Boyfriend Cy Waits reportedly lost his job at the Wynn resort over the incident.
By Gil Kaufman

Paris Hilton
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It was a good news/ bad news scenario for Paris Hilton after the globe-trotting heiress was arrested for cocaine possession in Las Vegas over the weekend. The bad news, obviously, was that police allege they found cocaine in Hilton's purse after pulling over boyfriend Cy Waits' black Cadillac Escalade outside the Wynn Las Vegas resort on Friday night because they suspected that marijuana was being smoked inside the vehicle.

But Radar Online is reporting that Hilton — who claimed the purse in which a small amount of cocaine was found did not belong to her — may be able to beat the charges because she was not searched on the scene, according to an unnamed source close to Hilton. The source said that Paris was taken into the security offices at the Wynn and searched there.

"Cops discovered the cocaine inside the security offices where Paris was taken," the source said. "Because Paris was taken away from the scene where the car was pulled over, this could potentially be an illegal search of a person ... Las Vegas Metro didn't follow standard procedures when Paris was arrested and her lawyer will be talking to the D.A. about this."

Hilton has said the purse belonged to a friend, though police have not identified any other passengers in the vehicle so far or pressed charges against anyone besides the reality star and Waits, who was charged with driving under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol. Hilton's Las Vegas-based attorney, David Chesnoff, was slated to speak to the Las Vegas District Attorney's office on Monday to argue that there is no basis for the charges, since, the source said, the amount of cocaine police allegedly found is "negligible, the purse it was found in wasn't hers and Paris was illegally searched."

The news was not as good for nightclub boss Waits, who was reportedly fired by boss Steve Wynn following the arrest. According to the Las Vegas Review, the couple were arrested shortly after leaving the Wynn resort, where Waits and twin brother Jesse were promoted to nightclub operations chiefs late last week. The paper could not reach Waits and Wynn for comment to confirm the reports.

KSNV-TV reported that earlier Friday night Hilton declined an offer to keep her limo for the night and instead said Waits would be driving her party around for the evening.

Hilton thanked her fans for standing by her in her latest drug arrest, tweeting on Sunday, "I'm so thankful to all my fans for all the love and support you are giving me. Thank you all. Love you so much. Love Paris xoxo.' "

The heiress had another run-in with the law over alleged drug possession earlier this summer when she was detained in South Africa at the World Cup for marijuana possession. But the case against Hilton was later dropped after officials learned that someone else in her group was smoking. Hilton has a history of getting in trouble for possessing substances and hitting the road, including a 23-day jail sentence in 2007 for violating probation stemming from a 2006 DUI bust.

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'She's very independent,' actress/singer tells MTV News of new Rapunzel.
By Kara Warner

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While the fall-to-Thanksgiving film season is usually rife with Oscar bait, it's also prime time for releasing family films. One such movie is the highly anticipated "Tangled," Disney's updated and traditionally animated take on Rapunzel, starring the vocal talents of Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi.

Kicking off our Fall Movie Preview, we bring you a delightful chat we had with the ever-gracious and lovely Moore, during which she discussed non-typical femmes fatales, singing in front of a 65-piece orchestra and Levi's powerful pipes.

MTV: How is Rapunzel different from the typical femme-fatale characters?

Mandy Moore: She's not the typical femme fatale or the typical Disney princess even, because: A) She doesn't know she's a princess. I think she sort of has this inkling that something isn't quite right in her life, [but] she's just really sort of motivated to find out what else is out there beyond this crazy tower she's lived in for 18 years. Having said that, she's very independent, she can take care of herself, and she's definitely come up with really entertaining ways to keep herself busy.

MTV: Is the Disney take on Rapunzel the same as the original fairy tale?

Moore: Pretty much. She has an overprotective mother who tells her she's not missing out on anything, and it's a big bad world out there and it's too scary and dangerous and she'll be eaten alive, literally, if she decides to venture out into the world.

MTV: What was your reaction to Disney changing the film's original title, in an effort to lure in more young boys?

Moore: I think I was initially a bit taken aback, only because people know the story of Rapunzel, so when you say you're working on "Rapunzel," it's sort of a no-brainer, you don't have to explain it to people. But as the title sort of sunk in, I understood the decision behind changing it. The movie is so great and so cute, and people are going to see the trailer and know what the story is about. I guess you sort of have to leave it up to the brains at the top. They know what they're doing.

MTV: What can you tell us about this particular story? Can you tease any romance?

Moore: She sort of comes face to face with this stranger who precariously ends up in her tower, and he's very handsome [and] he knows it. He's quite the ladies' man, if you will. Somehow, they get roped into going on this adventure together and start to see a different side of one another, and potentially a romance ensues. There's [also] a few musical moments.

MTV: What was that experience like, recording with legendary Disney composer Alan Menken?

Moore: That was fun. I'm definitely the quintessential girl who grew up watching "The Little Mermaid" and "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aladdin" and the like, so it was probably one of the coolest things I've done thus far, being in the studio with Alan Menken and a 65-piece orchestra. It was such a moment in time. I kept telling myself: "Just be in the moment. Remember this. You're going to want to think about this for years to come." It was really magical and sort of everything you'd want a Disney animated experience to be. As one of the players involved, I was like, "Oh my God!" ... To watch it all come to life, because so much of your job — you're looking at storyboards, you're having things explained to you, but there's nothing tangible to see or get, it has to form in your imagination, which is one of the slightly taxing parts, but also the most fun — to get to be a kid again and go into the depths of your imagination and play around. This, being there with the orchestra and hearing the score sort of come to life and what the feel of the movie was going to be at different parts was like, "Oh, OK, now I really get what we're doing." So that was definitely a moment for me. It was the first time I met Zach [Levi].

MTV: Does Zach actually sing in the film?

Moore: He does, and he's amazing! Oh my God, we had one rehearsal before we went into the studio, and I was so interested [in him], because they wanted to cast actors in the roles who could also sing, and I had no idea that he sang, and it turns out he's like a big musical-theater nut and had that in his background. He has a beautiful voice, but he has the perfect voice for something like this. He's such a sweet guy, and he's so funny in the movie, but I think his voice will astonish people, like, "Wow, where did that come from?"

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'I've accomplished more than a lot of cats in hip-hop who get that recognition,' Bow tells Mixtape Daily.
By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes

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Monday's Main Pick

Street Star: Bow Wow

Holding It Down For: Cash Money

Mixtape: Greenlight 3

Real Spit: Bow Wow's Greenlight 3 has a yellow light for now. Bow definitely plans to put it out, but he's delaying it for a couple of weeks. He wanted to let his film "Lottery Ticket" breathe before he dropped his new project.

"It's important for me to do the Greenlight mixtape, because the fans want it. Where I got the title, the whole Greenlight title came from Jermaine [Dupri]," Bow explained. "He was gonna name his album Greenlight. I asked him: 'What you gonna do with it?' I took it and ran with it and created a brand. G1 set the tone. G2, I told you, it did a million downloads in a day. I never knew it was gonna be like that. I didn't know if it's me signing to Cash Money or because it was free. This is the third one, and it's the last one. And it's gonna complete the series.

"Greenlight 3 has 12 original records. It's gonna sound like a brand-new album," he added. "It's easy to take a verse and put it on whatever's hot. To make songs, that's what a lot of artists or MCs have a hard time with. Making records. I did it this time for it to be original, because you see what's going on with Chris [Brown] and the 'Deuces' record. That's off the mixtape, what you think is off an album. I did that intentionally, because I could probably have three singles — which I do. I feel like I got three singles off the G3. G3 is to prepare people of what's to come from the album."

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» "Why They Hating." "The reasons I had to do that record is because I always felt like I've accomplished more than a lot of cats in hip-hop who get that response, that recognition," Bow answered. "But it's funny, because maybe I don't act as hard as they do, or I don't be talking about certain stuff they be poppin' on their records so people wanna downplay my success. You really can't. There has to be a reason why."

» "A Lot on My Mind." "That's me talking about a lot of real personal situations that I never opened up about in record. I talk about how my girl, I got caught up with a situation with a girl, and she got pregnant. I got the call when I was doing the 'Lottery Ticket' movie. That record is more personal. It deals with issues I'm going with now as a young man. Real-life situations. That's what's interesting about me. I had to find a way [to express myself]. I feel like everybody has a story no matter what. I haven't told my story. I been holding onto it because I been scared. Now, me being at Cash Money, I wanna turn into the artist's artist. I feel like I gotta open up and talk about these things. It's a three-verse record. Each verse deals with something personal within the last two years that you don't know about. It gets crazier when you listen to the whole mixtape."

» "Talk That Sh--." "That's self-explanatory. It's me going off. Doing what I do. Lyrically, I'm just improving. Every mixtape gets better. I'm bringing Jadakiss onboard for the album. Just to have that lyrical push from somebody who is well-respected in hip-hop. Somebody who can give me that perspective or that knowledge I never had. I'm trying to take it to whole new level. Every thing is about greatness with me. Working with great actors. I'm working with Tyler Perry on his next film. It's about working with great people, and hopefully I can take some stuff from those guys."

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'He's the biggest rock star of all of them,' Lovato says of the youngest JoBro.
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When fans tune in to "Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam" this Friday, they may be surprised to see that the fourth Jonas brother, 9-year-old Frankie, has a part in the sequel to the hit 2008 flick "Camp Rock." And co-star Demi Lovato says that the kid has some swagger.

