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Day in Pop Report for 01/02/2013


Photographer Killed Trailing Justin Bieber's Car
A photographer was killed while attempting to photograph pop star Justin Bieber's car during a traffic stop on New Year's Day.

California Highway Patrol had pulled over Justin Bieber's white Ferrari for a routine traffic stop on the 405 Freeway, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Bieber was not in the vehicle, it was being driven by a friend who was instructed by police to pull off the freeway onto Sepulveda Blvd in Los Angeles.

The photographer was reportedly following the Ferrari when it was pulled over. The photographer then parked his car, got out and crossed Sepulveda Blvd to take photographs of the traffic stop.

As the photographer attempted to cross the street to return to his vehicle he was struck by a car.

The photographer was pronounced dead at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

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Kim Kardashian Hinted At Kanye West Baby
"Extra's" Mario Lopez recently sat down with Kim Kardashian and she responded to marriage rumors, but now we see how a lot of her reactions and answers to other questions were also signs that a baby was coming.

The big New Year's news, Kim Kardashian and Kayne West are expecting a baby. Kayne announced the news at his concert in Atlantic City last night and Kim then confirmed by tweeting on today, "It's true!! Kanye and I are expecting a baby. We feel so blessed and lucky and wish that in addition to both of our families, his mom and my dad could be here to celebrate this special time with us. Looking forward to great new beginnings in 2013 and to starting a family. Happy New Year!!! Xo"

Mario asked Kim about an Instagram picture that sparked rumors that Kanye was ready to pop the question. Kim said, "I had no idea, it was this Pucci gown and I was going to wear it to a red carpet event, and I was like uhhh it does look a little weddingish�.I wasn't even thinking that people would even assume I was trying on wedding dresses." Kim went on to laugh, "Aren't I still married?" Kim is in fact still married, but that didn't stop her from telling Mario how she feels about children, Kim saying, "I do love babies."

Wedding news still top of many minds, paparazzi asked Kim on Friday whether her and Kayne would be getting married anytime soon and if she had any big plans for the New Year, Kim responded with a major hint, "Very big."
The baby news is so big there is no doubt it will be a story line on upcoming Kardashian reality series. Mario had asked Kim about what viewers could expect. Mario, "So let's talk about "Keeping Up" because the season finale is around the corner�So what can you tease us with? Is there gonna be a cliffhanger?" Kim, "Let me just say babies are involved." Mario, "Babies, plural?" Kim's response, "Kind or, pregnancy might be involved in talks."

Now we know for sure that pregnancy is involved, Kim and Kanye have been dating for about eight months, it is believed that Kim is expecting a June baby. more on this story

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Katt Williams and Suge Knight Involved in Club Brawl
Katt Williams and his friend Marion 'Suge' Knight were involved in a brawl outside a Hollywood club last week.

Starpulse has posted video of the brawl at Eden club which begins after the brawl was already underway.

Williams appears in the video to be attempting to get away from the fight and eventually escapes into a black SUV.

Knight is seen at the end of the video getting into a white SUV and nearly hitting several people while attempting to leave the parking lot. Watch the video here.

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Psy Delivers Gangnam Style Finale
(popmusiclife) Psy brought his massive international hit, "Gangnam Style," to Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.

Prior to the Times Square performance, the Korean rapper revealed via Twitter that the performance would be "Gangnam finale."

"I'm really working hard on a new single right now, and I'm not saying ['Gangnam'] is ending on 'Dick Clark' - I still have a lot of invitations to perform it ... I'll be in Paris, and in February I got invited to perform in China, and I've still got to do promo," he said, according to Billboard.

"So let me say that in America I need a new single because 'Gangnam Style' got too popular, so I've got to write a new single." Watch it here.

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Bobby Womack Shows Signs Of Alzheimer's Disease
Legendary soul star Bobby Womack is suffering from what is suspected to be the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.

The Sun ran several quotes from Womack about the diagnosis. "The doctor says there are signs of Alzheimer's, it's not bad yet but will get worse," he said.

The 68-year-old singer says he has been struggling with his memory. "How can I not remember songs I wrote? It's frustrating.

"I don't feel together yet. Negative things come in my mind and it's hard for me to remember sometimes." Read The Sun report for more details.

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Fans Can Be Part of Beyonce's Super Bowl Halftime Show
Some lucky fans will have the chance to be part of Beyonce's Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show.

The pop star and Pepsi have teamed up in a promotion that invites fans to submit photographs of them is specific "poses" which may be selected to be part of the introduction video for Beyonce's performance.

A special website has been set up by Pepsi here where fans can see the poses and submit their photos.

Hundreds of photos uploaded with the hashtag #PepsiHalftime will be used in the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show introduction during the CBS telecast on February 3, 2013. more on this story

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Adele's 21 Hits Another Milestone
Adele's top selling album 21 has reached another landmark in the singer's native UK, becoming the fourth biggest selling album ever in the country.

Sales of 21 have pushed the album past Oasis' (What's The Story) Morning Glory? and only 500,000 more copies need to be sold for the album to overtake the current third place album by Abba.

21 has now sold 4,562,000 copies, according to BBC and it surpassed the UK sales records for Michael Jackson's Thriller and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon in 2012.

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Irving Azoff Resigns From Live Nation
Irving Azoff has resigned from Live Nation Entertainment. Azoff was the chairman of the company as well as CEO of its Front Line Management Group.

"After successfully overseeing the integration of Live Nation and Ticketmaster over the past two years, my job here is done. We put together the leading company across concert promotion, ticketing, sponsorship and artist management and delivered the great results promised by the merger," said Azoff in a statement.

"I especially enjoyed my time with my partner Michael Rapino, and he has demonstrated the ability to lead this company from now on. I'm looking forward to returning to the entrepreneurial world and continuing to work with all my friends and colleagues at Live Nation." more on this story

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Justin Bieber New Year's Eve Videos Go Online
(popmusiclife) Justin Bieber was one of the featured performers on Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve special Monday night.

Justin played three tracks from his "Believe" album, including "As Long As You Love Me" (with Big Sean), "Beauty And A Beat," and an acoustic take on the project's lead single, "Boyfriend."

The popstar revealed his plans for 2013 in a pre-show interview, saying, "We're just going to do some more touring, hopefully shoot a movie this year�a lot of great plans." Watch the interview and performance clips here.

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Dwight Yoakam Performing on Leno
Dwight Yoakam will be performing on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" tonight, Wednesday, January 2nd.

Yoakam will be appearing to promote his latest album 3 Pears and single "A Heart Like Mine."

3 Pears is Yoakam's 26th studio album and his highest-charting debut on the Billboard 200 and Billboard Country Albums chart.

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The Paramedic and Evelynn Kicking Off North American Tour
The Paramedic will be launching their North American "The Unstoppable Tour" on Friday with Evelynn.

The tour will kick off in Barrington, IL with dates announced until January 19th in Kettering, OH with more dates expected soon.

The Paramedic will be touring in support of their debut full-length, Smoke & Mirrors, which came out in October. more on this story

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Carly Rae Jepsen Performs Call Me Maybe and This Kiss for NYE
(popmusiclife) Canadian pop princess Carly Rae Jepsen brought her hits to New York's Times Square on Monday night.

Appearing on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve special hosted by Ryan Seacrest, Jepsen performed her massive hit, "Call Me Maybe," and her latest single, "This Kiss." Both tracks are from her debut album, "Kiss," released this past fall.

"Call Me Maybe," has sold more than 7 million singles worldwide and spent 9 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this summer, giving Carly the longest-running US chart-topper of 2012. Watch her performance here.

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