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American Idol Murder Charge- Glee Doing Britney- Katy Perry Denies Dissing 'That Ho' Miley- Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas Duet- Snoop- Susan Boyle Seeks Unknown- more

07/12/2010
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Here is the Day in Pop Digest for 7/12/10: a quick roundup of the top pop news stories from across the web: (AP) A New Jersey man has been indicted in the hit-and-run death of former "American Idol" contestant Alexis Cohen whose angry rejection rant became an Internet sensation. more

(THR) Good news for fans of Britney and Glee. The show's creator Ryan Murphy says, "We are writing a Britney Spears episode." Grab more details here

(ASB) Katy Perry has denied a report that she had blasted Miley Cyrus' recent change of style. The "I Kissed a Girl" singer wrote on her Twitter, "Rumor control: I never said sh*t bout my girl Miley. I love that ho. Mags should stop pitting girls against each other. We all can co-exist!"

(MTV) Thousands of fans stood in line in the scorching heat outside of Rockefeller Plaza to see Lady Gaga's "Today" show performance early Friday morning (July 9). more

(ASB) Another song from "Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam" has been out everywhere on the web in full stream. This new one titled "Wouldn't Change a Thing" is performed solely by Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas. more

(AP) American Idol winner Carrie Underwood married NHL player Mike Fisher at a resort in Georgia on Saturday. more

(THR) Universal's 3D animated feature "Despicable Me" topped the domestic weekend boxoffice with an estimated $60.1 million. See how the rest of the boxoffice did here

(ASB) Miles Davis' legendary bass player Michael Henderson is taking Snoop Dogg to court after accusing the rapper of illegally sampling one of his songs. more.

Speaking of Snoop, People has a story and video where Snoop details his daughter's tough battle with Lupus here

(ASB) Eminem paid tribute to his murdered best friend Proof and appealed for the release of jailed pal Lil Wayne during his appearance at the T in the Park festival on Saturday. more

(Jam!) LeAnn Rimes has become the latest star to announce she's taking a break from 'tweeting,' insisting the negative comments fired at her and her family on the social networking website are "unhealthy." more

(ASB) Cheryl Cole has pulled out of a performance at the U.K.'s upcoming V Festival as she continues to battle malaria. more

(BBC) Kylie Minogue tops the UK album chart for the fifth time with Aphrodite, while JLS score a third number one single more

(ASB) Susan Boyle wants her fans to experience the same overnight success she garnered in 2009 - she's launching a search to find a singer to duet on her new album more

(Jam!) Lindsay Lohan appears to be prepared to turn her life around after her upcoming jail stint is complete if the title of her leaked new single is anything to go by. more

(MTV) No 'Avengers' for Ed Norton: Marvel confirms actor won't return as Hulk. But apparently the film will feature Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury more

(ASB) Rihanna has been forced to scrap another date on her U.S. tour due to poor ticket sales. Her show at Indiana's Verizon Wireless Music Center on August 3 has been called off more

(THR) "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" ruled the foreign theatrical circuit for the second straight session, grossing $81.1 million more

(AP) A federal judge has drastically trimmed a $675,000 verdict against a Boston University graduate student who was found guilty of illegally downloading more

(ASB) The manager of the late Ol' Dirty Bastard has taken aim at the rapper's widow for allegedly selling the rights to his last-ever album for a pittance more

(AP) Walter Hawkins, a Grammy Award-winning gospel singer, composer and pastor from Oakland, died Sunday. He was 61. more


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