Nas

• Seven months pregnant, Kelis filed for divorce from Nas yesterday — Us Weekly
• Anna Faris is fattening it up before her wedding — FitSugar
• Las Vegas entertainer Danny Gans passed away today — Popeater
• Hayden Panettiere tried out for Footloose — I'm Not Obsessed
• Paula Abdul was fooled by Bruno — Lifeline Live
• Did Goldie Hawn convince Kate Hudson to break up with Owen Wilson? — Celebitchy
• Hef clarified that he doesn't want to get back together with Holly — Fox Pop Tarts

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• Ricardo Montalban, the actor from Fantasy Island, died yesterday at home in LA. He was 88 years old. — E! Online
• Naomi Campbell settled a lawsuit with her former maid who had alleged Naomi hit her and threatened to sue her after she couldn't find a pair of jeans. The terms of the settlement remain confidential. — AP
• Rapper Nas and his singer wife, Kelis, are expecting their first baby together. Kelis is rumored to be in her first trimester. — Us Weekly
• Kevin Bacon spoke out about how he was affected by the Bernard Madoff scam, saying he's still grateful for his health and his family but that he doesn't have any projects right now and needs to find work. — Life & Style
• A commercial for Will Ferrell's new Broadway show was pulled off the air from ABC and CBS when viewers got upset at him using the word "douche." — Page Six

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• Amy Adams is engaged to her boyfriend of six years, Darren Legallo, and the wedding is being planned for next year. — USA Today
• Rapper Nas gave a speech and joined political groups outside of the NYC Fox News building yesterday to turn in a petition protesting the network's portrayal of African-Americans. — CitizenSugar
• Anne Hathaway's diaries, along with other personal items, were seized by the FBI in its ongoing investigation of her ex-boyfriend Raffaello Follieri, who thinks that she may have set him up. — Rush & Molloy
• 50 Cent filed a lawsuit against Taco Bell yesterday, saying the chain used his name without permission in an ad where they claimed to send a letter asking the rapper to call himself 99 Cent for a day. — AP
• Prior to his death, Heath Ledger was a silent investor in a Brooklyn bar called Five Leaves, and his father has released funds to finish the construction of the new bar. — Page Six
• Mindy McCready checked into rehab in Arizona on July 16 after overdosing on Ambien and vodka and being rushed to the emergency room in Nashville. — E! Online

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Rapper Nas joined with the Color of Change and MoveOn to deliver a petition to the offices of Fox News yesterday. Just after his controversial album hit number one, Nas took the podium protesting the racist attacks he sees coming from Fox against Black Americans and Barack Obama.

Delivering over 600,000 signatures to the network, Nas delivered a prepared speech saying, "We already knew that Fox is not a news network; they are a propaganda machine . . . Fox poisons this country every time they air racist propaganda and try to call it news. This should outrage every American that Fox uses hateful language to talk about the person that may be the first black president."

Fox declined receipt of the signatures, but issued a statement: "Fox News believes in all protesters exercising their right to free speech, including Nas, who has an album to promote."

That album now called Untitled had an original, much more controversial title. Does this affect his statement against Fox?

To see clips of the Fox language Nas finds offensive — served up on last night's Colbert Report (where the petition was delivered after Fox refused to accept it) — plus Nas's interview with Stephen, read more

• Despite rumors to the contrary, Access Hollywood is reporting that Tom Cruise will not reprise his role as Maverick in a sequel to Top Gun.
• Variety has the news that Hancock director Peter Berg is developing a Hercules film based on a five-issue comic book series by Steve Moore.
• According to Reuters, Disney has named replacements for Ebert and Roeper: Ben Lyons from E! and Ben Mankiewicz from Turner Classic Movies. At the Movies with Ben and Ben, anyone?
• According to The New York Times, TiVo will introduce a product purchasing feature in partnership with Amazon.
• TNT picked up the pilot for Night and Day, a show about an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms from 24 co-creator Joel Surnow, the Hollywood Reporter writes.
• Billboard states Nas' untitled album topped last week's sales chart, moving 197,000 copies. Lil Wayne's album and the Mamma Mia! soundtrack rounded out the top three.
• The Hollywood Reporter writes that Netflix is closing its Red Envelope Entertainment subsidiary, a film financing and acquisition firm that helped finance No End in Sight and Two Days in Paris, among others.

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Tuesdays are big in entertainment-ville: Not only do all the new DVD releases hit Netflix, but new music also pours into stores, including iTunes. So I take a spin through each week's iTunes music releases and pick out some albums and tracks worthy of a download. Here are today's selections:

The provocateur: Finally the album that made headlines long before it was ever released is here, and getting fairly good reviews. The album seems intense, and while I'm already bouncing my head to some of the melodies and rhymes ("Queens Get the Money" and "Make the World Go Round" featuring Chris Brown), other tracks are so thick with messages and insinuations it will take more than a quick listen to suss it out ("Sly Fox," for example, is an all-out attack on Fox News).

A new songbird: Every once in a while I flip on VH1 while I get ready in the morning because that's one of the few times I'm able to find actual music videos on the television. On one such morning, I caught this young Aussie singer (and former star of the TV show Neighbours), Delta Goodrem, and she sounded alright. Kinda reminded me of a slightly more upbeat Sarah McLaughlin. Check out the tracks "In This Life" and "Brave Face" from her self-titled album now available in the U.S. and let me know what you think.

One more pick to go (hint: it's a soundtrack) so read more