Entertainment briefs

Katie Couric engaged to boyfriend Molner

NEW YORK -- Katie Couric is getting married to her financier boyfriend John Molner. Couric's spokesman Matthew Hiltzik confirmed the engagement Tuesday morning following a report by People magazine. Molner gave 56-year-old Couric, the former host of "Today," a diamond ring over the weekend in East Hampton. Molner, 50, is a partner at investment firm Brown Brothers Harriman, who oversees mergers and acquisitions advisory work for the firm's corporate clients. Couric's husband Jay Monahan died in 1998 from colon cancer. She is the mother of two daughters, now 21 and 17. Couric said on her Twitter page: "Yes it's true! So touched by all the kind Tweets & warm wishes-thank you! A great end to the summer & looking fwd to seeing you all Monday!!"

Miley Cyrus on VMAs: 'That's just me'

NEW YORK -- Miley Cyrus said she doesn't listen to the negative comments regarding her performance on the MTV Video Music Awards. The 20-year-old pop star said she felt she and Robin Thicke were making history with the risque performance of their hits "We Can't Stop" and "Blurred Lines." The comments were Cyrus' first since the Aug. 25 show. The clip was recorded last week and posted Tuesday morning on MTV's website. Cyrus said she was surprised people were still talking about it three days later: "You're thinking about it more than I thought about it when I did it. I didn't even think about it because that's just me."

LeBron James teams up with Starz for sitcom

NEW YORK -- LeBron James is joining forces with Starz and the man behind classic shows like "The Cosby Show" to create a sitcom that will touch on something he knows a lot about -- "Survivor's Remorse." The Miami Heat star will be the executive producer of the half-hour show. It will focus on two people who make it big after getting out of Philadelphia's inner city and will chronicle the characters as they try to adjust to that fame along with feelings of guilt for having made it while peers are still struggling. James is working on the project with friend Maverick Carter, along with Tom Werner, the force behind shows such as "The Cosby Show" and "Roseanne."

-- From wire reports