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• Rapper 50 Cent says bankruptcy filing is 'strategic business move'

  13-07-2015 23:40
  
  The 40-year-old New York born entertainer called the voluntary Chapter 11 filing in a Connecticut bankruptcy court a "strategic business move" that would not affect fans. "They won't see any adjustments ... I'm clear on my target and I'm not going to allow myself to fall apart based on little things," 50 Cent told Reuters in Los Angeles while promoting his forthcoming film "Southpaw." Lawyers for the "Get Rich or Die Tryin" singer filed cour
  
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• The Top Selling Albums From the First Friday Release Weekend

  13-07-2015 23:26
  
  1. Tyrese – Black Rose 2. R5 – Sometime Last Night 3. Kidz Bop 29 4. Owl City – Mobile Orchestra 5. Meek Mill – Dreams Worth More Than Money 6. Taylor...
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• Breaking: Spotify Behind the Government Investigation of Apple Negotiations…

  13-07-2015 22:57
  
  Spotify recently told subscribers to cancel subscriptions made through the Apple Store, and sign up again using the Spotify website. This would keep Apple from...
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• How Spotify Is Spending Millions on Lobbyists to Keep Streaming Free…

  13-07-2015 22:56
  
  Free streaming means more users.  More users means a bigger service.  A bigger service means a bigger IPO on Wall Street. Any questions? A few...
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• David Guetta Subjected a Live Horse to His Native American Themed Club Party

  13-07-2015 22:10
  
  Here’s video footage of David Guetta’s “Fuck Me I’m Famous” opening party at Pacha Ibiza at the end of May… [View the story “Deadmau5 on...
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• Sweet relief: Ariana Grande will not be charged in doughnut-licking incident

  13-07-2015 22:09
  
  Owner of doughnut shop does not intend to press charges after video revealed singer tasting pastries she did not buy, officials tell TMZAriana Grande will not face charges for licking two doughnuts she did not purchase on 4 July.Last week police in Lake Elsinore, California, and public health officials from Riverside County announced their plans to investigate a video published by TMZ that show s the singer and her backup dancer “maliciously lick” two doughnuts on display. A representative f
  
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• Novelist Track 'WAR' Is 'Very On Fleek'

  13-07-2015 21:50
  
  Novelist Track 'WAR'
  
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• Bugzy Malone Talks Back To The Haters In 'Hulk Smash' Freestyle [Explicit]

  13-07-2015 19:41
  
  Bugzy Malone Releases Brand New 'Hulk Smash' Freestyle Via P110
  
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• Watch MIA's audiovisual venture Matahdatah Scroll 01 Broader Than a Border

  13-07-2015 19:34
  
  The artist returns with a short film shot in West Africa and India, and a score featuring new track Swords Earlier this year, MIA told followers on Twitter that plans for a new music video shot in Ivory Coast were being prevented due to charges of “cultural appropriation.” Never one to back down in the face of authority, it’s possible her new audiovisual project - entitled Matahdatah Scroll 01 Broader Than a Border - features that aforementioned footage.Filmed in locations in West Africa a
  
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• Rita Ora & Lady Gaga #FreeTheNipple On Instagram, Because Why Not

  13-07-2015 19:26
  
  Do you think they sent a memo round?
  
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• Barrie Kosky: 'When I first saw The Magic Flute, I didn't get it and I didn't like it'

  13-07-2015 19:17
  
  Epic, inventive and physical, Barrie Kosky’s operas even rattle his singers. As Edinburgh braces itself for his Magic Flute, the outspoken Australian talks about the work he calls ‘a graveyard for directors’ – and reveals why he’ll be scaring the sheep at Glyndebourne‘There is no crisis in opera!” says Barrie Kosky. “It’s simple. Just give the British companies £100m – it’s as easy as that!” The Australian opera director is on passionate, trenchant form. He has two
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence Actually Texted Taylor Swift To Tell Her She's A 'Badass Bitch'

  13-07-2015 19:12
  
  Can we be in this WhatsApp group please?
  
