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• Johnny Hallyday, the 'French Elvis', dies at 74

  06-12-2017 18:51
  Singer, who sold more than 110m albums and was revered across generations in France, had lung cancer
  France’s biggest rock star, Johnny Hallyday, the leather-trousered “French Elvis” who sold more than 110m albums over a career spanning more than half a century, has died aged 74.
  His wife, Laeticia Hallyday, said on Wednesday: “Johnny Hallyday has left us. I write these words without believing them. But yet, it’s true. My man is no longer with us. He left us tonigh
  
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• Jemma Lucy Launches Casual Sex Dating App: "It Filters Out The Bullsh*t'

  06-12-2017 18:13
  This does actually seem like a pretty reasonable idea.
  
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• If Johnny Hallyday was France’s Elvis, who is their version of Kanye West?

  06-12-2017 17:25
  The beloved rock star, who died this week, was often compared to Presley in the UK. So, which other Francophone artists have English-speaking equivalents?Johnny Hallyday, who died this week, was known by two epithets on the British side of la Manche: “the biggest rock star you’ve never heard of”, which assumes you’re not from one of the 29 countries that recognise French as a spoken language, and “the French Elvis”. The latter got us thinking: which other Fran
  
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• Chloe Ferry Is Starting A Diet And She Has A Pretty Extreme Weight Loss Goal

  06-12-2017 17:20
  This sounds intense.
  
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• From Marnie Simpson To Kim Kardashian: Celebrities Whose Rebound Relationship Became The One

  06-12-2017 17:18
  Sometimes the best thing you can do to get over someone is get under someone else.
  
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• Ariana Grande and Rihanna Thank Their Fans for Streaming on Instagram

  06-12-2017 16:40
  What lovely popstars...
  
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• What's the hot emerging musical genre of 2017? Welcome to serialism

  06-12-2017 16:29
  Spotify’s list of big sounds of 2017 includes the challenging form pioneered by Arnold Schoenberg – nestled alongside chillhop, trap Latino and future funkName: Serialism.Age: Has its origins in the early 20th century. Continue reading...
  
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• The Valleys Reunion: Lateysha Grace & Carley Belmonte Reveal What Happened After The Cameras Stopped

  06-12-2017 16:28
  No way, Rosé! PARTIAL!
  
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• We Need To Talk About Charlotte Crosby's Completely Unique Choice Of Footwear

  06-12-2017 16:02
  Totally out-there but we're also desperate for a pair.
  
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• Johnny Hallyday: France’s 'rockeur national' – obituary

  06-12-2017 14:58
  One of rock’n’roll’s great showmen whose immense popularity in France never wanedJohnny Hallyday, who has died aged 74, was France’s rockeur national. In the course of a career that spanned more than half a century, he recorded more than 1,000 songs, sold more than 110m records, and was seen live on more than 180 sellout tours by an estimated 28m people – the equivalent, roughly, of a third of the population of France. It would be difficult to exaggerate the place H
  
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• 12 Products That Will Actually Work For Sorting Out Your Dry AF Winter Skin

  06-12-2017 14:52
  The struggle is real
  
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• Geordie Shore 16: Everything You Need To Know About The Brand New Series From New Radgies To New Adventures

  06-12-2017 14:00
  Don't miss brand new Geordie Shore, starting Tuesday 9th January at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Beyoncé Gives Powerful Speech on Racism at the Sports Illustrated Awards

  06-12-2017 13:32
  What a superstar...
  
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• Vicky Pattison Shuts Down 'Disgusting' Troll Who Criticised Her Charity Work

  06-12-2017 13:11
  Not cool.
  
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• This Is The Exact Red Lipstick That Cheryl Blossom Always Wears On Riverdale

  06-12-2017 13:03
  So now you know
  
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• Casey Johnson's Brother Is So 'Done' With His Relationship With Marnie Simpson

  06-12-2017 12:49
  Chet Johnson is 100% over it.
  
