The Weekly News Roundup - week of January 3

Bieber

- After months of denying any romance between them, Bieber and Selena Gomez were photographed kissing and snuggling. Predictably, she was promptly issued death threats via Twitter. I really wish I were making that last part up. (JSYK)

- A British animator made a 46-second YouTube vid called "The Justin Bieber Show" which is one of the oddest and most disturbing things I've seen this week. Me, and 1.4 million other people, apparently. (JSYK)

OMG

- Newly-found bone fragments have been sent off for DNA testing to see if they belonged toAmelia Earhart. They were found on the same tiny South Pacific island where other artifacts have been found that may have belonged to Earhart. It could be months before the DNA test results come back, but it would be pretty cool if it were a match. (Tween Tribune)

- A flock of 4-5,000 birds fell out of the sky in Arkansas on New Year's Eve, apparently from "massive trauma." In another part of the state, 100,000 fish washed up dead on the banks of the Arkansas River, although in that case disease is the suspected cause. The End Of Days conspiracy theories are fantastic! (CNN)

Movies

- Natalie Portman is pregnant and engaged. The mourning on Facebook and Twitter was astonishing. (Cambio)

Theater

- The actors in the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" have been dropping like flies. After sustaining a concussion, the lead actress left the show at the end of December, and she was one of the lucky ones - the latest Spider-Man cracked ribs and had internal bleeding after a 20-foot fall during a performance, and two other Spider-Men before him were seriously injured by a sling-shot effect. Oh, and they're still in previews. The show officially opens February 7th. (NYTimes)

Sports (!!!)

- 14-year-old golfer Jim Liu became the youngest Junior Amateur Champion, beating Tiger Woods' record. He says that Tiger is one of his heroes, and that unlike Tiger, he plans to complete college before going pro. No word on whether he plans to beat more of Tiger's records in his personal life, too. (JSYK)

- And another teen golfer, 17-year-old Jessica Korda, completed the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament and announced she's going pro. (JSYK)

Trends

- Angry Birds was the top iTunes app of 2010, and it's now coming to PSP and Playstation3, starting this week. In unrelated news, America's productivity will drop to zero, starting this week. (JSYK)

- And now there's a Silly Bandz game for Nintendo DS. Something about shooting Silly Bandz at things and collecting stars. Or Silly Bandz. Does it matter? It'll make a bazillion dollars. (JSYK)

- According to a survey conducted by the British tabloid Daily Mail, 33% of British teens have faked a mental and/or physical illness in order to be more like their favorite celebrities, and a full 16% think celebrities make mental disorders "fashionable." Let's hope the same is not true here in the States. (JSYK)

- A new study showed that American teens smoke more pot than their predecessors, to the point that they're actually smoking more pot than cigarettes. But another survey showed thatteen pregnancy is at an all-time low. Feel free to draw your own conclusions there. (JSYK)

Top 10 Gifts for 2010 (JSYK)

1. iPod Touch
2. iPad
3. Xbox Kinect
4. iPhone
5. Kindle
6. MacBook
7. Playstation 3
8. Never Shout Never, 'Harmony'
9. Uggs
10. Digital Camera