This week's top Day in Pop Digest stories: (Billboard) A former bodyguard for Britney Spears filed a sexual harassment lawsuit on Wednesday accusing the pop star of repeatedly parading herself around in the nude and having sex in front of him. more(Yahoo) An attorney for Britney Spears' ex-husband called child abuse claims leveled at the singer by a former bodyguard baseless and motivated by money. more
(Jam!) Rich Cronin, former lead singer of the boy band LFO and the writer of its 1999 hit "Summer Girls," died on Wednesday after a battle with leukemia more
(Yahoo) MTV general manager Stephen Friedman said Wednesday that Eminem would open this year's Video Music Awards more
(Billboard) A Los Angeles man who sued Beyoncι Knowles claiming a music video shoot "shattered" his privacy has dismissed the case. more
(Yahoo) Country singer James Otto is hospitalized in Nashville. He was admitted to an area hospital Tuesday for an abdominal illness more
(Yahoo) Amy Winehouse is making music again. Quincy Jones says the five-time Grammy winner's first new track in years will appear on his forthcoming album, "Q: Soul Bossa Nostra." more
(ASB) Katy Perry has ended Eminem and Rihanna's run at the top of the U.S. pop charts by taking her "Teenage Dream" to number one. more
(Yahoo) Calling her "a Lindsay Lohan wannabe," a judge fined "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi $500 on Wednesday and ordered her to perform community service after she pleaded guilty to disturbing others on a beach in July. more
(Jam!) Cee-Lo Green has delighted fans by promising to reunite with his Gnarls Barkley bandmate Danger Mouse to release at least one more album. more
(ASB) Lady GaGa brought her concert in Washington, D.C. to a halt on Tuesday, September 7 when she spotted two feuding fans in the audience. The "Poker Face" hitmaker was finishing her performance of the song "Monster" when she spotted trouble breaking out in the crowd. more
(Yahoo) British tabloid veteran Piers Morgan, hired by CNN to start as Larry King's replacement as a prime-time interviewer in January, promised that he "came here to win." more
MTV Can't Kill The Video Star! Yahoo reports: MTV which will hold its 27th annual Video Music Awards on Sunday phased out videos in favor of reality programming and other shows that attracted better ratings. But recently, the music video has had a revival. Watching music videos has become central aspect of Internet usage. more.... But will labels and so-called artist rights organizations kill videos with inflated royalty demands from websites who give their music free publicity by posting their videos?
Speaking of MTV, the network is planning more "Jersey Shore" this year according to Yahoo. The network is lining up a pair of specials to air after the Miami-set second season finale October 21. more
(ASB) Katy Perry wants to give Simon Cowell an extra special wedding present - by performing a duet with his TV colleague Cheryl Cole at the ceremony. more
(ASB) The artwork of Rihanna's new single "Only Girl (In the World)" is unearthed just a day after the song debut. It boasts the naked 22-year-old singer sporting long red wig, kneeling down and clutching a red rose dress to cover her modesty more
(Jam!) The mother of a promising young singer who committed suicide has accused Lady Gaga of stealing her daughter's eccentric performing style after the pair collaborated in 2007. Lina Morgana co-wrote several songs with the Poker Face hitmaker before she became Lady Gaga and shot to fame in late 2008 more
(ASB) Lou Reed has reportedly broken Susan Boyle's heart by refusing to let her sing his "Perfect Day" anthem on a reality TV show . more
(Yahoo) Britney Spears denied a bodyguard's accusations that she sexually harassed him and abused her children, saying Thursday in a statement on her website that authorities looked into his claims but found no reason to act. more
(Yahoo) More than a half-dozen public employees snooped in confidential state records for personal information on "American Idol" runner-up Crystal Bowersox, officials said Thursday. more
(Yahoo) According to Billboard Katy Perry's "California Gurls" is the top song of the summer. more
(Yahoo) Willow Smith, the nine-year-old daughter of actor Will Smith, has signed a record deal with rapper Jay-Z and her first single is already kicking up a storm on the Internet. more
(Yahoo) "Glee" star Matthew Morrison hopes to release his debut album in February, as he fits recording in between filming episodes of the show's second season. more
(ASB) DMX has been added to the line-up for the Epicenter 2010 festival in California at the end of the month, September 25 - 26. more
(Jam!) Lindsay Lohan's family home in New York has become the target of vandals who pelted the home with eggs and dirt bombs more
(Jam!) A woman who alleges she is Michael Jackson's lovechild is begging a judge to reconsider her case - two days after it was thrown out of court. more
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