The Day in Pop Digest for 1/4/11: (Jam!) Jay-Z and Kanye West are serving up a New Year's treat for their devoted fans - they are set to release their joint album within a week. more(Billboard) Images of Justin Bieber, 16, and Selena Gomez, 18, apparently kissing and embracing on a private yacht in St. Lucia surfaced on the web forum Anything Disney over the weekend. The two sport bathing suits in the photos, and in one shot, Bieber is seen with his hand on Gomez's backside. more. She better be careful, he is jailbate!
(Jam!) Lady Gaga has teased fans with news of her forthcoming album release by posting a cheeky shot featuring her bare bottom on her Twitter.com blog more
(Yahoo) Prosecutors are set to unveil their case against the man hired to look after Michael Jackson's health during rehearsals for his comeback tour as a judge determines whether the doctor should stand trial in the superstar's death. more
(Billboard) Rapper Waka Flocka Flame has turned himself in on drug and gun charges. He faces charges of possessing marijuana and a controlled substance, possessing a firearm by a convicted felon and possessing a firearm during a crime. more
(NME) Brad Pitt has signed on to star in Cogan's Trade, which tells the story of a gangland enforcer. more
(Jam!) The Black Eyed Peas were left in the dark during a New Year's Eve performance at a private party in the Caribbean after the venue was hit by a blackout. more
(Billboard) Toni Braxton will appear in "Braxton Family Values" on the WE network starting in April. Braxton's sisters - Traci, Towanda, Trina and Tamar - are all aspiring singers. more
(NME) The script for the film version of TV show 24 has reportedly been rejected by 20th Century Fox more
(Yahoo) An Academy Award-winning songwriter's son has been indicted on a murder charge in the death of his swimsuit designer girlfriend, who was found in a posh hotel bathtub, according to court records that show the upgraded charges. more
(BBC) Actress Anne Francis, who played the love interest in the 1950s science-fiction classic Forbidden Planet, dies aged 80 more
(Gibson) On this day in 2004, Britney Spears had her surprise marriage annulled less than 55 hours after tying the knot at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas with childhood friend Jason Alexander. They couple married on Saturday morning, during a night out in Las Vegas, but immediately her lawyers filed for an annulment, saying Spears 'lacked understanding of her actions to the extent that she was incapable of agreeing to the marriage.'
On this day in 2005, the owner of a recording studio where Eminem recorded his Slim Shady LP was found shot dead. AJ Abdallah, who was 36, was discovered by a business colleague at the Detroit studio, it was thought he had been dead for at least two days. Police suggested that a robbery might also have taken place. Mr. Abdallah had lived in a apartment above the studio on Eight Mile Road, the Detroit street which inspired the title of Eminem's 2002 film 8 Mile. Find out what else happened on this date in music history here
