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Day in Pop Report for 08/17/2012


Lady Gaga's Bodyguards Fan Assault Caught On Video
(popmusiclife) Lady Gaga's bodyguards assaulted an autograph-seeking fan in Romania and the incident was caught on video.

Gaga was walking through the lobby of her hotel in Bucharest with her security team when a fan entered through a revolving door to get an autograph. As the fan approached Gaga, he held out some paper and a pen but was taken down by both bodyguards, who slammed the fan into a wall.

As Gaga made her way to the door, one guard stayed with her while the other kept a knee on the fan's head in order to hold him down � even though he wasn't struggling or resisting. The fan left the lobby immediately after the incident. Watch the video here.

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Flo Rida Beats Carly Rae Jepsen
(popmusiclife) Flo Rida has knocked Carly Rae Jepsen off the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Flo's "Whistle" hits No. 1 this week, marking his third #1 of his career, following his 2008 club anthem "Low" (Featuring T-Pain) and 2009′s "Right Round."

Jepsen's smash hit, "Call Me Maybe," held down top spot for the past 9 weeks, the longest chart-topper of 2012. Check out the video here.

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Kim Kardashian Not Divorcing Kris Humphries To Marry Kanye
(TMZ) Kim Kardashian is telling close friends she is not pushing for a divorce so she can marry Kanye West -- she's saying Kris Humphries has simply become "a cancer" she wants out of her life forever.

Sources connected with Kim tell TMZ ... after Wednesday's court hearing, Kim said, "Kris is the first person I ever had to break-up with and that f**ked with my emotions." She added, when their marriage started to fall apart "He told our producers he would destroy my career and me if the show wasn't edited right."

Kim, who is telling friends she is "emotionally exhausted" from dealing with Kris, says if he really thinks he can convince a judge she defrauded him, wait 'til he sees the outtakes of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" -- which show Kris as a "manipulative, vindictive, petty, fame-hungry jerk."

Kim is telling friends, "It's all on camera and it's going to backfire in his face." more on this story

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Amanda Bynes Hit and Run Case To Be Sent To Prosecutors
(TMZ) Police believe there is enough evidence to charge Amanda Bynes with hit-and-run -- after she allegedly rear-ended someone last week and fled the scene -- and now, they're passing the case to prosecutors ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.

According to sources, LAPD officers recently made contact with Bynes following the accident and spoke with her.

After completing their investigation, we're told cops believe there is adequate evidence she committed a hit-and-run. They will be kicking the case to the L.A. City Attorney for prosecution within the next week.

It will then be up to the City Attorney whether to file a misdemeanor hit-and-run charge against the actress.

TMZ broke the story ... an L.A. woman filed a police report against Bynes on August 4th, claiming the actress rammed into her -- then refused to exchange insurance information and drove away. more on this story

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Anita Baker Makes History With Her New Single Lately
Anita Baker made history this month with her new single "Lately", which was released digitally on August 7, 2012.

On Monday, August 6th, Baker was the first recording artist ever to have an unprecedented premiere on Urban Adult Contemporary Radio for all Clear Channel stations as they played her single "Lately" every hour on the hour.

"Lately" is produced by The Underdogs and executive produced by Anita Baker and Don Was. The new album "Only Forever" is due out Tuesday, October 23, 2012. more on this story

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Fishbone Kicking Off Tour Next Week
Fishbone will be hitting the road next Friday, August 24, for The World's Most Powerful Adhesive Tour.

The tour will hit 30+ cities across the US including Hermosa Beach, Portland, Seattle, Detroit, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Tempe, Las Vegas and many more stops.

The band will then be landing back in Southern Cali to finish their tour at Yost Theater in Santa Ana, with special guests to C-Money & The Players (members of Slightly Stoopid). more on this story

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Bauhaus' David J Teams With Teen Singer McKenna Frazer For Her Debut
McKenna Frazer's debut single is a cover of Bauhaus' David J's "I'll Be Your Chauffeur" which was recording in collaboration with J and Thievery Corporation's Rob Garza and the story of how that happened is quite the tale. Her camp sent it over:

San Francisco native,18-year old McKenna Frazer is charming, talented, driven, adventurous, and loves to give back. She is also an avid music lover. And it doesn't hurt that David J, renowned artist and founding member of the rock band Bauhaus, is her biggest advocate.