"He's the biggest rock star of all of them," she told MTV News. "He's got swag like Justin Bieber and he rocks out like Mick Jagger, so he's kind of a combination of the two. He's kind of like the ultimate rock star. Watch out, Justin Timberlake!"

While he may be as cool as Bieber, the Bonus Jonas says that of all his brothers, he most relates to Joe. "We never bully. We never even fight. We just have little bickers," he said. "I'm most like Joe because I've been a role model with him ever since we lived in Wyckoff, New Jersey."

And much like Joe, Frankie would love a career in Hollywood. "I would like to pursue my acting career and do a little music in the middle," he explained. Having now starred in "Camp Rock 2," lent his voice to "Ponyo" and made appearances on "JONAS," it seems Frankie is well on his way to catching up with his brothers in the fame department.

However, he still needs some encouraging words from his superstar brothers to keep him focused on his way to the top. "I'm feeling great because it's awesome [to be here]. It's my first live action [film] and to have my brothers with me is way more exciting because they make you feel more comfortable," he explained, adding that they've given him some great advice.

"They've given me a great one that my dad gave to them and they passed on to me during the filming of 'Camp Rock.' It says, 'Live like you're at the bottom, even if you're at the top,' " he explained. "Remember where you came from."

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Axl Rose's band arrived late and turned in a dire performance. Thankfully, QOTSA, Biffy Clyro and Egyptian Hip Hop were here to rescue the first day of Reading

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Rock day at Reading will always be Rock Day at Reading. And since this is day one and it's muddy as hell, things feel especially "no surrender". So much so that you worry for the bloggy bands charged with warming up a field who have paid solely to see Guns N' Roses and are at the height of drunk paranoia that they won't turn up. So hurrah for a handful of winners. Antics-wise, the incendiary Pulled Apart By Horses steal the daytime show as they always do with their now-officially-cool turn as The Jesus Lizard reinvented with the pop nous of S Club 7. It's compromised only by the knowledge that Sunday's show in their heartland of Leeds will be five times as good. Manchester's Egyptian Hip Hop grow out of their lo-fi beginnings and bloom into a proggy, ravey, fantasy affair. And if Yeasayer aren't headlining the NME/Radio 1 tent by 2012, that will be ultimate proof that the universe is inexorably out of sync. Since their power-pop reinvention they efficiently churn out a series of singalongs, and it's frankly baffling so few people have caught on yet.

But yes, today is only really about the Main Stage. Now officially popular, Biffy Clyro have the chance for their finest hour and they almost make it. Simon, in a nod to Nirvana in '93, has bleached his hair and beard and, in a nod to Daphne and Celeste in '00, is wearing pink skintight trousers. Their show falls between the brilliance of both. Being at the height of their pop era, we get all the modern ballady ones (Many Of Horror, God and Satan) which alienate the old crowd alongside the old weirdo screamy ones (Glitter and Trauma, There's No Such Thing As A Jaggy Snake) which alienate the new Kasabian crowd. It's a fitting act of schizophrenia from our greatest, weirdest band – disappointing only because they sound oddly normal.

It falls to Queens Of The Stone Age to rock up the dish (and the dishes) of the day. Last time they played these sites they looked tired and sounded sluggish. Yet now, with almost the exact same set, they demonstrate the benefit of better living through reckless side-projects. This is a band revitalised on a nuclear scale. That they achieve it with what is effectively a heritage set makes it all the more remarkable. Having had what was effectively a sleazy affair with Them Crooked Vultures, Josh has reconnected with his marriage, and they tear through No-One Knows, Little Sister and A Song For The Dead. Whisper it, but they're as good as they were with Nick.

Now, the kind of journalist who makes it all about themself is of course objectionable, but these are objectionable circumstances, so forgive me. My first ever gig as a festival reporter was Leeds 2002, when Guns N' Roses turned up two hours late but smashed it out of the park nonetheless. I may have mentioned that Axl was "as big as a house." He may just have called me out onstage in London a few days later, naming me a "pussy" who owed him rent for "living in my ass for so long." It was a career high, yes, but those also feel like kinder, more innocent days. This was when Chinese Democracy was still an illusion we could all use. But now we've heard the dowdy reality, and tonight we got the worst of both worlds. The band took the stage just a measly hour late, had their set cut marginally, but not dramatically, and turned in a show that was the ultimate insult to the Gunners dream, in being simply unmemorable. True, the magic of hearing the likes of Welcome To The Jungle, It's So Easy and November Rain live cannot be diminished. But last night Reading was challenged to judge whether this was enough, and Reading judged "no". There was no charisma, no chemistry and actually, so little vocal that the rumour of the night was that Axl had drafted in Mickey Rourke as a body double. Certainly, the boos negated his vocals down to nothing. And when history is written, it shall be told that the GNR dream ended with an unedifying sit in - in which Axl tried to whip up a disinterested crowd into voicing outrage over the shortened set. After such a mess, it's perhaps not surprising that the rumour of the festival today is that the band were not paid for their performance and will not be appearing on Sunday for the Leeds leg.

And so after all that, it gives me no pleasure to diss GNR online for a second time. But rather than a boyish jibe about his girth, this was about insulting their fans and, worse, their legacy. So c'mon Axl. Bring it. Do your worst. Oh! You already did.

If you've ever invested even a sliver of emotion in the Libs, then this show paid you back ten-fold. If not, well, there's always Ash

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They don't half go on about Leeds at Leeds. You can't even sit in a long drop without someone shouting across the lagoon of human discharge how glad they are they're not at Reading. It's the only festival in the world plagued by sibling rivalry.

In fact, Leeds is almost exactly the same as Reading, just with better weather, worse clothes and more chips. Besides, it's not location that's setting the tone for today but the return of two bands who have a permanent place at the top of a generation's CD pile. For the Libertines, this could be the defibrillator that brings them back from the dead. For Arcade Fire, a headline slot provides the opportunity for them to take the next step to becoming a world-beating concern.

There's a whole day of delicious indie to be getting on with before that, with plenty of O2 Academy-type bands having their first crack at the big boy's stage. Mystery Jets do well in the lunchtime slot with hoedown set-closer Behind The Bunhouse achieving the difficult but hilarious feat of getting everyone dancing with a pint in one hand and a polystyrene burger box in the other. The Maccabees outshine them, though, their pained romance making girls throw their hands awkwardly around their neck and look longingly up at the stage like they've just felt love for the first time.

But best of the bunch were the Cribs, back with dad Johnny Marr after a few shows on their own. They play a brilliantly aggressive set on hometurf where we're reminded that Mirror Kisses and You Were Always The One are among the best songs of the 21st century. If only they'd smoked more crack, had dalliances with supermodels and spent a few months in prison, they'd be fully deserving of a slot higher up the bill.

For those who need a break from boys in shirts with the top button done up, UK rapper Giggs provides a powerful rest break. With a crowd who had quite possibly spent the earlier part of the day hot-boxing their sleeping bags, this was Leeds' Shaun Of The Dead moment as these zombie-like children from the suburbs were brought to life by the Peckham rapper's succinct, no-nonsense flows.

The Libertines are not initially as comfortable with the Leeds beast. In his ill-fitting suit and noticeably grubby face, Pete Doherty waddles on like he only found out about this gig 20 minutes earlier but was fortunately camping in a nearby forest. The first few songs clatter and crunch while the band remind themselves what it's like to be on a stage bigger than their combined homes. The pivot comes with the trilogy of Don't Look Back Into The Sun, The Good Old Days and Time For Heroes – the last of which sends people genuinely beserk, crying and screaming like they were trapped in a fire. Sure, if you'd come without hearing the music or knowing the back story, you might wonder if this dated-sounding guitar band who fudge every solo and talk nonsense inbetween songs had in fact lost their way to the BBC Introducing Stage. But then you were never going to get it. Those of us who've ever invested even a sliver of emotion in this band, however, were paid-back 10 fold, the willing of the crowd emotionally auto-tuning out the musical mistakes.

And after that, sacrilege as this sounds, we couldn't be bothered with Arcade Fire (Dave Simpson will be providing the low down on that in Monday's Guardian). In our post-Libertines glow the thought of sustained organ pedals and instrument swapping just didn't appeal. We've heard it was biblical, that they proved beyond doubt that they were deserving of the slot and that an actual shooting star fired across the sky during Power Out. But we went to watch Ash instead on the tiny Festival Republic stage. Joined by new guitarist Russell Lissack (him with the silly hair from Bloc Party), they're still about as much fun you can have with your jumper tied round you waist. Sometimes you just can't beat a bottle of warm Kirov, close proximity to the toilets and Girl From Mars. God this Leeds festival is so much better than that Reading nonsense.

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Michael Jackson’s Birthday – Today would have been Michael Jackson’s 52nd birthday. His death was shrouded in scandal, and the king of pop continues to dominate headlines even after his passing. Various tributes will be airing on television throughout the day, and many have shown their support for Jackson through social networking websites. Michael’s father, [...]

