Selena Gomez Cancels Two Gigs due to "Family Emergency" That Doesn't Involve Justin Bieber's Balls

Selena Gomez has cancelled two consecutive gigs after learning of a certain "family emergency" that compelled her to go home like a whipped poodle.

Selena learned of the family emergency on Friday night while in the audience at Power 106's Cali Christmas 2011 concert in Los Angeles.

She had been due to perform last night at the B96 Jingle Bash 2011 at the Allstate Arena outside of Chicago.

She was also due to perform tonight at 106.1 KISS FM's Jingle Bell Bash at the WaMu Theater in Seattle.

Now the entire Seattle concert has had to be postponed after OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder was also forced to pull out after doctors ordered him to rest his vocals.

The Wizards of Waverly Place star is next scheduled to perform at MTV's New Year's Eve party, hosted by Demi Lovato and Teen Wolf star Tyler Posey.

Brittany Murphy's Mom Sues Her Former Lawyers over "Toxic Mold"

Brittany Murphy's mom Sharon believes it was toxic mold present in the house that killed her daughter in 2009, and which also claimed her son-in-law's life some months later. She's furious as apparently, her lawyers at the time misled her into not pursuing the damage claims she could have gotten from the house builders.


Long story short -- Sharon says her lawyers convinced her to accept a settlement offer for the construction defects back in January ... but they failed to explain she would never be able to go after the builders for their alleged role in Brittany's death.

Now, Sharon has hired Michael Marzban to sue her former lawyers for legal malpractice -- and wants them to pay her what she could have won in a wrongful death suit ... and other damages.