(Billboard) Leif Garrett checked into the latest season of VH1's "Celebrity Rehab" to battle years of drug abuse, but according to the pop singer and actor, the reality show had just the opposite effect. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Garrett claims that the "Rehab" producers encouraged him to relapse for dramatic purposes. more

(Billboard) Josh Groban performed a glorious commercial-style skit on Jimmy Kimmel Live advertising his "new album," "The Best Tweets of Kanye West," schooling us all on how to playfully take a jab at King Kanye. It includes 752 original songs on 48 CDs. Wait, what? See it here.

(Billboard) A choreographer who worked with Michael Jackson on his ill-fated concert tour told a judge Tuesday he clashed with Jackson's doctor and others over the superstar's health six days before he died. more

BBC reports that Michael Jackson's doctor tried to conceal having given the singer a powerful anaesthetic shortly before he died, prosecutors say at a hearing more

Meanwhile Yahoo reports that a bodyguard who prosecutors say was ordered by the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death to conceal syringes and other items before calling 911 is expected to shed light on the chaotic efforts that failed to revive the King of Pop. more

You thought Axl Rose was bad? Lauryn Hill showed no remorse after keeping devotees waiting for almost four hours at a recent comeback concert in New York, telling disgruntled fans she was "worth the wait". more

(FMQB) Rapper Rick Ross told WWPR (Power 105.1)/New York this week that his next album will be titled God Forgives, I Don't. more

(Billboard) After a brief, whirlwind romance, Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal have apparently called it quits. more

(Billboard) American Idol seventh season winner David Cook has released a new teaser video for his still-untitled sophomore album, which will follow his 2008 self-titled debut. more

(Yahoo) Kellie Pickler has gotten married. Her label, BNA Records, says in a statement that she wed songwriter Kyle Jacobs on New Year's Day. They held a small ceremony on a private island in the Caribbean more

(ASB) Soulja Boy has sparked controversy in the world of Twitter.com after declaring he is the man responsible for the catchy lyrics to Willow Smith's hit song Whip My Hair.

(BBC) Character actor Bill Erwin, best known for his role as the grumpy old man in US sitcom Seinfeld, dies aged 96. more