The Day in Pop Digest for 10/28/10: (Billboard) Billy Ray Cyrus and his wife Tish, the parents of teenage pop star Miley Cyrus, have filed for divorce in Tennessee after 17 years of marriage, the pair told People magazine on Wednesday. more(Jam!) Rihanna was unimpressed when she first met Katy Perry's future husband Russell Brand - she labeled him an "idiot" who made her want to "throw up". more.
(Billboard) Defense lawyers for the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death are urgently seeking testing of two syringes and an IV bag found in the singer's mansion. more
(ASB) Akon has been banned from performing at a gig in Melbourne, Australia after his 2009 concert in the city was marred by violence. more
(Billboard) Have you ever wanted to see Lil Jon and Diplo fight it out to the death on a video game? Probably not, but here's your chance anyway here
(NME) The Indiana Jones films could be the next classic movie franchise to be re-released in 3D. more
(ASB) The group behind Rage Against the Machine's Christmas chart success in Britain last year is hoping to convince Brits to buy digital copies of The Trashmen's 1963 hit "Surfin' Bird" on December 12 - and propel the novelty tune made famous by a recent episode of "Family Guy" to number one. more
(Hollywood Reporter) Director Christopher Nolan's third Batman movie will be called "The Dark Knight Rises," he told the Los Angeles Times. more
(BBC) A rare Darth Vader costume made for Star Wars film The Empire Strikes Back is expected to sell for £230,000 when it is auctioned next month more
(ASB) T.I. has until November 1 to turn himself in to authorities at Forrest City prison in Arkansas. Knowing his time is running out, the Atlanta rapper puts forward a music video to continue promoting his music. It's for his track "Ya Hear Me" and featuring him rapping to the camera with the support of a full band. more
(Yahoo) Danke shame.... An advisory board is recommending against entertainer Wayne Newton's proposal to build a museum and bus tourists to his sprawling estate southeast of Las Vegas. more
(Hollywood Reporter) – Lisa Blount, an actress (An Officer and a Gentleman) and Oscar-winning filmmaker, was found dead in her home in Little Rock, Ark., on Wednesday by her mother. She was 53. more
(ASB) Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood are to headline the fifth Stagecoach country music festival in California next spring. more
(Yahoo) Randy Quaid and his wife Evi, who sought asylum in Canada saying they feared for their lives, were freed from custody on Wednesday after it was discovered her father was born in Canada. more
(Yahoo) One of the world's most famous James Bond cars — the specially equipped silver Aston Martin first driven by Sean Connery in "Goldfinger" — was auctioned off Wednesday in London for 2.6 million pounds ($4.1 million.) more
