Mjsbigblog — American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance producer, Nigel Lythgoe explained to the ladies of The Talk today why it was important for the judges' panel to be nice to the contestants, rather than cut them down, a la Simon Cowell. Also, Nigel revea... more info

The Independent — Lady Gaga, Coldplay and The Black Eyed Peas have signed up to appear at the iHeartRadio Music Festival. more info

ContactMusic — Lady Gaga has been pelted with eggs during her promotional trip to Australia. The Poker Face hitmaker headed Down Under earlier this month (Jul11) to play a series of concerts to coincide with the release of her latest album, Born This Way. But her t... more info

NME — 'Born This Way' star had played two impromptu shows at gay venues more info

Guardian Music — Players will pay using Facebook Credits to play games including tracks from Lily Allen, Gorillaz, David Guetta and other artistsEMI has become the first major label to sign a partnership to sell music within a social game on Facebook using the social... more info

Pop Justice — » Katy Perry has posted a picture of herself 'planking' dressed as a mermaid and Lady Gaga fans aren't happy. (Gather Celebs (http://celebs.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979622717)) » Up The Arse Corner hopefuls The Wanted wish t... more info

Gigwise — Singer targetted in the early hours... more info

E! Online — Which hall of fame, you ask? Music? Fashion? Style? Nope, this one: Bowling. Yep, those three stars, along with Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne, Jonas Brothers Nick and Joe, Jeff... more info

VH1 Blog — Only Katy Perry could make planking controversial. At about 1:45AM ET she posted the twitpic above of herself dressed as a mermaid, ostensibly on some sort of set, in this tweet: In less than an hour, the TwitPic’s comments were swarmed by angry Ga... more info

E! Online — There's something fishy going on here. But we've got to hand it to Lady Gaga and Katy Perry: feuding over the rights to a mermaid costume is among the more out-there celebrity... more info