Their recent collaboration, a rendition of his hit "I'll Be Your Chauffeur," was originally recorded as a gift for McKenna's father, who is a good friend of David J's. McKenna grew up listening to David's music and when she decided to record a song for her dad, this one seemed perfect. She was going through her dad's music collection and came across "I'll Be Your Chauffeur," a song she knew by heart. She describes the process as simple and organic, saying that "the song is so beautiful- it just clicked. I wanted to record a song for my dad before I left for my gap-year in India, and I knew it was the perfect choice." She began teaching herself the chords, popped open her laptop, and began laying down individual tracks for the ukulele and vocals. After adding harmonies and a little "do-do-do" line (which she borrowed from the guitar riff on the Pretender's song, "Back on the Chain Gang") it was complete! more on this story

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Zedd Releasing Debut Album in October
Interscope Records have set an October 9th release date for Zedd's full-length debut album, Clarity.

The album will include the hit track "Spectrum" Feat. Matthew Koma, which was #1 on Beatport for 18 days, and rocketed into the top 10 of the iTunes dance chart.

The album was recorded over an 8-month period from January through August 2012, and features collaborations with Ellie Goulding, Ryan Tedder and Foxes. more on this story

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A Fine Frenzy and Joshua Radin Tour
A Fine Frenzy (Alison Sudol) will be teaming up with singer-songwriter Joshua Radin for a five-week coheadlining tour of North America this fall.

The tour kicks off at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Barbara, CA on October 11, includes the third annual City Arts Festival in Seattle, WA on October 18, and wraps up at Los Angeles' historic Wiltern on November 16.

A Fine Frenzy will be touring in support of her brand new album, Pines, which is set for release on October 9th more on this story

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Wolfgang Gartner Plans Love & War Tour
Wolfgang Gartner will be hitting the road this fall for Love & War Tour, a North American trek that will span over 30 dates in five weeks.

DJ/producers Pierce Fulton and Popeska will support Wolfgang Gartner throughout the tour.

"This will be my second five-week, nonstop bus tour of North America," says Wolfgang. "A lot has changed in my performance and the overall landscape of dance music in America since the last tour in March of 2011�in a very good way. The production/visual effects team and crew I'll have with me will be breaking new ground as well as bringing my music to new markets that have never had a chance to experience it live before. I really think this tour will be five of the most memorable weeks of my life." more on this story

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Double Dare Host Marc Summers Broke Multiple Bones In His Face
(TMZ) Marc Summers -- the legendary host of "Double Dare" -- tells TMZ he suffered multiple broken bones in his face and required emergency surgery after a bad car accident in Philadelphia last week.

Summers -- who also hosts "Unwrapped" on the Food Network -- says he can't remember much about the accident ... only that he was a passenger in the back seat of a taxi cab ... when the car hydroplaned and lost control.

60-year-old Summers says ... he was told he flew out of his seat and into the clear partition inside the taxi cab face first ... breaking several bones in the process.

Marc was rushed to a nearby hospital ... and says doctors performed emergency plastic surgery to put his face back together.

The TV icon tells us he's out of the hospital and resting at his home in Philly.

"I'm all good ... just in a lot of pain."

Summers says ever since the accident his famous Food Network chef friends like Mario Batali, Bobby Flay and Michael Symon have come through STRONG ... offering to make him special "get well" meals.

Problem is Marc is still having some trouble operating his mouth ... and can't chew very well. So he's been limited to easily consumed soft food items like pastas and purees.

Side note - Summers says he has not looked at himself in the mirror yet ... but he's been told that the damage isn't too bad. more on this story

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Jenna Jameson Pleads Guilty To DUI Charge
(TMZ) Jenna Jameson pled "guilty" to DUI -- but the good news for her ... she won't face any jail time.

TMZ broke the story ... Jameson was arrested after a single-car accident back in May in Orange County -- and was subsequently charged with DUI ... drugs and alcohol.

Jenna was also charged with driving without a valid license -- but that count was dropped today in exchange for her guilty plea.

According to law enforcement, Jenna blew a .13 and had two prescription drugs in her system at the time of her arrest -- zolpidem (Ambien) and buprenorphine (Suboxone).

Jenna was sentenced Thursday to 3 years informal probation -- and was ordered to participate in a 3-month alcohol education program, as well as the MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) program in O.C. more on this story

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Bobbi Kristina Says Her Father Bobby Brown Not Conquering His Demons
(TMZ) Bobby Brown is NOT conquering his demons ... the demons are conquering him ... this according to his daughter Bobbi Kristina.

Whitney Houston's daughter was leaving LAX with her "brother" Nick Gordon when we asked if her father is "rising above" his alcohol issues now that he's checked himself into rehab. "'Rise above' is not the word you should use" ... Bobbi told us ... "Not at all."

