Miley Cyrus is on the July cover of BillBoard magazine promoting her new album “Breakout.”

Miley told Billboard that her new album is “grown up” and that,

 I wrote all the songs except two, my last one , ‘Meet Miley Cyrus,’ was more just meeting me, finding out who I am, and here it’s more getting in depth of what’s been going on in my life in the past year.  No matter how long what I’m doing last, I want to be a songwriter for the rest of my life.

Miley’s new album Breakout is scheduled to be released on July 22.

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Mary-Kate Olsen is in the new issue of Elle magazine talking about movies, fashion, and her crazy life.

Here is a piece of the interview. For video and the rest of the interview, click here.

On Mary-Kate’s up bringing:

“I grew up going to regular school and still have friends from that time in my life,” Mary-Kate says of her years at Campbell Hall. “And as crazy and hardworking as my life has been, my parents knew how important it was to have a normal life as well. I grew up in a big family. And although I was always surrounded by a lot of adults [in show business], my big hobby was horseback riding, so I was surrounded by all my horseback riding friends, too. I was surrounded by people who cared about me and loved me.”

Do profit motives complicate or even cause sibling rivalry?

“We don’t agree all the time. The way we go about business or designing or making a decision is that we come at it from two completely different angles that at the end of the day, even when we don’t think we’re agreeing with each other, we are agreeing. We’re just getting there in different ways. Unless you’re a twin, you honestly can’t know how close twins can be. There’s such a strength, but that also makes it…”

“When there’s that much love there’s…well, there’s the opposite of everything, but it stems from love, and it stems from passion. We’re driven people. I do know I can’t work in an office. Ashley, on the other hand, loves going to an office.”

About being rich:

“No, But it’s nobody’s business if I am or I’m not. I mean, if you want to have a discussion about fame and what does it really mean to be famous these days, what’s celebrity anymore, what’s media? That’s different.”

About being a celebrity:

“It’s weird to be called a celebrity or talk about it. I don’t talk about being a celebrity in my business meetings. I don’t talk about it with my friends. It’s not a part of my life. It’s a media perception of who I am. It’s very weird. I mean, if I see a paparazzi shot of me walking that’s in a magazine or something at some event, it’s as if I see it from an outsider’s point of view. There’s like a character, almost, and then there’s me.”

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In the April 2008 issue of Glamour magazine, Salma Hayek is asked some tough questions about her dedication to eradicating violence against women, being a new mom, and the idea of marriage.

Here is part of the interview:

EVE ENSLER: You’ve been such a huge part of this movement. How did you come to care so deeply about the issue of ending the abuse of women and girls?

SALMA HAYEK: When I was 18 I had a friend who was so cool. She was a straight-A student, sophisticated, studying architecture in college, someone I really looked up to. I was convinced she would become the president of Mexico. Then she fell in love, and this strong, knowledgeable girl became a victim of abuse. It shocked me to see how she got into the cycle and how it stole her soul away. That’s when I realized it could happen to anyone.

EE: Has it ever happened to you?

SH: Not personally. But the first time I saw domestic violence firsthand was when I was in Mexico, taking a walk with my family, and we came upon a man beating up this woman. My father intervened and fought the man and won. I remember thinking, Oh my God, my father is a hero. Then the woman turned around and started beating up my father. I couldn’t comprehend what was happening. After that I became very intrigued with what makes a woman stay in an abusive relationship: How does her spirit break?

EE: So, tell Glamour readers more about your specific role in V-Day.

SH: In the six years I’ve been involved, I’ve seen V-Day grow from a play into a movement. I have performed monologues in many V-Days and am now a board member, helping to raise money and consciousness at fund-raisers. I am involved because I want women to know, in their dark hour, they are not alone. When they think nobody loves them or they’re disposable, or that it’s OK to die under those circumstances because they’re not important, I want them to know people care.
EE: Over the years I’ve watched you evolve from a free, independent young lady into a mother and family woman. How have you handled that transition?

SH: I believe that change keeps you young. I’m a late bloomer; I always have been. I’m 41, and I know a lot of women think that this is the time when you start getting depressed. To that I say, “No, no, no, no, no!” I’m having the best time of my life.

EE: Why?

SH: The best thing that’s ever happened to me is this thing that has happened to so many women, which is having a baby. Every second is magical, every smile. I cannot get enough of it, because I am not sitting here thinking, What am I going to do with my life? I’ve already established my career. I think it’s very good to have a child at this age. I’m in a great place.

EE: How has having Valentina changed you as a woman?

