Today's news you might've missed:

• In case you were curious, Jessica Simpson's breasts aren't going anywhere. "I LOVE MY BOOBIES!!" she proclaimed on Twitter to end speculation that she was thinking of getting a breast reduction. [Twitter]
• We're still talking about breasts, but in a much more serious fashion. Switch gears, everyone: NBC's chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell revealed on air today that she has breast cancer. Mitchell said her cancer was caught "in the earliest stage" and called her prognosis "terrific." She wanted to send the message to women: "Screening matters. Do it." [MSNBC]
• In casting news, scandal-ridden Arnold Schwarzenegger has landed a job in the "Expendables" sequel, along with Bruce Willis. They'll reportedly both have substantial roles. [Deadline]
• Today, in controversy: A segment from a new episode of "Toddlers and Tiaras" has the Web a-buzzing because it featured a 3-year-old contestant dressed up like a hooker a la Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman" - miniskirt, thigh high black boots, blonde wig and all. [E!]
• In a preview clip for Thursday night's "Jersey Shore," Snooki snipes about an Italian priest who, she says, "basically called me a whore" because of what she was wearing. She continued: "At my church, they'd say 'Oh, nice outfit. God likes my t--! God made my t--!" [Us Weekly]
• Nick Jonas is following in the footsteps of Daniel Radcliffe and "Glee's" Darren Criss and heading for Broadway. The singer will be the next "J. Pierrepont Finch" in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" beginning January 24, 2012. [Broadway World]

The star-studded cast of “The Great Gatsby” has arrived in Sydney, Australia to start production on Baz Luhrmann’s 3-D vision of the American classic, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The cast of the anticipated adaptation includes Leonardo DiCaprio (as Jay Gatsby), Tobey Maguire (as Nick Carraway), Carey Mulligan (as Daisy Buchanan), and Isla Fisher (as Myrtle Wilson), among other talent. The movie began production on Monday.

The adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel has a $126 million dollar budget. Filming will take place over 17 weeks, with over 400 cast and crew working on the movie. Another 30 weeks will be spent on post-production.

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Beatlemania never really dies, does it?

The Beatles album “1,” a collection of the Fab Four’s No. 1 hits that spent eight weeks as the nation’s No. 1 album in 2000 – and was the top-selling CD of the 2000-09 – premiered on iTunes Tuesday.

You won’t need eight days a week to predict where it debuted. Yep, in the top spot.

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A Mos Def by any other name will of course still be as fresh, and the 37-year-old rapper/actor has decided to switch it up.

Born Dante Terrell Smith, the Brooklyn MC revealed to MTV's Sucker Free at last weekend's "Rock the Bells" that he's planning to put the name Mos Def out to pasture, and instead go by "Yasiin."

"I'm retiring the Mos Def name after 2011," he told MTV. "I didn't want to have to deal with having any moniker or any separation between the self that I see [and what people refer to me as]."

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that the coveted, highly anticipated host of the 2012 Oscars will be comedian and actor Eddie Murphy. Now this is not an easy gig.

Last year, the Academy tried to make the telecast more youthful by having young Hollywood superstars Anne Hathaway and James Franco co-host – a decision critics bashed after the show fell flat and Franco seemed to show a lack of interest in his hosting gig.

Now the Academy is putting its faith in Eddie Murphy, who also follows in the footsteps of past comedian/entertainer hosts like Bob Hope, Whoopi Goldberg and Steve Martin.

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CNN's Anderson Cooper is debuting his new daytime talk show on Monday, September 12 and he's announced his first guests.

Cooper will sit down for an exclusive interview with the parents and boyfriend of Grammy winner Amy Winehouse, who was found dead at the age of 27 in her North London home this past July.

Mitch and Janis Winehouse will discuss their daughter’s very public battle with substance abuse and how they have been coping since her death. FULL POST

Before she hit the headlines as Tiger Woods’ alleged main mistress, Rachel Uchitel was seen in the news because of a 9/11 photo. The snapshot depicted her grieving over her fiancé, investment banker James Andrew O’Grady, who died in the terrorist attacks.

With the 10th anniversary of the tragedy looming, Page Six Magazine interviewed Uchitel, and the resulting story produced some alleged stunning statements.

The former “Celebrity Rehab” star is claiming her quotes were taken out of context, reports TMZ, and she says she’s considering suing the magazine.

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Doling out casting news by the spoonful has become a movie promotion mainstay - for a good stretch this summer, not a day seemed to go by without someone else being added to "The Hunger Games" –  but "Magic Mike" is a little different.

At first, the announcement that Channing Tatum was set to star in a male stripper movie based on his experience working at a Tampa club was met with plenty of smirks and sarcasm (or was that just us?). Better yet, it was to be directed by Steven Soderbergh and would also star Alex Pettyfer as the younger stripper who looks up to Tatum's character as a mentor.

But then little bits of casting news were revealed, well timed and always managing to top what came before it. Talk about a tease.

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Lady Gaga leaves the meat dresses and alter egos behind for her latest shoot in the October issue of Harper's Bazaar.

Instead of the usual outlandish gear, Gaga (we feel like we should call her Stefani Germanotta, she's so pared down here) is pictured "basically barefaced," the magazine says.

The "You and I" singer explains that she doesn't really see it as a "natural" look since to her, "artifice is the new reality" anyway.

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Kate Hudson may be a privileged actress, but she’s about to experience one of the downsides of fame – relatives writing tell-alls.

According to Radar Online, the star’s dad, Bill Hudson, has a book coming out titled “2 Versions: The Other Side of Fame and Family” (which also seems to have two titles: Online retailers display it as "So You Are a Star: The Other Side of Fame and Family").

It's expected to detail Bill Hudson’s marriage to Goldie Hawn and his complicated relationship with their actor children, Oliver and Kate Hudson.

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