'Modern Family,' 'Glee' and 'Temple Grandin' clean up.
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The 2010 Emmy Awards have come to an end, and there was a lot to keep track of. We're here to help, with the complete winners list from Sunday night's (August 29) show:

Outstanding Drama: "Mad Men"
Outstanding Comedy: "Modern Family"
Outstanding Miniseries: "The Pacific"
Actor, Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"
Actress, Drama Series: Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"
Actor, Comedy Series: Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory"
Actress, Comedy Series: Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"
Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Aaron Paul, "Breaking Bad"
Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Archie Panjabi, "The Good Wife"
Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Eric Stonestreet, "Modern Family"
Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Jane Lynch, "Glee"
Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Al Pacino, "You Don't Know Jack"
Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Claire Danes, "Temple Grandin"
Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: David Strathairn, "Temple Grandin"
Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Julia Ormond, "Temple Grandin"
Directing for a Comedy Series: Ryan Murphy, "Glee"
Directing, Drama Series: Steve Shill, "Dexter"
Directing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: Mick Jackson, "Temple Grandin"
Directing, Variety, Music or Comedy Special: Bucky Gunts, "Vancouver 2010 Winter Games Opening Ceremony"
Variety, Music or Comedy Series: "The Daily Show"
Reality Competition Program: "Top Chef"
Writing for Comedy Series: Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, "Modern Family"
Writing, Drama Series: Matthew Weiner and Erin Levy, "Mad Men"
Writing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: Adam Mazer, "You Don't Know Jack"
Writing, Variety, Music or Comedy Special: 63rd Annual Tony Awards

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Host Jimmy Fallon adds slushees and Twitter to the awards-show mix.
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The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards kicked off not with a bang, but with a splash. Host Jimmy Fallon corralled the cast of the Emmy Award-nominated hit "Glee" for a cold open straight out of McKinley High.

Enlisting stars like Jon Hamm, Tina Fey and Betty White, while dodging an overeager Kate Gosselin, the gang jumped around until Jane Lynch doused Fallon and Fey with a candy-colored slushee, demanding to be added to the song-and-dance number. Then things really got poppin'.

Fallon punched up the Emmys telecast with digital and musical touches similar to those he often uses on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon." He didn't slow-jam any of the categories, but the comedian did strap on an acoustic guitar to introduce sizzle reels recapping the year in television. A few lucky Emmy fans on Twitter got some love when Fallon wove their comments into his intro for presenters like Sofia Vergara, Tina Fey and Jim Parsons. Jim Parsons from "The Big Bang Theory" edged out favored stars like Steve Carell, Tony Shalhoub and Alec Baldwin for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.

In addition to new music and technology, new faces dominated the evening, as several Emmy victors took home hardware for the first time. Claire Danes from "Temple Grandin," Eric Stonestreet from "Modern Family," "Glee" scene-stealer Lynch, Archie Panjabi from "The Good Wife" and Aaron Paul from "Breaking Bad" all scored their first trophies. "Glee" golden boy Ryan Murphy also snagged his first Emmy for Directing for a Comedy Series for the pilot of the Fox hit.

Although low on nutty, unscripted live-television moments, the telecast delivered send-ups of some of television's biggest hits. In one clip, the cast of the Outstanding Comedy Series "Modern Family" endures inane suggestions about how to improve the show. Ideas included teaming up with animated potty mouth Stewie from "Family Guy," shooting the show in 3-D and adding the dreamy George Clooney, who also received the night's Bob Hope Humanitarian Award, to the mix.

Fallon also kept the tone light with a tribute to shows we lost over the past year. Manning a pink piano and sporting rose-colored glasses, à la Elton John, Fallon revamped the pop icon's "Candle in the Wind" to honor the canceled "24." Then, busting out his admirable quick-change skills, the comic donned a cardigan, switched up Boyz II Men's "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" and poured out a 40 to commemorate "Law & Order." Then he sported a black emo getup and mussy hair like Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong for a version of "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" to honor "Lost."

In a move likely intended to make the whole affair more relatable to viewers who are not television insiders, the show's announcer, "Daily Show" correspondent John Hodgman, rattled off tidbits about the winners as they took the stage. For instance, Emmy viewers learned that Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winner Edie Falco's parents are "constantly making meatballs" because she is of Swedish and Italian descent. Categories honoring professionals behind the scenes were precluded by the nominees' anecdotal answers to questions like, "What was the weirdest note a network has given you?" or "What did your mom want you to be when you grew up?"

After lamenting the lack of alcohol at the event and insisting no one in attendance is wild enough to do any real damage on the sauce, "The Office" creator Ricky Gervais resolved the issue by offering the audience trays of beer (although, "True Blood" vampire Alexander Skarsgård ribbed Gervais for giving out non-alcoholic brews).

In one of the more heartfelt moments of the evening, George Clooney accepted his Bob Hope Humanitarian Award to a standing ovation and recounted his experiences with the late comedy legend. An acoustic performance by Jewel set the tone for a presentation honoring late Hollywood names such as Gary Coleman, Brittany Murphy, Lena Horne and Dennis Hopper. The eponymous, real-life inspiration for "Temple Grandin" embraced one of the movie's producers in a bear hug in a refreshingly candid moment when the film won for Outstanding Made for Television Movie.

Conan didn't get to take the stage for his short-lived but much-ballyhooed "Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien" but Jon Hamm and Betty White joked about their "sexual chemistry." We got to see "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson briefly rock out on the bass, check out Sofia Vergara's curvy frame in 3-D and witness Fallon put Lady Gaga to shame with all his costume changes. All in all, it was an interesting night.

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Melissa Rosenberg
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In the midst of Emmy mania Sunday night (August 29) — Dresses! Nominees! Celeb couples! — which predictably revolved around the world of TV, pre-show viewers got a pleasant surprise as "Twilight" screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg made her way down a very long red carpet at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Naturally, when MTV News caught up with the busy scribe, we had to press her for another update on the progress of the "Breaking Dawn" scripts.

"They're coming along," Rosenberg said. "I just flew in last night from working with ['Dawn' director] Bill Condon, prepping the scripts. It's a lot of work, I'm exhausted," she added. Rosenberg also revealed that she's between 75 and 80 percent finished with the two screenplays. "But we're intent on making them the best scripts yet."

Regarding the biggest challenge she faces in finishing "Dawn," parts 1 and 2, Rosenberg said it's the climactic "battle scene" — in which the two opposing vampire groups face off in dramatic fashion at the end of the book — that's proving to be her biggest obstacle, rather than the infamous "birth scene".

"The final battle sequence is a big challenge because it lasts 25 pages," Rosenberg told us. "It's almost an entire three-act story in and of itself. You have to track (kept all in one setting) hundreds of characters. It's an enormous challenge to choreograph on the page and for Bill to choreograph on the stage."

Rosenberg went on to say that perfecting that scene is her "next big hurdle."

"I've written a couple of drafts [of the scene]; I haven't gotten with Bill [to go over it] yet. That's the next big hurdle to sit down with the stunt coordinator and create the ballet."

Check out everything we've got on "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1."

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Host channels Elton John, Boyz II Men and Green Day for musical montage.
By Jocelyn Vena

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"In memoriam" segments at awards shows tend to be serious montages featuring some of the fallen stars of the year prior. But at this year's Emmy Awards, the night's MC, Jimmy Fallon, decided to have a little fun with the yearly tradition by saying farewell to several of the beloved television shows that went off the air this past year.

Dressed as Elton John, Fallon sat down at a pink grand piano and sang his own version of "Candle in the Wind" in honor of the now-defunct "24." During the song, he changed the lyrics to: "Goodbye '24'/ Though I never watched you on TV/ I missed one episode/ Had to buy the DVDs/ ... [Jack Bauer] never going to the men's room, how did he hold it in?/ I would like to thank you for the torturing/ And the first black president."

Transitioning into a member of Boyz II Men, Fallon said goodbye to onetime television mainstay "Law & Order" with his take on "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday." "How do I say goodbye, 'Law & Order'?/ The good crimes, that changing cast/ I thought we'd get to season 21, but now that sound has gone away/ But at least there's still that one with Mariska Hargitay," he crooned to the laughing crowd.

Fallon then became Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and, strumming his guitar, changed up the band's hit "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" as a ballad to fan favorite "Lost." "The island it was mythical, but in the end they died/ I didn't understand it, but I tried," he concluded the song.

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This is a newly leaked song titled "Change Your Mind" by Australian pop singer, Kylie Minogue. It is actually an unreleased track recorded from her 'Aphrodite' recording sessions. It was written by Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters and produced by Deadmau5. She has recently released her eleventh studio album 'Aphrodite' on June 30, 2010.

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Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz and other famous admirers join the hometown girl onstage.
By Shaheem Reid

Lauryn Hill performs at Rock the Bells on Saturday
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NEW YORK — When you ask Lauryn Hill what it feels like to perform in New York City again, the legendary MC/vocalist simply says it's "something special, home."

"I thought it was great," she told MTV News about this year's Rock the Bells concept, which had each act performing a classic album out of their catalog. "I just wanted to be a part of it. As soon as they asked me, I was like, 'That's it. Let's do it. Let's do it.' Joshua Boumel and Chang [Weisberg], who are promoters of this particular event, we have a little history. When they asked me, I was honored to be a part of it."

In hip-hop, your longevity not only depends on your talent, but it also hinges on how deeply you pierce the people's souls. Many fans don't let an artist last a year without putting out music before they forget all about them and move on. A testament to Lauryn Hill's opuses — The Score with the Fugees and her solo debut, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill — is that everyone is still anticipating what she will do next, though she hasn't put out a studio album since 1998.

And while Rakim, KRS-One, Slick Rick, Snoop Dogg, the Wu-Tang Clan and A Tribe Called Quest perform classic albums from their catalog at this year's Rock the Bells — which concludes Sunday (August 29) in Washington, D.C. — most of us have seen these icons in the past decade. Many of us haven't seen Hill touch the stage in the past 10 years, and some have never seen her perform at all.

