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Day in Pop Report for 01/03/2013


American Idol Kris Allen and Pregnant Wife Injured in Car Accident
American Idol Season 8 champion Kris Allen and his pregnant wife were injured after being involved in a head-on collision on New Year's Day.

Allen suffered a broken wrist in the car accident and his wife Katy also suffered unspecified injuries. Their dog, who was also in the car, was uninjured.

Allen spoke about the accident in a Titter posting that said, "Thank you @Ford for equipping me with a car that kept my while family safe ... and the little one we have on the way safe."

And then he confirmed the news that he and his wife are expecting with this follow-up posting, "Yes I got in a really bad wreck tonight and yes I'm having a lil baby. #gonnabeadaddy."

Allen also reassured fans that he would still proceed with his upcoming tour, "Don't worry everyone I may have broken my wrist but the #OutAliveTour is still on."

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Country Music Legend Patti Page Dies
Country music legend Patti Page, one of the most popular female singers of all time, died on New Year's Day in Encinitas, Ca. at the age of 85.

A cause of death was not known by her manager. Another country music legend, George Jones, offered this tribute to page:

"I just loved singing with Patti and she hit notes I never dreamed of! We cut some songs together and it was a great time.

"She'll be missed by lots of folks and everybody needs to know how great she was.

"Patti was a wonderful singer with a real special voice." You can read more about her remarkable career here.

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Kanye West's Family Shocked By Kim Kardashian Baby News
(Hollyscoop) Long before Kanye West announced that Kim Kardashian was having his baby during a concert stop, and before Kim had time to blog about it, Kanye broke the news to his family, and let's just say they didn't react like Kim's family.

Kanye's cousin Tony Williams told Hollyscoop exclusively that Kanye's baby announcement wasn't met with champagne showers by his family.

"Kanye flew in the day after Christmas without Kim to tell us the news. When he told us, the family was silent. We were all kind of shocked," Tony tells us.

Silent. Yes, the family was silent. Not exactly the Twitter parade that Khloe, Kourtney and Kris Jenner were spouting off about Kimye's offspring.

When the family didn't respond, Tony says "Kanye asked me what I thought, and I told him, 'You are 35 years old. You have to have a kid eventually.'"

But the family finally came around, "Of course, we are all really excited for him and Kim."

Excited, but shocked.

Kim is technically still married to Kris Humphries, otherwise you know she'd probably try to get hitched to Kanye, so the couple has been pretty quiet concerning their future plans re: marriage.

"He did not say anything about them getting married, but no one asked," Tony tells us. more on this story

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Jonas Brothers Sued By Fan
The Jonas Brothers have been sued by a fan over alleged injuries incurred at one of their live appearances.

The fan, Ashleigh Johnson, filed a lawsuit claiming to have been "agonizingly crushed" into a fence and as a result suffered "severe injury to her body and shock to her nervous system" and "great mental...and nervous pain."

The alleged incident took place at The Grove, a shopping mall in Los Angeles, in May of 2010. The pop group and the shopping center owner were both named in the suit. Read more details here.

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Twilight Star Caught On Video Urinating In Public At LAX
Twilight star Bronson Pelletier was caught on video urinating in public at an airport last month.

Pelletier was arrested before Christmas after allegedly urinating in the middle of the airport terminal at LAX.

The actor was reportedly drunk and police first arrived to remove him from an aircraft and then instructed him to wait in the airplane terminal for a different flight. Apparently until he was sober enough to fly.

Police returned two hours later responding to a public urination complaint. At that point, the actor was arrested for public intoxication.

In the new video that has surfaced, Pelletier is seen being approached by an airport employee before he proceeded to urinate in front of the employee. You can watch the video here.

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The Tenors Plan Album Release Concerts
The Tenors will be playing two back to back album release shows in New York City later this month.

The concerts will take place at The Cutting Room on January, 14th and 15th in New York City

The shows will be in support of the January 15th release of their sophomore studio album, Lead With Your Heart.

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Jay-Z and The Bullitts Scoring The Great Gatsby
Jay-Z is teaming up with producer The Bullitts to score the film version of The Great Gatsby.

Bullitts posted the news on Twitter: "Jay-Z and myself have been working tirelessly on the score for the upcoming #CLASSIC The Great Gatsby! It is too DOPE for words!"

The film is the latest cinematic adaptation of the classic 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, which is being directed by Baz Luhrmann and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, and Jason Clarke. more on this story

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Justin Bieber Responds To Photographer's Death
Justin Bieber has publicly responded to the death a photographer who lost his life while photographing a traffic stop involving the pop star's car.

Bieber said,' 'While I was not present nor directly involved with this tragic accident, my thoughts and prayers are with the family of the victim.

"Hopefully this tragedy will finally inspire meaningful legislation and whatever other necessary steps to protect the lives and safety of celebrities, police officers, innocent public bystanders, and the photographers themselves.' See video here.

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The Last Royals Streaming New Album Online Ahead of Release
Spotify are streaming The Last Royals' debut album, Twisitification, in its entirety this week ahead of the official release.

The album will be released next Tuesday, January 8th, and was produced by Mike Beck. You can listen to the stream here.

"Musicians hold to this idea that people still listen to albums, even though they probably don't anymore," Eric James says. "But there's something beautiful about that ideal, and it drives me as a songwriter. I believe the album has a beginning, middle, and an end. There's a natural arc of tension, chaos and finally release." more on this story

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Pet Shop Boys Release Two New Digital EPs
Pet Shop Boys have released two new digital EPs in America for their latest single 'Memory of the future'.

The song, taken from their latest album 'Elysium', features brand new mixes by producer Stuart Price (Kylie Minogue, The Killers, Madonna).

The regular single EP release also features three brand new songs. The remix EP features remixes from German ambient-techno maestro Ulrich Schnauss, as well as new interpretations from DJ Waldo Squash and Digital Dog. more on this story

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Toro Y Moi Releases Say That Video
Toro Y Moi has released a new video on Youtube for a new song which is entitled "Say That."

The song comes from Toro Y Moi's third album, Anything In Return, which will be released on January 22nd. Watch the video here.

Toro Y Moi will be hitting the road on January 30th for a series of North American dates with Wild Belle, Sinkane, Dog Bite. more on this story

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Blood in Venice Releasing The Dancefloor Assassin
Blood in Venice have set a January 28th release date for their new EP "The Dancefloor Assassin."

The group will be releasing the EP digitally at all major services and will be selling a physical CD version directly from their website.

The Dancefloor Assassin will be followed in February by a music video for the title track.

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