Miley Cyrus wishes she had other talents

MILEY CYRUS has reportedly admitted she wished she had another talent.

The singer and actress said if she wasn't in the music business, she would aspire to be a painter or photographer.

Speaking to the Star Telegram, she said: "I would like to be a photographer, and honestly, I am the worst painter, but if I could be anything I would want to be a painter, but I can't paint so that [crosses] that out.

"I love playing my guitar. I always have my guitar with me. That is my favourite thing, is writing the music."

She added that the downside to being famous is constantly being away from home.

She said: "The best thing is the travelling and meeting new people, and the worst thing is the travelling. It is the best and worst because I am away from home all the time.

"Also, it is fun to meet new people and see new things and go places that you probably wouldn't be able to go."

Avril Lavinge strips down new album

AVRIL LAVINGE is going back to her roots for her next album.

The singer said she will abandon the "cheerleader" style of her last album The Best Damn Thing, for a more traditional sound.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, she said: "[The Best Damn Thing] was intended to be fun, to be rockin'. All I had in my mind was my live show, running around on stage, getting the crowd involved.

"This record, I just really, really wanted to sing. We started recording each song, some of them, just with acoustic guitar and the vocal and building it from there. It's stripped down. I love performing that way, so I really felt like it was time to make a record like that. To just make it all about the vocal and the performance, and the vibe, and the emotion."

She added: "I was always really honest in my lyrics. I think more so when I was younger, and now it's kind of come back to that. Just like, you know what? I'm not trying to write a perfect pop song. I'm just trying to write a song that's honest right now, even if something sounds weird or a lyric might not make sense to someone."

Jackson lay in state without his nose

Michael Jackson's nose was missing as he lay in state.

An eyewitness claims he saw the singer's body on an autopsy table with part of his face completely disappeared.

The witness said: "The prosthesis he normally attached to his damaged nose was missing, revealing bits of cartilage surrounding a small dark hole."

Jackson - who died a month ago today of a suspected cardiac arrest - was believed to have had a number of surgical operations change the shape of his nose, which eventually eroded it away. He was also thought to be obsessed with plastic surgery and altering his appearance.

The witness added: "Jackson's face - which he had so painfully reworked and concealed from the public for decades now - lay out in the open undisguised under the harsh lights."

One of the 'King Of Pop's former housekeepers has previously told how the singer kept a number of false noses, which he applied using plasters and glue.

Adrian McManus said: "In his closet he had a jar of fake noses and stage glue, which he told me he used for disguises. But some were similar to his real nose, just without the hole."

Reasons for Jackson's fascination with surgery are unclear, though he has hinted it was because he was bullied as a child. Other sources said he was desperate not to look like his father, Joe Jackson, whom he had accused of hitting him as a youngster and aking fun of his appearance.

Pussycat Doll is naturally sexy

Nicole Scherzinger says being "sexy" comes naturally to her.

The Pussycat Dolls singer believes it's her inner confidence that makes her attractive to the opposite sex, not her skimpy stage outfits.

She said: "Sexy is a confidence that comes from within so I don't think you have to be all glammed and dolled up to be sexy. I think you could be naturally sexy with jeans and a T-shirt or a skirt. I don't know if it's like an inner sense of humour or just a light that shines from within.

"I take the attention from men as a compliment! I think that ultimately comes from a confidence which comes from within so yes, that confidence is empowering."

Nicole - who is dating Formula One racing driver Lewis Hamilton - believes her self-assurance has grown since she joined the girl group in 2003.

She added: "I definitely think the Pussycat Dolls has brought out an inner Pussycat within me. I feel like when I'm onstage and the lights come on, a different persona comes over me. And I just take on a whole other animal or beast.

"I don't know if it's in the lights or if it's in the fans or just a combination of all of that, but I guess that's when the Pussycat Doll comes out in me."

Billy Joel struck down with flu

BILLY JOEL has been forced to postpone a joint concert with Sir Elton Jonh after he fell ill with flu-like symptoms.

The pair was due to play a sold-out gig in Buffalo, New York last night as part of their Face to Face world tour but doctors ordered Joel to rest.

A rescheduled date for the show is expected to be announced next week.

Rihanna goes on secret date with Mr Hudson

RIHANNA has gone on a secret date with Mr Hudson.

The Umbrella singer took the British R&B star to the London premiere of the new Quentin Tarantino film 'Inglorious Basterds' this week.

But she made sure she was not seen with him until the film started and they were later spotted together again at the screening's afterparty.

A source told Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper: "Rihanna didn't want to make a big deal out of her going on a date with Mr Hudson, so she never told anyone she was bringing him.

"They have been meeting up secretly and on the red carpet they refused to be pictured together. Once they were inside the cinema though, they were stuck together like glue and then they both slipped out of the back door at the end to go for a meal."

Rihanna, 21, is believed to have been introduced to Mr Hudson by Kanye West.