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  Usher Talks "Twisted," New Album Usher recently sat down with MTV to discuss the making of his single "Twisted" and his upcoming album Looking For Myself. During his MTV First appearance he filled Sway in on the entire process. "'Twisted' is more of a nostalgic record. When you...
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  50 Cent Live-Tweets Hospital Scare: "I'm Feeling Better Today" 50 Cent caused a stir when he announced via Twitter that he had checked into a hospital Wednesday (May 16). Today, after several friends of 50 offered some insight into his condition, he said he's better, though still hospitalized. Last night, 50...
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  Rock The Bells 2012 Lineup Announced As 2-Day Festival, Headliners Include Kid Cudi, Nas, Wiz Khalifa, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Last night was the official Rock The Bells 2012 launch party at the House of Blues Sunset Strip, where the annual lineup was revealed and a few acts performed for a crowd of hip hop enthusiasts. Among the performers on this year's lineup include...
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  Taylor Swift Gives Back To Country Music Hall Of Fame It's no secret that Taylor Swift has a ton of money. After all, she landed at #11 on the Forbes' Most Powerful Celebrity list for her earnings of $57 million last year. What do you do when you have that kind of cash laying around? You give back to...
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  Nicki Minaj Premiere’s “Right By My Side” ft. Chris Brown and Nas Nas is the object of Nicki Minaj's affection in her latest video "Right By My Side." Throughout the nearly five minute clip Nas showers Nicki with expensive gifts, fancy dinners, shopping sprees and a brand new car. "It all comes down to this/ I...
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  What Is Justin Bieber Doing With All His Money? The mystery is solved by Forbes magazine in their current cover story on Justin Bieber. Everyone knows the Biebs likes to buy cars, including his own Batmobile, but that's not exactly an investment that appreciates in value. For the real...
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  J. Lo Named Most Powerful Celebrity by Forbes All of Jennifer Lopez's hard work has finally paid off. For the very first time, the singer/actress/American Idol judge earned herself the title of 2012's most powerful celebrity according to Forbes. With $52 million in earnings over the last...
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  Behind the Scenes With One Direction One Direction have been busy promoting their debut album Up All Night but that hasn't kept them from keeping their fans in the know. In their most recent video diaries the band takes fans behind the scenes of award show dress rehearsals and their...
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  Tweet Beat: Wise Words From Chris Brown, Katy Perry, Drake, Diddy And More Some stars Tweet to talk to their fans. Some stars Tweet to tell you what they're up to in pictures, links, and opinions. And some stars Tweet words of wisdom. We scrolled through and selected some of the best advice Tweets from musicians for the...
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  Fun. Covers Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know"! fun.'s "We Are Young" has been on heavy rotation at AMP for some time now. The band has been neck in neck on the charts with a fellow artist who also seemingly skyrocketed to fame out of nowhere: Gotye. It seems only natural that the two bands would...
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  Justin Bieber Defends Kim Kardashian's Work Ethic In the June issue of GQ, Justin Bieber revealed his celebrity friendship with Kim Kardashian, forged in 2010, is still strong. Bieber and Kardashian developed a mutual admiration society after meeting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner that...
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  Adam Lambert Discusses His New Album And Bruno Mars’ Hair Trespassing, the much anticipated second album from Adam Lambert was released yesterday. It took a little longer than the expected March release, but Adam said it was well worth it. "We had to do some last minute work on the album. [We] worked...
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  Ne-Yo Slows It Down With "Lazy Love" Song Ne-Yo returns to his groove with "Lazy Love," the new single from his forthcoming R.E.D. (Realizing Every Dream) album. The singer takes a mellow approach on "Lazy Love," confessing the crippling, if blissful, affect that his lover has over his...
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  Man Ends 16 Hours Of Fist Pumping To Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" James Peterson, an unemployed electrician from Green, Ohio, claims to be a ‘veteran fist pumper,’ and he may actually be the world’s best. Peterson recently fist pumped for 16 hours straight in attempt to break a Guinness World Record. This...
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  Jay-Z Comes Out For Gay Marriage Rights: "It's Discrimination" Jay-Z, who has been an ardent supporter of President Obama since his 2008 campaign, has recently co-signed the president's views on same-sex marriage. Jigga was in Philadelphia Monday (May 14) to announce his plans for a new music festival when...