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Jay-Z and Kanye West have debuted their highly anticipated video for “N***as in Paris.”

The pulsating, kaleidoscopic video splices together live concert footage, eye-popping imagery, and even a scene from Will Ferrell’s ice-skating movie Blades of Glory.

The hip-hop titans famously performed the anthem 10 or 11 (reports vary) consecutive times at a Los Angeles concert on their Watch The Throne tour.

Two warnings: There’s explicit language, and the video has been identified as a possible trigger for epileptic seizures.

That sh*t cray.

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After Kanye West expounded on Twitter about his new design company DONDA, Jimmy Kimmel got ahead of the rapper and created a faux commercial for West’s ambitious venture.

Before unveiling the ad, the comedian joked that West’s project is “to bring together all the inventors, designers, creators and thinkers of the world so that he can show them how much better he is than they are.”

The commercial splices together DONDA’s “mission statement” to “galvanize amazing thinkers” and “make products and experiences for people” with some of the rapper’s greatest tweets, such as “I just threw some kazoo on this b*tch” and “my favorite unit(e) of measurement is ‘a sh*tload.’”

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Kanye West’s ex Amber Rose claims she and the rapper split because he cheated on her with Kim Kardashian.

In an interview with Star magazine, picked up by its sister company RadarOnline, Rose says, “Kim is one of the main reasons why me and Kanye are not together,” adding, “She’s a homewrecker!”

The model alleges Kardashian and West began hooking up in 2010 when the “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star was dating Reggie Bush, and tells tell the tabloid, “They were both cheating on me and Reggie with each other.”

According to Rose, Kardashian “instigated the whole affair by calling, texting and sending racy photos of herself to Kanye.”

Supposedly, the “Master of the Mix” judge confronted Kardashian about the cheating, asking her in an email to “just stop” and “don’t be that person,” but Kardashian ignored her plea.

“It’s not cool. You don’t do that to somebody,” says Rose, claiming she later got revenge on Kardashian by hooking up with Reggie Bush.

Rose explains, “The only reason why me and Reggie got close at one point is because we were both getting cheated on.”

OK, so why didn’t we hear anything about this two years ago when the cheating allegedly occurred?

Because it NEVER happened.

A source close to Kardashian tells Gossip Cop, “This is NOT true,” noting, “Kanye and Kim have been friends for a very long time and they knew each other long before Amber was in the picture.”

Our insider calls Rose’s story complete “bullsh*t.”

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Add another big name to the group of celebs set to party (and perform) on New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas.

Kanye West will make his DJ debut at 1Oak, the brand new nightclub at The Mirage.

For several days, West has been tweeting that he’d like to deejay under the moniker YeezyWorldPeace, apparently inspired by Los Angeles Lakers star Ron Artest‘s decision to legally changed his name to Metta World Peace.

“My New Years DJ name is gone be YEEZY WORLD PEACE! If you book me you have to put YEEZY WORLD PEACE on the E-vite. Or I ain’t spinning,” tweeted West on Wednesday.

It looks like he may have gotten his wish, because a source connected to 1Oak tells Gossip Cop that he’ll be playing at the club’s grand opening tonight.

Here’s hoping “World Peace” becomes a common refrain in 2012.

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VH1 has announced its “Top 40 Videos of 2011.”

The #1 spot is occupied by “Rolling In The Deep” from Adele, whose year was pretty incredible by almost any measure.

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Bruno Mars (“Grenade”), Katy Perry featuring Kanye West (“E.T.”), Pink (“F****** Perfect”) and Foo Fighters (“Rope”) round out the Top 5.

The VH1 special, which ranks the year’s best videos, airs tonight, December 14.

See the full list below!

What do you think of the picks?

1. Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”
2. Bruno Mars – “Grenade”
3. Katy Perry ft. Kanye West – “E.T.”
4. Pink – “F****** Perfect”
5. Foo Fighters – “Rope”
6. Mumford & Sons – “The Cave”
7. The Script – “For the First Time”
8. Cee Lo Green – “F*** You”
9. Foster The People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
10. One Republic – “Good Life”

11. Gym Class Heroes – “Stereo Hearts”
12. Adele – “Someone Like You”
13. Bruno Mars – “The Lazy Song”
14. Katy Perry – “Last Friday Night (TGIF)”
15. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger”
16. Britney Spears – “Hold It Against Me”
17. Lady Gaga – “Born This Way”
18. Ke$ha – “Blow”
19. Coldplay – “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall”
20. Kelly Clarkson – “Mr. Know It All”

21. Christina Perri – “Arms”
22. Hot Chelle Rae – “Tonight Tonight”
23. Pitbull – “Give Me Everything”
24. The Band Perry – “If I Die Young”
25. Gavin Degraw – “Not Over You”
26. Beyonce – “Party”
27. Train – “Save Me San Francisco”
28. Jason Derulo – “It Girl”
29. Andy Grammer – “Keep Your Head Up”
30. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie”

31. David Guetta ft. Usher – “Without You”
32. Nicki Minaj – “Super Bass”
33. Colbie Caillat – “Brighter Than The Sun”
34. Nickelback – “When We Stand Together”
35. Britney Spears – “Criminal”
36. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals – “Paris (Ooh La La)”
37. Demi Lovato – “Skyscraper”
38. The Civil Wars – “Barton Hollow”
39. Jessie J – “Domino”
40. Daughtry – “Crawling Back to You”

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MegaUpload is an extremely popular file-hosting service that’s recently come under fire.

Major industry organizations such as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) have attacked the “rogue” site for facilitating online piracy.

But in a weird (and weirdly catchy) new song/video, a ton of major celebrities – many of them recording artists – line up behind MegaUpload to voice their support.

Kim Kardashian, Jamie Foxx, Chris Brown, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Diddy and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. are just some of the famous faces who appear.

Do you use MegaUpload?

Are you as excited about it as everyone in this quirky video?

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Kanye West leads the 2012 Grammy nominations, which were announced on Wednesday.

The singer nabbed 7 nominations, followed by Adele with 6 nods.

Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, and Nicki Minaj were among the other artists with multiple nominations.

The 54^th annual Grammy Awards will be handed out on February 12, 2012 in Los Angeles.

Below is a full list of the nominations.

Album Of The Year 21 — Adele

Wasting Light — Foo Fighters

Born This Way — Lady Gaga

Doo-Wops & Hooligans — Bruno Mars

Loud — Rihanna

Record Of The Year

“Rolling In The Deep” — Adele

“Holocene” — Bon Iver

“Grenade” — Bruno Mars

“The Cave” — Mumford & Sons

“Firework” — Katy Perry

Best New Artist

The Band Perry

Bon Iver

J. Cole

Nicki Minaj

Skrillex

Song Of The Year

“All Of The Lights” — Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)

“The Cave” — Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)

“Grenade” — Brody Brown, Claude Kelly, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Bruno Mars)

“Holocene” — Justin Vernon, songwriter (Bon Iver)

“Rolling In The Deep” — Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)

Best Pop Solo Performance

“Someone Like You” — Adele

“Yoü And I” — Lady Gaga

“Grenade” — Bruno Mars

“Firework” — Katy Perry

“F***in’ Perfect” — Pink

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

“Body And Soul” — Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse

“Dearest” — The Black Keys

“Paradise” — Coldplay

“Pumped Up Kicks” — Foster The People

“Moves Like Jagger” — Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera

Best Dance Recording

“Raise Your Weapon” — Deadmau5 & Greta Svabo Bech

“Barbra Streisand” — Duck Sauce

“Sunshine” — David Guetta & Avicii

“Call Your Girlfriend” — Robyn

“Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites” — Skrillex

“Save The World” — Swedish House Mafia

Best Rock Performance

“Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall” — Coldplay

“Down By The Water” — The Decemberists

“Walk” — Foo Fighters

“The Cave” — Mumford & Sons

“Lotus Flower” — Radiohead

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance

“On The Backs Of Angels” — Dream Theater

“White Limo” — Foo Fighters

“Curl Of The Burl” — Mastodon

“Public Enemy No. 1″ — Megadeth

“Blood In My Eyes” — Sum 41

Best Rock Album

Rock ‘N’ Roll Party Honoring Les Paul — Jeff Beck

Wasting Light — Foo Fighters

Come Around Sundown — Kings Of Leon

I’m With You — Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Whole Love — Wilco

