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• Amy Schumer And Goldie Hawn Reveal Their Funniest Moments Together

  25-05-2017 23:46
  
  Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn reveal the moments that made them LOL behind the scenes of their new comedy, Snatched.
  
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• Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn Play NEVER HAVE I EVER!

  25-05-2017 23:42
  
  The stars of new comedy Snatched reveal all their secrets to MTV – including their hilarious usernames, weird fictional crushes, and totally embarrassing date stories!
  
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• Tom Williams: All Change review – surging, vintage pop-rock

  25-05-2017 23:30
  
  (Caroline)
  He has released four albums as Tom Williams & the Boat but for his fifth, the Hastings troubadour has dropped his anchor, come ashore and is suddenly riding a quickening hype-wave, under his own name. The vintage pop-rock of All Change was recorded between classes with a student-backed band while he was artist-in-residence at Leeds Beckett University but its orchestral flourishes and even, on the track What a Shame, bursts of choir alongside an eerie organ, make it sound expensive
  
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• Life: Popular Music review – little innovation, lots of energy

  25-05-2017 23:15
  
  (Afghan Moon)These are tough times for the wake-up-sheeple school of rock music – the kind that is predicated on delivering profound enlightenment to the enslaved masses over howling guitars. As Hull band Life demonstrate deftly with their debut album – the dryly titled Popular Music – that’s because it is difficult to avoid sounding incredibly dated with it. At times, you get the impression their retro stylings could be deliberate – on Euromillions, echoes of the C
  
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• The Amazons: The Amazons review – uneven indie rockers

  25-05-2017 23:00
  
  (Fiction)Like Palma Violets, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Circa Waves and many others before them, this hotly tipped four-piece from Berkshire infuse the best bits of mid-noughties guitar music with a woah-and-ooh-heavy pop sensibility. Their debut album kicks off with Stay With Me, with its earworm riff and singalong chorus built around the three words of the title, complete with those obligatory whoops. Similarly, Junk Food Forever – their latest single – is a Radio 1-friendly voyage
  
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• The Charlatans: Different Days review – their best album in 20 years

  25-05-2017 22:45
  
  (BMG)The Charlatans have endured two members’ deaths and a breakdown. Such upheavals have wrought resilience, reflection and subtle metamorphosis. Here, guest drummers (ex-Verve man Pete Salisbury, New Order’s Stephen Morris – who also programmes – and A Certain Ratio’s Donald Johnson) bring a different funk. Other contributors include the Smiths’ Johnny Marr (guitar on three tracks) and crime novelist Ian Rankin (spoken word). Paul Weller donates some of his
  
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• Lil Yachty: Teenage Emotions review – idiotic, startling and brilliant outsider rap

  25-05-2017 22:30
  
  (Universal)If you are a hip-hop fan who considers a rapper’s talent as directly proportional to the size of his or her vocabulary, and for whom the phrase “back in the day” is always accompanied by a wistful sigh, prepare for your worst nightmare in zeitgeist-surfing 19-year-old Atlanta rapper Lil Yachty. There are certainly some idiotic moments on his 21-song debut LP. On one chorus, he just says “Harley” over and over again, while, on Better, presumably flounderin
  
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• Orlando Bloom Wants A Legolas 'Lord Of The Rings' Spinoff Series

  25-05-2017 22:09
  
  Totes want to see this.
  
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• Watch The Cast Of Pirates Of The Caribbean Play A Hilarious Game Of 'Would You Rather?’

  25-05-2017 21:54
  
  Kaya Scodelario, Brenton Thwaites and the cast of the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie answer the world’s most difficult Pirates questions!
  
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• Kaya Scodelario and Brenton Thwaites Go Speed Dating!

  25-05-2017 21:42
  
  The stars of Pirates Of The Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge reveal their secret selfie poses, the last texts they sent, their V UNUSUAL most-used emojis and more!
  
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• Pirates Of The Caribbean Cast Reveal Their Funniest Moments Together Behind The Scenes

  25-05-2017 21:28
  
  Kaya Scodelario, Orlando Bloom and the cast of the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie reveal their most hilarious moments together.
  
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• The Unthanks: Diversions Vol 4: Songs and Poems of Molly Drake review – subtly heartbreaking

  25-05-2017 20:00
  
  (RabbleRouser)
  Cover versions of Robert Wyatt and Anohni songs, hook-ups full of thunder and chug with a Yorkshire brass band, a stark soundtrack about shipbuilding, and now this: the fourth side-project in the Unthanks’ intriguing parallel career. This album features settings of poems and songs by Nick Drake’s mother, Molly, first revealed to the world on a 2007 compilation of her son’s music, Family Tree.Related: Rachel Unthank: how I fell in love with the defiant songs of Ni
  
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• Trad.Attack!: Kullakarva Shimmer Gold review – Estonian folk music like you've never heard

