Justin Bieber's Retiring From Music ?

Looks like Beliebers might be in for a rough Christmas.

No amount of holiday gifts could compensate for the fact that Justin Bieber told L.A. radio station Power 106 Tuesday that he’s calling it quits after his new album, “Journals,” is released on Dec. 23.

“Um, I’m actually, I’m retiring man, I’m retiring,” Bieber said with a straight face behind black shades.

He added that he’s “just going to take some time. I think I’m probably going to quit music.”

If this is true, a retirement from music at 19 years old would be shocking to say the least. Bieber’s only been making music professionally for a little more than five years.

During the interview, he also said, “I’m here solely for my fans and for the music.”

Kobe Bryant Injury

Kobe Bryant played in all of six games before getting hit with another major injury. After fracturing a bone in his left knee, he’ll be out for six weeks. This is awful news for him and for basketball fans everywhere — it’s never good when one of the greatest players of all time gets hurt —but it gives the Lakers a chance to get back to what they were supposed to be doing this season: gunning for Andrew Wiggins or Jabari Parker.

When Bryant signed his two-year, $48 million contract extension in November, he made sure to point out that the Lakers still had room to sign another max-level star. But LeBron James isn’t coming to LA, and Carmelo Anthony won’t leave the money he has on the table in New York. The Lakers’ best way forward is to find a true successor to Kobe, someone who will make them a contender after he’s gone.

Ned Vizzini dies at 32

Ned Vizzini, shown in Central Park, drew critical acclaim for his comic and autobiographical writing while still a high school student in New York. (Jim Cooper, Associated Press / May 17, 2006)

Author and television writer Ned Vizzini, who achieved fame at a young age but also wrote openly about his struggles with depression, took his own life Thursday in Brooklyn, said a spokeswoman for the chief medical examiner of New York. He was 32.

His brother, Daniel, said he jumped from the roof of his parents' home, according to an Associated Press report.

Vizzini's comic and autobiographical writing, while still a high school student in New York, drew critical acclaim. More recently he lived in Los Angeles where he wrote for television shows including MTV's "Teen Wolf," and he was working as executive story editor on the upcoming NBC science fiction series "Believe,"created by director Alfonso Cuarón, with J.J. Abrams as an executive producer.

Alex & Sierra Wedding ?

When Alex & Sierra won "The X Factor" Season 3 Thursday night, they appeared to have a delayed reaction. They were almost out-of-bodily calm upon hearing the good news from host Mario Lopez, and the realization that they'd just been awarded a $1 million contract with Sony only seemed to sink in when they started singing their signature song, A Great Big World's "Say Something." That's when the tears came.

"At first it was kind of a shock. It just felt like we'd made it through another week," the duo's Alex Kinsey told Yahoo's Reality Rocks after the finale, welling up again as he remembered their winning moment. "But that stage has kind of become home for us in the past few weeks, and knowing that that's the last time we're going to sing on it, that was emotional. And then when all the contestants ran out, I lost it. I lost my mind. I don't know how we were able to sing anything."

Justine Sacco's Aids comment causes twitter storm

A US public relations executive has provoked a storm of online protest for writing a Twitter comment about Aids in Africa.

Justine Sacco, who works for the media company IAC, wrote: "Going to Africa. Hope I don't get Aids. Just kidding. I'm white!"

Ms Sacco's account has now been deleted.

IAC responded by saying the "outrageous, offensive comment" did not reflect the company's views and values.

"Unfortunately, the employee in question is unreachable on an international flight, but this is a very serious matter and we are taking appropriate action," the IAC said in a statement to the media blog Valleywag.