TMZ previously reported, Brown checked himself into a treatment center earlier this week ... after struggling with booze for years and getting a DUI back in March.

Clearly, not everyone is convinced it's a battle Bobby is going to win. more on this story

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Katherine Wanted Michael Jackson Estate To Pay For Janet's Toilet Paper Not Mortgage
(TMZ) We have more info on Katherine Jackson's request for the Michael Jackson Estate to pay for expenses related to Janet Jackson's Las Vegas home, and it turns out toilet paper -- NOT mortgages -- is on her mind.

As we previously reported, the Estate filed documents asking the court to allow the Executors to pay Katherine for "expenses relating to .... a residence in Las Vegas."

We're told the residence is Janet Jackson's home. Fact is ... there's no need to cover any mortgage expenses, because we're told Janet doesn't have a mortgage -- she owns the home outright, but never spends time there. In fact, we're told she bought the home so Katherine could use it. And, she has provided various other forms of support for Katherine over the years. So what we reported initially -- that the Estate would pay part of the mortgage -- isn't the case.

Sources connected to Katherine now tell us, Katherine wants the money because she incurs various expenses when she spends time at Janet's property. Our sources say the expenses include, food, cable, utilities, Internet, travel and even toilet paper.

It's unclear why Katherine feels she's entitled to more money for things like food and toilet paper, because what she consumes and uses in Vegas she doesn't in L.A. more on this story

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Salma Hayek Aiding Halle Berry In Custody War
(TMZ) Halle Berry has an ace up her sleeve in her child custody war ... her good friend Salma Hayek ... and Halle believes her sexy friend could help her convince a judge that moving to France is necessary for her and Nahla.

TMZ has learned ... Halle's lawyers just filed a declaration from Salma ... in which the actress says she knows first hand that France is a much safer place for a celebrity because of tougher paparazzi laws.

In the declaration, Salma -- who's married to a French billionaire -- tells the court ... she spends a ton of time in France with her young daughter Valentina ... and doesn't have to deal with the kind of paparazzi crushes she gets when she's in the United States.

As we previously reported, Halle wants to move across the pond with her daughter and fiance to escape the constant paparazzi attention and recent intruders at her L.A. home. more on this story

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Robert Pattinson Takes High Road In Kristen Stewart Cheating Scandal
(TMZ) Robert Pattinson took the high road last week in his first interview since Kristen Stewart 'fessed up to cheating on him -- because he did NOT publicly tear her a new one for the scandal.

Pattinson taped his 'Daily Show' interview with Jon Stewart ... and sources in the studio tell us RPat seemed anxious about answering the inevitable Kristen Stewart-Rupert Sanders affair question.

But Rob refused to rip his ex-gf. When Jon Stewart asked, "How are you doing?" ... Pattinson would only say, "I intend not to say anything."

Jon didn't press further, saying ... "I wish you the best, these things happen when you're young."

Outside the studio ... some of RPat's fans actually booed him as he entered, because his SUV limo pulled in without stopping. more on this story

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Chmerkovskiy Denies Slapping Dancing With The Stars Partner Hope Solo
(TMZ) Maksim Chmerkovskiy is adamant ... he NEVER slapped Hope Solo across the face behind the scenes at "Dancing with the Stars" ... despite allegations she made in her new book.

TMZ has learned ... Maksim was absolutely shocked when he heard about the "completely false" story in Hope's book, "Solo: A Memoir of Hope"

In the book the Team USA soccer star claims Maksim pulled a Rick James while trying to put her head in the correct position for a dancing move.

The two were partners on "DWTS" in 2011. more on this story

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Ryan Lochte Trademarks Jeah Catchphrase
(TMZ) Ryan Lochte's annoying catchphrase "Jeah!" is a friggin' GOLD MINE -- at least that's what the swimmer believes ... because he just filed docs to lock up a trademark for the made-up word.

According to the trademark docs, Ryan wants to use the word on sunglasses, workout DVDs, gift cards, mugs, drinking glasses, trading cards, calendars, posters, swimsuits, swim caps, sports hats, and water bottles.

In fact, Lochte's already getting the party started on his website -- selling "Jeah"-themed tees, hats, and sunglasses.

According to a 2009 interview, Ryan got the phrase from rapper Young Jeezy, who uses a similar word "Chea!" in his songs. Ryan says he changed it a little to "Jeah!" ... and says it means something "good." (skip to 1:00 in the video at this link)

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