"Lauryn Hill, man," Rakim said in his trailer last week at the RTB kickoff show in San Bernardino, California, when asked who he wanted to see. "I haven't seen her in a while. I know it's going to be a memorable thing. I'm amped. Lauryn, welcome back. We need you."

Saturday night, when Rock the Bells touched down on New York's Governor's Island, tens of thousands of fans came out, and so did a multitude of celebrities. Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Swizz Beatz, Chris Rock, Alicia Keys, Bokeem Woodbine, Michael Ealy, John Legend, Tracy Morgan and Estelle were among the stars attending as fans.

"It was still amazing to watch her and her see her home in New York," Estelle said backstage. "I'm a big kid again." Toward the end of her set — which included some Score songs and a few surprises, in addition to Miseducation tracks — Hill invited her children and some of the A-list attendees to the stage. During a reggae breakdown of "Fugee La," Hill brought out Mary J. Blige. Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz and Chris Rock soon followed.

"Where's Jay?" Hill said. "C'mon, man, this is New York." And so the Jiggaman came out and saluted the fans. Next was John Legend and Jerry Wonder.

"It was love back. Love back. Love back," Hill said later in her trailer about the parade of stars. Outside, Busta Rhymes — who was a guest performer of A Tribe Called Quest — came and said hello to her kids. "Reciprocity. It was wonderful to see everybody. I was so touched. I wanted everybody else to share in that moment. I wanted everybody else to see them."

Hill said Rock the Bells was the perfect place for her to express some of her feelings, and she used the opportunity to drop some new rhymes and new variations on her classics. She also got a chance to reconnect to the fans. "I miss you. I miss you," she repeated at the end of her set.

After Hill, A Tribe Called Quest continued the body-the-venue campaign they started in the West Coast shows — the crew from Queens was in sync like they never disbanded. They bodied the stage, killed it, with a smorgasbord of hits. The Large Professor and Busta Rhymes came out. Wu-Tang Clan also showed the tremendous energy that earns them an invitation to perform at Rock the Bells just about every year. And headliner Snoop showed why he got the closing spot. The Dogg had the most polished and elaborate sets of the tour.

"Rock the Bells is one of those few remaining hip-hop banners, concerts tours," Hill said after the show. "We have the Summer Jams and things like that, but as far as independent festivals for hip-hop, they're kind of some of the last people standing doing it. It's an honor to be a part of it. Look at the company: awesome. Everybody's doing it."

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'Glee' creator Ryan Murphy also takes home some hardware, for Best Direction of a Comedy.
By Jocelyn Vena

Jane Lynch accepts Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy at 2010 Emmy Awards
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Jane Lynch won't be throwing any slushees in the faces of Emmy voters this year. The woman who weekly terrorizes the kids of "Glee" as Sue Sylvester took home the statue for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy on Sunday night and seamlessly combined humor and true surprise in her acceptance speech.

"Thank you so much," she told the crowd from the stage, clutching her Emmy in a one-shoulder purple dress. "This is outlandish!"

Lynch went on to thank her family and "Glee" co-stars in true Lynch-ian fashion. "I want to thank my parents on the South Side of Chicago for raising us to the sounds of musical theater and being so unintentionally hilarious," she said in her speech. "I love being an actor. I love being an ensemble." Later, recalling the calming spirituality of Buddhism, she joked, "Although I am not Buddhist, they do seem like a very calm people."

She had the audience in stitches when she said actors "have no choice or any marketable skills. I have to thank my lord and creator ['Glee' mastermind] Ryan Murphy for creating this role of a lifetime and the cast who are so young and fresh-faced, and when I'm not seething with jealousy, I'm so proud of you. And I love you my wife Laura and my little girl, Haden."

Later on, Murphy also snatched up a prize for Best Direction of a Comedy. In his speech, he shared with the room why he was inspired to make the show: "Thank you so much. I'm so shocked. I would like to thank Fox ... Tom Ford for the tux, my beautiful cast, whom I love so much. 'Glee' is about the importance of arts education, so I would like to dedicate this to all my teachers who taught me to sing and finger-paint."

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Host Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Betty White and more join 'Glee' castmembers in song-and-dance routine to kick off awards show.
By Jocelyn Vena

Jane Lynch, Tina Fey, Joel McHale, Jimmy Fallon, Cory Monteith, Chris Colfer, Jorge Garcia, and Nina Dobrev perform onstage at the 2010 Emmy Awards
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The Emmy Awards kicked off on Sunday night (August 29) with a song-and-dance number inspired by the night's breakout star: "Glee." Having already nabbed a number of the ceremony's nominations (and taking some of its early awards), the popular Fox seemed more than worthy of the props, as host Jimmy Fallon led a performance that included several "Glee" castmembers.

The set-up: the cast of "Glee" wants to go to the awards show in Los Angeles, but they just can't afford the pricey tickets. So, Fallon comes up with the perfect idea. The Gleeks should do what they do best — win a singing competition in order to earn the funds. With the help of some of TV's biggest stars, including reality TV-mom Kate Gosselin, Betty White, Tina Fey, Jon Hamm, Nina Dobrev, Joel McHale and, of course, Fallon, the "Glee" crew got their song on with a stirring rendition of Bruce Springsteen's classic "Born to Run."

Displaying the musical prowess that has made the series a viewer fave, the "Glee" gang — represented by Chris Colfer, Cory Monteith, Amber Riley, Lea Michele and Jane Lynch — took their act (and their TV co-stars) through a number of gags. Catching White and Don Draper hanging out in a dressing room (where the comedian urged Hamm, "C'mon, do the hippety-hop. Now back that mother up," as she taught him some dance moves) and meeting up with Hurley himself, Jorge Garcia, on an escalator, were a few of the highlights.

But those moments were only a precursor to the live, onstage dance number with Fallon in full-on Springsteen mode. Down to his white T-shirt, jeans, and red bandana, the host finished the crescendo of "Born to Run," with some guitar assistance from "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson. And with that, Fallon's idea proved to be a good one: The "Glee" castmembers had made it to the big show.

What did you think of the Emmy Awards opening number? Tell us in the comments!

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Anna Paquin, January Jones and more take fashion risks that pay off at the awards show.
By Jocelyn Vena

Kim Kardashian arrives at the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
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In a sea of blush, beads and black, there was an overarching theme on the Emmy Awards red carpet Sunday night (August 29): old-school glam. With the men evoking such Hollywood icons as Cary Grant and Clark Gable, the women hit the carpet in gowns that harked back to the golden era of the silver screen, thanks to retro silhouettes and an emphasis on glamour.

Kim Kardashian paid homage to Elizabeth Taylor in a white Marchesa dress with a halter neckline and cape detailing and a big cuff by Lorraine Schwartz. "Glee" star Amber Riley took that same route, however, co-star Dianna Agron may have gone a bit too retro in a lilac-and-black-lace tiered dress that screamed "Gone With the Wind."

Lea Michele hit the mark in Oscar de la Renta, even if the fit was a bit off. Her strapless navy ruched gown certainly made a statement with its crazy skirt and a diamond choker by Lorraine Schwartz. Keeping it with the Gleeks, the guys went standard-issue red carpet, thanks to tailored dark suits, but Kevin McHale made the look all his own with his thick-framed glasses and gold bow tie.

Then, there were the actors who vamped up the carpet. "True Blood" stars Rutina Wesley and Carrie Preston went bold in their printed gowns, but none as bold as Anna Paquin, who was gladiator chic in her Alexander McQueen gown with black and gold sequins. She also had the ultimate accessory, co-star and hubby Stephen Moyer, who kept it stylish in a suit and tie. "Vampire Diaries" star Nina Dobrev dazzled in a champagne ruched, one-shoulder gown with sparse beading that sparkled in just the right places.

The cast of "Mad Men" also made bold statements on the carpet. The über-voluptuous Christina Hendricks played to all her assets in a lilac '40s-silhouette gown with feather detailing on the sleeves and hem, courtesy of Zac Posen. January Jones' Versace blue strapless dress complete with fishtail will leave fashionistas split, thanks to its forward-thinking styling. Jon Hamm had girls swooning and wishing they were in girlfriend Jennifer Westfeld's shoes in his well-tailored suit and bow tie.

Other red-carpet standouts included "Modern Family" star Julie Bowen in a navy, asymmetrical, strapless dress with peplum detailing. Kelly Osbourne also played it vintage in her '40s-style black gown by Tony Ward. Not-so-desperate housewife Eva Longoria wore a black strapless dress with a detailed ruffle skirt by Robert Rodriguez, and Claire Danes rocked a gold-and-nude sequined, strapless Armani Prive dress with hanging stud earrings.

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The actor says the film is shot beautifully.
By Mawuse Ziegbe

Stanley Tucci
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Marvel hero Captain America is known his unstoppable brawn so it's a safe bet that moviegoers will check out a feast of out-of-this-world action scenes when "Captain America: The First Avenger" lands in theaters next summer. In addition to heart-stopping thrills, Stanley Tucci, who spent some of this summer filming the 2011 release, said that fans are in for a visually creative experience.

"[Director] Joe Johnston is a wonderful guy and I love the way he's shooting it, it's really interesting, it's beautiful-looking," Tucci told MTV News. The actor seemed awed by Johnston's approach. "There's a real power to it and the design is stunning."