Best Alternative Music Album

Bon Iver — Bon Iver

Codes And Keys — Death Cab For Cutie

Torches — Foster The People

Circuital — My Morning Jacket

The King Of Limbs — Radiohead

Best Traditional R&B Performance

“Sometimes I Cry” — Eric Benét

“Fool For You” — Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona

“Radio Message” — R. Kelly

“Good Man” — Raphael Saadiq

“Surrender” — Betty Wright & The Roots

Best R&B Album

F.A.M.E. — Chris Brown

Second Chance — El DeBarge

Love Letter — R. Kelly

Pieces Of Me — Ledisi

Kelly — Kelly Price

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

“Party” — Beyoncé & André 3000

“I’m On One” — DJ Khaled, Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne

“I Need A Doctor” — Dr. Dre, Eminem & Skylar Grey

“What’s My Name?” — Rihanna & Drake

“Motivation” — Kelly Rowland & Lil Wayne

“All Of The Lights” — Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie

Best Rap Performance

“Look At Me Now” — Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes

“Otis” — Jay-Z & Kanye West

“The Show Goes On” — Lupe Fiasco

“Moment 4 Life” — Nicki Minaj & Drake

“Black And Yellow” — Wiz Khalifa

Best Country Solo Performance

“Dirt Road Anthem” — Jason Aldean

“I’m Gonna Love You Through It” — Martina McBride

“Honey Bee” — Blake Shelton

“Mean” — Taylor Swift

“Mama’s Song” — Carrie Underwood

Best Country Song

“Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not” — Jim Collins & David Lee Murphy, songwriters (Thompson Square)

“God Gave Me You” — Dave Barnes, songwriter (Blake Shelton)

“Just Fishin’” — Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell & Ed Hill, songwriters (Trace Adkins)

“Mean” — Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)

“Threaten Me With Heaven” — Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Will Owsley & Dillon O’Brian, songwriters (Vince Gill)

“You And Tequila” — Matraca Berg & Deana Carter, songwriters (Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter)

Best Americana Album

Emotional Jukebox — Linda Chorney

Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down — Ry Cooder

Hard Bargain — Emmylou Harris

Ramble At The Ryman — Levon Helm

Blessed — Lucinda Williams

Best Blues Album

Low Country Blues — Gregg Allman

Roadside Attractions — Marcia Ball

Man In Motion — Warren Haynes

The Reflection — Keb’ Mo’

Revelator — Tedeschi Trucks Band

Best Folk Album

Barton Hollow — The Civil Wars

I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive — Steve Earle

Helplessness Blues — Fleet Foxes

Ukulele Songs — Eddie Vedder

The Harrow & The Harvest — Gillian Welch

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Kanye West and Jay-Z are being sued for allegedly sampling music from blues and soul singer/producer Syl Johnson.

Johnson claims in court papers filed in Illinois Federal Court that West and Jay-Z took a portion of his 1967 tune “Different Strokes,” without compensation or credit, for their song “The Joy,” featured on their album “Watch the Throne.”

Johnson contends West had initially sought to sample “The Joy” for his album “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” but it never worked out, and then misappropriated it for his collaboration with Jay-Z.

The soul and blues musician is no stranger to suing other artists for allegedly taking his compositions. Among those who have been caught in his legal crosshairs are Wu Tang Clan and Kid Rock, who eventually had to cough up cash to Johnson.

Below are Jay-Z and West’s “The Joy” and Johnson’s “Different Strokes.”

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Taylor Swift, who has more trophies on her shelves than we have books, has just been awarded another honor.

Billboard magazine has named her its “Woman of the Year.”

Swift, who’s the youngest woman to receive that award, now joins the ranks of such past recipients as Beyonce and last year’s winner, Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas.

The country singing sensation will officially receive the honor at the magazine’s “Women in Music” event at Capitale in New York on December 2.

Swift sold more albums this year than any other artist.

No word yet from Kanye West‘s take on Swift’s win.

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Selena Gomez will host the MTV Europe Music Awards on November 6, it was announced on Monday.

The event will take place at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

In addition to typical hosting duties, Gomez will tweet and provide commentary for MTV’s website.

“I’m so excited to be the host of the 2011 MTV EMA – it’s a dream come true,” said Gomez, whose international public profile includes serving as a goodwill ambassador for the children’s charity UNICEF.

Lady Gaga leads all performers with six EMA nominations, followed by Katy Perry and Bruno Mars at four apiece.

Gomez’s boyfriend, Justin Bieber, is also a nominee, along with superstars including Adele and Kanye West.

