’s too late.”

Gossip Girl Ratings Are Up!

The ratings for last night’s season two premiere of Gossip Girl are up from last year, according to THR.

Gossip Girl pulled in 3.3 million viewers and was up “6% from its premiere last year in the adult demo (and up 10% among the network’s key 18-34 demographic).”

NBC’s Deal or No Deal drew the most viewers Monday with 10.9 million. It gave away its first $1 million to Jessica Robinson, a mother-to-be from Sandy, Utah. The two-hour premiere of FOX’s Prison Break was down 21% from its debut last year, pulling in 6.5 million.

FYI: If you thought the premiere of Gossip Girl was good, next week’s episode is even better!!! Blair (Leighton Meester) has some unforgettable lines, as usual!!!