Tucci will portray Dr. Abraham Erskine, the lab wiz who develops the potent serum that endows Steve Rogers with super-human strength and effectively turns the weakling into Captain America. The Oscar-nominated star dished about the nuances of his character who, despite having developed the muscle-popping serum, is not just a crazed genius tinkering with chemicals. Tucci revealed that "he's a combination of both" mad scientist and mild-mannered researcher.

Tucci, who will be seen next in the high-school comedy "Easy A," heads back to shooting "Captain America" in the fall. So far, the actor, who is known for diverse roles ranging from Julia Child's doting husband in "Julie & Julia" to a mega-fierce fashion insider in "The Devil Wears Prada," is relishing his time on the "Captain America" set.

"So much fun," Tucci gushed about filming. "I have to go back and ... finish it in October but I was there for a few weeks in ... end of July, August. It was great; a great experience." The star chalked up his good times behind the scenes to his co-stars. "Chris [Evans, who plays Captain America] is great, he's a wonderful guy," Tucci said. "Dominic [Cooper] and Hayley [Atwell] and Tommy Lee Jones - it's great people."

What are you looking forward to seeing in "Captain America: The First Avenger?" Let us know in the comments below!

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A divide has formed at Leeds – great new music in the tents (Foals! Wild Beasts!) and tired old relics on the main stage, including Limp Bizkit and Blink 182. Now, who's for yet another song about masturbation?

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The Leeds Festival has a way of suspending reality. It's possibly the one place on earth where you can spray your hair green, stick stars on your forehead, walk around in your underpants and think you look cool. It's also an alternative universe where ageing rap metal bands and generic pop punkers All Time Low – hardly household names – can double or perhaps even treble the audience for Friday's headliners Arcade Fire – a band whose current album The Suburbs is at the top of the charts.

That there are no rules here equally applies – for happier reasons – to Wild Beasts, whose Mercury nomination for Two Dancers isn't the only sign of their ascendancy. A huge crowd – admittedly, some of them seeking refuge in the NME tent from a downpour – hear music that is virtually uncategorisable. Are they indie pop? Or are they opera? Genuinely challenging but surprisingly listenable, they're a bit like U2's work with Pavarotti, except that the haunting tenor comes from Hayden Thorpe, a 24-year old from Kendal. Fools Gold are almost as radical, mixing afro-beat, rock'n'roll saxophone and lyrics sung in both English and Hebrew to get the Festival Republic tent dancing.

Events soon establish a divide between new music in the tents and old relics on the main stage, where Limp Bizkit are partying like it's 1999. Fred Durst's dunderheaded rap metal remains exactly the same although there are visual developments. The singer has ditched the trademark baseball cap for what looks like his auntie's lampshade, and guitarist Wes Borland has stopped wearing a monkey mask and started making himself up as a golly. Cypress Hill are also essentially rocking the same stoner rap schtick they've been trading on since 1993's Black Sunday, saying "Yo" a lot, getting the crowd to sway from side to side and asking if we "wanna get high" so often it's a wonder they haven't landed a sponsorship from a budget airline. If it all gets too much, new psychedelic band Tame Impala will take you back into a perfumed garden circa 1967, maaan. Some wag has thought it would be a jape to couple equine-named bands together in the NME tent, but the, er, two-horse race provides the day's double whammy. Band Of Horses are in utterly resplendent form, offering beautiful songs about loss, hopelessness and confusion – easy for anyone to relate to after a trek by the main stage. Foals, meanwhile, are well on their way to becoming a more troubled Talking Heads. Their syncopated afro-funk/math-rock rhythms prompt the kind of dancing that normally results in injury, but a mesmeric performance hinges on Yannis Phillipakis ability to sing lyrics like "let the horror in" while climbing the lighting rig, knocking drums flying and resembling a brooding 18th century poet. After that, Paramore's FM radio-friendly emo punk pop sounds even more generic on the main stage, although on the other hand it's refreshing to see a band here featuring a (gosh) Actual Female Rock Star in Hayley Williams. Alas, veteran pop punks Blink 182 soon take us back to boyland. "This is a song about masturbation!" they inform us. Actually, all their songs seem to be about masturbation. It's not clever, but judging by the stampede to see them play, they're still very, very big.

'My husband Drake and I have decided to have our marriage annulled,' Minaj tweets.
By Mawuse Ziegbe

Drake and Nicki Minaj
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Well, that was fast.

Hip-hop's favorite e-spouses, Nicki Minaj and Drake, are no longer together. Only a day after announcing their union on the social-networking site, Minaj tweeted that she and Drizzy have called it quits.

"Dear Barbz, My husband Drake and I have decided to have our marriage annulled. We'll maintain joint custody. Luv, HB," the Young Money Barbie wrote on Saturday. When asked by Twitter fan MissBrownBear who they were sharing custody of, Minaj "All our SONS."

Hip-hop fans began buzzing on Friday when both MCs wrote on their Twitter pages that they had wed.

"Please refer to @nickiminaj as Mrs. Aubrey Drake Graham and dont stare at her too long. She's finally mine. :)," Drake tweeted. Minaj also wrote "Yes, its true. Drake and I tied the knot."

While the duo's tweets made headlines, the missives were apparently just in good fun. Minaj's announcement comes after reps for the artists denied that they had ever made it to the altar.

Regardless of their marital status, Minaj and Drake have always been tight. Last year, Minaj said that she and her Young Money labelmate are "super-close." "Before all of this started, I would tell him, 'You're a star.' And he'd be like, 'You're a star.' And we'd kinda been each other's biggest fans," Minaj told MTV News. "To see his dreams come into fruition, it makes me very happy."

Earlier this year, Drake said on MTV2's "Sucker Free Countdown" that "I've always really, actually, really had a crush on her, always really loved her, and she's always just looked at me as, like, her little brother."

However, Minaj said that Drake was playing up their relationship for the entertainment factor and denied rumors that the MCs are more than just friends.

"Drake does not have a crush on me," Minaj said later on "Sucker Free." "Drake knows how to get you guys' attention."

Many fans were disappointed by Minaj's announcement that she and Drizzy are not married. TreyGivesMePPP tweeted to the rapper, "barb you just broke my heart! DRICKI FOREVER!" fashioning catchy portmanteau for the duo.

But Minaj gently reminded her followers that they will have to share her eventually.

"Barbz 1 day mommy will have to fall in love," Minaj tweeted. "Don't b selfish."

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'Takers' is only an estimated $300,000 behind 'Exorcism' at box office.
By Mawuse Ziegbe

Ashley Bell in "The Last Exorcism"
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The Box-Office Top Five

#1 "The Last Exorcism" ($21.3 million)
#2 "Takers" ($21 million)
#3 "The Expendables" ($9.5 million)
#4 "Eat Pray Love" ($7 million)
#5 "The Other Guys" ($6.6 million)

"The Last Exorcism" is fighting to the last minute for the top spot at the weekend box office.

The supernatural thriller is set to pull in $21.3 million since landing in theaters on Friday. However, the gangster flick "Takers" is right behind the horror-fest with $21 million. According to reports, the star-packed heist movie could overtake "Exorcism" when final box-office numbers come in on Monday.

Exorcism," starring Patrick Fabian and Ashley Bell, initially appeared ready to nab the weekend crown when the flick "easily outpaced "Takers" at the Friday box office with $9.4 million. "Takers," which touts an all-star cast that includes chart-topping artists T.I. and Chris Brown alongside British actor Idris Elba, debuted with $7.5 million.

Holding steady in third place is the explosive, ensemble action romp "The Expendables." After ruling the box office for two weeks, the macho flick couldn't fend off the sturdy theater draw of new releases "Exorcism" and "Takers," and raked in $9.5 million.

"Eat Pray Love" and "The Other Guys" round out the top five. Theatergoers are still falling for the tropical romance and midlife introspection of the Ryan Murphy-directed "Love" which made $7 million over the weekend. Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg continue to rake in laughs as a mismatched cop duo in "The Other Guys," which scored $6.6 million at the box office.

The re-release of James Cameron's sci-fi juggernaut "Avatar" didn't make the box-office top ten. A revisited version of the record-shattering fantasy adventure, which features almost ten minutes of new footage, pulled in $4 million.

Check out everything we've got on "The Last Exorcism" and "Takers." For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.

MTV Jams' 'Louisiana Love' day is paying tribute on the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
By Shaheem Reid

Mack Maine
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As we reflect on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, MTV Jams is paying special tribute to survivors of the disaster with "Louisiana Love." All Sunday (August 29) on the channel, you'll see videos from New Orleans artists. MTV Jams is celebrating the strength of the people in the Gulf Coast rather than making it a day of mourning.

One of the videos fans will see today is courtesy of director Scoob Doo and the Young Money family. It's called "I'm From New Orleans" and stars YM president Mack Maine. Fellow N.O. natives Lil Wayne, Lil Chuckee and the Birdman have cameos in the vid.

"The New Orleans video is basically a song with some guys from New Orleans: Lucci Lou and T@," Mack explained to MTV News. Mack Mizzle was in New York to visit Lil Wayne at Rikers Island. "The name of the song is 'I'm From New Orleans.' I got pretty New Orleans on my verse. The video is pretty raw. It's low-budget, capturing the raw and real of New Orleans. It's a good look. It'll make the city proud and kinda let other people see our heritage and basically how we live, our way of life."

