• In a classic example of waning white superstars helping each other out, Michael Jackson asks Eminem for a collabo. [Hip Hop Game]

• Speaking of Jacko, it must've been hard not to laugh while listening to his frantic phone messages. [AP]

• Pink's turning her attention to becoming a horror movie actress. That is, she'll be stepping onto a movie set instead of a sidewalk to scare crowds. [MuchMusic]

• Taylor Hicks is a simple man to please. [AP]

• There's nothing like near-incarceration in a scary, foreign country to jumpstart your celebrity profile. [NYT]