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Adam Levine Auditions for Action-Hero in 'Payphone' Video (watch!)

Keith Girard
Adam Levine is bucking for his own action-adventure movie. He makes a damn fine anti-hero in the new video for Maroon 5′s song “Payphone.” He also enlists rapper Wiz Khalifa, for some mid-song spit. The video opens with one badly beaten band frontman under a desolate big-city underpass where there just happens to be an old-style telephone booth....
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Beach Boys Still Surfing Sounds After Half Century (watch!)

Keith Girard
Brothers Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson joined with cousin Mike Love and a classmate Al Jardine a half a century ago to create the Beach Boys and popularized what was then known as the California surf sound. The group has endured its ups and downs since then, including the death of Dennis in 1983 and Carl from brain cancer in 1998, but proved it’s still relevant last night in concert at New York’s Beacon Theater....
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Nelly Furtado Jumps Through 'Big Hoops' in New Video (watch!)

Keith Girard
Nelly Furtado shows what big… really big, really means in a new video for her single “Big Hoops (Bigger the Better).” She not only means big earrings but also growing into the 50-foot woman, and maybe some other, ahem, big things as well. The video is directed by “X” who has also helmed clips for Drake and Justin Bieber....
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Gwen Stefani, No Doubt Open Album Sessions on Video

Keith Girard
Gwen Stefani and No Doubt have begun promotion on their first new album in more than a decade with a series of “webisodes” that go behind the scenes of their recording sessions in their Santa Monica studio. The first in a series of short videos leading up to the album's release Sept. 25 previews a brand new track called "Push & Shove." ...
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Coldplay Salutes Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch (watch)

Keith Girard
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin sang a poignant tribute to Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, turning the group’s raucous anthem “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)” into a soulful ballad. Celebrities filled the Hollywood Bowl for the concert. Yauch created the group with Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz in the 1980s. ...
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Justin Bieber New Boyfriend Video a Pimp Dream World (watch!)

Keith Girard
Justin Bieber’s definition of a more adult look and sound is a teenage boy’s vision of fast cars, lots of scantily clad girls and money to burn. Bieber has been going to the max to promote the video for “Boyfriend,” the first song off his new album Believe. He said it marks a departure from his teen roots to a more grown up look and sound....
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Bruce Springsteen Pays Moving Tribute to Levon Helm (watch)

Keith Girard
Bruce Springsteen went acoustic last night at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ to pay tribute to The Band’s Levon Helm, who died Apr. 19 from throat cancer. Helm, 71, had one of the most distinctive voices in rock. Bruce picked up a six-string to cover The Band’s hit song “The Weight,” which Helm had sung with the group....
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Ke$ha Sexes Up Old Glory in V Magazine (photos!)

Keith Girard
Ke$ha not only flies the American flag, she is the American flag in a new photo shoot for V Magazine’s “Americana” issue. So this is what America has come to… dirty blonde hair and freckles. The 25-year-old singer isn’t afraid of the raunchier side of rock....
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Kanye West Sparks Beef Over 'I Don't Like' Remix (listen)

Keith Girard
Kanye West has ignited a hip-hop beef over his remix of Chief Keef’s rap “I Don’t Like.” The remix dropped last night (May 1) and already Keef’s producer Young Chop is threatening a lawsuit. West must be giving girlfriend Kim Kardashian second thoughts. He brags about bagging three women in one night. “Soho or Tribeca/ three hoes, trifecta/dope money, coke money…”...
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Willow Smith Whips It in New ‘Do It Like Me’ Video (watch!)

Keith Girard
Willow Smith takes on the world in her new video for song “Do it Like Me (Rockstar)… literally. The 11-year-old globe trots as only the daughter of Hollywood power couple Will and Jada Pickett Smith can for the upbeat tune. Willow has been dabbling in music ever since her catchy tune “Whip My Hair” vaulted her into the spotlight. But it may be a little too premature to call the pre-teen a full-fledged pop star....
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Carrie Underwood Makes Pickups Sexy in Glamour (photos)

Keith Girard
You can take Carrie Underwood out of the country but you can’t get the country out of Carrie, even when she’s posing for high-fashion Glamour magazine. The frills are one thing, but a pickup truck? Underwood has undeniable model good looks and even flashes a little cleavage in a football jersey for the magazine’s May issue. And, yes, she poses with a rusty old pickup truck....
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Neil Young, Crazy Horse Ride Again on Old Susanna (listen!)

Keith Girard
Neil Young has proved once again he can spin and old saw into a psychedelic rock song, with the release of “Oh Susannah.” Yes, that “Old Susannah” from 19th century composer Stephen Foster. But what a difference. Young teams with his band Crazy Horse and pumps out the cover for his new album Americana. He opens the tune with his classic scratchy picking and strumming on his 1953 Les Paul Custom guitar....
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John Mayer Wants Fresh Start in Shadow Days Video (watch!)

Keith Girard
John Mayer steps out of the shadows with the release of his new video “Shadow Days.” Hopefully, he’s put his throat problems and his days of being a jerk behind him with his new album. Mayer, 34, has been sidelined since last September with a granuloma in his throat which had to be operated on. He was forced to cancel several shows and step out of the limelight to recover....
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Keith Girard

Keith Girard four decades of experience as an award-winning reporter, editor-in-chief, and senior media executive. Keith’s career began in Washington, D.C., where he was a reporter for The Washington Post and a contributing editor for Regardie's and Washingtonian magazines. He also worked as a writer/producer in CNN's Washington Bureau and has written one book on the U.S. Marines in the Gulf War.