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New Song: Cartel, ‘Uninspired’
by Luke O’Neil | January 30, 2013 at 6:59 pm

Cartel explores their existential crisis in "Uninspired." "You're gonna miss us when we're not around," Cartel frontman Will Pugh sings in "Uninspired," the first song from the band's forthcoming album, Collider. It sounds like he knows what he's talking about -- it's been a tumultuous couple of years for the Georgia pop-punk four piece, and [...]

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Watch Hellogoodbye’s ‘Finding Something To Do’ Tour Video
by Rachel Brodsky | January 30, 2013 at 6:01 pm

Hellogoodbye's Forrest Kline wants to help you find something to do. Like dance, preferably. It's been a crazy ride for So. Cal power-pop act Hellogoodbye (hence Forrest Kline's tired tee), who first popped up in the early aughts with a unique brand of jokey, playfully Auto-Tuned jams and a name dedicated to a quote by [...]

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Miley Cyrus And Her Dog Wear Matching Leopard Print Outfits, Because She Is THAT Kind Of Pet Owner (PHOTO)
by Jenna Hally Rubenstein | January 30, 2013 at 4:45 pm

Miley Cyrus and her dog are in matching leopard print ensembles! Being a super-famous person, Miley Cyrus could easily have a MILLION accessories to her name (maybe even an entire closet's worth), but we think her best accessories are her 87 million (and counting) dog collection. Just to get you up to speed (on the [...]

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5 Ke$ha-Related Mysteries We Hope To Solve By Watching ‘Ke$ha: My Crazy, Beautiful Life’ MTV Documentary Series (VIDEO)
by Rachel Brodsky | January 30, 2013 at 3:30 pm

We're hoping to find out a LOT more about Ke$ha from her new MTV documentary. As long as we've been Ke$ha fans, we've been addled with some seemingly unsolvable questions about the pop singer. For one, how does one just up and join the Illuminati like it's NBD? And how does someone just join a [...]

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Star Spotting: Jennifer Lopez Wears Head-To-Toe White In Winter Because She CAN! (PHOTO)
by Jenna Hally Rubenstein | January 30, 2013 at 3:05 pm

Jennifer Lopez: the only human who can pull off head-to-toe white any day of the week. As y'all clearly know, Jennifer Lopez is an impossibly GORG beauty bot, sent from the bot factory to stimulate the music business and make regular women feel jealous on a daily basis. OK, that might have been a far-fetched explanation, [...]

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Buzz Bites (1/30/13): Justin Timberlake Will Perform At The Grammys; ‘The 20/20 Experience’ Album Drops March 19
by Althea Legaspi | January 30, 2013 at 2:00 pm

Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience" will be released March 19. + Justin Timberlake will perform a the Grammys (WE KNEW IT), and his The 20/20 Experience album will officially drop March 19. (MTV News) + Rihanna is Rolling Stone's cover gal! The issue streets this Friday. Get a sneak peek at the cover. (Rolling Stone) + [...]

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Star Spotting: Lady Gaga’s Transformation Into Carmen Sandiego Is Now Complete (PHOTO)
by Byron Flitsch | January 29, 2013 at 11:00 pm

Where in the world is Lady Gaga's new album?! GUYS! Wouldn't it be everything if Lady Gaga's random costumes, accessories, hairstyles, and meat dresses were all just leading up to THE ULTIMATE evolution? That is to say, Gaga morphing into '90s icon/fictional international thief Carmen Sandiego?! Because she is NAILING the PBS game show villain's [...]

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New Video: Vanbot, ‘Hold This Moment’ (VIDEO)
by Brad Stern | January 29, 2013 at 10:30 pm

Explore Vanbot's snowy, refracted world in her "Hold This Moment" video. As extraordinary American philosopher Kelly Clarkson once sang, "Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this," and now, it's Swedish songbot Vanbot's time to shine with her new single, "Hold This Moment." Much like her last bout of brilliant Robyn-esque synth-pop, "Hold" [...]

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Selena Gomez Nails Taylor Swift’s ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’ Pose (PHOTO)
by Byron Flitsch | January 29, 2013 at 9:30 pm

Selena Gomez perfectly excecutes Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" pose. When it comes to celebrity poses, we've seen every kind: smizing, planking, horsemaning, and of course, the classic "who me?" But now it looks like the Next Big Pose may be the "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," which originates [...]

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The Week In WTF: Justin Bieber Cops A Feel From A Fan, And Chris Brown Thinks He’s Jesus
by Luke O’Neil | January 29, 2013 at 9:25 pm

Justin Bieber and Chris Brown are having a banner week! Oh weird, celebrities are acting out in the world today; we did not see that one coming! First up, our favorite boy-man-in-chief Justin Bieber got himself in a handful of trouble at a meet and greet with fans, and then man-boy Chris Brown, fresh off [...]

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