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Playboy Vs Drake- Justin Bieber Denies Porn Mag Rumor- Method Man Guilty- Office Boss Quits- Sandra Bullock Divorced- Nicki Lip-Sync- Minaj?- Rihanna Cancels- more

06/29/2010
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Today's top pop and entertainment stories, we begin with: Drake has been slapped with a lawsuit by Playboy Enterprises executives amid allegations his big hit Best I Ever Had illegally samples the tune Fallin' In Love, made famous by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds in 1975. more

Speaking of Playboy, Justin Bieber's representative has slammed rumors the teen sensation's mom is set to appear in a raunchy shoot with Playboy magazine, branding the suggestion "utterly erroneous". more

Method Man pleaded guilty to a tax-evasion charge Monday, writing a check on the spot for the final $40,000 restitution payment after owing about $106,000. more

Michael Jackson's father is withdrawing his request to receive more than $15,000 a month from his late son's estate. more

Next week Radio Disney is launching a 20-episode radio serial that follows a 14-year-old girl as she tries to pursue a dream of becoming a singer and songwriter. more

Speaking of Disney, "Ordinary Girl", a song recorded for "Hannah Montana" season 4 soundtrack, has been unleashed in full. Performed by the lead actor Miley Cyrus, the track will not be up for digital download until July 6 but now can be found everywhere on the web. more

Rihanna has canceled the opening concert of her upcoming tour later this week, on July 2 due to "production changes". The "Umbrella" hitmaker was due to kick off her "Last Girl on Earth Tour" with Ke$ha and Travis McCoy at Auburn's White River Amphitheatre in Washington on Friday, July 2, but the show has been axed. more

Actor Steve Carell is tendering his resignation as the egotistical boss Michael Scott of "The Office", and leaving the hit TV comedy show next year. more

Sandra Bullock and her estranged husband Jesse James have filed divorce papers in Texas, ending their nearly five-year marriage after he admitted to infidelity, according to reports. more

Shortly after being accused of delivering a lip-sync performance, Nicki Minaj took it to her Twitter to deny the report. "U could hear me in the auditorium but apparently not in TV land," the female rapper wrote. ASB reports, explaining why pre-recorded track was played during her set on TV, Minaj cited technical difficulties as the reason more

Humphrey Bogart gets a huge Blu-ray push this fall when Warner Home Video releases classics "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Treasure of Sierra Madre" on the format for the very first time, according to the Hollywood Reporter. At the same time, the studio also is releasing "Humphrey Borgart: The Essential Collection," which presents 24 Bogart movies on 12 discs. more

Kanye West is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit from a little-known songwriter and producer over his hit 2007 single "Stronger". Vincent 'Vince P.' Peters has accused the "Gold Digger" hitmaker of copying chunks from his own composition, also named "Stronger", which he alleges was written in 2006. more. Apparently, Kanye's new album will be released in September. At least according to Big Sean

Alice Eve, who starred opposite Jay Baruchel in "She's Out of My League," is in negotiations to join the cast of "X-Men: First Class," Fox's relaunch of the Marvel Comics-based franchise. more

Ne-Yo confirmed that he and his girlfriend, Monyetta Shaw, are expecting a child together. "I am 30, and I do have my first child on the way, and I'm very, very, very excited about that," the R&B crooner told Ebony magazine. more


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