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Kristen Stewart Surprise: Fronts for Marcus Foster Video (watch!)

Keith GirardSeptember 3, 2011

“Twilight’s” Kristen Stewart is turning up in the most unlikely places. She makes a surprise appearance in a video for one of her favorite indie artists, Marcus Foster....

Music

Taylor Swift Buys Parents Swank $2.5M Nashville Home (see!)

Keith GirardAugust 27, 2011

Taylor Swift raised some eyebrows when she put her Nashville mansion where her parents live on the market $1.45 million in July. But she wasn't kicking them out, she was kicking them up to a nicer neighborhood and bigger mansion. ...

COUNTRY

Beyonce Hot, Wet, Lithe in New 1+1 Video (watch!)

Keith GirardAugust 26, 2011

Beyonce has pulled out most, if not all of the stops, in the most risque video yet for her song “1+1.” She wears a number of revealing outfits and gets doused with water. Girl’s on fire....

POP

Rihanna Takes Emotional Ride in Cheers Video (watch!)

Keith GirardAugust 26, 2011

Rihanna is a lot of things to a lot of people and she showcases all of her everyday emotional interactions on stage, in the car, on vacation and kicking back in her video for song “Cheers (Drink to That).”...

POP

Lil Wayne, Out of Riker's, Drops 'How to Love' Video (watch!)

Keith GirardAugust 25, 2011

Rapper Lil Wayne didn’t waste a lot of time getting back to business after finishing his time in New York’s Riker’s Island prison. “How to Love” is his first video for his first new album The Carter IV....

HIP-HOP

Nick Ashford, of Duo Ashford & Simpson, Dies at 70 (video)

Keith GirardAugust 23, 2011

Nick Ashford, who with wife Valerie Simpson,co-wrote and sang some of music's best known R&B classics, has died in a New York City hospital after a bout with throat cancer. He was 70....

R & B

Trump Legacy as ‘Massacre President’ Jumps in Wake of California Mass Shooting

Rihanna Wows V-Fest in Tiny Hot Pants (photos, video!)

Keith GirardAugust 22, 2011

Rihanna continued to shock and fascinate Great Britain with a risque performance at the V Festival in Chelmsford, England yesterday, wearing crotch-defying short shorts....

POP

Selena Gomez Rocks Philly; Justin Bieber Visits (Video, Photos!)

Keith GirardAugust 20, 2011

Selena Gomez look beyond sexy, almost without trying, as she rocked out at the Mann Center in Philadelphia, while Justin Bieber dropped in for some PDA in the city where their relationship, or at least the rumors, began....

POP

Kayne West Joins Face Dive Club in Stage Fall (watch!)

Keith GirardAugust 12, 2011

Kanye West, who likes to portray himself as Mr. Sophisticated (he’s a genius don’t ya know) took a pratfall on stage during a concert in Bergen, Norway, and it was no act....

HIP-HOP

Taylor Swift 'Sparks Fly' Video: Making of a Superstar (watch!)

Keith GirardAugust 12, 2011

Taylor Swift answers critics who claim she can’t sing with a new video made up of clips from her Speak Now Tour. If anything, Swift is a consummate performer and worthy of her accolades and phenomenal popularity....

COUNTRY

Billboard’s Fate Uncertain as Investors Sour on Direction

Keith GirardAugust 9, 2011

Billboard, the so-called Bible of the music industry, is reportedly facing steep cutbacks as investors sour on the direction of the publication and its prospects in the troubled economy....

Music

Cee Lo Green Taps Jaleel White, aka Urkel, for New Video

Keith GirardAugust 9, 2011

Cee Lo Green gives Jaleel White, the lovably geeky Steve Urkel in the hit ABC/CBS sitcom “Family Matters,” another shot in the spotlight in his new video for his single “Cry Baby.”...

POP

Nicole Scherzinger Slinky Wet in New Video (watch!)

Keith GirardAugust 4, 2011

Nicole Scherzinger is drenched in a new video for her song “Wet.” She strips down to a nude-colored outfit and writhes behind a wall of water....

POP

Kings of Leon's Caleb Followill Melts Down in Dallas (video)

Keith GirardAugust 2, 2011

Kings of Leon, an indie favorite of such stars as Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, abruptly canceled their U.S. tour yesterday (Aug. 1) after lead singer Caleb Followill walked off stage....

ROCK

Rihanna Goes Native in Barely There Kadooment Dress (photos)

Keith GirardAugust 2, 2011

Rihanna went native in her home country of Barbados, wearing a festive, but barely there costume to celebrate Kadooment Day. She showed few qualms about showing off her body....

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