Sideshow: Sweet song of seafood

Anyone can take the road to fame and fortune. Anyone.

Just ask Muhammad Shahid Nazir, a Pakistani-born fishmonger who became an overnight sensation while hawking frozen snapper and mackerel for one British pound ($1.61) at a London market.

Following in the well-trodden footsteps of that adorable Canadian teen Justin Bieber, Nazir, 31, found a massive audience after a video showing him singing a catchy tune was posted on YouTube.

Unlike Justin, Nazir performed not a love song, but a tune about selling fish.

"Come on ladies, come on ladies, one pound fish! Have a, have a look, one pound fish!" he sings as he points to the fishies behind him. "Very, very good, one pound fish! Very, very cheap, one pound fish!" Within a couple of weeks, the vid went viral, amassing 7 mil views.

" 'One Pound Fish' changed my whole life," Nazir tells the Associated Press.

Nazir got a hero's welcome upon his return to Pakistan and has been inundated with requests to perform and star in various ads. He says:

"I am so happy now."

The hit film version of

Les Misérables

has divided critics like few films in recent history. Some hate it. Others love the film, impressed as they are by director

Tom Hooper

's decision to have its stars -

Hugh Jackman

,

Russell Crowe

, and

Anne Hathaway

- sing live on camera.

American Idol

sensation

Adam Lambert

is one of the haters.

"Visually impressive w great Emotional performances. But the score suffered massively with great actors PRETENDING to be singers," Lambert, 30, tweets. "It's an opera. Hollywoods movie musicals treat the singing as the last priority." Wasn't he impressed that the actors did their own singing live? "I do think it was cool they were singing live - but with that cast, they should have studio-recorded and sweetened the vocals," he says.

Punk rock exploration unit

Green Day

are going back on tour this year to make up for shows they canceled so front man

Billie Joe Armstrong

could undergo substance-abuse treatment. (Tickets for postponed shows will be honored at new dates.)

"I just want to thank you all for the love and support you've shown for the past few months," says Armstrong. "I'm getting better every day. So now, without further ado, the show must go on." The band will play the Liacouras Center in Philly on April 3.

Want to watch the 12th season premiere of

American Idol

live - and a full week before it airs on TV? What if you could ask its stars a few questions?

Such a thing is not impossible.

The episode will be shown via live satellite link from L.A. at 11 sites across the nation, including the AMC Plymouth Meeting Mall 12 at 7 p.m. on Jan. 9. (Doors open at 6 p.m.)

It'll be followed at 8:30 p.m. with a Q&A with host Ryan Seacrest and Idol judges Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson, Nicki Minaj, and Keith Urban.

Idol premieres Jan. 16 on Fox.

Jessica Simpson

, 32, has tweeted a smartphone self-portrait in bikini taken in a mirror showing her baby bump. This is terrific. "Bumpin' and Proud!" she tweets. Jess and

Eric Johnson

already have 8-month-old daughter

Maxwell

.