The Cash Money/ Young Money family obviously has a well-documented history of showing us New Orleans in videos, starting back in the '90s with such videos as Juvenile's "Ha" and five years ago with Lil Wayne's "Fireman." However, since Katrina's destruction hit, many of the signature landmarks are no longer standing in the city.

"I was just in town for my birthday party, and I rode through the neighborhoods to see the new developments that are coming up and what's being torn down," Mack said. "A lot of the uptown part, the projects are basically gone, like the Magnolia, some of the Calliope are still up. They're trying to give the city a new face. It's a lot of memories gone at the end of the day. But we basically shot uptown, we caught the Superdome. Uptown, my little brother has a house. We caught some footage by him. We caught some of Hollygrove. The guys on the song are from New Orleans East. So we caught the East in there too. We tried to capture all the city. I don't think we went on the West Bank, but shouts to the West Bank as well. Uptown, downtown and the East."

Mack says his song co-stars, Lucci Lou and T@, have worked with the YM family before, and the two are just stepping up to the spotlight now.

"Lucci Lou, he was on the No Ceilings mixtape," Mack explained. "T@ is one of the guys who works for Wayne. He started messing around with the rap and started making beats. That's how the song came. He hit me when we was in the studio. He hit me, like, 'Pull up some of the beats we made on the I Am Music Tour.' I don't write; I freestyle. I went in there and went from the verse to the hook. I didn't know if it was nice at first. It was like 5 in the morning. I was tired. They called me like, 'It's a hit.' I listened to it two days later and said, 'It's a nice song.' They did their verse, and here we are."

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Holding You Down (Goin’ In Circles) Remix: Jazmine Sullivan Ft. Mary J. Blige – Jazmine Sullivan who is getting ready to drop her forthcoming sophomore album entitled “Love Me Back” has unveiled a new track called “Holding You Down (Goin’ In Circles)” along with the remix which features the queen of Hip Hop Soul Mary [...]

• Artist : Nicki Minaj
• Song : Check It Out
• Album : N/A

New amazing song by American female rapper Nicki Minaj called "Check It Out" surfaced recently. It features Will.i.am. The happy-go-lucky track samples The Buggles’ 1979 smash hit "Video Killed The Radio Star", which is the very first video to ever aired on MTV. Her debut album, Pink Friday, is due to be released on November 23, 2010.

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[Will.I.Am]
Step up in the party like my name was Mr. T
all these hating magazines got nathing on me
honestly I can stay as fly as I can be
if you really you get super OG
hunny`s always resting cause I`m fly fly fly
dumbones always testing cause I`m floating sky high
I stay n-ggerrific you don`t needa ask why
(?)

[Chorus - Will.I.am]
I cant believe it
its so amazing
this club is heating
this party`s blazin`
I can`t believe it this beat it bangin
I can`t believe it
(I can`t believe it, hey)
Hey check it out
check it out (x10)
yeah yeah I`m feeling it now
check it out (x3)

[Nicki Minaj]
Step up in the party like my name was that b-tch
all these haters mad because I`m so established
they know I`m a beast yeah Im a f-cking fab b-tch
haters you can kill yourself
in my space shuttle and I`m not coming down
I`m stereo and she`s just so monotone
sometimes it just me and all my bottles all alone
I ain`t coming back this time

[Chorus]

[Will.I.Am]
Check this muthaf-cker out
it got me in the club in the club just rocking like this

[Nicki Minaj]
Da done done
the sun done
yep the sun done
came up but we still up in dungeon
Da done done
yep in London
the competition why yet so we love some
how the f-ck they getting mad cause they run done
mad cause I`m getting money in abundance
man I can`t even handle these hundroids
duffle bag every time i go to (?)
I leave the rest just to collect interest
I mean musicjuzz.blogspot.com interest
f-ck my nemesis
exclaimation just for emphasis
and I don`t symphasise cause you a simple b-tch
I just pop up on these hoes on some pimple sh-t
and put an iron to your face y`all wrinkled b-tch

[Will.I.Am]
Oh, we just had to kill it
we on the radio hotter than a skillet
we in the club making party people holla
money in the bank means we getting top dollar
I`m a big baller you a little smaller
step up to my level you need to grow a little taller
I`ma shot caller
get up off my collar
you are chiuaua I`ma rottwieler

[Chorus]

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Roseanne Cash dropped by The Current's studio's last fall when she was in town to perform on Prairie Home Companion. I decided, since she performs at the MN State Fair on Monday and Tuesday, to replay it today. It...

The star was busted in Las Vegas Friday night.
By Mawuse Ziegbe

Paris Hilton in Las Vegas police custody on Friday
Photo: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

Paris Hilton was arrested in Las Vegas Friday night for cocaine possession. Police found a small amount of the substance on the socialite and reality-TV starlet after a black Cadillac Escalade she was riding in was pulled over. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirmed the arrest to MTV News.

A traffic officer stopped the SUV shortly before midnight on Las Vegas Boulevard near the Wynn Hotel Casino after noticing the scent of marijuana billowing from the vehicle. An officer told MTV News that cocaine fell out of Hilton's purse as she pulled out some lip balm. She was booked into the Clark County Detention Center and later released Saturday (August 28) at 2:45 a.m. on her own recognizance. Cy Waits, who is reportedly dating Hilton, was arrested for with driving under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol and remained in custody Saturday morning.

Hilton would likely receive probation if convicted, according to The Associated Press. The star's attorney, David Chesnoff, said that he was still getting information about the situation, and added, "I caution people not to rush to judgment."

The heiress tweeted early Saturday morning but didn't appear to be shaken up by the incident.

"In bed watching Family Guy. Love this show.! So hilarious! Stewie is my favorite :) love his accent," Hilton wrote around 6 a.m. "Going to bed. Sweet dreams everyone. Xoxo Paris :)."

Hilton had another run-in with the law over alleged drug possession earlier this summer. The star was detained in South Africa at the World Cup for marijuana possession, but the case against Hilton was later dropped after officials learned that someone else in her group was smoking.

The heiress has a history of getting in trouble for possessing substances and hitting the road. Hilton served 23 days in jail in 2007 for violating probation stemming from a 2006 DUI bust.

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The Minnesota State Fair is underway! It summer's last hurrah and a celebration of all things Minnesota and all things food and it's all on a stick. My assignment today: songs that remind us of the fair! On the docket...

• Artist : Good Charlotte
• Song : Like It's Her Birthday
• Album : Cardiology

WOOP! Awesomeness! This is a hot new song titled "Like It's Her Birthday" by American pop-punk band, Good Charlotte. It is the first single taken from their 'Cardiology' album slated for release on November 2, 2010 through Capitol Records. They posted the song online on YouTube on August 5, 2010 and it reached 100,000 views on August 15, 2010.

Listen below to Like It's Her Birthday by Good Charlotte and sing along with the Good Charlotte - Like It's Her Birthday lyric. Let us know what you think!

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Tonight I kinda get the feeling,
My girl is up to something,
Something that is no good.
She said she only had a meeting,
But she is dressed for something,
Something that is no good.
Now I'm not saying that she's cheating,
But seeing is believing,
Can't believe it,
What I'm seeing when I stepped inside.

She's so wasted,
Acting crazy,
Making a scene,
Like it's her birthday.
Drinking champagne,
Going insane,
Falling on me,
Like it's her birthday.

Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh.
This ain't the night I thought it'd be.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
She ain't shy, apparently.

Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh.
You can hear the crowd and everybody sings.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Just like it's her birthday.

She turns and says don't be surprised,
It's gonna be a good night,
A good, good night.
She's showing me a different side,
One I've never seen before,
That I Ignore.

Cause when I'm up she's all about me,
When I'm down,
She stays around me,
Now I know I'm one and only,
So I might as well enjoy the ride.

She's so wasted,
Acting crazy,
Making a scene,
Like it's her birthday.
Drinking champagne,
Going insane,
Falling on me,
Like it's her birthday.

Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh.
This ain't the night I thought it'd be.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
She ain't shy, apparently.

Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh.
You can hear the crowd and everybody sings.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
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Just like it's her birthday.

Like it's her birthday.
Like it's her birthday.
Like it's her birthday.
Like it's her birthday.

She's so wasted,
Acting crazy,
Making a scene,
Like it's her birthday.
Drinking champagne,
Going insane,
Falling on me,
Like it's her birthday.

Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh.
This ain't the night I thought it'd be.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
She ain't shy, apparently.

Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh.
This ain't the night I thought it'd be.
You can hear the crowd and everybody sings.
Just like it's her birthday.

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A look at the 'super-close' Young Money stars' relationship.
By Mawuse Ziegbe

Drake and Nicki Minaj
Photo: MTV News

Drake and Nicki Minaj are two of the biggest MCs reppin' Young Money and on Friday, the hitmaking rappers made major headlines when they tweeted that they had tied the knot. Even if unions announced on social-networking sites aren't recognized by law, the duo's strong bond is undeniable.

Here's a timeline of Drake and Nicki Minaj's moments in the spotlight on their road to Twitter matrimony:

»Minaj told Mixtape Daily in August 2009 that she and Drizzy are "super-close." "Before all of this started, I would tell him, 'You're a star.' And he'd be like, 'You're a star.' And we'd kinda been each other's biggest fans. To see his dreams come into fruition, it makes me very happy," she said.

»In fall 2009, Minaj battled criticism for reportedly penning her freestyles beforehand; an issue that Drake also dealt with earlier in the year.

