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Star Spotting: Nick Jonas Is Such A Hot Baseball Player That We Almost GAF About Sports!
by Byron Flitsch | August 2, 2012 at 9:30 pm

Nick Jonas wins at being a hot baseball player. If we knew Nick Jonas was part of every baseball game, we'd have no problem putting down our cheese-drenched nachos at the ballpark to actually pay attention to the touchdowns or whatever you cheer for in the sport. (We know it's home runs, but if we [...]

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Here’s A Sneak Peek Of Beyonce’s ‘Countdown’ & Katy Perry’s ‘The One That Got Away’ Pop Up Videos! (VIDEO)
by Jenna Hally Rubenstein | August 2, 2012 at 8:35 pm

Pop Up Video is back on Aug.6 with new Pop Ups from Beyonce and more! We love nothing more than a juicy, fact-filled "Pop Up Video," which is why we're squeeing so hard over the fact that Pop Up Video’s new season premieres Monday, Aug. 6, at noon ET. And to get us ready, the human encyclopedias [...]

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We Like Matchbox Twenty’s ‘She’s So Mean’ Video A Lot, But It REALLY Looks Like That One Daughtry Video
by Michael Depland | August 2, 2012 at 8:35 pm

The men of Matchbox Twenty are terrorized by an angry, hot woman in their "She's So Mean" video. What did Matchbox Twenty do to make this girl so mad? To quote Taylor Swift: "Why you gotta be so mean?" Maybe she's angry it took five years for the band to return with their upcoming fifth [...]

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Why Cher Lloyd’s ‘Want U Back’ Could Make Her A Huge Star In The States
by Sam Lansky | August 2, 2012 at 7:34 pm

Oh hey! I'm Sam Lansky, and this is my column "Pop Think," where I've kind of made a career out of writing about international artists I think are poised to break big in the U.S. (A lot of the time I'm wrong, but you can't fault me for being an optimist!) One surefire Stateside success story, [...]

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POSTED: MGK Talks About Working With Diddy And Waka Flocka Flame (VIDEO)
by Byron Flitsch | August 2, 2012 at 6:00 pm

MGK talks working with Diddy and Waka Flocka Flame in this week's POSTED. You may remember MGK from his killer performance during the MTV Woodies Awards Festival and as the Breaking Woodie winner for 2012, but now we properly celebrate the Cleveland-grown rapper as the MTV POSTED artist for August. All month long we follow [...]

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One Direction Reach 12 Million In Sales In 1 YEAR! (What Have You Done With Your Year?) (PHOTO)
by Byron Flitsch | August 2, 2012 at 5:15 pm

One Direction gets a special award for their 12 million sales! It really doesn't take much for us to give One Direction a standing ovation (Harry Styles could basically sneeze, and we'd still bow down), but the U.K. group deserves major props after a whopping 12 million sales in the last year (that's 8 million records, [...]

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Watch WALK THE MOON’s ‘MTV Unplugged’ Cover Of Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ ‘Maps’ (VIDEO)
by David Greenwald | August 2, 2012 at 4:06 pm

WALK THE MOON strip down Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Maps" for "MTV Unplugged." When they're not making indie rock songs of the summer -- still living for "Anna Sun," to be honest -- WALK THE MOON must be DVR-ing a lot of "The Sing-Off" on the tour bus. Because for their upcoming "MTV Unplugged" special, the [...]

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OMG ALERT! Katy Perry And John Mayer May Be A New Couple, Guys! (PHOTO)
by Jenna Hally Rubenstein | August 2, 2012 at 3:37 pm

Katy Perry might be moving on with John Mayer, guys. GUYS!!! Not even sure how to begin or form coherent sentences because HOLY EVERYTHING Katy Perry and John Mayer may be a new couple! Not to toot my own horn, but I haaaave always kind thought the "Wide Awake" singer would make sweet love sweet music with the [...]

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New Video: Pitbull Featuring Shakira, ‘Get It Started’
by Jenna Hally Rubenstein | August 2, 2012 at 2:58 pm

Shakira and Pitbull get cozy in their "Get It Started" video. Remember that one time you were sort of dying to see Shakira in a stunning gold ball gown (THAT DRESS! THAT BODY!) while Pitbull planned an escape attack with his scorned lover? Oh, you do? Cool, because that's what happens in Pitbull's "Get It Started" video. Slated [...]

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Star Spotting: Kanye West And Kim Kardashian Ride A Zip Line, Resulting In World’s Best Photo
by Jenna Hally Rubenstein | August 2, 2012 at 2:00 pm

Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, and Joe Francis suit up for the zip line! What is it that they always say? The couple that zips together stays together? We actually don't even care really because, as you can plainly see, this picture of Kimye is EVERYTHING!! In addition to being in a potential love triangle and [...]

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