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George Michael Going To Jail- J.Lo Idol- Rich Cronin Final Song- Britney- Rocky Horror Glee- Lady Gaga- Petey Pablo Arrested- New Kanye West Song- Susan Boyle Leak- more (Top Story)

09/18/2010
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George Michael Going To Jail- J.Lo Idol- Rich Cronin Final Song- Britney- Rocky Horror Glee- Lady Gaga- Petey Pablo Arrested- New Kanye West Song- Susan Boyle Leak- more was a top 10 story this week . Here is the recap: This week's top Day in Pop digest stories Pt I: (Yahoo) George Michael was sentenced to eight weeks in jail and lost his license for five years Tuesday for driving under the influence of drugs when he crashed his car into a London photo shop. more

Casey Affleck has settled the sexual harassment cases filed against him by two women who worked on the controversial pseudo-documentary about Joaquin Phoenix. more

Jennifer Lopez has sealed a one-year deal valued at around $12 million to become a judge on Fox hit show "American Idol," according to reports. A deal would allow Lopez to be at the auditions of the new season of "Idol," which starts next week. more

On the MTV VMAs red carpet, Katy Perry said she has plans to tour behind "Teenage Dream" in 2011, MTV reports more

Brandon Flowers and wife Tana announced today that they are expecting their third child, People reports more

Jason Mraz opens up about his visit to Ghana with Free The Slaves and shares how a YouTube musician's "Freedom Song" shows the power of what music can do in a great new online video you can check out here.

American boyband star Rich Cronin sings of his health struggles and "endless pain" in the last track he recorded before losing his battle with leukaemia last week. The former LFO member died last Wednesday, September 8 after suffering a stroke following a five-year struggle with cancer of the blood. more

Spike Lee will direct a live webcast of a concert featuring John Legend and the Roots. The live stream will be webcast on YouTube, via the music video website Vevo. more

Oprah Winfrey might have surprised her talk show audience Monday by giving them all a free, eight-day trip to Australia but the trip also surprised Australians -- with a A$3 million (US$2.8 million) bill. more

Paris-based fashion house Thierry Mugler has tapped Lady Gaga's stylist, Nicola Formichetti, as creative director for its women's and menswear labels. more

Veteran character actor Harold Gould, who played Valerie Harper's father on television's "Rhoda" and the con man Kid Twist in the 1973 movie "The Sting," has died. He was 86. more

A Spanish agency that represents Penelope Cruz says the Oscar-winning Spanish actress is pregnant. more

Rufus Wainwright to Perform 'Songs for Lulu,' Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall more

BBC presenter Ray Gosling, who falsely claimed that he smothered his dying lover in a so-called mercy killing, is given a suspended sentence for wasting police time more

(Billboard) "American Idol" Did Not Meet J.Lo's Demands. Although she will receive a handsome deal for becoming a judge on "American Idol," Jennifer Lopez's demands for a $15 million pay check and guaranteed TV/film deals were not met by Fox and "Idol" producers, Deadline reports. more

(ASB) Producer Sean Garrett who told E! Online that he is back working with Britney Spears. "I'm going into the studio with her," Sean said during MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, September 12. "I love Britney. I want to help her grow. I want to do stuff that's going to be able to travel around the world." more

(Billboard) Meat Loaf and Barry Bostwick, who starred as Eddie and Brad Majors in the 1975 classic "Rocky Horror Picture Show," will lend their talents to "Glee" next month for the show's tribute to the film, E! reports. more

(Yahoo) A South African pop group known for its World Cup collaboration with Shakira has been barred from performing in neighboring Zimbabwe after releasing a video depicting President Robert Mugabe as a chicken, band members said Monday. more

(Yahoo) A spokeswoman for John Mayer says that the singer has discontinued his Twitter account with his Battle Studies Tour "now at a close and a return to the studio planned." more

(Yahoo) Bob Marley's family lost a lawsuit seeking the copyrights to several of the late Jamaican reggae singer's best-known recordings. more

(Yahoo) Actor John Malkovich will star as the 18th-century womanizer Casanova in a new Austrian theater production. more

(Yahoo) Winfrey kicked off her 25th and final season of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on Monday with promised surprises. After teasing the 300 audience members with a suggestion she might take them on a trip to New York, Philadelphia or Los Angeles, she said her last season merited something "bigger." more

(ASB) Cypress Hill and Apple executives have been slapped with a copyright infringement lawsuit over a song released almost 20 years ago. The bosses of California-based Drive-In Music Company have accused the group of illegally sampling a portion of The Music Machine tune "Come on In" on the band's 1991 track "How I Could Just Kill a Man", more

(ASB) Elton John has promised fans "very special guests and memorable moments" at his upcoming show to kick off the BBC's annual music festival. The "Rocket Man" was announced on Monday, September 13 as the first performer in the line-up of the BBC's Electric Proms event in London next month. more

Just in time for the Christmas rush, the DVD/Blu-ray version of "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" is set for release on December 4th. more

(NME) Lady GaGa has named her new album 'Born This Way'. The singer revealed the title during her acceptance speech for the Video Of The Year category at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards more

(Billboard) Lady Gaga has signed a licensing deal with beauty company Coty to issue fragrances under her moniker, Perez Hilton reports. more

(Yahoo) Lady Gaga, producer withdraw dueling NY lawsuits: They may have had a bad romance, but now there's a cordial professional split between Lady Gaga and a music producer who said she ditched him as both a collaborator and a boyfriend after he helped launch her career. more

(Yahoo) Officials say rapper Petey Pablo has been arrested at a North Carolina airport on gun charges. He is charged with being a felon with a gun and carrying a concealed, stolen weapon. more

(ASB) Another track from Kanye West has just been released. Called Good Friday, the song is a star-studded affair with the likes of Kid Cudi, Common, Big Sean, Pusha T and Charlie Wilson on the line-up. more

(Yahoo) Take That's Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow performed live together for the first time in 15 years on Sunday, singing their new single "Shame" at a charity concert in London to raise money for British soldiers more

(ASB) Simon Cowell has lashed out at Lou Reed for allegedly refusing permission for Scottish singer Susan Boyle to perform his "Perfect Day" anthem - branding the decision "pathetic". Boyle was left crushed and with a "heavy heart" after she was barred from covering the song on "America's Got Talent" during rehearsals for the show last week. more

(ASB) In related news: Amid controversy surrounding report that Lou Reed banned Susan Boyle from singing his song "Perfect Day", a studio version of the British singer covering his track made its way out on the web. more

(Yahoo) On a weekend that Hollywood was largely content to cede to football and late-summer barbecues, Sony-Screen Gems' "Resident Evil: Afterlife" led the box office. more
HBO's "Hung" and FX's "Sons of Anarchy" are adding to their casts. more

(Yahoo) Steve Harvey says he's bringing change to "Family Feud" and viewers better get ready to laugh when he debuts as host of the show today. more

(Yahoo) Actor Kevin McCarthy, who played the frantic doctor trying to save his friends and neighbors in the science-fiction movie classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," has died at age 96. more -

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