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Lil Wayne‘s “Tha Carter IV” smashed the single-week iTunes album sales record set last month by Jay-Z and Kanye West‘s “Watch the Throne,” needing only four days to hit the 300,000 downloads mark.

“Watch the Throne” sold 290,000 units through iTunes in its first full week.

The outstanding iTunes debut for “Tha Carter IV” comes despite the material leaking online ahead of its release date, and even though, unlike “Watch the Throne,” Lil Wayne’s album was made available through a wide range of outlets – not just iTunes – from Day One.

Even more impressively, “Tha Carter IV” is tracking toward more than 850,000 copies sold overall (digital and physical combined), which would be the biggest first-week sales for a male artist since his own “Tha Carter III” in June 2008.

Official first-week numbers will be published on Wednesday.

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Kanye West and dad-to-be Jay-Z performed their hit “Otis” on tonight’s MTV Video Music Awards.

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“TROUBLE ALREADY?” asks MediaTakeOut in another annoyingly all-capped headline, which goes on to say, “JUST TWO DAYS AFTER THE WEDDING… KRIS HUMPHRIES IS PHOTO’D ALONE… NOT WEARING HIS RING.”

The site, which in the past has wrongly reported that Kim Kardashian was “pregnant,” dating Kanye West, and recently seeing ex-boyfriend Ray J behind Humphries’ back, now claims it thought the Kardashian-Humphies marriage “would only last a few months,” but photographers “caught Kim’s husband Kris out yesterday . . . and dude was RINGLESS!!”

Uh, huh…

MediaFakeOut then editorializes that it doesn’t want to “sound JADED… but wouldn’t it be HILARIOUS if they split up in less than a week!!”

A marriage breaking up is NOT hilarious.

But what is funny, is how bad MTO is.

Perhaps the silly site also missed how a “ringless” Humphries was spotted yesterday with Kardashian going on their honeymoon.

The only “trouble” out there is with MediaTakeOut’s reporting.

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Earlier this week, Betty White was crowned America’s “favorite and most trusted” celebrity in a poll conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs.

White, Denzel Washington and Sandra Bullock led the pack of 100 pre-selected public figures (politicians excluded), with the trio each getting a “favorable” opinion from at least 84% of respondents.

But which celebrities ended up on the other end of the spectrum?

The list of the 10 “least favorite” celebrities, as determined by who received the highest “unfavorable” ratings from Americans polled, is as follows:

1. Paris Hilton - 60% find “unfavorable”

2. Charlie Sheen – 52%

3. Britney Spears & Kanye West (tie) – 45%

5. Arnold Schwarzenegger – 44%

6. Tiger Woods – 42%

7. Kim Kardashian – 38%

8. Mel Gibson – 33%

9. Donald Trump – 31%

10. LeBron James – 29%

There you have it – the stars Americans most love to hate (or, at least, not trust or find favorable).

Do you more or less agree with that lineup?

Or is there someone else who you think “deserves” to be on the list.

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Kanye West and Jay-Z just debuted the video for “Otis,” from their blockbuster Watch The Throne album.

It’s directed by Spike Jonze and features a cameo appearance by Aziz Ansari.

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Kanye West was humbled during a recent performance in Norway when he took a nasty spill in the middle of his routine.

The rapper ate it Tuesday while performing “All of the Lights” in the city of Bergen. He tripped over himself and then nearly tumbled off stage.

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The highly anticipated Kanye West/Jay-Z collaboration Watch The Throne was released today and quickly took over the Internet.

“Who Gon Stop Me” and “Lift Off” (ft. Beyonce) and “No Church In The Wild” and “Gotta Have It” and “New Day” and “Otis” are already making waves.

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LIFT OFF (ft. BEYONCE)

WHO GON STOP ME

NO CHURCH IN THE WILD

GOTTA HAVE IT

NEW DAY

OTIS

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Kanye West was the headliner on Saturday at the Big Chill music festival in England, and though the audience came to hear him perform, the massive crowd had to listen to him rant about how he’s unappreciated and misunderstood.

West, who famously grabbed the microphone and interrupted Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, tried this past weekend to defend his banned video for the song “Monster,” which featured women hanging from their necks.

He griped to the agitated audience: “I walk through the hotel and I walk down the street, and people look at me like I’m f**kin’ insane, like I’m Hitler.”

According to West, “One day the light will shine through and one day people will understand everything I ever did.”

