John Lennon's 70th birthday is set to be marked with a special time capsule ceremony which will see his post-Beatles recordings preserved until 2040. Fans are also being invited to submit birthday wishes, commentary, musical performances and personal thoughts on the late singer's legacy over the next couple of months for The John Lennon Time Capsule project.

Guillermo del Toro will team up with James Cameron for his next film project, which will be shot in 3D. The Mexican director behind Pan's Labyrinth and the Oscar-winning Cameron, who is responsible for the likes of Terminator, Titanic and most recently Avatar, will collaborate on a 3D adaptation of cult horror writer HP Lovecraft's tale At The Mountains Of Madness, reports Deadline.com.

In the issue of Star Magazine on stands today, Angelina Jolie is seen in "eight never-before-seen graphic photos" doing heroin while wearing a dog leash and nipple tape. I don't know if Star Magazine missed the whole point of this or not, but I can't be the only one turned on right now.

Seven doctors who treated Michael Jackson in the years before his death will not face criminal charges, US investigators have said. However, one has been referred to California's state medical board for prescribing drugs under an alias. Jackson's personal doctor Conrad Murray, who denies involuntary manslaughter, was not one of those questioned by state investigators. He is accused of giving Jackson a lethal overdose of anaesthetic.

Terry Gilliam is to direct a forthcoming webcast by Arcade Fire. When the Canadian band play Madison Square Garden in New York on 5 August, the man who made Brazil, 12 Monkeys and Monty Python's animations will be calling the shots for an internet audience.

Kings Of Leon were forced to abandon their show in St Louis, Missouri last Friday (July 23) after they were hit by pigeon droppings. An infestation of birds in the rafters of the Verizon Amphitheatre saw the band bombarded as soon as they took to the stage.

Yolanda Be Cool has topped the UK singles chart with We Speak No Americano. It is the first number one for the Australian dance duo - Sylvester Martinez and Johnson Peterson, along with producer D Cup Duncan MacLennan. The song first entered the chart two weeks ago at number five before climbing up the ranks.

Serial killer franchise Saw has been named the most successful horror movie series by the Guinness World Records. Producer Mark Burg told Reuters news agency he was "in shock" at beating other long-running movie franchises, such as Friday the 13th and Halloween. The six Saw films, in which victims try to escape elaborate traps set by the "jigsaw killer", have made a total of $733m (£472m) at the box office. Guinness editor Craig Glenday will present the award on Friday.

Good news for Elvis Presley's creepiest fans, as a set of tools from the singer's autopsy are to be auctioned next month. Rubber gloves, forceps and aneurysm hooks – all of which had postmortem contact with the singer – are among the items that will come under the hammer at what is perhaps the grisliest sale in rock'n'roll history.

Lindsay Lohan will allegedly appear fully naked in her new movie, Inferno. The Mean Girls actress, who is due to begin her 90 day jail term for a past DUI offence today  is set to play porn star Linda Lovelace in the flick and will expose her breasts as part of a 'violent sex-scene.'

Dizzee Rascal and the xx will fight it out as favourites to win this year's Mercury prize. From a decidedly indie list, bookmaker William Hill put Dizzee's Tongue N' Cheek and the xx's eponymous debut album at 4/1 to win the prize. Elsewhere there were nominations for Paul Weller's Wake Up the Nation (6/1), Wild Beasts' Two Dancers (8/1) and Corinne Bailey Rae's critically acclaimed second album the Sea (6/1).

After four years of meltdowns, collapses, trysts, addiction and recovery, Amy Winehouse has promised that her next album will be out by January. Although it's not clear whether she has actually started recording the record, the singer has predicted something "very much the same" as 2006's Back to Black.