»In March 2010, Drizzy and Minaj joined Young Money boss Lil Wayne onstage at New York City's famed Madison Square Garden. "This means the world to me -- to be there with Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy and Drake," Minaj said. "It was the stuff that dreams are made of for a girl."

»Drake and Minaj appeared together on the May issue of XXL magazine with the caption, "Domination: The Rebirth of Rap Royalty."

»Drake stuck up for Minaj in June amid her drama with fellow femcee Lil' Kim and said he "didn't respect" the Queen Bee's swipes.

»Drake said that he and the Young Money Barbie have a "playful relationship" when asked about the infamous "Miss Me" lyric in which he spits about wife-ing up Minaj. "That line on the album is just me playing with her. I'll be playing with her for years until she's ready to go, and then I'm ready," he said.

»Drake dropped Thank Me Later on June 15. Nicki Minaj appears on the track "Up All Night."

» On August 27, the MCs told their Twitter followers that they are married. "Please refer to @nickiminaj as Mrs. Aubrey Drake Graham and dont stare at her too long. She's finally mine. :)," Drizzy tweets.

What do you think about Nicki Minaj and Drake's relationship? Do you think they are actually married? If not, do you think they ever will marry? Sound off in the comments below!

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Rihanna New Album Release Date? – The wait will be ova on November 2nd for the many Rihannites (Rihanna’s fans) out there. According to French media that seems to be on top of their RnB news as of lately – Rihanna has decided to drop her yet to be titled 5th studio on the 2nd [...]

Kelly Rowland One Woman Show New Album – Kelly Rowland rewarded her fans with a private concert at the PC Richard and Son Theater, which is located in New York City. The concert took place on Wednesday, and drew a substantial crowd. The former Destiny’s Child member sang a number of her former group’s hits [...]

Cee-Lo New Album Lady Killer and New Song F**k You – Cee-Lo is an expert at creating a following for his music. When he teamed up with DJ Dangermouse to form the group Gnarls Barkley, the two created a viral following by taking pictures as various famous duos including Star Wars characters and Beavis and [...]

Seal Secret Music Video – After a short break from the music world, Seal is returning with a music video for his latest single, “Secret.” The video debuted on the popular blog site PopEater, and was available for everyone in the United States. The song will be the first single from his upcoming album, which [...]

Earlier this month Stereogum revealed that Yeezy flew Justin Vernon to a Hawaii studio for a few days to collaborate on … something. Little did we know Kanye would invite Jay-Z, Rick Ross, and Nicki Minaj to the party. “Monster” is the second track from Watch The Throne, a five song collection announced today via @kanyewest. Sorry, Justin doesn’t rap.

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• Artist : R. Kelly
• Song : When A Woman Loves
• Album : Love Letter

Here is a brand new record from the self-proclaimed King of R&B, R. Kelly called "When A Woman Loves". It will be the first single off his upcoming "Love Letter" album that is set to be released at the end of 2010. This is a beautiful timeless classic piece.

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When a woman loves
She, she loves for real
When a woman loves
She, she, she loves for real
She took me back
After I broke her heart
About a thousand times
She gave her life to me
With no regrets, she followed me
And she, and she, the girl she raised me
And I’m forever indebted, I’m forever indebted, I’m forever indebted to her cause
When a woman loves
She, she, she loves for real
When a woman loves
She, she, she loves for real
She filled my soul
With the very touch of her hand
She really did
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And she’s got more, more faith in me than a beach got sand
And I like to tell ha, I like to tell ha, that I’m forever indebted,, that I’m forever indebted, forever indebted
Cause when a woman loves
She, she, she loves for real
Yea, yea
See a woman loves
It would never die young
Even when I’m dead and gone, I’m gonna love her from the sky
Cause she’s given me something that no other woman has given me (Whooooo)
When I think about you girl it makes me think
When, when, when, when a woman
When a
Woman
Loves
She loves for real (oh)
When a woman loves, loves, loves
I’m tellin you when she loves
She, she loves for real
Yea, yea, yea
When she loves (When she loves) (6X)
She (When she loves) (3x)
She loves for real

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Janet Jackson : Janet Jackson – Number Ones – Icon Album Coming Soon – Janet Jackson is set to release a greatest hits album, titled ‘Janet Jackson – Number Ones – Icon,’ on the 31st of August. Janet, sister of the late, great, Michael Jackson, had 34 hits in her repertoire to choose from, [...]

The buzz about some rather big name cameos popping up on the forthcoming solo album by rock ‘n’ roll superhero Ray Davies started back in February. Back then it was revealed that the two biggest names in rock ‘n’ roll from New Jersey would both be popping in on the 66-year-old’s album. While Jon Bon Jovi took a swing at a new version of “Celluloid Heroes,” the ever-lovable Bruce Springsteen likewise contributed to a revamped version of “Better Things.” Now it looks like the whole album might be reworkings of Davies’ catalog. If it wasn’t such an iconic, prolific catalog we might complain. According to Hipsters United, you can add Black Francis, Spoon and Alex Chilton (R.I.P.) to that list.  If all that isn’t enough rock ‘n’ roll royalty for you, rumor has it that Billy Corgan likewise might be showing up with a stab at “Destroyer,” Davies’ ’80s update of his own “All Day and All of the Night.” Not enough? Mark Tullin of the Electric Prunes might be playing bass on that last one.

With a father who plays in the Blue Man Group and a mother who founded new wave cult heroes Human Sexual Response, it’s not terribly surprising that Cameron Mesirow would turn out to be a quirky musical artiste in her own right. As Glasser, Mesirow generally records as a one-woman band, laying her vocals over synths and percussion loops laid out in GarageBand on her computer, though her live performances find her idiosyncratic sound augmented by other musicians. After turning out a couple of attention-getting EPs, and earning more than a little buzz everywhere from the New York Times to Fader (she’s on the cover of the latter’s latest issue), Mesirow is set to unveil her first full-length effort, Ring.

The album is full of delightfully off-kilter sounds that, on the surface, seem to lack any obvious stylistic precedents. Sure, there are touches of indie-pop, electronica, and an arty singer/songwriter strain, but Mesirow, who has cited everything from prog-rock to Joni Mitchell as influential, is the mistress of her own sonic domain on Ring. And while the album itself may have been created in a somewhat insular fashion, her upcoming tour is sure to foster more of a palpable connection between artist and audience — Mesirow will be hitting the road this fall for a string of dates in support of the Bon Iver side project Gayngs.

Tour dates:

Sept 29 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
Sept 30 Chicago, IL @ Metro
Oct 2 Boston, MA @ Paradise
Oct 3 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Oct 4 Brooklyn, NY @ The Music Hall of Williamsburg
Oct 5 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
Oct 7 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge

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The Swedes make BoH’s “There Is A Ghost” sound like an airier Shout Out Louds song then pair it with an excursion to an industrial park where they ponder the silence that met the release of Infinite Arms.

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Happy Birthday wishes go out to the talented and beautiful Shania Twain who celebrates a birthday on Saturday. Though it has been a few years since we have heard new music from the Canadian songstress, every now and then she will make an appearance that will leave us buzzing, such as American Idol this past spring or her appearance on the CMA Awards in November 2008.

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been 15 years since the Canadian beauty started placing hits in the country top ten. “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under” was her first, followed by the sultry “Any Man Of Mine.” There may have been a more sexier single and video in country music history than “Any Man Of Mine,” but you would be hard pressed to find one. The song and sensual video were immediate hits, giving her a number one hit, produced by then-husband Robert “Mutt” Lange.

Since that hit, the pair have given the music world some great moments, and I would be amiss if I didn’t say she has also created some memorable videos, as well. Whether it be the romantic vibe of “The Woman In Me” and “From This Moment On” to the dominatrix-inspired get-up of “Man, I Feel Like A Woman” to the sci-fi look of “Gonna Getcha Good,” Twain has set the imagination of many fans on fire over the years!

What does the future hold for Twain on a musical level? Every now and then, a report will surface that she is working on material for a new album. Even this week, Jason Owen, who has handled her press for years at Universal, has opened up his own company—with Twain as his first client. That could be a sign that her first new album in eight years is just around the corner. The music might have a little different sound, as she and Lange have since divorced. When that material hits the airwaves is anyone’s guess, but a look at history proves that you shouldn’t bet against her. As the title of one of her singles says, “I Ain’t No Quitter.”

This video for Interpol’s second single “Barricade” shoves together arresting images (mirrors, projections on torsos, nighttime balloons, a lack of Carlos D), but it doesn’t take to analysis.

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One thing that never ceases to amaze me is how quickly you can help recall some of your favorite memories of concerts past via the magic of YouTube. Somehow I was stumbling through a set of videos and I got into the mood to see if any good Beastie Boys clips ever surfaced from the [...] Related posts:

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On their second album Hidden Lands, Fort Collins, Colorado octet Candy Claws get hooked on the conceptual. For starters, we’re told they opted to write the material on keyboards because they didn’t know how to play keyboards — I guess the idea of non-virtuosity/a learning curve offering an opportunity to tap into new approaches and spaces. Beyond that, Hidden Lands is labeled as “a musical companion” to Richard M. Ketchum’s 1970 book The Secret Life Of The Forest. We’re told “to derive lyrics, the band borrowed paragraphs from the book and used translation software to translate them back and forth between English and Japanese until they equalized…” Each song on the collection also contains a sample from all the other songs on the album. You can dig into this (and more) via detailed liner notes (and label scribble), but the 45 minutes are more enjoyable if you forget the above and allow the ambient whirl of keys, light percussion, soft bass, lighter voices, bird songs, strings, samples, and half-remembered Herb Alpert brass to flow without so many rules, references, and notations. But one more: For this “Silent Time Of The Earth” video the band “re-colored,” “re-sountracked,” and re-edited Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Soyuzmultfilm’s 1944 Russian animation, The Stolen Sun.

