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• Rufus Wainwright Remembers Leonard Cohen: 'We Need You Now Up There as Much as We Did Down Here'

  11-11-2016 23:42
  
  The news that prolific singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen died at age 82 on Monday shattered the music world, but his fellow artists are taking solace...
  
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• Madonna calls on ex-husband's help to raise charity cash for Malawi project

  11-11-2016 23:30 via music-news.com
  
  The pop superstar will also be joined by Chris Rock and Ariana Grande at the Raising Malawi gig next month.
  
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• James DeBarge: 'Janet Jackson and I have a secret daughter'

  11-11-2016 23:30 via music-news.com
  
  The superstar has never addressed the reports, which suggested she gave the kid up for adoption.
  
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• The Stakes: Daughters Of The American Revolution

  11-11-2016 23:16
  
  Welcome to “The Stakes,” our political-ish podcast where even though the World Series is over, we are, politically speaking, still biting our nails at the bottom of the ninth. Coming up: Part 1: Producer James T. Green spends an evening with Assata’s Daughters, an abolitionist group formed to address a shortage of programming and community...Read more »
  
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• Meet The Artists Who Painted The Oval Office Red, White, And Blue On Election Night

  11-11-2016 23:12
  
  MTV teamed with artist collective 1xRUN for a colorful election-night special as four artists painted a replica of the Oval Office with illustrations of the issues that matter to them
  
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• True Life Update: Is Samantha Still Kicking Ass While Praising God?

  11-11-2016 23:10
  
  Get an update on Samantha and Magdiel from MTV's 'True Life: I'm In A Fight Church.'
  
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• Dept. of Justice Appeals BMI Consent Decree Decision

  11-11-2016 23:04
  
  The Department of Justice has filed a notice that it is appealing a September ruling by federal Judge Louis Stanton that concluded fractional...
  
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• Little Mix Choose Love Over Anger On Uplifting New Song

  11-11-2016 23:02
  
  Little Mix drop the instantly uplifting new song ‘Nothing Else Matters’ from their upcoming album, ‘Glory Days’
  
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• One Of The Cheetah Girls Just Got Married In Paris

  11-11-2016 22:33
  
  Adrienne Bailon from 'The Cheetah Girls' married Israel Houghton in Paris.
  
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• You Blew It Write Differently Now That They Can Hear Themselves Onstage

  11-11-2016 22:31
  
  Orlando band You Blew It talk to MTV News about what their new album, ‘Abendrot’ — out November 11 on Triple Crown Records — literally means
  
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• You Blew It Write Differently Now That They Can Hear Themselves On Stage

  11-11-2016 22:31
  
  Orlando band You Blew It talk to MTV News about what their new album, 'Abendrot' — out November 11 on Triple Crown Records — literally means.
  
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• Phife Dawg's Mother Talks Late MC's Legacy & A Tribe Called Quest's 'Saturday Night Live' Performance

  11-11-2016 22:30
  
  Upon hearing A Tribe Called Quest’s We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service for the first time, on Wednesday night in New York (Nov. 9...
  
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• Delete Your Account: America Horror Show

  11-11-2016 22:23
  
  Delete Your Account is USUALLY a weekly column that takes the hot air out of celebrities and their social media shenanigans. Every Friday, I decide whether each perpetrator should delete their accounts and never grace the internet again. But this week, all of America needs to get deleted. You made Barack Obama utter the words...Read more »
  
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• Sia, Miguel, And Queen Latifah Get Revolutionary On Hamilton’s ‘Satisfied’

  11-11-2016 22:13
  
  We totally wish we were in the room where this happened, as Sia, Miguel, and Queen Latifah reworked ‘Satisfied’ for ‘The Hamilton Mixtape’
  
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• Where Was Hip-Hop During This Election?

  11-11-2016 22:00
  
  There’s no silver lining in President-elect Donald Trump’s win over Hillary Clinton this past Tuesday (Nov. 8). As disheartening exit...
  
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• Fans Can’t Stop Roasting Drake’s ‘Unruly’ New Tattoo

  11-11-2016 21:58
  
  Drake got an ‘unruly’ new tattoo of a flaming skull, and fans on the internet can’t stop roasting him for it
  
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• A Tribe Called Quest, Zara Larsson, Emeli Sande & More Are Spotify Editors' Picks on New Music Friday

  11-11-2016 21:52
  
  Every week, Spotify updates their "New Music Friday" playlist, featuring 50 of the freshest new tracks hitting the service that week.
  On...
  
