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Autotune Idol- Faith Evans Arrested- Mysterio Vs Brandy- One New Kanye Song A Week- Wyclef Won't Give Up- Glee Emmy Blues?- Betty White Wins- True Love for True Blood Stars- more

08/23/2010
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The Day in Pop Digest for 8/23/10: (BBC) Perhaps they should change the show's name to Autotune Idol? (BBC) X Factor bosses have admitted to using vocal enhancement processes on the ITV talent show. Fans had claimed after the opening show that "autotuning" had been used to improve some contestants' voices. more

(Yahoo) Grammy-winning singer Faith Evans has been arrested after being stopped at a drunken driving checkpoint in the Los Angeles area. more

(ASB) There will be one new song revealed every Friday, so Kanye West announced on Sunday, August 22 via Twitter. Calling the treatment as GOOD Fridays, he wrote, "I know yall need the music so I'm dropping 1 new song every weekend until Xmas." more

House music star Marc Mysterio is suing Brandy for breach of contract after she pulled out of contributing to one of his tracks. Mysterio tells PopEater that in a phone conversation between the two parties, Brandy's manager and cousin Ryan Ramsey dropped allegedly said: "Yo Marc, listen, we just had a meeting with Universal and we tryin' to wrap up her new album deal with them and we have an issue now cuz we went over all the features she had lined up and they won't sign the deal with us if she follows through on your song cause they don't want her rapping over a dance record since they weren't happy with how her Bran'Nu tracks on Timbaland's album went down, so we gotta back out on this one." more

(Yahoo) Wyclef Jean said Sunday he is not abandoning his presidential bid just yet and will try to get the courts to overturn a decision disqualifying him from the race. more

(Yahoo) Although the madcap but dark musical comedy Glee goes into this year's highest television honors with a leading 19 nominations, victory for "Glee" at the August 29 primetime Emmy Awards ceremony is far from a foregone conclusion. more

(Yahoo) The owner of the New York house made famous in the 1979 film "The Amityville Horror" is holding a moving sale. more

(Yahoo) Betty White won an Emmy Award for best guest actress in a comedy series for her turn as "Saturday Night Live" host. The honor came Saturday at the creative arts ceremony that is precursor to the main Emmy show. more

(Yahoo) "True Blood" co-stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer have taken their true love to the altar. The couple's publicists said in a statement the 28-year-old Paquin and 40-year-old Moyer were married Saturday night more

(Jam!) Shakira is in trouble with Spanish authorities after dancing in a Barcelona fountain while filming a music video more

(ASB) Responding to rumor that Chris Brown and Usher were going to tour together, a person from Brown's camp told CB Web that the joint trek is "definitely not happening." more

Wanna give James Cameron more of your hard earned cash? Here is your chance: (Yahoo) "Avatar: Special Edition," which includes 9 minutes of new footage, opens in 3-D theaters worldwide Friday. more

(Jam!) Jackson compound 'haunted by ghosts' Jermaine Jackson has spoken out about his family's darkest secret - the clan's famous compound in Encino, California is haunted by ghosts more

(ASB) John Mayer thrilled fans at a sold-out concert on Sunday, August 22 after inviting jazz star Brad Mehldau onstage for a duet set. more

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