Today's news you might've missed:

• George Michael was in a car accident today, but thankfully he's come out of it with just a few minor scrapes. His rep told CNN in a statement, “George Michael was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a traffic accident yesterday evening, no third party was involved. He is being treated for superficial cuts and bruises but is fine. We have no further comment at this time.”
• Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles is launching a solo country career - and she's tapped Rick Rubin to help her do it. (Nettles, consider our interest piqued.) [THR]
• Amazon's potential "Zombieland" series is dead - as in really dead, not like "Night of the Living Dead" - and it's all your fault. The show's co-creator blasted the pilot's critics on Twitter saying that they "successfully hated it out of existence." (Anyone know how that works? We have a few things we'd like to hate out of existence at the moment ...) [LAT]
• After this monkey business - in the truest sense of the phrase - Justin Bieber should consider just getting a pet fish. The singer now reportedly owes Germany "thousands" after he left his pet monkey in the care of a German animal shelter while he was on tour. [Rolling Stone]
• Cheryl Cole might be the one person to publicly defend Kim Kardashian's maternity style. The former "X Factor" judge wrote a long message of support to the reality star on Twitter, sending Kimmy her "best wishes." [MTV]
• A new trailer for "Dexter's" eighth and final season has landed - get into it:

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