With One Direction on tour—including an upcoming July 26 date at TCF Bank Stadium—concert tickets were a popular gift item this Christmas, and some of the young recipients were extremely grateful. (BuzzFeed)

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LL Cool J says his next album, G.O.A.T 2, will include guest verses from Eminem and T.I. "I got a lot of young gunners on this album," the 46-year-old rapper notes.

Straight Outta Compton, a new biopic about N.W.A., is scheduled for release in August. No trailer has officially been released, but Ice Cube screened a trailer at a recent show in Sydney, where it was captured via fan video. (Warning: Explicit language.) (Stereogum)

Meanwhile, Rita Ora shared an image of herself in character as Mia from the forthcoming Fifty Shades of Grey movie. The adaptation of E.L. James's erotic novel will hit theaters in February.

Meanwhile, Rob Thomas shared an image of his finger missing its tip after he apparently had a knife slip while making breakfast. You can see the—surprisingly not gory—image over at Billboard.