NEW YORK (AP) — MTV says it will air a live 30-minute interview with President Barack Obama across its various networks and platforms on Friday at 5 p.m. Eastern time and on tape delay at 5 p.m. Pacific time.

Viewers are being invited to submit questions for the president on MTV’s Facebook page. MTV News correspondent Sway Calloway will interview Obama at the White House, while Andrew Jenks will be reporting from a Washington-area college campus.

MTV hopes many questions will focus on issues important to young voters, such as jobs and the cost of college.

The interview will air on five different networks, MTV.com and its mobile platform.

Spokeswoman Janice Gatti says the network has reached out to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for a similar special, but hasn’t gotten a response.

NEW YORK (AP) — The “Spider-Man” saga is going from the stage to the page.

Glen Berger, co-writer of the disaster-prone “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark,” is working on a book. “Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History,” will come out next year, Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday. Simon & Schuster publisher Jonathan Karp said the book would be, “entomologically speaking,” the “ultimate fly-on-the-wall account” of how a musical is made.

The big budget production became notorious for a series of stunt accidents during previews. The show was eventually revamped and the original director, Julie Taymor, was fired. Taymor later sued the producers, who countersued. A tentative settlement was reached over the summer.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bobby Brown has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving for the second time this year.

Los Angeles police spokeswoman Venus Hall says the singer’s car was stopped in the Topanga area at around 1 a.m. Wednesday.

Police say he was booked on suspicion of driving under the influence at the Van Nuys jail but was later released.

A representative for Brown could not immediately be contacted.

The 43-year-old pleaded no contest to DUI earlier this year following a March arrest in Los Angeles. Under a plea agreement, Brown checked himself into a rehabilitation center in August.

Brown’s first album in 14 years came out this summer.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’ll be a little bit country and a little bit rock ‘n’ roll onstage at next month’s American Music Awards.

Organizers announced Wednesday that Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj and Linkin Park will perform at the 40th annual ceremony on Nov. 18.

All are also up for awards.

Minaj is the night’s leading nominee, along with Rihanna, with four bids each. Swift is nominated for favorite female country artist and Linkin Park is in the running for alternative artist.

Fans can pick the winners by voting online.

Christina Aguilera will also perform at the ceremony at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, where it will be broadcast live on ABC.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man who presided over Britney Spears’ life during her well-publicized meltdown has portrayed himself in court as a benevolent personal manager who saved her from ruin.

Sam Lutfi was to finish his direct testimony Wednesday and face cross-examination by a battery of lawyers for the singer’s parents and conservators.

They are fighting a lawsuit by Lutfi, who claims he was defamed by Lynne Spears in her book about her daughter. He also says he was promised 15 percent of the millions of dollars Spears earned during their association.

Spears mother portrayed him as a Svengali-like figure preying on Britney’s vulnerabilities.

Lutfi says he was actually a peacemaker, reuniting Spears with her parents after a long estrangement. He says she implored him to become her personal manager.