Sideshow: Leslie Carter autopsy inconclusive

Leslie Carter's mysterious death Tuesday has kicked off a round of rumors, speculation, and wild guesses. TMZ cites Anonymous Sources, who say Carter's family thinks the 25-year-old singer, sister to Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter and singer Aaron Carter, was addicted to prescription drugs and died of an overdose.

The family has yet to comment.

In a statement Wednesday, they said that "our family is grieving right now and it's a private matter."

The Chautauqua County Coroner's Office in New York said Thursday that an autopsy was inconclusive and that toxicology tests might provide answers.

If you love Gisele Bündchen - and who isn't totally besotted with her? - get down on your knees and pray. Pray that her man, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, does well on Super Bowl Sunday.

"I feel Tommy really needs our prayer, our support and love at this time," the supermodel exhorts her friends and family in a leaked e-mail published by the New York Post.

Sunday will be "a really important day in my husband's life . . . and now they [the team] need us more than ever to send them positive energy." Gisele tells the Post the e-mail was private. Well, it was . . .

Amanda Seyfried, 26, who plays Linda Lovelace in a biopic of the infamous porn star, tells Glamour mag she would never take it all off for the camera. Yet Amanda sure isn't shy about risqué roles: Look at Atom Egoyan's Chloe, in which she played a bisexual stripper.

Perhaps her most dangerous role came in last year's sci-fier In Time, as Justin Timberlake's lover. Stop those tongues wagging: Nothing happened off-screen. Amanda says she'd never date him. "Oh, I think any female that meets him at first is like, 'I want to date you.' He seems so perfect," Amanda says, "but, you know, he's really famous, which has its downsides."

Avery Brooks, 63, who played the gentle yet authoritative Capt. Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, was charged with DUI Sunday night in Wilton, Conn., 50 miles north of Manhattan, the Associated Press has revealed. The Princeton resident, who also is known for playing Hawk on Spenser: For Hire in the 1980s, is due in court Feb. 9.

The Los Angeles Police Department is asking the public for help to locate other children who may have been victimized by Cake drummer Pete McNeal, who last month was charged with abusing a child under age 10. McNeal was with the popular band from '01 to '04 and also has worked for Mike Doughty and Norah Jones.

"I was devastated to hear of the arrest," Doughty tells FoxNews.com. "There is nothing in my experience of Pete that indicates he's a monster." Reps for Cake and Jones have refused comment. McNeal, who is out on $250,000 bail, will be arraigned Feb. 10.

Deeply held moral values can lead some folks to walk away from fame 'n' glory. Former Victoria's Secret angel Kylie Bisutti says that's why she walked away from her dream job. "Victoria's Secret was my absolutely biggest goal in life, and it was all I ever wanted career-wise. But the more I was modeling lingerie . . . I just started becoming more uncomfortable with it because of my faith," Kylie, 21, a self-described Christian, tells FoxNews.com. Kylie hasn't left the biz entirely: She appears with Jennifer Lopez in a Kohl's ad campaign.

Sesame Street Live's new show, 1-2-3 Imagine! With Elmo and Friends, comes to Liacouras Center for eight shows March 15 to 18. It'll be a homecoming of sorts for one performer, Rancocas Valley Regional High School alum Joseph Baez, who began his acting career at the Walnut Street Theatre when he was in fourth grade.

Tix are now on sale. Info: 1-800-298-4200 or www.comcasttix.com/elmo.

Michelle Obama, who is on a PR campaign to promote fitness, showed off her athletic prowess at an unlikely spot - on the Ellen DeGeneres show. It all started when Ellen challenged the first lady to back up her campaign with action. "How many push-ups can you do?" Ellen asked on her daytime gabfest that aired Thursday.

Next thing you know, the pair dropped and were doing push-ups. Ellen was impressed. "Can you name the last first lady to do a push-up on TV?" she crowed. "That was amazing. . . . How many was that?" The audience yelled out "25."

She cooks, she sings, she acts, she blogs, and she loves - with perfection. Gwyneth Paltrow even has a perfect marriage. So how do Gwyn and hub, Coldplay's Chris Martin, who wed on Dec. 5, 2003, weather the ups and downs of marriage?

"He's very communicative," Gwyn tells Harper's Bazaar, "which is rare for a British man."

Gwyn says her dad gave her the best marriage advice: "My parents," Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner, "were married for 30-something years, and he said [it was] because they never wanted to get divorced at the same time."

TMZ says Lindsay Lohan is poised to sue tabloids claiming she was drunk at a SAG Awards after-party. She says the reports are hurting her attempt to clean up her rep. . . . TMZ also says Mel Gibson's ex-gf, Oksana Grigorieva, has been booked as a lounge singer at Gardenia in Hollywood. . . . Blake Lively doesn't do meaningless hookups. "I've had four boyfriends in my whole life," she tells Elle. "I've never been with anyone that's not a boyfriend."

Why did Miley Cyrus shell out $127,000 on a new Mercedes-Benz SL550 convertible?

"According to sources close to Cyrus, 19, she even paid for the car in full, up front," says the New York Daily News, "simply because she can."

She didn't need no financing, neither.