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“JAY-Z REPORTEDLY PUTS HANDS ON KANYE… ‘SLAPS’ HIM IN THE FACE!!” blares another supposed “World Exclusive” from MediaTakeOut, which claims Jay-Z and Kanye West got into a physical fight while recording their upcoming album “Watch The Throne.”

MediaFakeOut reports, “According to a person in the know, Jay Z and Kanye West are rumored to have been in some kind of a PHYSICAL ALTERCATION – with whispers that Jay may have ‘slapped’ Kanye.”

“There were some tense days [months ago] in the studio,” claims the alleged insider, who notes, “I heard Jay put hands on Kanye… a slap.”

Wait.

“Rumored to have been in some kind of a physical altercation”?

“Jay may have ‘slapped’ Kanye”?

Doesn’t sound too definite — and it isn’t.

While the two men have not always seen eye-to-eye, Jay-Z did NOT slap Kanye back when they were recording “Watch the Throne.”

Once again, it’s MTO just talking smack.

A source close to Jay-Z laughed off the story, and said there was nothing to the slapping tale.

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Rap royalty Jay-Z and Kanye West will from now on be known collectively as “The Throne.”

The artists, who collaborated on the upcoming album “Watch the Throne” — and will tour together this fall — announced their new group name today.

The duo also revealed their album will be released via iTunes on August 8, and that tickets for their tour will go on sale that same day.

The highly anticipated collaboration features Beyonce and Odd Future singer Frank Ocean.

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The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards nominees were announced, and Katy Perry leads the pack with nine nominations, including “Video of the Year” and “Best Female Video.” Other multiple category nominees are Adele and Kanye West, who each received seven nods.

Below is a FULL list of all this year’s VMA nominees.

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
Tyler, The Creator, “Yonkers”
Katy Perry, “Firework”
Bruno Mars, “Grenade”
Beastie Boys, “Make Some Noise”

BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Adele, “Rolling In The Deep”
Katy Perry, “Firework”
Beyonce, “Run The World (Girls)”
Nicki Minaj, “Super Bass”
Lady Gaga, “Born This Way”

BEST MALE VIDEO
Cee Lo Green, “F*** You”
Eminem feat. Rihanna, “Love the Way You Lie”
Bruno Mars, “Grenade”
Kanye West feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi, “All of the Lights”
Justin Bieber, “U Smile”

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
Lil Wayne feat. Cory Gunz, “6’7′”
Kanye West feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi, “All of the Lights”
Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes, “Look at Me Now”
Nicki Minaj, “Super Bass”
Lupe Fiasco, “The Show Goes On”

BEST NEW ARTIST
Foster The People, “Pumped Up Kicks”
Wiz Khalifa, “Black and Yellow”
Tyler, The Creator, “Yonkers”
Big Sean feat. Chris Brown, “My Last”
Kreayshawn, “Gucci Gucci”

BEST POP VIDEO
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep
Bruno Mars, “Grenade”
Pitbull feat. NE-YO, Nayer & Afrojack, “Give Me Everything”
Katy Perry, “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”
Britney Spears, “Till the World Ends”

BEST ROCK VIDEO
The Black Keys, “Howlin For You”
Foo Fighters, “Walk”
Foster The People, “Pumped Up Kicks”
Mumford & Sons, “The Cave”
Cage The Elephant, “Shake Me Down”

BEST COLLABORATION
Pitbull feat. NE-YO, Nayer & Afrojack, “Give Me Everything”
Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes, “Look at Me Now”
Kanye West feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi, “All of the Lights”
Katy Perry feat. Kanye West, “E.T.”
Nicki Minaj feat. Drake, “Moment 4 Life”

BEST ART DIRECTION
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
Katy Perry feat. Kanye West, “E.T.”
Lady Gaga, “Judas”
Kanye West, “Power”
Death Cab For Cutie, “You Are a Tourist”

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Beyonce, “Run the World (Girls)”
Britney Spears, “Till the World Ends”
Lady Gaga, “Judas”
Bruno Mars, “The Lazy Song”
LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, “Party Rock Anthem”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
Beyonce, “Run The World (Girls)”
Eminem feat. Rihanna, “Love The Way You Lie”
Katy Perry, “Teenage Dream”
Thirty Seconds to Mars, “Hurricane”

