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New Video: Coldplay Featuring Rihanna, ‘Princess Of China’
by Jenna Rubenstein | June 4, 2012 at 3:30 pm

Rihanna and Coldplay explore Asian references and each other's foreheads in their "Princess Of China" video. We've been waiting for Coldplay and Rihanna's "Princess Of China" video forever! First we heard the song, then Ri tweeted that gangsta goth photo of herself on the video's set. We were recently treated to some behind-the-scenes footage from the video shoot -- [...]

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Star Spotting: LMFAO Show Their Movie Award Statues Some Love
by Nicole James | June 4, 2012 at 2:00 pm

LMFAO humped their golden popcorn statues. Why wouldn't they? I don't know about you guys, but I was about to write a very strongly-worded letter to the voting public if LMFAO didn't take home the golden popcorn for Best Music at the MTV Movie Awards last night. "Party Rock Anthem" basically MADE "21 Jumpstreet." Well, [...]

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Drake And Kim Kardashian Get ‘Punk’d’ By Ashton Kutcher! (VIDEO)
by Jenna Rubenstein | June 4, 2012 at 1:02 pm

Drake gets Punk'd by the godfather of all Punk-ing, Ashton Kutcher. Ashton Kutcher is the brainiac behind MTV's "Punk'd," so you might imagine that when he comes back to get his Punk on, he gets it on BIG. For his glorious return to the world of pranking, Ashton decided to scare the mascara off of Kim [...]

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Buzz Bites (6/4/12): Watch Wiz Khalifa, fun. + Janelle Monae And The Black Keys With Johnny Depp Perform At The MTV Movie Awards
by Althea Legaspi | June 4, 2012 at 1:00 pm

+ Check out killer performances from last night's MTV Movie Awards. Wiz Khalifa performed "Work Hard Play Hard," fun. and Janelle Monáe did "We Are Young," and The Black Keys teamed up with Generation Award winner Johnny Depp for "Gold on the Ceiling." + Nicki Minaj bowed out of last night's Hot 97 Summer Jam in [...]

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MTV PUSH Artist Of The Week: Emeli Sande
by Nicole James | June 4, 2012 at 10:00 am

Scottish soul and R&B singer Emeli Sande got her start like so many noteworthy artists -- as a songwriter...and a soon-to-be doctor. Before music became her full-time gig, Emeli was studying medicine at the University of Glasgow while keeping songwriting just a hobby. It was during her fourth year in school when she wrote the [...]

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5 Weird Music Moments You Probably Missed At The 2012 MTV Movie Awards (PHOTOS)
by Nicole James | June 4, 2012 at 3:41 am

Are you guys still scrubbing the creepiness off of you after seeing The Black Keys show up to the MTV Movie Awards in those TERRIFYING adult baby mask things? Because we are. The Akron, Ohio rockers decided to continue the creep show after revealing their Harmony Korine-directed "Gold On The Ceiling" video last week, wearing [...]

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The Black Keys Perform ‘Gold On The Ceiling’ With Generation Award Winner Johnny Depp At The 2012 MTV Movie Awards
by Tamar Anitai | June 4, 2012 at 2:45 am

While The Black Keys' 2012 MTV Movie Awards performance of "Gold On The Ceiling" involved no "baby twinz," it did feature a surprise far greater than baby-bottle-guzzling Belmont Bruins dressed in footie onesies: The Black Keys' Movie Awards performance included special guest Johnny Depp, who picked up the Generation Award for his achievement in film [...]

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Wiz Khalifa Parties Hard During His Performance Of ‘Work Hard Play Hard’ At The 2012 MTV Movie Awards
by Nicole James | June 4, 2012 at 2:44 am

Wiz Khalifa's performance of his O.N.I.F.C. single "Work Hard Play Hard" at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards was inspired by real life events... kind of. Actually, it was inspired by "Project X," the "found-footage" film that's been the cause of real (sometimes dangerous) house parties all over the country. What better place to B.Y.O.S (bring [...]

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fun. And Janelle Monae Deliver A Dapper Performance Of ‘We Are Young’ At The 2012 MTV Movie Awards
by Nicole James | June 4, 2012 at 1:38 am

The lesson we need to take away from fun.'s performance of their smash "We Are Young" at the MTV Movie Awards is that it's impossible to NOT like fun. (Both the band and fun itself.) Lead singer Nate Ruess donned shoes for the occasion (which is a rarity) and led his equally dapper white tuxedo-clad [...]

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Watch 18-Year-Old Katy Perry’s Home Movie In This Exclusive ‘Part Of Me’ Movie Clip
by Tamar Anitai | June 4, 2012 at 1:02 am

Before the the endless No. 1 singles, the Elmo incident, before her high-profile relationship with Russell Brand, before the lights, camera and the paparazzi, before she became one of the most bankable pop stars on the planet, Katy Perry was just like you and me -- not famous, and hanging out on her living room [...]

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