Fast Track: Britney Spears marks her 30th birthday

A roundup of entertainment headlines for Friday.

Britney Spears turns 30 today. (MSNBC)

The National Board of Review has named “Hugo” best picture. (Los Angeles Times)

The Grammys cut out of a lot of categories this year, and many in the music industry are not happy about it. (Los Angeles Times)

The disaster-movie trend isn’t over yet: “San Andreas: 3D” hopes to make giant earthquakes cool in 2012. (Los Angeles Times)

Michelle Trachtenberg says she was almost Bella Swan in the “Twilight” movies. But she’s fine with not getting the role. Really. Fine. Just. Fine. (Los Angeles Times)

Lady Gaga’s new video for “Marry the Night” features the singer naked, covered in Honey Nut Cheerios. It’s also nerly 14 minutes long. (Huffington Post)

Adam Carolla has some choice words for the Occupy Wall Street movement. (Huffington Post)

A Texas comic book writer is suing DreamWorks over “Cowboys & Aliens.” (Deadline)

Did you buy a ticket from Ticketmaster in the last 12 years? Then you’ve got some money coming your way. (Don’t get too excited. It’s not much.) (Business Insider)

David Yates says he’s going from “Harry Potter” to “Doctor Who,” but doesn’t know who will play the Doctor. (Los Angeles Times)

Current “Doctor Who” showrunner Steven Moffat says David Yates is being premature. (Hypable)

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