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• Playlist | Groove Armada Get Us Hyped For Arcadia London

  02-05-2018 19:15
  The duo's Tom Findlay hand-picks ten club cuts to get you hyped for their DJ Set at Arcadia London this Bank Holiday weekend...
  
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• ‘I miss the old Kanye’: what has happened to rap’s most complex star?

  02-05-2018 19:03
  His suggestion that black people have been complicit in their own slavery has prompted widespread outrage. What lies behind Kanye West’s recent provocations?Photograph: Smallz & Raskind/Contour by Getty ImageIn a video viewed more than 6m times on Twitter, 21-year-old Chika Oranika summed up the current feelings of many black Americans about Kanye West. She delivered her own lyrics over the beat of the rap star’s Jesus Walks. “How you say you Yeezus but do nothing to restor
  
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• Liam Payne Unveils Epic Teaser for the 'Familiar' Visual

  02-05-2018 18:42
  You need to see this...
  
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• Pokémon Go's Battle Showdown: Here's Everything You Need To Know About The New Event

  02-05-2018 18:23
  Here are all the Pokemon, bonuses and more you can collect from Pokemon Go's latest event.
  
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• From Taylor Swift to Hurricane Katrina: five of Kanye West's memorable outbursts – video

  02-05-2018 18:19
  The rapper said during a TMZ interview that 400 years of slavery sounded like 'a choice'. It is not the first time that the views and outbursts from the self-described 'number-one most impactful artist of our generation' have caused controversy. We look back at five examples Kanye West on slavery: 'For 400 years? That sounds like a choice'Continue reading...
  
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• 15 Jackets You Need In Your Spring Wardrobe

  02-05-2018 18:03
  Because whoever said you can have too many jackets is clearly ill.
  
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• Kanye West slavery comments spark backlash: 'He's putting targets on our backs'

  02-05-2018 17:18
  Black cultural figures from Ava DuVernay to Will.i.am and Spike Lee have condemned Kanye West for saying ‘slavery for 400 years ... that sounds like a choice’Kanye West has caused outrage among civil rights activists and fellow musicians, thanks to comments in which he implied black people were to blame for their enslavement. Related: Kanye West on slavery: 'For 400 years? That sounds like a choice'Continue reading...
  
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• The 1975 Launch New Era with Mysterious Countdown

  02-05-2018 17:03
  They're back...
  
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• George Michael fans asked to take down tributes by family

  02-05-2018 16:53
  Impromptu memorials have become international tourist attraction, dividing local opinionThe family of George Michael have asked fans to take down tributes left outside the singer’s homes in London and Oxfordshire, after the growing popularity of impromptu memorials that have turned into international tourist attractions began to divide local residents and conservationists.Fans of Michael, who was found dead at his riverside house in Goring on Christmas Day 2016, flocked to his two homes to
  
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• John Cena And The Rock Will Re-team For This Big Movie

  02-05-2018 16:49
  The WWE stars are going to team up on the big screen. Here are all the details.
  
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• Geordie Shore's Marnie Simpson's Birthday Tribute To Casey Johnson Will Melt Your Heart

  02-05-2018 13:33
  Find yourself a gal who talks about you like Marnie Simpson talks about Casey Johnson!
  
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• Dua Lipa and Calvin Harris Stun in 'One Kiss' Music Video

  02-05-2018 13:30
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• Topless Jemma Lucy Pictured Freeing The Nipple In Eyepopping Holiday Snaps

  02-05-2018 13:27
  The Ex On The Beach star put on a very revealing display during her Cyprus beach break
  
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• Million Dollar Baby: Watch An Exclusive Preview Of Lateysha Grace’s New Show As She Tries To Make A Million For Daughter Wynter: “I Want To Set Her Up For Life Before My Fame Runs Out”

  02-05-2018 13:00
  Million Dollar Baby starts Wednesday 9th May at 8pm only on MTV!
  
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• Did You Spot The One Thing Fans Can't Keep Their Eyes Off In Charlotte Crosby's Latest Pics?

  02-05-2018 12:18
  All eyes are on the Geordie Shore lass.
  
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• Ariana Grande Reveals New Album Title and More on Fallon

  02-05-2018 12:09
  This is going to be amazing...
  
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• Ferne McCann Reveals Daughter Sunday Will Have Weekly Visits With Arthur Collins In Prison

  02-05-2018 11:54
  The TOWIE star previously vowed to limit their contact with her acid attack ex.
  
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• Kanye West Calls Slavery 'A Choice' And Says He Got Lipo So He Wouldn't Be Called Fat 'Like Rob Kardashian'

  02-05-2018 11:13
  The rapper made a number of controversial statements on TMZ live.
  
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• Kanye West Reveals Kim Kardashian’s Paris Robbery Triggered His Breakdown

  02-05-2018 11:01
  The ordeal was one of several factors that had a negative impact on his mental health
  
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• The Charlotte Show Spoiler: Charlotte Crosby Commits To Charity Challenge As She Opens Up About The Loss She Felt After Ectopic Pregnancy - Exclusive

  02-05-2018 11:00
  The Charlotte Show continues TONIGHT at 9pm only on MTV!
  
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• Iron & Coal: the story behind the unlikely Holocaust rock-opera

  02-05-2018 11:00
  Composer and lyricist Jeremy Schonfeld has created a multimedia event to pay tribute to his father’s journey in AuschwitzStories of the Holocaust have been told in memoirs, novels and films. But never before in the form of a multimedia rock opera.
  “I didn’t set out to create this piece that I liken to a cross between Bernstein’s Mass and The Wall,” says composer and lyricist Jeremy Schonfeld, the son of an Auschwitz concentration camp survivor. “The intent was
  
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• Kylie Jenner Reveals The Real Reason She Named Her Daughter Stormi

  02-05-2018 10:09
  Were those conspiracy theories about butterflies even remotely true?
  
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• Kanye West on slavery: 'For 400 years? That sounds like a choice'

  02-05-2018 09:04
  In a confrontation in the TMZ newsroom, the rapper talks about his view on slavery as well as reaffirming his support for Donald TrumpKanye West has said that 400 years of slavery is “a choice” in a TMZ interview that resulted in a confrontation. Related: Surgeon who operated on Kanye West's mother before her death asks to be to removed from album artworkContinue reading...
  
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• Caroline Coon: 'Even at 13, I knew I couldn’t be respectable'

  02-05-2018 07:00
  A hero of the counterculture since the 1960s, Caroline Coon talks about managing the Clash, her days as a sex worker – and making paintings that were too explicit for the Tate
  When Caroline Coon heard that she was about to get her first solo art exhibition, at the grand old age of 73, she burst into tears. Then she heard the proposed name for it – Caroline Coon: The Great Offender. “I just gasped,” she says. It didn’t take her long to realise that, actually, the nam
  
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• Gareth Liddiard on the wreckage of the web: ‘If I could go back to 1999, I would’

  02-05-2018 06:58
  Former Drones frontman opens up about past trauma, his new band and his firm belief that smartphones are making us stupidI’m recording this interview with Gareth Liddiard into my laptop, which has a bit of tape over the camera aperture. We both acknowledge the flimsiness of this gesture in this age of surveillance.“If you open Facebook Messenger and say ‘Mercedes-Benz’, tomorrow when you’re on YouTube there’ll be adverts for those,” he says. Continue rea
  
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