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• Hear R.E.M.'s Unearthed 'Shiny Happy People' Demo Recording

  11-11-2016 21:47 via rollingstone.com
  
  In anticipation of the 25th anniversary reissue of R.E.M.'s blockbuster seventh album, Out of Time, the band has released some of that album's unheard demo recordings. After unveiling the demo for "Losing My Religion" last month, it has now released an early cut of that song's follow-up single, "Shiny Happy People," via the Wall Street Journal. Musically, the instrumental demo doesn't stray far from the studio version, but removes the finished version's orchestral intro in favor of a more s
  
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• Obsessed Taylor Swift fan arrested

  11-11-2016 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  The singer's dad received a flood of disturbing messages from the suspect.
  
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• Yogi, AlunaGeorge & Less is Moore Bring Back The Summer in 'Blow You Up' Video: Watch

  11-11-2016 21:22
  
  December's brisk chills may be quickly approaching but Yogi isn't quite ready for winter yet. Joined by AlunaGeorge and Less is Moore,...
  
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• It’s The End Of The World As We Know It?

  11-11-2016 21:17
  
  The moments that change our lives can land with a hush. We panic and fret and cry about what might be, and then when the unthinkable finally happens, the air goes still, like you missed your own death and woke up in the tomb. Movies — especially sci-fi movies like Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival — tend...Read more »
  
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• Watch The Hairspray Live! Cast Totally Shake Up The Mannequin Challenge

  11-11-2016 21:00
  
  The cast of ‘Hairspray Live!’ completed the Mannequin Challenge and released the first recording of ‘You Can’t Stop the Beat’
  
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• Justin Bieber Gets Real About Fan Encounters In New Documentary Trailer

  11-11-2016 20:52
  
  Justin Bieber and his security team discuss fan encounters in upcoming documentary "Bodyguards: Secret Lives from the Watchtower."
  
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• Executive Turntable: New Hires at Universal Music Group, Ted, Warner Music Korea & More

  11-11-2016 20:51
  
  -- Universal Music Group has appointed Steven Victor to Senior Vice President of A&R. Victor will continue to run both his William...
  
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• Don Omar Celebrates 10 Years of 'King of Kings': Vote for Your Favorite Song on the Album

  11-11-2016 20:48
  
  In celebration of the 10th anniversary of his album King of Kings, Don Omar dropped a special remastered version of his most successful album...
  
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• Wolfgang Gartner Goes Disco on 'Baby Be Real' with Hall & Oates' John Oates: Listen

  11-11-2016 20:47
  
  Imagine you're hanging out by your computer with your cat, just chilling, maybe working on a beat or two, and suddenly, you get an email that...
  
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• Q&A: Media Critic Jennifer L. Pozner On How Reality TV Helped Bring Us A Donald Trump Presidency

  11-11-2016 20:46
  
  A so-called ‘straight-shooting’ persona formed on ‘The Apprentice’ carried over to his startingly successful candidacy
  
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• TIP (Formerly T.I.) Talks About Protesting Donald Trump

  11-11-2016 20:45
  
  On Nov. 10th, Atlanta rapper TIP (formerly known as T.I.) stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to talk about his recent name change, and his adamant...
  
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• Reba McEntire Tells the Story Behind Her Acoustic Holiday Album 'My Kind of Christmas'

  11-11-2016 20:29
  
  Reba McEntire influenced countless female singers to make the move to Nashville and roll the dice on a chance at stardom. She's also one of...
  
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• Milky Chance Drops First Song In 3 Years, 'Cocoon': Listen

  11-11-2016 20:28
  
  Milky Chance is coming out of its "Cocoon."
  Three years after the German duo released their debut album, Sadnecessary, Milky Chance is...
  
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• So long, Leonard Cohen. We need you now more than ever

  11-11-2016 20:27
  
  Leonard Cohen, a singer-songwriter whose literary sensibility and elegant dissections of desire made him one of popular music's most influential and admired figures for four decades, has died. He was 82. Of all days, of all years.
  
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• The Silver-Lining Myth

  11-11-2016 20:14
  
  The so-called silver lining of Trump's election is a myth we'd be wise to leave behind
  
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• Leonard Cohen Died on Monday, Sony Confirms

  11-11-2016 20:10
  
  This week, the music world lost a towering figure when legendary singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen passed away at age 82. Billboard has learned that...
  
