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Lana Del Rey releases photos for her H&M promotion. Paul McCartney writes an open letter to Pussy Riot. Taylor Swift’s new single isn’t about Joe Jonas (maybe). Megadeth’s lead says Obama staged the Aurora shooting. Justin Bieber guards his privacy. These and a few other stories made today’s Music Notes.
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Pussy Riot are in jail on charges of “hooliganism.” High-profile artists have rallied together in support of Pussy Riot’s release. Paul McCartney told them to ‘stay strong‘ in an open letter and Andrew W.K. also stepped up to voice his support.
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XXLmag has carefully detailed what the ideal girl for 2Chainz would look like.
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Justin Bieber says he tries to stay as private as possible because fame can tear you apart. So it makes sense that he speeds through LA in a hypervisible, mirrored Fisker.
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Taylor Swift’s new song is definitely not about Joe Jonas. Probably. Well, according to Joe Jonas it isn’t.
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For the record, Marilyn Manson was getting it on with Avril Lavigne and didn’t want anyone to know. That’s why he said, “Fuck that, she’s Canadian,” when asked if they were dating.
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Australia’s Bieber, Cody Simpson, released his first single ‘Wish You Were Here‘ from his debut album. Don’t know who he is? Here he is, undiscovered, doing Justin Timberlake’s ‘Cry Me A River.’
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Welcome to this week’s installment of “Stars Say The Darndest Things” – a compilation of the creme de la creme of the week’s best quotes and tweets. From Lady Gaga to Miley Cyrus to Kim Kardashian, celebs said some pretty hilarious, stupid and downright ridiculous things this week … read for yourself!


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“It used to be my favorite body part, but now it’s disappeared!” -Rihanna, on how her shrinking body has resulted in a shrinking derriere.
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“I don’t do things for the response or for the controversy. I live my life like I want to, I have fun and the clothes that I like and the clothes that I’m attracted to, sometimes are sheer … sometimes are very daring. If I don’t wear a bra that means I didn’t wanna wear a bra. It’s not usually for attention, it’s just because it would mess up the outfit completely.” -Rihanna

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A biopic of Whitney Houston is apparently already in the works and several musicians’ names are being thrown around to play the legendary singer. Among those names: Rihanna, Jennifer Hudson, Jordin Sparks and Brandy.
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According to U.K. tabloid Daily Mail, the biopic is being produced by Houston’s mentor Clive Davis, who reportedly wants to get a script finalized as soon as possible so filming can begin. Rihanna is in the running to play Houston (we find that casting a little off, to be honest) alongside Vivica Fox, Sparks, Brandy and Hudson. The paper also reports that 11-year-old Willow Smith may be portraying Houston as a child (again, that casting feels off).

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Rihanna turned 24 over the weekend and to celebrate, she and her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown decided to release two remixes — and the new version of “Brithday Cake” features some new verses that have upset many of Rihanna’s fans.

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Rihanna’s verse includes the phrases, “ooh baby, I like it. You so excited. Don’t try to hide it. I’mma make you my b**ch. Cake, cake, cake, cake, I know you wanna bite this. It’s so enticing. Nothin’ else like this. I’mma make you my bitch.”

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