Fast Track: Katy Perry, Adele, Kanye West lead VMA nominations

A roundup of entertainment headlines for Thursday.

Katy Perry and Adele lead MTV’s 2011 Video Music Awards nominations. And perhaps Kanye West has been forgiven for that little snafu with Taylor Swift at the 2009 show, as he’s leading the male nominees with seven nods from the network. (The Envelope)

The official trailer of “The Amazing Spider-Man” starring a brooding Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone has hit the Web just a day after it unofficially leaked online. (Washington Post)

“Captain America” star Chris Evans is “terrified” to fill the shoes of the iconic patriotic superhero. (Ministry of Gossip, Hero Complex)

More from Hall H: Guillermo del Toro, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello and “House of Night” author P.C. Cast launched their first comic books -- about vampires and teen prostitutes -- at Comic-Con in San Diego on Wednesday night. (Hero Complex)

Middle-earth fans won’t be seeing “The Hobbit” at Comic-Con. Director Peter Jackson delivered the bad news, saying he “felt it was too early” to include the film because there was still a lot to shoot. (Deadline)

Adrian Grenier and the boys of “Entourage” hit the red carpet in New York to premiere the eighth and final season of their hit HBO comedy. (The Envelope)

The Force is back. Gamers can officially preorder the highly anticipated Star Wars: The Old Republic collector’s edition video game complete with flare gun, training droid and HoloDancer. (EA)

Shannen Doherty is getting real. The scorned “Beverly Hills: 90210” and “Charmed” star and fiance Kurt Iswarienko are getting a reality series on WEtv about their life and love life. (Entertainment Weekly)

“American Idol” creator Simon Fuller is suing Fox and “X-Factor” producers for not getting the executive producer title he says he was promised to share with Simon Cowell on the new competition. (Company Town)

Jay-Z and Kanye West debut their first track “Watch the Throne” from their joint LP “Otis.” (Ministry of Gossip)

Justin Bieber is figuring out who he is: The Canadian pop star is taking a month off to “think, pray and just kind of grow up.” (THR)

Doctors and their meds: Dr. McSteamy, a.k.a. Eric Dane of “Grey’s Anatomy,” checks into rehab for a prescription drug problem. (Ministry of Gossip)

Are we there yet?! The “Horrible Bosses” writers have finished a second draft of a script for “Vacation,” a reboot of Chevy Chase’s classic comedy centering around Rusty Griswold’s son. (24 Frames)

British actress Kristin Scott Thomas talks about her new film “Sarah’s Key” and starring on London’s West End. (Los Angeles Times)

-- Nardine Saad

Google Trends

1. traces

2. star wars the old republic

3. swtor

4. shannen doherty

5. google labs

6. the amazing spider man

7. sinkhole

8. kobe bryant

9. morgan stanley

10. fantasy football