The Day in Pop Digest for 4/28/11: (Jam!) Justin Bieber is performing through the pain on his tour of Australia - he's suffering from a mystery back injury. Taking to his Twitter.com blog, he writes, "Crazy 24 hours of travel... back is messed up... but we are smiling. more(Billboard) Beyoncι has been hit with a hefty $100 million lawsuit, after the singer reportedly bailed out on creating a "motion-sensing dance video" titled "Starpower: Beyonce." more
(Jam!) Katy Perry is suing an Australian NW magazine, who ran a front-page story in March claiming the pop star, who is married to English funnyman Russell Brand, had an "intimate relationship" with record producer Benny Blanco. more
(FMQB) Adele's 21 album is back on top of the U.S. sales chart this week as it shifted another 153,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. more
(MTV) The first trailer for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2," premiered Wednesday (April 27) on ABC Family made good on all of the hype and surpassed expectations. more
(Billboard) "American Idol" season 1 runner-up Justin Guarini and wife Reina Capodici welcomed a baby boy, William Neko Bell Guarini, on Tuesday (Apr. 26). more
(Jam!) A little-known actor has launched an online bid to raise cash to fund a trip to Los Angeles so he can propose to pop star Avril Lavigne. Jason Selvig wants to raise $5,000 to cover his travel costs and expenses - and strangely enough, people are already pledging more
(FMQB) Next week, Lady Gaga will finally unveil the "Judas" video when it premieres during American Idol. In a new interview, the singer described the clip's biblical and cultural references.more
(MTV) Miley Cyrus surprised the American Idol finalist with an impromptu visit during her mentoring session. "About halfway through my meeting with Jimmy, he had a big surprise for me," Alaina gushed to viewers in a pre-taped segment on the show. "Miley Cyrus walks in. I was like [jaw drops open] ... she was so nice and she gave me such great advice." more
(Billboard) Today, 50 Cent will launch Thisis50Comedy.com, a comedy content site that will feature the debut of "This is 50 Comedy Show" more
(FMQB) R. Kelly will launch an 18-city Love Letter tour this summer, featuring openers Keyshia Cole and Marsha Ambrosius. more
(Billboard) Drake is joining the voice cast of the upcoming film, "Ice Age: Continental Drift." Other voice cast members announced yesterday (April 26) are Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lopez and more
(AP) Cirque du Soleil wants to recreate Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch in Sin City. The Mandalay Bay hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip plans to open a sprawling entertainment complex more
(Billboard) Katy Perry's "E.T.," featuring Kanye West, flies back to the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100, while a song from the album atop the Billboard 200 roars to the Hot 100's runner-up rank. Find out why here
Culture Brats just published their interview with Porcelain Black, who just released "This Is What Rock N Roll Looks Like." They talked to her about opening for Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj, her new album, and her backstage rituals. Check it out here
(BBC) Australia's ABC broadcaster cancels its satirical royal wedding special after being told footage could not be used for "comedy purposes". more
(FMQB) Actress Kate Hudson confirmed on the Today show this morning that she is engaged to Muse frontman Matt Bellamy.more
(Hollywood Reporter) "The Voice" premiere drew a 5.1 rating in the coveted adults 18-49 demographic, while a 90-minute, Lady Gaga-inspired "Glee" had to make do with a 3.4. Overall, "Voice" averaged 11.8 million viewers during its heavily promoted two-hour premiere, which is about half of what "Idol" pulls in for Fox. more
