The Day in Pop Digest for 10/21/10: (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
