[UPDATE BELOW] We interrupt this message on why soda makes you fat to bring you an important news update: The Jonas Brothers were forcing their Korean protegés The Wonder Girls to craft delicate pop songs in a slave-labor "music mill" at their Midtown studio! And now the city has shut them down! Or so says the New York Post in a two-sentence story lacking any information or context. Are the Jonas Brothers trying to compete with the iPad or something?
[UPDATE] NY Post Accuses Jonas Brothers Of Running Illegal Midtown "Work Farm"
Did Lady Gaga Cop Her Style From Her Dead Friend?
Can we all just agree that Lady Gaga isn't some mind-blowing, game-changing, original pop star? She cops her looks from Paris Fashion Week shows and pawns them off as her own, so it wouldn't be surprising if she stole her persona from someone lesser known. Say, from her friend who committed suicide at age 19.
According to the NY Post, Yana Morgana—the mother of Lina Morgana—claims that her dead daughter was the inspiration for Gaga's persona. The two did work on songs together (they were introduced by producer Rob Fusari), and Lina's style does have a distinct Gaga feel. See for yourself in this video Yana put together:
The Jonas Brothers Get Around (Town That Is)
After playing a show in the Hamptons this weekend that cost concertgoers $1500 a pop, the Jonas Brothers played a surprise free show at the SoHo Apple Store last night. Almost 1,000 people showed up (about half were turned away) in order to see the purity ringed-hands of the brothers Jonas rock out songs from their new EP A Little Bit Longer. The brothers have been busy: they are co-hosting TRL in honor of Jonas Brothers Fan Week and yesterday morning, they visited Regis & Kelly's studio, where an out-for-a-jog Steve Guttenberg checked in with Jonas Brothers fans outside the studio. We didn't think that there was a way for Steve Guttenberg to rule any more than he already did.