  25-05-2017 19:45
  
  (Trad.Attack!)Trad.Attack! are a trio from Estonia, where they have acquired near rockstar status by writing songs based on their country’s folk traditions. They have done so by creating a distinctive, sometimes eerie brand of stomping folk-rock that involves unexpected instrumentation including Estonian bagpipes, zither, whistles and jew’s harp, along with guitar and drums. To this they add the ability of switching to instrumentals that have the charm of great Celtic melodies. The b
  
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• Laurence Crane: 6 Trios, 2 Solos and 1 Quintet CD review – clean, uncluttered graciousness

  25-05-2017 19:45
  
  Ives Ensemble(RTF Classical)Laurence Crane’s music does so much with so little. The gestures are frank and ambiguous, bemused and sincere, self-deprecating and alert, unadorned and unpretentious. Take 2011’s Piano Quintet, the central work on this lovely new disc from the Ives Ensemble. It starts as a lumpen waltz, as endearing as awkward dancers who don’t give a damn, then subsides into little phrases that tug repeatedly, now hopeful, now fretting. The means are simple but the
  
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• Various: Zaire 74: The African Artists review – Congolese music from Kinshasa festival is thrilling stuff

  25-05-2017 19:30
  
  (Wrasse Records)In the weeks before 1974’s legendary Rumble in the Jungle between Ali and Foreman, a three-day music festival in Kinshasa united major American R&B artists with their Congolese counterparts. Footage of James Brown and others has shown up on the documentaries When We Were Kings and Soul Power, but this lavish two-CD set is the first time we’ve heard the African performances. You’re never far from the poisonous influence of Zaire’s military dictator Mobu
  
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• Fauré/Franck: Violin Sonatas CD review – urgency and sensitivity captured in intelligent playing

  25-05-2017 19:30
  
  Papavrami/Goerner(Alpha) Patriotic music isn’t all pomp and anthems. These febrile violin sonatas were designed to be explicitly, defiantly French. Gabriel Fauré and César Franck were members of the Société Nationale de Musique. They helped found the group in 1871 with the rousing motto Ars gallica and the aims of promoting a new kind of national style and, most important, of beating the Germans at their own symphonic and chamber music game. Pianist Nelson Goer
  
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• 'Writing about Beethoven helped me come to terms with my own hearing loss'

  25-05-2017 17:40
  
  Musician Clare Norburn had been reluctant to admit to her hearing problems, but a decision to write about Beethoven helped her embrace the present rather than worry about the futureAs someone who makes a living as both a soprano and a playwright, I should find Beethoven an obvious subject of interest. Even more so now, as 18 months ago I was diagnosed with a hearing loss condition called acoustic neuroma or vestibular schwannoma, which will eventually lead to complete hearing loss in my right ea
  
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• This Is Your Chance To Ask Rita Ora ANYTHING

  25-05-2017 17:22
  
  We're filming 'MTV Asks...Rita Ora' soon and we need your questions...
  
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• Rapper J Hus: ‘I was a doughnut hustler!’

  25-05-2017 17:17
  
  The young east-London star went from selling marked-up snacks in the playground to two stints in prison. But with his hothead days behind him, his first studio album is a euphoric triumphJ Hus is standing in the middle of a cold aircraft hangar on the outskirts of Bedford. The recent breakthrough star of the UK rap scene is shooting the video for his next single, Common Sense, and the 21-year-old – real name Momodou Jallow – is watching two girls being filmed as they scramble for &po
  
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• Marnie Simpson Reveals The Shocking Content Of The 'Twisted Messages' Lewis Bloor Sent Her In New Claims

  25-05-2017 17:01
  
  Awful.
  
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• Who Is Sam Bentham? Everything You Need To Know About The Geordie Shore Star

  25-05-2017 17:00
  
  Find out everything there is to know about Geordie Shore new cast member, Sam Bentham!
  
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• Ritchie Blackmore: ‘I’m not a guy who likes jamming and having fun. Music is very serious’

  25-05-2017 17:00
  
  He fell out with his Deep Purple bandmates, parted company with 26 musicians in Rainbow, then ditched rock for Renaissance music. Now the guitarist has revived Rainbow, but has he mellowed?As is the wont of rock stars who prefer not to meet their public every time they fancy a drink, Ritchie Blackmore has a bar in the basement of his home in Long Island. When you walk in, he says, you would notice that it has “that vibe of being haunted”.In the bar is a clock, a gift from a friend. A
  
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• Our Vidiots Can't Handle Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' Music Video - Watch!

  25-05-2017 16:53
  
  See our comedians narrate Nicki's butt-tastic video in our brand new show...
  
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• 10 Signs You're Dating A Manchild

  25-05-2017 16:13
  
  Starting to wonder whether bae isn't quite mature enough for you? Here's 8 clear signs that you're dating a manchild.
  
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• Megan McKenna Says TOWIE's 'B****y Atmosphere' Is Worse Than Ex On The Beach & CBB

  25-05-2017 16:05
  
  Not the most ideal set-up.
  