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• Dance the night away to music made with a Game Boy

  13-07-2015 19:11
  
  By Rollo Ross LONDON (Reuters) - In a central London bar, Niamh Houston, aka Chipzel, is using a handheld Game Boy device to generate pulsating electronic sounds as the crowd around her dances, arms pumping in the air. Chiptune, also called chip or 8-bit music, is created by using the sound chips of old video game consoles, such as the Nintendo Game Boy, which was popular in the 1990s. "Chip music is music composed on old computer hardware or retro consoles, (such as) the Atari systems, the Comm
  
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• Gould Piano Trio/Fulgoni review – a ravishing outing for a rare Schoenberg

  13-07-2015 19:08
  
  Pier Pavilion, PenarthPenarth Chamber Music festival underlined the calibre and intent of this event with an ambitious programme
  Schoenberg’s epoch-making Pierrot Lunaire is not frequently performed, so finding it programmed at the Penarth Chamber Music festival underlined the calibre and intent of this event in only its second year. The recently refurbished Pier Pavilion offered the Gould Piano Trio – extended with family and friends – a delightful concert space, and here was a nice twist
  
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• It Looks Like Another MTV Crashes Plymouth Performer Might Knock David Zowie Off No.1 This Friday…

  13-07-2015 19:00
  
  They might have used their ‘Black Magic’ to get there…
  
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• Down to his last 50 Cent? Rapper files for bankruptcy

  13-07-2015 19:00
  
  Rapper and actor files for bankruptcy protection three days after he is ordered to pay $5m to a woman whose sex tape he posted onlineAfter losing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit, rapper 50 Cent has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
  In papers filed with the US bankruptcy court in Hartford, Connecticut, on Monday, 50 Cent, real name Curtis Jackson, reported assets and debts in the $10m to $50m range. According to the petition, 50 Cent holds primarily consumer debts, which are debts “incu
  
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• Rapper 50 Cent files for bankruptcy protection in Connecticut

  13-07-2015 18:40
  
  Lawyers for the "Get Rich or Die Tryin" singer filed court papers in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Hartford under the musician's real name, Curtis James Jackson III. The voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing came three days after the 40-year-old New York-born rapper was ordered by a Manhattan court to pay $5 million in damages to a woman over a sex tape posted online in 2009, according to media reports. 50 Cent has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide and won a Grammy Award in 2
  
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• 27 Celebs Give Us Their Best Emoji Face And It's Amazing

  13-07-2015 18:36
  
  Featuring Maisie Williams, the cast of the Vampire Diaries and more!
  
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• The Runaways' Jackie Fuchs: 'My rape was traumatic for everyone, not just me'

  13-07-2015 18:28
  
  The former bass player responds to Joan Jett and Cherie Currie’s denial that they saw Kim Fowley assault her in 1975: ‘If they don’t want to talk, I respect that’ Related: The Runaways' Jackie Fuchs claims she was raped by manager Kim Fowley Jackie Fuchs, the former bass player for rock band the Runaways, repeated her claim on Monday that her former bandmates had witnessed her being raped by their manager Kim Fowley in 1975, though guitarist Joan Jett and singer Cherie Currie have disput
  
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• Directioners Have Gotten All Kinds Of Creative With Zayn Malik's Tweet, Bravo

  13-07-2015 18:11
  
  We applaud such a creative fandom...
  
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• The playlist: African pop – Wizkid, R2Bees, Petite Noir and more

  13-07-2015 17:48
  
  Kwamz and Flava’s dynamic Go Mad has summer banger written all over it, Wizkid moves towards international stardom and 99K satirises GhanaFor a long time, the Azonto dance craze has been Afrobeats’ most visible cultural signifier. Alkayida, which also originates from Ghana, is following its nifty footsteps, slowly raising its profile, thanks in part to dynamic producer and recording artist duo Kwamz and Flava. They follow their breakout hit Wo Onane No with this, which features previous coll
  
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• 9 Of The Worst Lies People Tell About Themselves Online

  13-07-2015 17:48
  
  Oh come on, we’ve all been there…
  
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• Samantha Crain – Under Branch & Thorn & Tree: Exclusive album stream

  13-07-2015 17:14
  
  Have a listen to Samantha Crain’s folk flavoured fourth album ahead of release – and let us know your thoughts “I don’t write protest songs in the traditional sense,” says Samantha Crain, of her fourth album, “but I’m always listening to the voices of people around me. These stories are told from the perspective of the underdog, the 99% of us that are working people. They might not be literal protest songs, but the lives of the people within these songs speak at the same volume if
  
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• Kanye West: why can't rock'n'roll's old guard handle him?