SH: I don’t remember very well who I was before. Part of me feels like it’s so new and so strange to have a baby, and part of me feels like I’ve known [her] face forever. Somehow I am really relaxed within the chaos of having a baby—and anyone who’s a mother knows it’s very hard to relax, because there is so much to do and worry about! I just feel so fortunate to be her mother, and it makes me excited about the rest of my life, because I will get to witness her transformation every day. I feel I was born to have this girl.

EE: A lot of women say that giving birth made them aware of how powerful they are. Do you feel more powerful?

SH: I really embraced pregnancy. I enjoyed it. It came to me and I said, “OK, this is where I go now.” I had diabetes while I was pregnant. I became huge. And I said, “This is what it takes for me to have this baby, and I really want it.” Then you don’t know if it’s going to be healthy; you are completely out of control. So the experience really makes you humble.

EE: What has surprised you most about being a mother?

SH: Well, I have to confess something—I wanted a boy.

EE: Really?

SH: At the beginning I did. Probably because I was afraid. I think women suffer a bit more than boys, and there is always conflict between mothers and daughters. But now that she’s here, I’m so happy she’s a girl. And I can’t imagine there ever being conflict between us, because I’m in a state of innocence where I love everything she does. If she does a poop and I have to change the diaper, I love that moment!

EE: And how has François [-Henri Pinault, Salma’s fiancé] reacted to Valentina’s arrival?

SH: He warned me from the beginning that he gets very nervous when babies are so little—he thinks he’s going to break them! But he plays with her, sleeps with her, loves her, kisses her. He’s not obsessed like me. But he’s had two before!

EE: What about marriage—is that something you care about?

SH: Right now I am just enjoying my baby. Do I think we are going to get married? Probably. Will it make a difference? I hope not. I don’t have a need for marriage. You want to grow old with someone, you want to have a partner and to have children—we have all those things. Some people need the commitment. Maybe we’ll just make the party!

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R&B singer Ray J, appeared on the Tyra show discussing his infamous sex tape with Kim Kardashian.

When Tyra asked Ray J why he and Kim made the tape in the first place he said because they were bored. He had taken Kim away for a week to Cabo for her birthday, and after being there for three days they realized that they needed to do something exciting. Ray J had brought his video camera with him and pitched the idea of making their own “reality show” in Mexico. Kim went along with it, only if she could have the tape afterwards.

Tyra asked if he thought she leaked the tape than. Ray J said that the two of them have discussed many times how they think the tape got leaked. They know who did it, but he can’t talk about it. He added that due to the damage and pain that it has caused them both, they get paid royalties every month.

When asked if he ever watches the video, Ray J said yeah, but not with his friends. He watches it strictly for educational purposes, to see if he can make any improvements.

Tyra asks if girls treat him differently now that the sex tape has made him famous for having such a large “personality.” (wink wink) He said that girls are more sexual towards him. But he doesn’t always make advances because he has more respect for women than that.

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We have all seen the cover of People magazine with Nicole Richie holding her beautiful new baby, Harlow Madden. In the issue Nicole and Joel Madden, discusses what it was like seeing Harlow for the first time, how Nicole and Joel chose their baby’s name, how life has changed since having a baby, what parenthood is like, and how Nicole has developed maternal instincts.

How Nicole felt when she first laid eyes on her baby:

“I cried right away,” Richie says of seeing Harlow for the first time. “I was holding her, and it was something that was so much bigger than me. Now she looks a little more like Joel, but when she was born, it looked like Joel had nothing to do with it.”

How Nicole and Joel chose the name Harlow:

“I wanted a hippie name and he wanted a more Biblical name,” Richie says – the uniqueness of Harlow stuck. “Harlow’s a cool name because it feels like a classic name,” Madden says, citing the actress Jean Harlow and model Shalom Harlow as two major inspirations.

How life has changed since having a baby:
“I don’t even remember what life was like before her,” new mom Nicole Richie, 26, says of daughter Harlow Winter Kate, born January 11. “She gives life a whole new meaning and a whole new purpose.”

“She’s never out of my mind,” says Richie. “I stop doing things for me anymore. Everything is for her.”"I was watching her in her crib,” says Richie. “And she happened to wake up and I was like, ‘Good morning!” And she smiled and it was the cutest thing ever.”

What parenthood is like:

It’s “the best thing that’s ever happened to us,” Joel Madden tells PEOPLE that Harlow has changed his and Nicole Richie’s life: “We have a very mellow life compared to two years ago, but we wouldn’t have it any other way.”

How Nicole has developed maternal instincts:

Attuned to her daughter’s needs, Richie says she knows how to pacify her when she’s in need. “I’m with her all the time … I know when somethings wrong,” she explains. And to soothe Harlow, Richie and Joel Madden, 28, play her lullaby versions of Radiohead and Nirvana songs.

Here are some more adorable pictures of the new family from the photoshoot:

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