Daily Buzz Bits: "4 Minutes" Cover; Britney Spears Gets Animated

MOG spoke with R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe on Accelerate and the media treatment of his coming out. - MOG.com. And Accelerate will stream on Facebook a week before its release. - NME

Madonna’s “4 Minutes” single cover is looking a little low-budge; is that the trend these days or what? - Dlisted

JK Rowling spoke on the Dumbledore-being-gay ruckus and on homophobia - mainly, it’s based in a fear of love, not of sex. - Towleroad

Britney Spears’ label finds new and creative ways to get around the whole Britney-herself aspect of Britney’s career - and for her upcoming “Break the Ice” video, they went with animation! - Just Jared

Meh. Why do I think TR Knight and Katherine Heigl are cuter together than TR and this new boyfriend? - TMZ