The Day in Pop Digest for 8/20/10: (Billboard) Wyclef Jean is not on the list of approved candidates who satisfy legal requirements to run in a Nov. 28 presidential election, a member of the provisional electoral council said Thursday. more(Yahoo) A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit by a concert promoter against the late Michael Jackson over a failed reunion concert. more
If you like your yuletide songs over-sung, this report it for you! (ASB) Mariah Carey has announced plans to record a festive album for the 2010 holidays. Carey's "Merry Christmas" became one of the world's best-selling Yuletide albums of all time after it was released in 1994, and now the singer has plans to follow-up the compilation with a new set of holiday classics. more
(Billboard) Disney darlings Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers treated fans to a special surprise concert after the premiere of "Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam" in New York City. Wanna see? Go here
(BBC) Lee Ryan from boy band Blue is charged with assault after allegedly hitting his fiancee, the Metropolitan Police confirms. more
(MTV) Drake confirms a November 5th Lil Wayne homecoming concert and he also pleads with Wiz Khalifa to join him on Light Dreams and Nightmares Tour. more
(MTV) It appears viewers may get a taste of Madonna in Britney Spears' "Glee" episode. Spears, who has been sending out updates from the set of the Fox megahit, tweeted a picture of herself in a scene reminiscent of her Madonna collaboration, "Me Against the Music." more
Get a free download of N.E.R.D.'s "Hot-N-Fun" featuring Nelly Furtado here
(Billboard) Kanye West's "Power" clip has gotten a drunken make-over. Amateur Freddy Wong made a spoof of the video-portrait titled "Power Hour," with brand new lyrics about Hennessy, beer, 40s and other alcoholic beverages. Watch it here
(NME) 'Twilight' spoof 'Vampires Suck' watched online 100,000 times after leak An unfinished version of the Twilight spoof Vampires Suck has been downloaded more than 100,000 times since leaking online over a month ago. more
(BBC) BBC presenter Ray Gosling, who claimed on television that he smothered his dying lover, is to be charged with wasting police time. more
(Hecklerspray) OK! Magazine is rumored to be offering the former parent trapper Lindsay Lohan a cool one million dollars for the rights to her first post jail interview. more
(Yahoo) Ricky Martin has picked an appropriate title for his autobiography: "Me." The book will she bang into stores on November 2nd. more
(Yahoo) One of Phil Spector's sons has praised a documentary that depicts the convicted homicidal music producer as a sociopath and a narcissist. more
