(Billboard) Trey Songz has signed to play one of the leads in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D," the latest reimagining of Tobe Hooper's 1974 horror classic about a group of teens who run into a family of cannibals in Texas. more(Billboard) Jeff Bhasker, a producer on a number of Beyonce's "4" tracks, bashed Kelly Rowland's "Motivation" on Twitter today, saying "How can this kr song with the weakest beat and melody of all time be the #1 song on urban!? Oh yeah. Wayne." more
(Jam!) Justin Bieber has agreed to play a private concert for David Beckham and his family in return for soccer lessons. more
(BBC) The premiere of the Batman arena show - which could tour the world for the next five years - goes smoothly after the Batmobile crashed in rehearsals more
(Billboard) An "original" version of Britney Spears' 2007 "Gimme More" video has leaked online, showing a slightly different plotline -- and a curvier Spears. While the "original" video footage still shows Spears stripping and performing on a pole, it also shows the small amount of pregnancy weight that she hadn't yet lost -- something which is suspiciously absent in the final video. more
(Jam!) Lady Gaga is adamant she did not copy Bette Midler's mermaid in a wheelchair performance, as she had "no idea" the veteran entertainer pulled a similar stunt 30 years before her. more
(BBC) Songs written by author Anthony Burgess for a stage musical version of his novel A Clockwork Orange are to be performed in the UK for the first time. more
(FMQB) Adele is one of 12 artists that has been "shortlisted" for the Britain's prestigious Mercury Prize for Album of the Year, for her smash record 21. more
(Billboard) DMX became a free man on Tuesday (July 19) after serving a seven-month sentence in an Arizona prison, a rep for the rapper confirms to Billboard.com. more
(Jam!) Sean 'Diddy' Combs is facing legal action from music executive Kevin Liles' cousin after he was injured during a shooting in the parking lot of the rap mogul's Atlanta, Georgia restaurant last year. more