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• Pale Waves' 'New Year's Eve' Video Is An '80s Pop Dream

  06-12-2017 12:46
  Our Brand New For 2018 nominee just dropped the music video for their fear-driven NYE bop...
  
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• ASOS Got A Makeover And Everyone Lost Their Minds About It

  06-12-2017 12:27
  Hands in the air if you hate change
  
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• Charlotte Crosby Wears Nothing But A Teeny Tiny Towel In This Incredible Selfie

  06-12-2017 12:03
  Who needs a dress when you can just wrap yourself in a handtowel?
  
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• 23 Celebs Who Nailed Christmas & NYE Party Style

  06-12-2017 12:03
  Now all we need is those party invites to start rolling in...
  
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• From bush doof to clowncore: your favourite underground music scenes

  06-12-2017 12:00
  In the final instalment of our underground music series, readers share the scenes that inspire them – whether it’s radical brass bands, queer punk or doom-metal Mormons in Salt Lake CityAt the outset of this series on underground music, we asked you for your suggestions of where to find it today – and nearly 800 of you responded. In this final chapter, we cover some of the most exciting scenes you uncovered across the globe, from Dartmoor to Slovakia, Queens and Luton. Thanks t
  
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• BTS and Camila Cabello Are Two of the Most Tweeted About Artists of 2017

  06-12-2017 12:00
  Nicki Minaj, Harry Styles and Ariana Grande also dominated the social media platform...
  
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• Eminem's 'Revival' Features P!nk, Ed Sheeran, Kehlani and More

  06-12-2017 11:52
  Kehlani and Alicia Keys will also appear on the rapper's ninth studio album...
  
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• Kim Kardashian Is About To Launch A Show Like Nothing She's Ever Been In

  06-12-2017 11:40
  Clue: it's going to star Laverne Cox.
  
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• Starbucks Opens A 'Fully Immersive Coffee Experience' And We Wanna Live There

  06-12-2017 11:36
  All the caffeine you could ever dream of
  
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• Meet The Nutritionist Who’s Killing Christmas Food Guilt

  06-12-2017 11:16
  Tis the season to be jolly and not feel awful about eating festive food.
  
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• Kendrick Lamar To Release Collectors Edition Of 'DAMN.'

  06-12-2017 11:09
  The 'HUMBLE.' rapper is reportedly dropping his acclaimed album in reverse, because why not...
  
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• Selena Gomez Makes Her Instagram Private After Confusing AF Post

  06-12-2017 11:07
  The most followed person on Instagram just went private.
  
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• Teen Mom OG: The 5 Most Dramatic Relationship Meltdowns

  06-12-2017 11:00
  Don’t miss brand new Teen Mom OG, starting TONIGHT at 7pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Selena Gomez Says Taylor Swift Is 'The Best Thing' To Come Out Of Dating Nick Jonas

  06-12-2017 10:51
  Throwing it back to that time in 2008 when they used to double-date.
  
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• The sound of mega orgasms: the female composers taking music into intimate places

  06-12-2017 07:00
  A soundtrack to an erotic feminist film, the crunch of crisps in your own mouth, a composition for ‘strap-on and electric guitar’ … meet the women who are making music and telling stories on their own terms
  In the early 1990s, the accordionist and musical improviser Pauline Oliveros wrote the soundtrack for a feminist porn film called The Sluts and Goddesses Video Workshop. The film is presented and co-directed by Annie Sprinkle, a sex worker turned academic whose lecture cove
  
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• The Sia conundrum: if fame is so damaging, why pass it on to a child? | Bonnie Malkin

  06-12-2017 02:57
  Pop artist Sia has rejected the spotlight, making her 15-year-old muse the star of her live tour instead. But to what end?
  In 2013, Sia Furler declared she didn’t want to be famous.A music industry veteran and survivor of alcoholism, addiction to painkillers and depression, she described fame as a monster that “questions everything there is to question. Even things I had never thought to question. Things I had never dreamed of feeling insecure about.”Continue reading...
  
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