BEST DIRECTION
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
Beastie Boys, “Make Some Noise”
Katy Perry feat. Kanye West, “E.T.”
Thirty Seconds to Mars, “Hurricane”
Eminem feat. Rihanna, “Love the Way You Lie”

BEST EDITING
Katy Perry feat. Kanye West, “E.T.”
Thirty Seconds to Mars, “Hurricane”
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
Kanye West feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi, “All of the Lights”
Manchester Orchestra, “Simple Math”

BEST SFX (SPECIAL EFFECTS)
Manchester Orchestra, “Simple Math”
Katy Perry feat. Kanye West, “E.T.”
Kanye West, “Power”
Linkin Park, “Waiting for the End
Chromeo, “Don’t Turn the Lights On”

The MTV Video Music Awards air live from L.A.’s Nokia Theatre on August 28.

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Kim Kardashian is once again the subject of an inaccurate story by MediaTakeOut.

The site, which previously wrongly reported that Kardashian was “pregnant” and that she and Kanye West were “dating,” now claims that the reality star is secretly seeing ex-boyfriend Ray J behind her fiance Kris Humphries’ back.

In a vulgar and annoyingly capped headline, MediaFakeOut writes, “SECRET SURVEILLANCE SUGGESTS THAT RAY J IS STILL SMASHING KIM KARDASHIAN!! (KRIS LOSES AGAIN).”

The bad blog then says, “We’re not QUITE SURE what to make of it. But recent surveillance video shows Kim Kardashian SECRETLY meeting up with Ray J . . . at his CRIB!!!”

Really?

WRONG (in all capital letters)!

A source close to Kardashian tells Gossip Cop that contrary to MTO asserting it’s a “recent surveillance video,” the “footage is so old!”

In fact, we’re told the vehicle in which Kardashian is seen with Ray J is a car she “hasn’t even owned… in a long time!”

It’s gotten so bad with MediaTakeOut, we don’t think the site could get a story right about Kardashian, even if we spotted them the R-I-G-H… and T!

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Kanye West‘s “Mama’s Boyfriend” has leaked online.

The rapper performed the song last summer, but the studio version did not make the cut on his My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy album.

As the title suggests, the track is about a kid’s jealousy over his mother’s new man.

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“EXCLUSIVE: Kanye West Spotted Hooking Up With An Olsen On His Birthday!” exclaims Perez Hilton in a headline that got picked up everywhere.

“We wouldn’t have seen this coming!” writes the blogger, who reports that at West’s 34th birthday party at the SubMercer lounge in New York, the rapper was spotted “celebrating the event by hooking up with none other than Mary-Kate Olsen!”

For real?

He adds, “Naughty, naughty, you two! Ha!”

While it’s true Mary-Kate Olsen was at the birthday party, she and West did NOT – repeat, did NOT — hook up.

No one at the club could verify Perez’s account, and a rep for Olsen tells Gossip Cop, “There is no truth to the story whatsoever.”

Naughty naughty, Perez, for once again not fact-checking.

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Beyonce

The track is from her new album 4, set for a June 28 release.

It’s got a much different vibe than “Run the World (Girls)” and definitely worth a listen (below).

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Gil Scott-Heron, the “Godfather of Rap,” has died in a New York hospital.

He was 62.

Scott-Heron, whose mixture of poetry and music in the early 1970s is often credited with inspiring the birth of hip-hop later in the decade, was HIV-positive and had battled substance abuse in recent years.

Since word of his death broke, artists including Eminem to Usher have expressed their fondness for Scott-Heron on Twitter. Common and Kanye West are among the music stars who have sampled his music in their own.

Scott-Heron’s most famous song was “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” first recorded in 1970, and too politically charged for some radio stations to play at the time.

You can hear it below.

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Katy Perry

The futuristic video shows Perry as an alien floating in outer space, then encountering a dormant male robot whom she brings back to life.

Kanye West is also featured in the video.

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Rihanna brought down the house with her halftime performance last night at the NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles.

Drake and Kanye West joined the singer on stage as she sang several hits, closing with West’s “All of the Lights.”

In case you missed the performance, check out the video below!

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Kanye West has released a new video for “All of the Lights,” featuring Rihanna and Kid Cudi, and directed by Hype Williams.

The video opens with quiet black-and-white footage of a little girl before transitioning into a series of strobe effects and the stars themselves.

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