- In the latest episode of The Conversation With Amanda de Cadenet, Miley Cyrus comes off surprisingly deep, even articulate. [HuffPost]

"I've lost my sense of self a lot. There's times you hear what you should be so much that you lose what you actually are, and that's really hard," she said.

- Photographer Rania Matar captures teenage girls in their most sacred space—their bedroom. Let's just say I'm more than happy she wasn't around during my *Nsync phase. [DailyBeast] More»

• What's Frank McCourt's reward for running one of the most beloved baseball franchises in America into the ground? How about a billion dollars? That's the (cash!) profit he's estimated to make from this week's $2.15b purchase of the team by a group of investors led by Earvin "Magic" Johnson. [LAT]
• Clayton Osborn, the JetBlue pilot who flipped out on a Wednesday JFK->Las Vegas flight and had to be restrained by passengers, has been charged with "interfering with a flight crew," which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250k fine. [KTLA] More»

• Darth Vader wants Earth cash. Confidential to bank robbers: stop trying so hard. [NYDN]
• Mario Batali being sued for stiffing Babbo waiters out of their tips. [Post]
• #changehearttobuttsongs will never get old. Related: twitter makes us all think we're funnier than we are. [Voice]
• Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church were no match for the Comic Con superheroes. Slideshow is epic. [ComicsAlliance, via Boing-Boing]
• Rigging big man in 2008 crane collapse acquitted. [NYT]

• In Fort Greene, Foxy Brown proves that she never forgets. [NYDN]
• Anna Wintour is not a fan of Serge Becker and she wants everyone to know. [Post]
• NY Sanitation Dept. qualification test = American Gladiators. [NYT]
• Lady Gaga will be the new face and muse of Twinings Tea. [Stuff via Gothamist]
• Brooklyn Borough Prez Marty Markowitz took free trips all over the world, because world travel is important when you're Brooklyn Borough Prez. And it's rude to refuse free things. [WSJ]

• Ice-T iced. By cops. For not wearing a seatbelt. He is not amused. [Twitter]
• Danielle Staub of Real Housewives of New Jersey has learned an important lesson about paying back drug deal dollars. [NYDN]
• The Soup Nazi didn't show up for his own grand reopening. [WSJ]
• Accused JFK plotter was only trying to look cool in front of the other kids. [NYT]
• Preen co-designers want to make your small child way cooler and prettier than your small child is now. [NYMag]

• Trump uninvites Tiger's ex, Rachel Uchitel. "Booya," says Trump. [Post]
• Tinsley Mortimer's bf Brian Mazza is stepping out on her. Possibly. [Gatecrasher]
• The newest city thief: he takes your money but leaves you flowers. [NYDN]
• Mike Bloomberg NOT AMUSED by Sarah Palin's tomfoolery. [WSJ]
• Seamus Mullen has departed Boqueria, presumably for new meatscapes. [Eater]
• Ouch. Lindsay Lohan lost another lawyer. [TMZ]

• Ruth Madoff is trying to balance the karma scales down south. [Post]
• Zsa Zsa Gabor will undergo hip replacement surgery today. Predictably, Jeopardy is to blame. [Radar]
• New Yorkers are marshmallows inside, at least when it comes to sick children [NYDN]
• The cobblestones are coming! The cobblestones are coming! [NYT]
• Rats rats rats everywhere in East 10th St building. [NY1 via Curbed]
• Jersey Shore cast on strike. Who would the scabs be in this situation? [TMZ]

• The Emmys doesn't care if you blackmail David Letterman. [Post]
• Oh, Politician Nicknames, you so crazy. [NYMag]
• In case you didn't hear, BP put a cap on it. Everything's totally cool now, shhh. [CNN]
• They convicted those meanies who were trying to blackmail Uncle Jesse. [NYDN]
• Rhinebeck residents think Chelsea Clinton's wedding plans are a decoy. [WSJ]
• Andrew Cuomo campaign is the family vacation from hell, complete with RV. [NYT]

• Lindsay Lohan nets Robert Shapiro. OJ comparisons abound. [TMZ]
• Clintons may be house-shopping. Will they be your new neighbors? [NYT]
• Flatiron previewstravaganza! [Eater]
• Hi, Bway darling Kristin Chenoweth, tell me more about your ladyparts. [Gawker]
• Lil Wayne's doing just fine in Rikers, thnx. [NYDN]
• Remembering Steinbrenner through Seinfeld [Sportsgrid]
• Russian Spy Anna Chapman can't be found, but Angelina Jolie is searching for her. [Post]

• In case you somehow missed the skywriting and the probable live news crawl at One Times Square (can anyone confirm if that happened? We bet it did.), Lindsay Lohan is going to jail. [TMZ]
• After finding out, she seems to have tweeted Chris Brown and Lyrica to come to her house. Chris wouldn't be our choice in a crisis, but whatevs. [Twitter]
• Elle MacPherson eats rhino horn. We'd say she's an idiot, but she looks great. [NYDN]
• Rapturous "Play Me, I'm Yours" footage! [Westside Independent, via Gothamist]
• The Village Voice shows you how to survive a blackout. [Voice]
• Dear American Airlines at JFK: please stop losing guns. Sincerely, Benjamin Netanyahu. [Post]

• Bear hates fireworks. Bear spoils 4th of July. Things don't end well for bear. [WSJ]
• MTA wants to pimp the bus. MTA, there is no possible way you will succeed at this, because you have the Midas touch, but with crap instead of gold. [NYMag]
• Katy Perry made Russell Brand wait a few days for sex, and that solved all of their problems. [CNN]
• LiLo and an Israeli lady soldier named Eilat Anschel may be gettin' down. If this is true, we will high five you, Lindsay. [NYDN]
• Real estate gets sexier. Omg, how is that even possible? [NYT]
• Ha! Russian spy was wanted to seduce Princes William and Harry. Wow. [Post]