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It’s better to tell the ugly truth and risk embarrassment than to play fast and loose with the facts — that’s what the winners of this week’s Fail designation found out the hard way. Meanwhile, on the Wail side, we’ve got two bona fide rock ‘n’ roll heroes who’ve collaborated many times in the past coming together in a very different way for a one-off event. Take a peek and see what’s awesome and what’s awful in this week’s world of music news.

Wail: Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe Sing Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello

Never has living on the East Coast, from which your weekly dose of WvF originates, seemed like such an inconvenience. In an exasperatingly one-time-only show to benefit the Richard de Lone Special Housing Fund, run by their old buddy from pub-rock outfit Eggs Over Easy, Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello will be hitting the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on October 1. Even if the evening in question consisted of nothing more extraordinary than each artist playing his standard set, it would be an impressive event. But instead, Costello Sings Lowe/Nick Sings Elvis finds the New Wave pioneer and the power-pop legend performing each other’s material. As anyone who has paid the least bit of attention to either man’s career knows, Lowe and Costello’s paths are inextricably intertwined; Lowe has produced a big batch of EC’s best albums and covered Costello’s material, and one of Elvis’s best-known tunes is his version of Lowe’s “What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace Love & Understanding.” Hearing them dig into each other’s stellar songbags will undoubtedly illuminate each artist’s compositions in ways we can only imagine, because we won’t be there, damn it! But don’t let that stop you.

Wail factor: A

Fail: Hurley International Did/Didn’t Sponsor Weezer’s Hurley

Okay, let’s get one thing clear right from the jump — in this day and age, anyone who calls BS on an artist for corporate sponsorship, be it of an album, tour, what have you, is simply living in their own little la-la land. Now more than ever, when it seems almost impossible to make money from that quaint little process that was once called “selling albums,” musicians need to make ends meet any way they can. So we’re not saying there would be anything wrong with the famed surf/skate sportswear company Hurley funding Weezer’s new album of the same name, if in fact that turned out to be the case. No, the issue is this: Weezer’s Brian Bell gave an interview where he flat-out stated that Hurley funded the recording, and that the band had some kind of partnership going with the company. Hours later, after this caused a hubbub in the blogosphere, Bell went online to state that he was mistaken about this statement, and that he had subsequently “found out” that the band paid for their own album. Even if he’s telling the truth, is it really possible that the dude is this much in the dark about such a major issue in the Weezer universe? This just smells of major spin control. Come on out and admit you’re sucking at the corporate teat, Weezer — these days there ought to be no shame in it!

Fail factor: B+

Sufjan Stevens is making hella news this week with the announcement of his next full length, The Age of Adz. For anyone pronouncing that last word like you’re from the south side of Chicago (aaaaaaadz), it’s actually pronounced like odds. Who knew. But most people thought he was just touring in support of his latest [...] Related posts:

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I’m behind on my homework because I’m really locking in on the solid highlights from the triumphant Phish Summer Tour. If you want my highlights from the Greek, go check out our latest podcast. If you want some highlights from the summer in one 80 minute DJ mix, then head over to Coventry Music for [...] Related posts:

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Blue Water White Death is a collaboration between Shearwater’s Jonathan Meiburg and Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart. As might be expected, it’s not the most joyous affair … though it is pretty. Meiburg and Stewart, who trade-off on vocal duties, wrote the material for the collection, including one track about Juggalos, in a week. The songs are spacious and fractured: The sprawling atmosphere, captured serenely by John Congleton, reminds me of Carey Mercer’s Blackout Beach. Something that ties nicely to the fact that they named themselves after a 1971 documentary about searching for great white sharks in Australia’s Dangerous Reef. In that spirit, I like the overwrought water elements in this description from the press release:

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Jenny Wilson’s 2009 release followed up her debut with a healthy dose of whimsy and then coupled it with an equal amount of weirdness. An ebullient art-rock record masquerading as a stone-faced pop album, Hardships! finds the Swedish performer sporting not only a shotgun on its cover but a wry mix of hybrid genres inside. The former frontwoman of First Floor Power broadened her Afro-pop influenced cheer to include a few decades of R&B, a studio full of instrumentation, and a steadfast theatricality. Not only mining various genres, Wilson clings to a Zappa-like posture of undermining said genre with hilarious orchestration, lyrical transgression and ironic vocal flourish. Opener “The Path” starts as a creepy ballad before turning into a dramatic gut buster coupled with Wilson showing the wide range she’s capable of (the horse whinny is a personal favorite, as are faux horn arrangements). “Only Here For the Fight” drops early-’90s R&B stylings all over the joint, while Wilson delivers goofy lines like a glassy-eyed Michael Jackson re-imagined as a stone cold femme fatale. Perhaps harder to swallow is Wilson’s penchant for piano-driven ballad, where her blanket of irony stretches perilously thin. Of course, it’s that danger that keeps Hardships! engaging.

In November Bruce Springsteen will release The Promise, a huge collection of unreleased music and tour footage packaged in a reproduction of Springsteen’s song notebooks. The Promise documents Springsteen and his band around the time he wrote and released his 1978 album Darkness On The Edge Of Town. Springsteen put up a stream of an unreleased song from those session, as well as a clip of the documentary. Have a listen to “Save My Love,” and see a young Springsteen (and old Steve Van Zandt) talk about the record:

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People are wearing more black in 2010. It’s hard to pinpoint why/when folks started ransacking the goth, ’80s new (and colder) wave, UK dream-pop, and icier post-punk sections of their record collection, but as a big fan of all the aforementioned, I appreciate the shift (as well as the crossover of bands who’ve been doing it all along). I thought Abe Vigoda’s Skeleton had its moments — and was definitely more interesting than a lot of schlock getting hyped in 2008 — but their upcoming fourth collection Crush is great. Gone is the “tropical punk rock” of the past. (Maybe consider it a New Romantic extension of the “Skeleton” video?) Vocalist Michael Vidal’s quoted saying they were directly inspired by Arthur Russell and “cold wave and minimal wave stuff.” The band also cites the “regimented beats” of new drummer Dane Chadwick, who assisted with melodies and handled most of the electronics. The colorful L.A. warmth’s been replaced by frozen synths, swirling sequencers, more melancholic vocal lines, and icy guitar lines all while maintaining the catchiness and upswing you’d expect. (Spurned Interpol fans in search of big choruses should jump ship toward this.) See, for instance, “To Tears,” a track that features one of the collection’s sunnier (jagged) guitar lines.

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• Artist : Teairra Mari
• Song : Stranger
• Album : Sincerely Yours EP

This is a hot new song titled "Stranger" by America R&B singer, Never Teairra Mari. It is taken from her 'Sincerely Yours' EP, released digitally on August 17, 2010. The EP was released in anticipation for her second album, At That Point, which has been pushed back numerous times.

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Teairra Mari Stranger Lyrics :-

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[Verse 1]
I should of thought twice before, before I gave you my hand
And let you take a part of me, that I want back.
And now I'm all tangled up, sittin here stuck on you
How did I let it get this far

I shoulda never fell in love, I shoulda known you weren’t the one
I shoulda seen it from the start that you would go and break my heart

[Chorus]
I shoulda kept you a stranger, alibi every day
Stranger, simple hi, how’s your day
I shoulda thought about it a little bit longer
Before I let you in

I shoulda kept you a stranger, alibi every day
Stranger, simple hi, how’s your day
I shoulda never made the mistake that I did
When I let you in life

I shoulda kept you a stranger
Ahh- ahh Oh-ooo Ahh-ahh Oh-oo Ahh-ahh Oh-oooooooo

[Verse 2]
I'm feelin so empty now, I gotta move on but how
To think I ever will believe in love again
After I gave you second chance, for you to turn around and let me down
How will I ever trusted again

I shoulda never fell in love, I shoulda known you weren’t the one
I shoulda seen it from the start that you would go and break my heart

[Chorus]
I shoulda kept you a stranger, alibi every day
Stranger, simple hi, how’s your day
I shoulda thought about it a little bit longer
Before I musicjuzz.blogspot.com let you in

I shoulda kept you a stranger, alibi every day
Stranger, simple hi, how’s your day
I shoulda never made the mistake that I did
When I let you in life

[Bridge]
I wish I stayed away, I wish I didn’t hurt
I wish I didn’t cry every night before bed
(I shoulda never) gave you my heart
(I shoulda never) wasted my time
I shoulda never let you in
I wish that I never met you, stranger

[Chorus]
I shoulda kept you a stranger, alibi every day
Stranger, simple hi, how’s your day
I shoulda thought about it a little bit longer
Before I let you in

I shoulda kept you a stranger, alibi every day
Stranger, simple hi, how’s your day
I shoulda never made the mistake that I did
When I let you in life

I shoulda kept you a stranger
Ahh- ahh Oh-ooo Ahh-ahh Oh-oo Ahh-ahh Oh-oooooooo

I said it babe, I said it babe, ohhh, ohh-oooooo
I wish I never let you in
Shoulda, kept you a stranger

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