Gold Medalist Olympians Turned Entertainers

Several gold-medalist Olympians are hitting the small screen in some form this season.

Swimmer Michael Phelps is slated to host Saturday Night Live and has secured a cameo role on HBO's hit series Entourage. Misty May Treanor will be trying her hand at dancing on Dancing With the Stars. Gymnast Nastia Liukin will be guest-starring on Gossip Girl, one of her favorite shows.

However, along with television, Liukin will be having some other resume-building endorsements under her leotard. She is slated to appear in campaigns for Cover Girl and Vanilla Star Jeans, launch a denim line (Nastia Liukin Gold), and have her face printed on Wheaties boxes worldwide. Say, she sounds like the most successful Olympian-turned-entertainer case.

I read somewhere that Shawn Johnson has been rumored to make an appearance on television. Secret Life, perhaps? Maybe it's just a rumor... however, she is slated to do a Cover Girl ad campaign with Liukin.

Britney Spears Not to Perform at VMAs

According to her manager, Britney Spears will not be performing at this year's Video Music Awards, which will air September 7th at Los Angeles's Paramount Pictures Studio. Larry Randolph, her Jive Records manager, stated that Britney's focus will be in the studio as she works on recording her next album.

However, MTV Networks Music Group president Van Toffler stated that the network wouldn't entirely rule out a Britney appearance in some form, as there have been confirmed talks about a Britney appearance. In fact, her video for "Piece of Me" has been nominated for the prestigious Video of the Year award.