NAMES & FACES

Christmas, Miley Style

Miley Cyrus and her BFF Mandy Jiroux (of the girl group Beach Girlz) released a video to Jiroux's MySpace page that features the two of them singing Christmas carols and dancing wildly in front of the camera. The three-minute video was filmed partially inside Cyrus's walk-in closet. (Well, where else could the Christmas spirit be?)

Aniston's Digital Allure

Jennifer Aniston's not ashamed to admit that her body doesn't look fit enough for a magazine cover. The 39-year-old actress cheerfully acknowledged that the nude-except-for-a-necktie photo of her on the January 2009 cover of GQ was doctored. "What happened to the girl next door from 'Friends'?" asked Barbara Walters during Aniston's Wednesday appearance on "The View." Aniston replied, "She's there! Photoshopped!" On a related note, David Letterman has been the owner of the necktie since last Wednesday. "An early Christmas present," Aniston told Letterman when she gave him the tie on his show.

Agency Sues Merkerson

S. Epatha Merkerson is being sued by the Gersh Agency, reports TMZ.com. The actress, featured on "Law and Order," is accused of withholding the talent agency's 10 percent commission. The suit claims Merkerson earned more than $2 million for "Law and Order" and that it had an "oral deal" for 10 percent of Merkerson's earnings.

Thieves Hit Another Hilton

Hotel heir Steven Hilton confronted two intruders in his Malibu Hills, Calif., home earlier this week, police said, just days after thieves made off with $2 million in jewelry from the home of niece Paris Hilton. The intruders -- it's not yet known if there's a connection between the two burglaries -- left Steven Hilton's home without taking anything, police said. Hilton left his home to call 911, and when he did do, "they got away," said a police spokesman.

Maybe It's Method Writing

Mickey Rourke's handwriting needs improvement. While shooting scenes for "The Wrestler" inside an open-for-business deli, director Darren Aronofsky found that the biggest disadvantage of keeping the store open wasn't that people would recognize Rourke -- who plays a pro wrestler/deli clerk -- but that nobody could read his writing. "At one point," Aronofsky told Ain't It Cool News, "the manager came up to me and said, 'Can you ask Mickey to write more neatly?' . . . Turns out he was scribbling the prices on the packages of meat and people would go and try to buy it, and the cashiers couldn't read what he'd written."

-- Rachel Kaufman, from wire and Web reports