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• Liam Gallagher teams up with Adele producer: 'I can't write big songs'

  25-05-2017 16:02
  
  The former Oasis frontman turns to Greg Kurstin, co-writer of mega-hit Hello, to provide some big tunesLiam Gallagher might be going solo, but that doesn’t mean he’s, er, going solo. The former Oasis frontman has teamed up with Adele producer Greg Kurstin because, he says, he struggles writing big choruses.Continue reading...
  
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• The Beatles: Sgt Pepper 50th Anniversary Edition review – peace, love and rock star ennui

  25-05-2017 16:00
  
  Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band gets a muscular remix in this heritage outing for an album that seems as much about panic as hippy-era optimismIn 1987, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released on CD for the first time. It was, by some considerable distance, the most ballyhooed reissue in the history of pop. A two-hour documentary about the album and its place in history was shown at prime time on ITV, even then a very peculiar place to find Allen Ginsberg and Abbie Hoff
  
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• Exclusive Cover Reveal Of New Holly Bourne Book It Only Happens In The Movies Plus Read The First Chapter Right Here

  25-05-2017 15:37
  
  The author of A I Normal Yet and How Hard Can Love Be is back with a brand new book.
  
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• How Well Do MTV Crashes Stars Sigma REALLY Know Each Other?

  25-05-2017 15:25
  
  Watch the drum'n'bass dons play 'Mr & Mr' ahead of their MTV Crashes Plymouth show this summer...
  
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• Jonas Blue, Redfoo & More Added To MTV Presents Varna Beach!

  25-05-2017 14:26
  
  They join the previously announced Steve Aoki, Tinie Tempah, Gorgon City R3WIRE & Varrski and more...
  
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• Mariah Carey Pays Heartfelt Tribute To Manchester Attack Victim Martyn Hett

  25-05-2017 14:12
  
  He was a huge fan of Mariah.
  
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• Bella Hadid Debuts An Especially Drastic Hair Transformation And We're Hugely Into It

  25-05-2017 13:32
  
  Brave.
  
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• Geordie Shore Spoiler Video: Zahida Allen And Scotty T Neck On In The Taxi After She Admits She ‘Likes The Attention’ Despite Sean Pratt Relationship

  25-05-2017 13:00
  
  Don't miss brand new Geordie Shore: New Radgie Rampage, Tuesdays at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Surefire [Explicit]

  25-05-2017 12:43 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Surefire
  
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• Justin Bieber Forgot The Lyrics To 'Despacito’ So He Made Them Up

  25-05-2017 12:27
  
  Doritos?
  
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• Charlotte Crosby Declares She's 'Turned Her Back' On Snapchat But There's One Major Catch

  25-05-2017 12:18
  
  Say it ain't so!
  
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• Little Mix Tease ‘Power’ Music Video With Vibrant New Pictures

  25-05-2017 11:51
  
  The new version of the single, featuring Stormzy, is releasing this Friday!
  
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• Sarah Hyland Responds To Body Shaming Trolls Claiming She Is 'Promoting Anorexia'

  25-05-2017 11:43
  
  'My circumstances have put me in a place where I'm not in control of what my body looks like.'
  
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• How Ariana Grande became an unlikely pop hero: ‘We are not objects. We are queens’

  25-05-2017 10:54
  
  The star who attracted so many young fans to the Manchester Arena may have started her career in a cheesy kids’ sitcom, but from her spectacular voice to her feminist convictions, she is no industry puppetAriana Grande is an unusual star to be at the centre of a British tragedy in a northern city. If Monday’s attack had taken place two days later, when Take That were due to play the venue, their music would have undoubtedly formed a central part of the coverage. As it
  
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• Scott Disick And Bella Thorne Get Their PDA On As They Hang Out In Cannes Next To Kourtney Kardashian And Her New Boyf

  25-05-2017 09:49
  
  WHAT IS HAPPENING.
  
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• Nights With You

  25-05-2017 08:04 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Nights With You
  
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• First Time

  25-05-2017 08:04 via mtv.co.uk
  
  First Time
  
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• Talk Talk – 10 of the best

  25-05-2017 08:00
  
  Led by the hugely talented Mark Hollis, the London-based four-piece transitioned from bright, hard-edged pop to mesmeric, meditative post-rock over the course of nine years and five albums The opening track on the band’s patchy 1982 debut, The Party’s Over, dated back to Mark Hollis’s previous group, the Reaction. It even appeared – titled, rather brilliantly, Talk Talk Talk Talk – on a Beggars Banquet compilation called Streets. The track was strong enough to survi
  
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• 7 Reasons Disney World’s Pandora: World of Avatar Is Its Best Land Yet

  25-05-2017 05:42
  
  There's a reason it's rumoured to have cost $500m...
  
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• Chris Cornell was not himself the night he died, widow says

  25-05-2017 03:19
  
  In an open letter posted online, Vicky Cornell says she will stand up for his memory and for their ‘beautiful babies’Chris Cornell’s widow has paid tribute to the Audioslave and Soundgarden singer, saying she knows he was not himself the night he died.
  Vicky Cornell also apologised for not being with the 52-year-old former grunge star she had been married to for over a decade on the night he hanged himself. Continue reading...
  
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