This week, 311 celebrate their fans and their music during a three day festival called 311 Day. We sent two 311 superfans to give us the diehard’s perspective about the show, the crowds and the vibe of the greatest 72 hours in 311 history.
By Dave Kosin
So here’s the thing about 311 Day: It’s more [...]

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By Cristina Ramos
Fans and friends around the world celebrated the life of the Notorious B.I.G on the anniversary of his death on Tuesday (March 9), blasting his music on speakers and pouring into parties and clubs to pay tribute. This was especially true of those Biggie’s neck of the woods, which is why Biz Markie’s [...]

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Tuesday night’s (March 9) episode of “American Idol” did a great deal to help kill the opinion that the ninth season of the show has been the worst of its run. For the first time in this cycle, there were more great performances than not-so-great ones, lead by Crystal Bowersox’s throaty, soulful, rugged take on [...]

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`Anna Nicole’ opera to premiere next year in London

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On Monday, Lil Wayne entered Rikers Island and began his sentence as an inmate. He has only been in for 48 hours, but considering how active he had been online via Twitter and Ustream, it already seems like he has been gone for much longer. Still, considering how much material he got in the can [...]

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This week, 311 celebrate their fans and their music during a three day festival called 311 Day. We sent two 311 superfans to give us the diehard’s perspective about the show, the crowds and the vibe of the greatest 72 hours in 311 history. Here is the first of their dispatches.
By Lauren Black
Despite my [...]

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They say a well-rounded education is the key to success, and if that truly is the case, the my schooling is woefully incomplete when it comes to the subject of pop. That’s why we bring you “Popology,” the guide to modern radio-friendly stars as seen through the eyes of a guy who grew up on [...]

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Kiss made a name for themselves by crafting big hard rock tunes accompanied by pyrotechnics, moon boots, face paint and a healthy dose of sexual suggestion. They then took that name and slapped it on just about any product you can think of. Founding members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have created a gigantic empire [...]

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Hollywood lost another troubled child star early Wednesday morning, as Corey Haim passed away at his home in Burbank, California. He was 38 years old. Haim made a name for himself as the star of a series of huge teen movies in the 1980s, including “Lucas,” “License to Drive” and “The Lost Boys.”
Perhaps Haim’s [...]

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Every day a multitude of stars wanders through the halls of MTV News to talk about their latest projects and goof around with our intrepid correspondents. But sometimes we catch stars elsewhere, and that’s why we put together Spotted!, a daily compendium of stars in the wild.
A computer store hardly seems like the ideal venue [...]

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News about Lil Wayne, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
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“This is a tragic loss of a wonderful, beautiful, tormented soul, who will always be my brother, family, and best friend. We must all take this as a lesson in how we treat the people we share this world with while they are still here to make a difference. Please respect our families as we [...]

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David Otunga wears many hats: Father, fiancé, Hollywood party guest, Harvard graduate. But at the moment, he is focused on one role: Wrestler. Otunga signed a deal with WWE back in 2008 and spent a year honing his skills in Florida Championship Wrestling (the WWE’s development division), but he now shows up once a week [...]

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“Well, he talks about New York in his work, and it seemed like New York was such an inspiration to him that I thought, I need to go here. Like, it’s kind of necessary to experience it.”
-”My Life as Liz” star Liz Lee, talking about how late rapper the Notorious B.I.G. inspired her to move [...]

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There are a handful of events that hip-hop fans will always remember, like the first time they heard Fear of a Black Planet, the day they saw the premiere of Tupac’s “California Love” video or the fact that Jay-Z’s The Blueprint came out on September 11, 2001. March 9 is one of those days, as [...]

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Marie Osmond’s son remembered at funeral in Provo, Utah, Mormon chapel; family sang at service

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In 2008, Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne released “Christmas on Mars,” a supremely odd, seven-years-in-the-making DIY film about isolation and madness (or something). Despite the fact that the incredibly prolific Coyne managed to create two stellar albums in 2009 (Embryonic and the full-length cover of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon), he wants to [...]

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After a handful of delays that saw his incarceration derailed by dental surgery and a freak fire, Lil Wayne joined the inmate roll at Rikers Island on Monday (March 8). Though his sentence is a year behind bars, he is expected to be released some time around October, which means that he’ll be gone for [...]

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As expected, T.I. took to the Internet to debut his new single, the appropriately-titled banger “I’m Back.” Coming in the wake of his release from jail (and on the heels of fellow high-profile MC Lil Wayne’s incarceration), “I’m Back” proves that Tip barely missed a beat while he was behind bars.
Over a powerful bounce [...]

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Pink Floyd goes to court against EMI in dispute over royalties, online sales

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