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• SNAILS & Botnek Don't Wanna Hear It if 'ur 2 cool': Listen

  11-11-2016 20:09
  
  “Snotnek” is a good celebrity couple name for SNAILS and Botnek. It perfectly describes the artists' snotty punk ethos. Of...
  
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• Zendaya Met With ‘Dopest First Lady Ever,’ Bonded Over Education And Being ‘Tall Girls’

  11-11-2016 19:55
  
  Zendaya interviews Michelle Obama about her global education initiative, Let Girls Learn, in a candid conversation for 'Teen Vogue.'
  
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• The Glee Cast Still Reunite To Watch Each Other ‘Murder The Stage’

  11-11-2016 19:48
  
  The ‘Glee’ cast support Darren Criss in ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’
  
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• Anti-Trump Protestors' Day 3 March Deemed 'Riot' By Portland Police

  11-11-2016 19:47
  
  A series of anti-Trump protests erupted across America following Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election, including Manhattan (...
  
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• Rowan Blanchard And Yara Shahidi Give Us Hope For The Future As Teen Vogue Cover Stars

  11-11-2016 19:40
  
  To say this is a confusing time to be a young girl in America is an understatement, but at least the stars of December’s ‘Teen Vogue’ are here to remind us that the future is bright
  
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• 'For What It's Worth': Inside Buffalo Springfield's Classic Protest Song

  11-11-2016 19:40 via rollingstone.com
  
  Fifty years ago this Saturday, Stephen Stills, then in Buffalo Springfield, was on his way into Hollywood to hear live music on the Sunset Strip. But in one of those defining rock & roll moments, what he encountered was a rally: hundreds, if not thousands, of kids protesting a new curfew and the imminent closing of one club, Pandora's Box, by way of a fake "funeral" for it."The commercial merchants on Sunset Boulevard in a certain area decided that the element of young people on the street e
  
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• Lena Dunham Writes Grieving, Motivational Letter About Hillary Clinton's Loss in Lenny

  11-11-2016 19:32
  
  Prominent Hillary Clinton supporter Lena Dunham has been silent since Donald Trump won the presidential election early Wednesday morning, but the...
  
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• Belly Enlists Young Thug, Future, Ty Dolla $ign and More for New Mixtape 'Inzombia'

  11-11-2016 19:17
  
  Canadian artists have surged to the top of charts, and have long established themselves amongst America's top acts. The newest face to emerge...
  
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• Watch Paulina Rubio's New Music Video 'Me Quema'

  11-11-2016 19:05
  
  After months of teasing new music, Paulina Rubio's new single "Me quema" is finally here, and there's a fun video to go...
  
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• Justice Postpones BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix

  11-11-2016 19:04
  
  And Justice for all … just later than expected.
  Don't cry, the French duo are very busy finishing up and preparing for their third...
  
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• Robbie Williams the most successful British solo act in Official Albums Chart history

  11-11-2016 19:00 via music-news.com
  
  Robbie Williams has gone straight in at Number 1 with his new album The Heavy Entertainment Show and in doing so sets a new Official Chart record for a British solo act.
  
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• Clean Bandit top singles chart with 'Rockabye'

  11-11-2016 18:59 via music-news.com
  
  Congratulations to Clean Bandit, who claim this week’s Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with their latest single Rockabye.
  
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• Watch Shia LeBeouf Crush a Freestyle on 'Sway in the Morning'

  11-11-2016 18:49
  
  While Shia LaBeouf's past antics may have garnered a side-eye (or two), it's hard to deny the man's talent: Not only has the actor...
  
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• Watch Shia LaBeouf Crush a Freestyle on 'Sway in the Morning'

  11-11-2016 18:49
  
  While Shia LaBeouf's past antics may have garnered a side-eye (or two), it's hard to deny the man's talent: Not only has the actor...
  
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• Defected Croatia Festival Announces Phase One 2017 Lineup

  11-11-2016 18:48
  
  UK record label Defected kicked off its first Croatia festival this August with performances from top house DJs. The imprint is back...
  
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• MTV News Social Justice Forecast For November 11–19

  11-11-2016 18:47
  
  This week, there's an election debriefing in New York, NY; an all day meditation workshop for trans folks in Oakland, CA; and we’re looking ahead to a Trans Latinx health assessment in Los Angeles, CA
  
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• John Legend Illustrates Universal Love in Moving Video for 'Love Me Now'

  11-11-2016 18:37
  
  Singer/songwriter John Legend released the emotional visual for "Love Me Now" off his upcoming album Darkness and Light. ...
  
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