Top pop news stories for the week ending 10/22/10: (ASB) A video which has Miley Cyrus sharing screen with Kevin Zegers has got a preview. Coming out via E! Online, the sneak peek features the "Can't Be Tamed" singer as she pulls out of the parking garage. While doing so, she meets eyes with Kevin, the parking attendant, and then suddenly her car is smashed by another vehicle. more(ASB) While some of the other artists are flooding this holiday session with Christmas albums, Justin Bieber prefers to drop an acoustic effort. "...hey @dankanter I think it's time to make an UNPLUGGED album for the fans for the holidays...or maybe we already did...hmmmm," he wrote on Twitter. more. But will he unplug the auto-tune?
(Jam!) As Nelly Furtado prepares to survey the first decade of her recording career with the Nov. 15 release of a hits package, the Canadian singer said she's "just over sort of halfway done" with her next studio album. more
(Jam!) Michael Jackson's father is demanding up to $500 million in compensation in his wrongful death lawsuit against the King of Pop's personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray. more
(Billboard) Rihanna has parted ways with manager Marc Jordan and is now being managed by Jay-Z's Roc Nation Management. more
Glee, which passes off auto-tuned actors and actresses in their mid-to-late 20s as teen singers, has come under fire for their risquι photos in GQ. Billboard had this quote:" "It is disturbing that GQ, which is explicitly written for adult men, is sexualizing the actresses who play high school-aged characters on 'Glee' in this way," said PTC President Tim Winter. "It borders on pedophilia. Sadly, this is just the latest example of the overt sexualization of young girls in entertainment." more
(The 1st Five) Kanye West's upcoming album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy will reportedly be released with five different covers when it hits stores November 22nd. more. So he's following one gimmick up with another? Go Kanye Go!
(Yahoo) Actress Kim Novak is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Novak's manager says the 77-year-old "Vertigo" actress will receive "minimal" treatment more
(Hollywood Reporter) MTV and Dickhouse Productions have been sued by a man who claims his publicity rights were violated when he was "mocked as being a smelly old man" on an episode of "Rob Dydrek's Fantasy Factory." more
The Secret Sisters' single "My Heart Skips a Beat" is free on iTunes this week. It comes from their T. Bone Burnett produced self-titled album. Grab the free tune here
(Hollywood Reporter) "CSI" showrunner Carol Mendelsohn has sold a new crime drama to CBS. The untitled project brings to the small screen a series of suspense novels from author Thomas Perry. more
(Jam!) The Fall singer Mark E. Smith literally took aim at folk band Mumford & Sons during a recent music festival in Ireland by launching a bottle at the stage during their set because he didn't like their music. more
(Hollywood Reporter) Johnny Depp and director Rob Marshall, now in production on the fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie, will reunite on a remake of the classic private eye movie "The Thin Man." more
(Yahoo) "Glee" actress Dianna Agron has apologized for any offense caused to young fans by a racy photoshoot for men's magazine GQ, saying the controversial pictures "do not represent who I am." more
(ASB) Despite repeatedly apologizing to Taylor Swift, Kanye West slams the country music singer once again. He tells Access Hollywood "Where's our instant replay clock? Why are the last four Albums of the Year: Taylor Swift, Dixie Chicks, Ray Charles and Herbie Hancock? Like, you know, with all due respect...that's inaccurate." more
(Billboard) Elton John and Lady Gaga are teaming up for a duet entitled "Hello, Hello" to be featured in the upcoming Disney film "Gnomeo & Juliet." more
(Jam!) Elton John is urging Lindsay Lohan to swap "pampering" rehab centres for a tough "boot camp" treatment course - because the troubled actress needs serious professional help with her problems. more
(BBC) Lady Gaga has postponed her concerts in France until December, because of "logistical difficulties" caused by the ongoing strikes over pension reforms. more
(Billboard) Christina Aguilera will perform the theme to her upcoming film "Burlesque" at the 2010 American Music Awards on Nov. 21 more
(Billboard) A concert promoter who planned to host a "Welcome Back Party" to celebrate the release of T.I. from jail is not accepting the rapper's excuse that he couldn't attend because he was under home confinement. more
(Billboard) Taylor Swift has taken a break from singing about John Mayer and her ex-boyfriends to tackle a Coldplay cover. The country star performed an acoustic cover of the British band's "Viva La Vida" when she stopped by the BBC Radio 2 studio. Check it out here
(Yahoo) More than 1,000 people showed up at a rural gas station Thursday to watch Lady Antebellum perform their hit song "Need You Now" along with two others during a free concert outside the Mayfield Mobil station in suburban Milwaukee. more
(ASB) Almost at the same time when Black Eyed Peas' new single "The Time (The Dirty Bit)" is debuted, a cover art of their upcoming album "The Beginning" is unleashed. It features the four members of the group, will.i.am, Stacy Ferguson aka Fergie, apl.de.ap and Taboo, in an animated picture which is seemingly inspired by video game. more
(Yahoo) Russell Brand and Katy Perry are getting married this weekend at a luxury resort outside the Ranthambhore tiger sanctuary in the Indian state of Rajasthan, a local tour operator said Thursday. more
(Yahoo) Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elden S. Fox will formally determine whether Lindsay Lohan violated her probation with the drug test in September. If the actress admits the results are accurate as she has already done publicly then Fox could return her to jail or order her to remain in an inpatient rehab program. more
Tune in to NBC "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" Monday, October 25 to see Norah Jones and The Roots performing "Chasing Pirates" from The Fall,
as well as several songs from her forthcoming album
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(BBC) Actor Graham Crowden, who appeared in numerous shows including sitcom Waiting For God and Doctor Who, has died at the age of 87, his agent says. more
(Yahoo) The heirs of Four Tops founding member Renaldo "Obie" Benson are suing the group's sole surviving member for money they say they are owed. more
(Hollywood Reporter) Colin Farrell heads the list of actors being considered to fill the shoes of Arnold Schwarzenegger in a remake of the 1990 sci-fi movie "Total Recall." more
(Hollywood Reporter) CBS is going five-for-five: The network is giving full-season orders to all of its freshman shows more
(ASB) Justin Bieber's mother has dismissed rumors the teenage pop star has fired his manager, branding the reports "absurd". more He's still got a good six minutes left
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