Boyle Breaks Pre-Order Record

'Jane Doe' wants $1M

(NEWSER) - Here’s another entry on the list of bizarre celebrity lawsuits: An actress is suing Amazon.com for $1 million because the Internet Movie Database, which Amazon owns, revealed her age. The actress—sadly, we can’t tell you who she is, because she filed as “Jane Doe”—claims IMDb got her age via her credit card information when she subscribed to IMDbPro in 2008, the New York Post reports. More»

More than $3 million, the 'New York Times' estimates

(NEWSER) - Lady Gaga sold a whopping 1.1 million copies of Born This Way in its first week, but 440,000 of those copies went for just 99 cents on Amazon.com . Amazon, however, did pay Gaga's distributor the full price of $8 to $9 per album—which means, the New York Times calculates, the online retailer lost more than $3 million. Of course, New York magazine points out, a big point of the gimmick was to drum up new users for its Cloud Drive service, so the company can just consider those millions "marketing costs." As for Gaga, the move does provide "much fodder for anyone wishing to quibble with the validity of the 1.1 million number," writes Amos Barshad. Click to see which artist Barshad thinks is "probably pretty salted" right now . More»

Plus, eager fans bring down Amazon servers

(NEWSER) - While addressing rumors about herself last night on the Late Show , Lady Gaga grabbed one of David Letterman’s note cards, ripped it up, and then … ate it. Dave, who had previously expressed concern over Gaga’s admission that she really did once eat a Barbie doll head (“That would poison you!”), tried to get her to spit it out: “It’s chemically treated, you’re gonna be sick for weeks. You won’t be out of the egg for a month!” More»

Amazon.com 'Born This Way' offer also includes Cloud storage

(NEWSER) - Happy Monday, Lady Gaga fans: Visit Amazon.com today and you can purchase the singer’s new album, Born This Way, for just 99 cents. Of course, that’s a digital download—not a physical CD—but it also includes 20GB of Amazon’s Cloud Drive storage, Mashable reports. But buyer beware: Some disappointed fans are using the review section on Amazon to complain that the download didn’t work. More»

'It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me'

(NEWSER) - Phil Collins is quitting music—and he basically thinks the planet's reaction will be good riddance. "I don't think anyone's going to miss me," the former Genesis drummer told FHM magazine, via the Telegraph . Highlights from the interview:

• Health is a big issue: Among his ailments: ruined hearing in his left ear, a dislocated vertebra in his neck, nerve damage in his hands. He said: "I think of it like air miles—it's all part of the job. I'm not worried about not being able to play the drums again, I'm more worried about being able to cut a loaf of bread safely or building things for my kids."