  13-07-2015 16:53
  
  Rock’n’roll history is littered with egocentric mavericks whose bad behaviour was celebrated. So why do past greats expect Kanye to act respectfully? Everyone – aside from the millions of people who buy his records, attend his live shows and devour his interviews – hates Kanye West right now. Whether it’s members of the public starting moronic petitions, or former boyband members declaring him “shite”, nobody can stand the man (apart from the millions of people who have made him th
  
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• Sexiest Comic-Con Cosplay: 17 Of The Hottest Costumes Of 2015

  13-07-2015 16:38
  
  Oof! Our fave characters have never looked so hot.
  
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• T in the Park SOS tweet: a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a tent bag

  13-07-2015 16:31
  
  Tweet by man who claimed to be stuck in a bag triggered flurry of online attention before it was revealed to be a hoax Early on Monday morning as the T in the Park music festival was winding down a man calling himself Scott Johnston, 23, tweeted: “Hi im somewhere in green 7 someone has packed me into a tent bag for a joke and I can’t get out I don’t have much battery left.”@Tinthepark hi im somewhere in green 7 someone has packed me into a tent bag for a joke and I can't get out I don't
  
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• Universal Music Latin crea festival de cultura latina

  13-07-2015 16:26
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Universal Music Latin Entertainment anunció el lunes la primera edición de L Festival-Feria Cultural Latinoamericana, un evento de arte, gastronomía y música previsto para el 24 y 25 de Octubre del 2015 en el OC Fair & Event Center de Costa Mesa, California.
  
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• Demi Lovato Flaunts Her Bod As She Urges Fans To 'Love Your Curves'

  13-07-2015 16:17
  
  Demi is literally too hot to handle right now...
  
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• Wait, Does Justin Bieber Support Ariana Grande For Licking Those Doughnuts?!

  13-07-2015 16:09
  
  Drama drama drama...
  
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• Let's Wrestle review – no-fi Londoners' boisterous farewell ends in chaos

  13-07-2015 15:47
  
  100 Club, London
  You couldn’t imagine a wake this celebratory unless they’d cremated Thatcher in Grimethorpe. But who’s to say this indie outfit won’t stage a comeback?Like a politician hosting a panel show, rock’n’roll often has appalling timing. Had London’s Let’s Wrestle released their debut album of witty, grizzled takes on early Wedding Present, Pavement and Wire around 2006, when the likes of Art Brut, the Rakes and Good Shoes were convulsing bookishly into the charts, they
  
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• Why Does WWE LOVE Destroying Cars So Much?

  13-07-2015 15:25
  
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• Clapping Music, the App: your chance to perform Steve Reich like a pro percussionist - if you've got the chops...

  13-07-2015 15:08
  
  Here’s your chance to perform Reich’s minimalist work like a pro percussionist – if you’ve got an iPhone and the rhythmic chops …Here’s a brilliant – and infuriatingly addictive – way to lose a few hours in the app-osphere: the new (and free!) iPhone and iPad app from London Sinfonietta and Touchpress dedicated to Steve Reich’s Clapping Music. OK, so it’s not based on a behemoth of classical music like the Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony app, one of Touchpress’s previous iOS b
  
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• Zayn Malik Calls Naughty Boy A ‘Fat Joke’ On Twitter As Video From Krept & Konan Collaboration Leaks Online

  13-07-2015 15:01
  
  WHAT IS GOING ON?
  
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• Live Aid 30 years on: Look how youthful these music legends look!

  13-07-2015 14:52
  
  Thirty years on these music legends are still legends – if a little bit craggier.
  
