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Star Spotting: AWWW — Selena Gomez’s Parents Still Pick Her Up At The Airport! (PHOTO)
by Byron Flitsch | July 11, 2013 at 10:00 pm

What are Selena Gomez and her stepdad, Brian Teefey, laughing about!? We gotta know!! We always thought that super famous people like Selena Gomez would get picked up from the airport in a stretch limo filled with a crew of stylists, several masseuses ready to pamper her every need after a "painfully" long first-class flight, [...]

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New Video: The Julie Ruin, ‘Oh Come On’
by Rachel Brodsky | July 11, 2013 at 9:40 pm

The Julie Ruin get back to basics in their "Run Fast" video. We're die-hard Kathleen Hanna fans around here -- after all, no music education (or gender studies education, for that matter) is complete without delving into the history of riot grrrl torchbearer acts like Bikini Kill or Le Tigre, both of which Hanna belonged [...]

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Rihanna’s New Wax Figure Is Dead On Except For The Fact That It’s Not Grabbing Its Crotch
by Rachel Brodsky | July 11, 2013 at 9:08 pm

Rihanna's new wax figure looks JUST like her. Are we seeing double? Have you ever had one of those moments where you look at a celebrity wax statue and become totally confused as to whether or not it's REAL? (That's, like, our daily existence over here. See: Adele's wax "Grammys" statue, Britney Spears' NYC wax [...]

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The Buzz On: Chris Batson
by Jenna Hally Rubenstein | July 11, 2013 at 8:30 pm

Meet Chris Batson. We're obsessed with him. It's been a minute since we've been, like, THIS LEVEL excited about a new artist. But we're thrilled to say that 21-year-old L.A.-based singer/songwriter/producer/rapper Chris Batson has taken us there, and then some. Anyone who does LITERALLY ANYTHING musical had better watch their backs, you know? Listen to Chris Batson [...]

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Britney Spears’ ‘Ooh La La’ Teaser GIFs And Video Are A Firm Reminder Of Her Flawlessness
by Byron Flitsch | July 11, 2013 at 7:30 pm

AW: Britney Spears' "Ooh La La" music video features her sons, Jayden James and Sean Preston! If anyone was wondering whether Britney Spears planned to be her usual perfect self in her brand-new "Ooh La La" video (from the "Smurfs 2" movie soundtrack), your answer would be a gigantic "DUH." And, in addition to her just-released clip, [...]

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New Song: Sampha, ‘Without’
by David Greenwald | July 11, 2013 at 6:30 pm

Sampha's going solo on "Without." You've probably heard Sampha's breathy baritone featured on songs by masked electro-guru SBTRKT. The British singer -- a producer himself -- dropped soulful lead vocals all over SBTRKT's super-great self-titled debut, and joined the musician on tour everywhere from London to Coachella. After tracks such as "Valentine," Sampha's 2011 duet [...]

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Listen To Chvrches Cover HAIM’s ‘Falling’
by Rachel Brodsky | July 11, 2013 at 5:30 pm

Listen to Chvrches' danced-up "Falling" cover. I have two great music loves right now: L.A. rock 'n' blues sisters HAIM and Glasgow, Scotland's synth-pop outfit Chvrches. For one thing, both bands are generating major buzz across the internet (Pitchfork, Slate, NME, Consequence Of Sound, and Idolator are all on board), AND neither has a problem [...]

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Watch Demi Lovato’s ‘Made In The USA’ Video Preview
by Jenna Hally Rubenstein | July 11, 2013 at 4:30 pm

Demi Lovato is an all-American lady in her "Made In The USA" video preview. The lead-up to Demi Lovato's video for "Made In The USA," a song penned by Corey "Chorus" Gibson and Jason Evigan, has been, well, A LITTLE ROUGH. And no, it's not like we didn't appreciate getting a glimpse of Demi's immaculately tousled hair [...]

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One Direction’s Jones Beach Concert: Pouring Rain, Crying Fangirls, And 1D LIFE-SIZE CARDBOARD CUTOUTS! (PHOTOS)
by Rachel Brodsky | July 11, 2013 at 3:27 pm

Buzzworthy's Rachel and Jenna "hugging" One Direction.... Well, their cardboard cutouts, anyway. We'll take what we can get. I've always been what you might call an "indoor person." I hated summer camp growing up (and being an East Coast Jewish kid, you'd better believe that I went every year without fail), the idea of voluntarily [...]

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Star Spotting: Macklemore Wins ‘Best Instagram Ever’ For Posing With Jay-Z (PHOTO)
by Jenna Hally Rubenstein | July 11, 2013 at 2:00 pm

Macklemore and Jay-Z! What could be better? Have y'all noticed that Macklemore is quietly slaying the Instagram game right now? Because while our main focus is usually on things like Rihanna's itsy-bitsy bikini or Justin Bieber peeing in a restaurant mop bucket, we're kiiiiiind of positive we should be spending way more time keeping tabs on Macklemore's perfectly [...]

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