• Tom Jones is the next in a line of rockers to get knighted. Will this bizarre trend ever end? [MSNBC]

• Over 3,000 cases of Nelly's "Pimp Juice" energy drink were stolen on December 22, on a shipment bound for Trinidad. Shortly afterwards, Kevin Federline writes "PopoZao." You make the connection. [All Hip Hop]

• You know Mariah Carey beat 50 Cent for number one album, but did you know that Mary J. Blige beat out Notorious B.I.G for best selling Christmas album? We're sticking to our 'holiday spirit" theory. [E! News]

• Bono admits to fearing he'd be thrown out of U2 for his commitment to charity work, because his loyalty is supposed to be to the band. And band managers don't like to see their money go to charity groups. (Unless, of course, it creates publicity.) [AP News]