Pop Goes The News — Singer Chrissie Hynde is being criticized for saying victims of sexual abuse need to “take responsibility.”

The 63-year-old Pretenders star told the UK’s Sunday Times Magazine she was victimized by a motorcycle gang member in Ohio when she was 21.

Pop Goes The News — Canadian former hockey player Sean Avery is the latest male celebrity to show off his rear-end on social media.

The 35-year-old Toronto native posted a photo on Instagram this week in which he’s wearing nothing but jockstrap.

Photo by Carter Smith for Vogue.

Pop Goes The News — Supermodel Cindy Crawford and husband Rande Gerber have opened up their Ontario cottage to Vogue.

The September issue of the fashion magazine features an “exclusive” look at the couple’s “private island retreat” on Lake Joseph in the Muskoka region north of Toronto.

Pop Goes The News — Howie Mandel, the Canadian judge on America’s Got Talent, said Tuesday he wasn’t thinking when he praised a contestant for making bulimia “entertaining.”

The 59-year-old Toronto native made the comment after a performance by professional “regurgitator” Stevie Starr.

Pop Goes The News — Rapper and reality TV star Vanilla Ice has unveiled a furniture line that includes a $4,600 teak sofa and a $6,400 copper bathtub.

The Vanilla Ice Collection is being sold online via Florida’s Eclectic Design International.

Pop Goes The News — Toronto-born singer The Weeknd announced Thursday he will kick off a tour in his hometown.

The Madness Fall Tour starts Nov. 3 at the Air Canada Centre and wraps up Dec. 19 in Miami.