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Miley Cyrus, a Rebel With a Bank Account, Shills for Viva Glam (see!)

Miley Cyrus’s tongue gets a photo opportunity in a new commercial for 2015 Viva Glam line for MAC Cosmetics. The 16-second spot features Miley in close, close-ups. If you’ve got an oral fixation, this commercial is for you. Miley's a little behind the curve on brand extension; Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna have already been there, done that and moved on to bigger deals. ...
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Charli XCX, Rita Ora Pull a Thelma & Louise in New ‘Doing It’ Video

Charli XCX and Rita Ora take a road trip in Charli’s video for her song “Doing It.” They’re a modern day Thelma and Louise, except they seem to have more fun. They go on a road trip through the American Southwest, hitting the honky tonks for shots and mechanical bull-riding. “Thelma & Louise” was a 1991 drama starring Geena Davis as Thelma and Susan Sarandon as Louise. ...
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Iggy Azalea Shakes Off Rap Beef With Hot Y100 Jingle Ball Show

Iggy Azalea has weathered a nasty rap beef and threats from hackers to expose her supposed sex tape, but it didn’t show in her knockout performance at the Y100 Jingle Ball in Florida on Sunday (Dec. 21), where she performed her top hits. Azalea, who is white and Australian, has been the target of a nasty Twitter feud with rapper Azealia Banks. Banks accused Iggy of not caring about black issues following the protests over Eric Garner and Michael Brown, both of whom were killed by police....
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Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame Voting Process Needs Extreme Makeover

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is becoming known as much for its snubs as it is for it’s latest inductees, raising questions again about its decades-long string of baffling decisions by its quasi-secret voting members. The long list of snubs is infamous. How does Joan Jett get chosen over artists like The Pixies, The Cars, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, The Sex Pistols and Sonic Youth — to name but a few. Let’s face it, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has about as much credibility at the moment as Kim Jong Un. If it were a person, The Rock Hall’s credit score would probably be in the low 600s (ng!). At this point, it might be a good idea to include a $100 Walmart gift card with each induction. At least then it would be worth something....
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Ariana Grande’s New Christmas Video: Too Sexy for Santa? (see!)

Ariana Grande gets into the holiday spirit with a video for her new song “Santa Tell Me,” but she spends most of the clip rolling around in bed with four other people. What would Santa think? Naughty, or nice? Grande, 21, has made huge inroads this year with her music career after a successful teen television career. She’s highly sexualized her act on stage with trademark hotpants, thigh-high boots and kit-kat ears. For a Christmas video, however, she may have carried the sexual theme too far....
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Taylor Swift Takes Victory Lap, Performs on ‘The Voice’ (watch!)

Taylor Swift took a victory lap on NBC’s reality music show “The Voice,” performing her hit song “Blank Space,” from her chart-topping fifth studio album, 1989. After serving as an adviser, she showed how it’s done. Swift released the only platinum-selling album this year as the music industry continues to struggle with declining sales. “Blank Space” is the follow-up single from the album to “Shake It Off,” which was No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for four weeks....
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Ella Henderson Keeps the British Invasion Alive With Debut Album

Ella Henderson won a lot of sympathy if not the vote on the 9th season of UK show “X-Factor” in 2012. She was booted during week seven. But her career has been on an indomitable rise since then and she’s about to take America by storm. She’s already attracted such fan as Adele, Lily Allen, Nick Grimshaw and Cher, along with actress Chloë Grace Moretz....
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Justin Bieber, Cody Simpson, Heartthrobs Beat as One in Duet

Justin Bieber and Cody Simpson finally sat down together to duet on a moody ballad called “Home to Mama,” that sent teen fans swooning and crashing servers. Simpson and Bieber have been working on music since the summer with an eye on releasing a joint album. It might be just what Bieber needs to jump-start his career, while the 17-year-old Simpson may finally get the recognition he craves as a teen idol....
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Selena Gomez Countdown Begins to Release of New Music in Nov.

Selena Gomez declared a hiatus in her music career last year to concentrate more on movies, but she’s not about to let the holiday shopping season pass her by. She’s hinting that she’ll release new tracks this month as part of a greatest hits album. It hardly seems like she’s been around long enough to have a greatest hits album already, but a leaked track list suggests one is on the way. Selena told MTV last month that new music was on the way and she was about to reveal “a whole new chapter coming that I can’t wait to share with people.”...
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Taylor Swift Lands a Hot New Gig: Get the Details Here! (Video)

Taylor Swift will be working come New Year’s Eve and partying later. She’s been tapped to headline “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest” from Times Square in New York City. Seacrest made the announcement himself over Twitter. “This new year’s we’re partying like it’s 1989…my friend @TaylorSwift13 is coming to Times Square for @OfficialNYRE!” he wrote....
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Gwen Stefani a Koolaid Acid Test in New ‘Baby Don’t Lie’ Video

Gwen Stefani, who is glorious as a judge on “The Voice,” is leveraging her visibility on the show into what looks like another solo album, marked by the release of of a new video for her first song “Baby Don’t Lie." Stefani, 45, will be replaced on the show when singer Christina Aguilera returns for the next season. Stefani and Benny Blanco wrote the song with Ryan Tedder and Noel Zancanella. Sophie Muller directed. ...
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Taylor Swift Releases ‘Welcome to New York’ Hear It, Plus Full Lyrics!

Taylor Swift has created an Internet frenzy in anticipation of her new song, “Welcome To New York.” Get a jump on your friends and read the full lyrics here. Be ready to sing a long as soon as it hits! Swift unveiled the new song on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and it supposed to be released tonight (Oct. 20) at midnight. A number of gossip sites, such as EntertainmentWeekly and GossipCop have already dropped link bait claiming to have the song. But it’s just a set up....
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One Direction Tips ‘Where We Are’ in New Extended Trailer (watch!)

Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson, better known as boy band One Direction have released an extended trailer for their upcoming movie “Where We Are–The Concert Film.” The lads are currently touring, and the teaser focuses on their concert at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy. The band has also made history of sorts. They were honored by the Guinness Book of Records....
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Jennifer Lopez Lesbian Chic; Gets Jiggy with Iggy in New Video

Jennifer Lopez hits all the sexual touchstones in her new teaser video for song “Booty,” including the trend raging through Hollywood–Lesbian Chic. She gets jiggy with Iggy Azalea in steamy hot girl-on-girl action. Ironically, Lopez, at 45, is nearly twice as old as the Australian rapper, who is 24. She could be her mother. But you would never know it by all of Lopez’s signature booty moves, including a hot shot of her twerking like no tomorrow. ...