The battle that began with ‘Bagpipes From Baghdad’ and continued with ‘Obsessed’ continues.By Shaheem Reid
Eminem
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When will it end? No time soon, apparently.
The battle pitting Eminem against Mariah Carey and husband Nick Cannon — which began with Em’s “Bagpipes From Baghdad” and continued with Carey’s “Obsessed” — took another turn Thursday night (July 30), [...]
‘I just wanted to laugh,’ Drake says of clip featuring women’s basketball team.By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Sway Calloway
Drake
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Some fans liked it, some fans were scratching their heads after the debut of Drake’s “Best I Ever Had” video last month. Some in the blogosphere said the clip’s buxom female basketball team [...]
Singer does amazing body contortions in first clip from her forthcoming LP, She Wolf.By James Montgomery
Shakira in “She Wolf”
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On Thursday (July 30), Shakira premiered her brand-new, much-anticipated “She Wolf” video on MTV.com (and at 8 p.m. on MTV). And having now watched it about 15 times, I’m hard-pressed to say more than “Wow!” Seriously, [...]
Katy Perry, Ne-Yo and Chace Crawford will be presenters at 26th annual show on September 13.By Eric Ditzian
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong
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Secure the stage floor and reinforce the windows: Green Day and Pink are coming to the live MTV Video Music Awards as we take over New York City for the [...]
Debbie Rowe will be granted visitation rights, according to custody arrangement.By Gil Kaufman
Paris Jackson, Katherine Jackson and Prince Michael Jackson
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Attorneys for Michael Jackson’s mother, Katherine, and the singer’s ex-wife, Debbie Rowe, released a joint statement Thursday (July 30) announcing the details of a custody arrangement for the late singer’s children.
The custody [...]
Hoppus, who produced album, even got band to reveal its top-secret title.By James Montgomery
Motion City Soundtrack’s Justin Pierre and Mark Hoppus
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To put it mildly, Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus is on a roll. He’s taken part in the reunion of one of the hugest acts of the past decade; created a line of
ultra-limited, mollusk-related [...]
Drummer says exclamation point reinforces that band ‘is not breaking up, it’s still going.’By James Montgomery
Panic! at the Disco’s Spencer Smith
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It was the one question that dogged Panic! at the Disco the entire time they were promoting 2008’s Pretty. Odd. album: Why did they decide to drop the exclamation point from [...]
Weezy plans to release his Rebirth album and a Young Money LP on the same day, in Mixtape Daily.By Shaheem Reid
Lil Wayne
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Fire Starter: Young Money
Young Money, baby! The Young Money album is slated for November 24, as is Lil Wayne’s Rebirth LP, according to a source in his camp.
No doubt about it, the [...]
Her wild new video premieres at 8 p.m. tonight on MTV and MTV.com.By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Tim Kash
Shakira
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Shakira in a flesh-toned swimsuit, thrashing around in a golden cage, hanging upside down from the shimmering bars. Shakira reaching out her fingernails to claw you as she flexes and struts inside a sparkling [...]
‘He looks like a Jackson, acts like a Jackson, can dance like a Jackson,’ Joe Jackson says of the aspiring rapper.By Gil Kaufman
Joe Jackson
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Just a day before the custody of Michael Jackson’s three children is to be determined, the singer’s father, Joseph Jackson, gave an interview claiming that the self-proclaimed King [...]