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• Fans Remember Cory Monteith On Two Year Anniversary Of The Glee Star's Death

  13-07-2015 14:52
  
  We miss you, Cory...
  
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• Annie Nightingale webchat – as it happened

  13-07-2015 14:46
  
  Why don’t old people like dance music? What did she think of Pamela Stephenson’s impression of her? And what happened when she interviewed Jim Morrison? Radio 1’s longest-serving DJ was here to answer your questions. Read her answers in full.1.46pm BST Thank you so much for this opportunity - it was brilliant fun! 1.45pm BST UtilityForward asks: What’s your favourite biscuit?Let me stress they are not good for you, but a McVitie's chocolate digestive now and then... Continue reading...
  
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• New music from Dr Dre and Eminem to feature on soundtrack for NWA biopic

  13-07-2015 14:20
  
  Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and Dr Dre will all feature on the soundtrack to the film Straight Outta Compton.
  
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• Martha Reeves and the Vandellas review – still hitting a high note

  13-07-2015 14:11
  
  Tynemouth Priory and Castle
  At 73, the Motown star has a classic and timeless appeal, and generates a dangerous amount of energy on stage.“We came to make love to you with our music,” yells Martha Reeves as her shiny-dressed Vandellas (sister Lois since 1967, and sister Delphine since the 1980s) play in the picturesque ruins of an English castle. Continue reading...
  
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• Live Aid – test your knowledge of the Global Jukebox

  13-07-2015 13:53
  
  On 13 July, 1985, the world's biggest stars played concerts in London and Philadelphia to raise money for famine relief. But what do you remember about Live Aid? Continue reading...
  
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• Fans Call Out ‘Bullying’ Of Charlotte Crosby After Awkward Interview On Lorraine

  13-07-2015 13:36
  
  Things got a bit uncomfortable, and Twitter wasn’t into it.
  
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• WWE: Watch Finn Balor, Kevin Owens, Charlotte And Sami Zayn At Comic-Con 2015

  13-07-2015 13:28
  
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• MTV Review: Passenger Charms The Pants Off Somerset House

  13-07-2015 13:11
  
  The 'Let Her Go' hit maker returns to his previous busking ground...
  
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• T in the Park review – untrammelled hedonism and unabashed sentimentality

  13-07-2015 13:06
  
  Strathallan Castle, PerthshireThe Prodigy and Kasabian may have harked back to the festival’s past glories, but, despite its relocation, it was the T in the Park crowd that made this the genuine articleIt’s been a turbulent year for T in the Park. Plans to relocate from the festival’s long-standing Balado base to the grounds of nearby Strathallan Castle were temporarily disrupted by concerns over nesting ospreys. The top-tier bookings seemed designed to reassure existing fans that this wou
  
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• Jessie J And Delta Goodrem Clash On Set Of The Voice Australia (And It's Really Awkward)

  13-07-2015 13:02
  
  It's a tough job trying to make dreams come true...
  
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• 11 Reasons Why Lewis Hamilton's Outfit Was A Complete No-No For Wimbledon

  13-07-2015 12:38
  
  Oh Lewis...
  
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• J.K. Rowling Schools “Idiot” Who Dared To Body-Shame Serena Williams

  13-07-2015 12:27
  
  And Serena continues to look fierce while celebrating Wimbledon win.
  
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• Woah, Woah, Woah! What's All This About Jelena Hanging Out Together?!

  13-07-2015 11:37
  
  And it seems Sel-Go's pal Taylor Swift ain't happy...
  
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• Amber Rose Shows Off Detox Results In Insane Swimsuit Photos

  13-07-2015 11:31
  
  And is also kind of nice to Tyga and Kylie Jenner…
  
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• Nikki Bella's Weekend Was A Lot More Glamorous Than Yours

  13-07-2015 11:28
  
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• You'll Never Guess Who Jason Derulo, Martin Garrix & More Want To Be Marooned With On The Isle Of MTV

  13-07-2015 11:28
  
  We caught up with the five acts before they played sent 50,000 people WILD in Malta...
  
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