The daily gossip: Miley Cyrus wanted to go topless at the VMAs, and more

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last updated 8 January 2015

1. MTV wouldn't let Miley Cyrus go topless at the VMAs

It's safe to say that Miley Cyrus' twerk-happy VMA performance turned out to be a little controversial — but if Cyrus had gotten her way, the envelope would have been pushed a lot further. In her MTV special Miley: The Movement, Cyrus revealed that she originally tried to do her performance topless, but that MTV wouldn't allow it. "If I really wanted to come out and do a raunchy sex show, I wouldn't have been dressed as a bear," said Cyrus, referring to the costume she wore for about three seconds before stripping down to a flesh-colored bikini. [E! Online]

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Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.

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