The news happens all the time, even while you're catching up on beauty sleep. Check out this brief rundown to bring you up to speed this morning -- a quick heads up from your friends at MTV News.

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There's a year of waiting until "Iron Man" is in theaters, but you don't have to hold out that long for a taste of the hero's adventures. [article id="1560949"]We hung out in Tony Stark's office[/article] and even got to interact with his iconic mask and goof around with Robert Downey Jr. and Jon Favreau -- and we're sharing it all with you. Plus take a rare peek at two scenes as they're being shot. ...

"American Idol" champ Jordin Sparks has a busy schedule ahead, what with a three-month tour coming up and a debut album due "before Thanksgiving," so she's already giving her first record some serious thought. [article id="1560874"]"I'd love to do a duet with Mario or Chris Brown," Sparks told us.[/article] "But let's see what happens. ... And I'm going to be doing the tour and trying to find songs at the same time. And then after the tour, it's gonna be record, record, record, write, write, write." ...

Theater employees may find you annoying, credits watchers, but Hollywood keeps delivering treats to the faithful who stick around until the very last line rolls. "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" is the latest blockbuster to reward moviegoers' patience, but it certainly isn't the first. Check out [article id="1560932"]our favorite post-credits scenes[/article] -- yes, "Napoleon Dynamite" and "The Matrix Reloaded" make the cut, along with a Muppets gem from way back.

Quote of the Day: "If you have to go to the bathroom, go. You ain't gonna get in trouble." -- [article id="1560923"]Diddy at his Wednesday night listening party[/article]

Here's what everyone else is talking about:

If you play the White Stripes album early without permission, Jack White will find you and tell you what he thinks. And it probably won't be good. Chicago DJ Electra learned this the hard way on Wednesday, when White called her from Spain to say he didn't appreciate the early spin -- which led to terrible-quality MP3 radio rips floating all over the Internet. Electra turned to her blog to tell her side of the story. "I don't think I did anything wrong, and I don't think I am helping to ruin the music industry," she said in the post. "I think I made people excited for the new White Stripes record. I know that was our intention." In other Stripes news, the band announced Thursday that they have had to push back the September 4-13 dates for their U.S. tour due to "unforseen scheduling issues." ...

Linda Perry's show at the House of Blues Sunset Strip in West Hollywood on Friday night (June 1) will feature a very special guest, PerezHilton.com reports. Courtney Love is rumored to be playing a set of her own following Perry's performance. ...

The Police's reunion tour has already survived an "unbeLIEVably lame" show according to one critic. Look out, Sting -- he's sitting right behind you. Yes, Stewart Copeland took to the forum on his Web site Thursday to share a frank account of the band's Wednesday night show in Vancouver with fans. "We are the mighty Police and we are totally at sea," the drummer wrote, noting a series of small errors that most concertgoers surely missed, including a less-than-stellar jump by Sting and a momentarily out-of-sync "Message in a Bottle." Instead of duking it out over the rough gig, Copeland said band laughed this "disaster gig" off. "It usually takes about four or five shows in a tour before you get to the disaster gig. But we're the Police so we are a little ahead of schedule," Copeland noted. ...

Paris Hilton shouldn't go to jail, Nicky Hilton told People -- fair enough, it is her sister and all. But her reasoning may be a little off. "I think she should definitely be punished, but going to jail for a traffic violation is pretty absurd," Nicky said. Of course it was [article id="1559810"]a probation violation[/article], not a traffic violation that earned Paris her 23-day sentence. She is scheduled to report to jail on Tuesday. ...

Marilyn Manson's Eat Me, Drink Me is in stores Tuesday, but the entirety of the album is already streaming on Manson's MySpace page. ...

The Strokes' Albert Hammond Jr. is writing a screenplay. New York magazine reports that he is adapting the Charles Bukowski novel "Pulp." Hammond said he won't direct the film, which has a $3 million budget, but he does have some casting ideas ("I already have people in mind. I have it in my head -- I could do it now," he said) and plans to be part of the process. "I wouldn't want someone to ruin my script. I don't think they'd let me direct, but I'd want to be somewhere in the picture like that." ...

Japanese director Hideo Nakata ("The Ring 2") and producer Taka Ichise ("The Grudge") are teaming up to direct "Inhuman," a horror project for 20th Century Fox, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The two previously teamed up for "Ringu." ...

Fifteen New Zealand actors who appeared in the "Lord of the Rings" films sued New Line on Wednesday in an effort to get a slice of the merchandising pie, Variety reported. The actors claim that, according to their contracts, they are entitled to a cut of the millions of dollars that fans spent on LOTR gear.