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Jay-Z Praises President Obama, Says Opposing Gay Marriage is Discrimination

Gene — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:34:20 +0000

Jay-Z says he strongly agrees with President Obama’s support of same-sex marriage, equating opposition to gay equality with discrimination.

In a recent interview with CNN, the rapper said he believed supporting gay marriage, as Obama did last week, was “the right thing to do.”

“I’ve always thought it as something that was still holding the country back,” Jay-Z said, referencing the fact that it’s not recognized nationwide.

“What people do in their own homes is their business and you love whoever you love. That’s their business. It’s no different than discriminating against blacks.”

“It’s discrimination plain and simple.”

Jay-Z on Gay Marriage

In Philadelphia to announce a two-day music festival in early September, Jay-Z sat down with CNN’s Poppy Harlow to chat about broader issues.

Asked if he felt Obama, dubbed the first gay president by Newsweek, could be hurt politically by this, the music mogul and new father shrugged.

“It’s really not about votes,” he said. “It’s about people.”

Jay also said he sees America’s moribund economy as an opportunity: “You know, for a long time, you know, we had it pretty good in America,” he said.

“We were floating on this high. Well, we were hiding some of the troubles that we were going through. So, I just see this as a test of our character.”

“I think we’ll get there and we test the resolve of Americans. Just to remind us that we have that fight. We haven’t had such a fight since the Great Depression.”

Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/05/jay-z-praises-president-obama-says-opposing-gay-marriage-is-disc/

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Britney Spears – 3

Gene — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:08:22 +0000

Artist: Britney Spears
Label: Jive, Jive Label Group
Director: Diane Martel

Source:

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=501686&vid=452061

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Giveaway: A Sonos Home Music System (a $300 Value!)

Gene — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:08:17 +0000

Enter for your chance to win Sonos’s Play: 3 Home Music System in our giveaway this week.

Source: http://feeds.celebritybabies.com/~r/celebrity-babies/~3/mams905eHSg/

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Get Ready! Movies to See Before the Oscars

Gene — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:08:18 +0000

Want to know who you should be rooting for at the Feb. 26 awards show? Check out our list of movies to see beforehand!

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Taylor Swift, Rihanna Dress To Impress At Billboard Awards

Gene — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:08:21 +0000

Nicki Minaj, Ke$ha, Selena Gomez also make fashion splash on red carpet, as showgirl style rules at the Las Vegas event on Sunday night.
By Jocelyn Vena

Taylor Swift at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards
Photo: Jordan Strauss/ Getty Images

On Sunday night, some of the biggest names in the music industry hit up the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas and decided that sparkles and sequins make for the perfect additions to any red carpet get-up. Well, it is Sin City after all. Taylor Swift always seems to bring some of that Nashville sparkle to any red carpet. She arrived at the show in a pale-hued, sequined Elie Saab gown. Nicki Minaj showed off her signature sense of style in her baby-blue, body-hugging spandex Mark Fast catsuit. Selena Gomez turned up the style dial in a sexy, cut-out black Dolce & Gabbana gown that she paired with red strappy sandals with sparkly bow detailing. Like Gomez, Ke$ha opted for some cut-out detailing in her sparkly, slate-gray dress with tulle skirt. Rihanna looked white hot in her men's tailored Max Azria suit, which she kept sexy and feminine by not buttoning her shirt all the way. Fergie went S&M chic in her little black bandage-type dress by Hervé Léger. Nicole Kidman also wore black. She paired a casual braid hairstyle with a long black gown and Keith Urban. British pop cutie Kyle Minogue looked funky in her little black lacey dress. Inside the show, Britney Spears sat in the audience wearing a skimpy black dress of her own, her hair in loose curls, with little-to-no accessories. While some stars kept the color scheme low-key, Keri Hilson decided to stand out in her billowy little yellow dress paired with a turquoise-colored belt. Kelly Rowland showed off some of her best assets in a body-hugging, bright pink bandage dress. The fellas also looked tight on the carpet. Joe Jonas wore all black with white sneakers, Ne-Yo paired his periwinkle suit with a Yankees cap and Justin Bieber wore black tuxedo pants with a gold-lamé tuxedo jacket. Which stars' styles caught your eye at the Billboard Music Awards? Tell us in the comments.

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Source:

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1664386/billboard-music-awards-taylor-swift-rihanna.jhtml

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Lady Gaga – Video Phone (Extended Remix)

Gene — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:08:18 +0000

Video Phone (Extended Remix)

Artist: Lady Gaga
Label: Columbia, Music World Music
Director: Hype Williams

Source:

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=3061469&vid=455581

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Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, John Paul Jones Unveil Supergroup

Gene — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:08:25 +0000

Them Crooked Vultures make their debut with a post-Lollapalooza set.
By James Montgomery

Photo: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

Officially, Lollapalooza ended Sunday night in Chicago's Grant Park, with dueling sets from the Killers and Jane's Addiction. Unofficially, it ended very early Monday morning, across town at venerable rock club the Metro, with a surprise show by Them Crooked Vultures. To the unfamiliar, the Vultures might seem like an odd choice to close out Lolla weekend … until you realize that they're made up of Foo Fighters frontman/ former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, Queens of the Stone Age mastermind Josh Homme and Led Zeppelin legend John Paul Jones. And their gig at the Metro was their world premiere. According to some reports, the Vultures actually turned down Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell's request to replace the Beastie Boys as headliners at the festival, opting to debut in front of some 1,100 super-psyched fans at the Metro, rather than 75,000 in Grant Park (tickets for the gig were announced via Foo Fighter/ QOTSA fan clubs). Meaning that, in a lot of ways, this was the most sought-after ticket in town. Taking the stage just after midnight, the Vultures — Grohl on drums (of course), Homme on guitar and vocals, Jones on bass and keys and frequent QOTSA contributor Alain Johannes on guitar — ripped through 12 songs in 80 minutes, all taken from their upcoming debut, which may or may not be called Never Deserved the Future, and may or may not be hitting stores on October 23 (early "promo" videos touting both those facts were revealed over the weekend to be hoaxes perpetrated by QOTSA fans). The songs, with appropriately Homme-ian titles like "Scumbag Blues," "Mind Eraser (No Chaser)," "Caligulove" and "Interlude w/Ludes," sounded pretty much how you'd expect, given the band's pedigree. They rocked, hard — Chicago Tribune critic Greg Kot described them as "fresh, invigorating and just plain nasty" — delving off into psychedelic, reverb-filled excursions and exploring proggy territory, "both of the old-school Yes variety, and the more modern Tool flavor," according to the Chicago Sun-Times' Jim DeRogatis. It's not known if Monday's Metro performance was a one-off event for the Vultures — there have been whispers of a full-blown tour, but a spokesperson for Homme had not responded to MTV News' request for comment at press time. Nor was it clear whether or not they'll have an album out in October. Early Monday, a Crooked Vultures Twitter account, which had previously posted links to the band's official-looking Web site and the Metro's online ticketing site — posted a link to what appears to be the group's first bit of official merchandise: a Deserve the Future T-shirt. Cost: $30.