Katy Perry has become the second artist in history to have five Billboard number one hits from the same album. She shares the record with Michael Jackson who set it with his album Bad in 1987. Perry reached the milestone when her song Last Friday Night pushed to the top of the charts this week.

Katy Perry has become the second artist in history to have five Billboard number one hits from the same album. She shares the record with Michael Jackson who set it with his album Bad in 1987. Perry reached the milestone when her song Last Friday Night pushed to the top of the charts this week.

Jay-Z is living the high-life! The hip hop mogul threw a party at the Liv nightclub in Miami to celebrate his new album launch and he racked up a 250-thousand dollar bar tab just on champagne. He bought one bottle that cost 100 grand on its OWN. And if that weren’t enough, Jay left a 50-thousand dollar tip for the wait staff at the end of the night.

President Obama’s approval rating has fallen below 40 percent for the first time. Republican hopefuls continue bashing Obama and his politics and now he’s retaliating. The president is launching a counteroffensive this week that will deem Republicans “tea party lackeys” and reiterate his plans for change.

An actress from the critically acclaimed series “The Wire” has pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute heroin in Baltimore. Felicia “Snoop” Pearson – who played a gang-banger and killer on the show – received a 7-year suspended sentence, with credit for time served. It’s not exactly a case of life imitating art. Before being cast, Pearson was an ACTUAL drug dealer in Baltimore.

Cuba promised once again this week that private property ownership would become a reality by the end of the year. Of course with options come regulations, and Cubans are expecting strict guidelines like limiting Cubans to one full-time residence and imposing property taxes to suppress the market. Regardless, private property is a cornerstone of capitalism so it’s a huge leap forward for the communist nation.

Forbes has released its annual list of Hollywood’s highest paid actors. Coming in at number one was Leonardo Dicaprio, whose back end earnings on Inception and Shutter Island totalled 72 million dollars. Johnny Depp came in second with 50 million thanks to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. And rounding out the top three was Adam Sandler who made 40 million producing and starring in Grown Ups.

A new Star Wars Kinect bundle was announced at this year’s San Diego Comic Con. For 450 bucks, you get a Kinect Star Wars game, a custom R2 D2 Xbox with customized sounds, a white kinect sensor, a custom C-3P0 controller, a 320 gig hard drive, a headset, kinect adventures game, and exclusive DLC. It’s beautiful and I want it!

Thousands of ravers were rioting in Hollywood. It happened outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, when everyone tried to crash the premiere of a documentary about the Electric Daisy Carnival music festival. Police cars were attacked and fires were started on Hollywood Blvd. Riot police responded by firing rubber bullets and bean bags to disperse the crowd.

Poll Finds Majority Support Mixed Budget Plan
The American people have spoken, and they want a compromise! According to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, 56-percent of US citizens support a budget plan that mixes spending cuts with tax increases. This pretty much falls in line with what the President has been asking for. And fair or not, 31-percent of respondents feel the Republicans are responsible for the current stalemate.

Mexican Soldiers Cross Border Into Texas
Nearly three-dozen uniformed Mexican soldiers crossed the border into southern Texas on Tuesday – without authorization. The feds have kept a lid on the episode but what we know is that there were no injuries and no gunfire exchanged. After border guards caught up with the 33 soldiers, it was determined to be inadvertent and they were sent back to Mexico. Oops!

US Wealth Gap Widest On Record
New Census data shows that the financial gap between whites and other ethnic groups in the US is the widest it’s been since records began! On average, whites have twenty times the net worth of blacks, and eighteen times that of Hispanics. Experts blame the disparity on the country’s uneven economic recovery since the recession.

UK Tells Gaddafi Diplomats To Get Out
The UK has officially kicked out Libyan diplomats loyal to Muammar Gaddafi. Foreign Secretary William Hague announced that they were no longer recognizing the Gaddafi regime – as far as they’re concerned, the rebels are in charge. He says that the National Transitional Council are committed to a more democratic and open Libya.

Israel May Nix Agreements With Palestine Over UN Bid
Israel says they might scrap the Oslo accords over Palestine’s plan to seek membership in the United Nations. The Oslo accords – signed in 1993 – created the Palestinian authority, and were the framework for negotiations and relations between the two sides. Currently, Palestine is seeking membership for a state that has borders that pre-date the 1967 Six Day War.

Piers Morgan Accused In Phone Hacking Scandal
Former Daily Mirror reporter James Hipwell has been quoted claiming that voicemail hacking was a common practice while current CNN prime-time host Piers Morgan was editor of the paper. He claims the paper targeted the voicemails of celebrities such as the Spice Girls and soccer manager Sven-Goran Erikkson. For his part Morgan has vehemently denied the allegations.

Reports have surfaced alleging that 30 accused war criminals are hiding in Canada. The names and nationalities of the wanted are listed on the website of the Border Services Agency. They’ve set up a hotline for citizens to call with information. The accused come from diverse locations, including Afghanistan, Sudan, and El Salvador.