by Marissa G. Muller 40 mins ago

Yesterday, H&M and Alexander Wang launched their highly-coveted collaboration. The wunderkind designer/Balenciaga creative head/sneaker aficionado gave his fans exactly what they wanted: a collaboration that looks like it could have walked down the runway for his namesake line. It reads as a reprisal of the designer’s sportiest hits. This being Alexander Wang—the man who invented the 15-pound bucket bag and brought back the style—the accessories were all on-point. But one of them stood out more than others: a pair of logo-centric boxing gloves—the type of fashionable whim you’d only expect to see on the runway or in a lookbook.

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Yet, Wang isn’t the only designer to put a spin on sporting goods. Though he’s been doing it now for seasons, having also created a $135 gold-tipped jump rope, yoga mats, and pool toys—in all black, of course—Wang’s love of sports is shared by his contemporaries. Here are some of the most luxurious sporting goods on the market.

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King of absurdity Karl Lagerfeld recently made headlines for one of his most outlandish moves yet—and that’s saying a lot—a Louis Vuitton punching bag. No it’s not a punch line (heh), his monogrammed leather device that’s used for hitting repeatedly will set you back $175,000.

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by Matthew Scott Donnelly 8 mins ago

These days, your Twitter timeline says as much about you as your taste in movies or fashion sense, and ours is chock full o’ MTV greatness. Between the intriguing “Teen Wolf” stars and the “Code” jokesters, our network’s cast members always have a ton to share on social media. And each week, we’re rounding up the posts that had us RTing like crazy. Check out the latest!

When DJ Pauly D‘s in party mode, he can reduce bars and clubs to rubble. But now, he can make ‘em all squeaky clean again!

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The “Jersey Shore” star, who recently mentioned Pine-Sol on Twitter, got the surprise of his life when the product’s parent company Clorox reflexively sent him two bottles of his very own “Pauly-Sol.” There was also a note explaining the solution was meant to keep things “fresh to death.”

Seriously. Pauly D’s a cleaning agent now.

“So This Just Happened !!! Lol Thankyou @Clorox !!! #PineSol #Pine-Sol #Pauly-Sol,” Pauly tweeted with a photo of the care package. Clorox responded “@DJPaulyD Pauly-Sol might just be the freshest scent we’ve ever made. Enjoy.” How soluble do you think it is?

Also on Twitter, Shalyah Evans of “Girl Code” owned up to some strange hunger pangs, while Deena Cortese found joking about one newsworthy topic totally distasteful. And though JWOWW laid down the regimen for bright, bronzy skin, Michael Willett insisted “Faking It” guest star Laverne Cox‘s ...

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by Rob Markman 3 mins ago

At its very core, hip-hop is competitive. In the late-1970s, pioneering MCs started out boasting about their DJs’ supremacy during park jams, before developing their own (alter)egos and rivalries among each other.

These days, battle rap has reached new heights with fans paying big bucks to watch their favorite matches in a Pay-Per-View-style format. And network and music executives have fed the beast, booking lyrical titans for awards show performances, right alongside their platinum-selling counterparts.

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Guys like Murda Mook, Loaded Lux, Arsonal, Daylyt, Charlie Clips and the organizers of the Smack and URL battle leagues deserve all the credit; but when it’s all said and done, it’s Eminem who reigns as battle rap’s best.

Marshall’s 2002 film “8 Mile” was partly-based on real-life events, and the battle scenes vividly captured Em’s come-up. In fact, it was Eminem’s second-place finish finish at the 1997 Rap Olympics that helped land him on Interscope and, eventually, Dr. Dre’s radar. And we all know what happened after that.

Eminem dropped his major-label debut album, The Slim Shady LP, in 1999 and never looked back. He’s sold more records than any other hip-hop artist, thanks to his classic albums and unforgettable singles like “Lose Yourself,” “Not Afraid” and “Love the Way You Lie.” For the most successful rapper in the world to be birthed from an underground battle circuit speaks volumes.

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by Kase Wickman 10 mins ago

The movie may be called “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” but it won’t do you any good to be ignorant of this new release, already gathering awards buzz for its A-list cast, bizarre script and brilliant cinematography. Almost the entire movie, through tricks of the camera and editing, appears to be one continuous tracking shot.

Starring Michael Keaton as a washed-up former action movie star now setting his sights to the stage, while dealing with a mercurial lead actor (Edward Norton), a worried business partner (Zach Galifianakis) and a freshly rehabbed daughter (Emma Stone), among others, “Birdman” is decidedly offbeat. The man is literally haunted by the specter of his most famous character muttering nasty nothings about what he thinks of the actor’s life.

Now that the Alejandro Iñárritu-directed movie is flying into theaters, the critics have spoken. Here’s what they have to say about “Birdman.”

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“The more you know, the more fun it’ll be — all real-life connections fodder for other connections as the film shreds time, fame, family and the difference between movie acting and stage acting. That one-continuous-tracking shot conceit is designed to split the difference, forcing the actors to play through long stretches — no cuts to protect them — as the camera zips after them down hallways, into theaters empty and full, and, at one deliriously funny point, out into a Times Square mobbed with celebrity-chasers. But it’s also a stupendously choreographed bit of camerawork, demanding ...

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by Cory Midgarden 12 mins ago

From being the first openly trans female nominated for an Emmy to landing the cover of TIME Magazine, Laverne Cox is no stranger to transgender milestones.

But before she was the trailblazer we know her as today, Laverne struggled with several aspects of her identity—personal style being a bullet point on that list. There are times when fashion can be fairly inconsequential, but when it’s wrapped up in your ability to express your true self, it can carry significant weight.

“I was terrified of wearing a dress because my third grade teacher Ms. Ridgeway said I would end up in New Orleans wearing a dress,” Laverne told MTV News.

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Now, the Orange is the New Black star doesn’t shy away from showing a little leg, but getting there took some time. When we caught up with the actress, who was promoting her new doc The T Word, she walked us through her fashion turning points, including her first dress, pair of heels and weave.

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“Even though I needed to express my femininity for years, I didn’t wear dresses,” she explained. “The very first dress I wore, I believe, the first one I remember I got in Indiana, when I was in Indiana University, and it was silver lamé and it was long ...

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by John Walker 35 mins ago

A pop star seeks to reinvent her image by teaming up with Tony Bennett. No, I’m not talking about Lady Gaga, who released an entire album of duets with the legendary jazz singer titled Cheek To Cheek back in September. What I’m referring to is an actual subplot from an episode of HBO’s “Entourage,” which aired back in 2008. Seriously.

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The immortal Blair Waldorf Leighton Meester plays Justine Chapin, a recurring character who dates Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) for a couple of episodes in Season 1. There’s definitely some early-’00s Britney Spears-meets-Jessica Simpson inspiration at play — she’s known in the industry for her vow to “save herself for marriage.”

Flash-forward to Season 5, and Justine and Vince cross paths once more. She’s “shooting a video for my new album,” she tells him, before adding the disclaimer: “Don’t make fun. I know my music isn’t really your thing, but this is way different. It’s very sophisticated. Grown-up. I’m doing Duets with Tony Bennett.”

Oh my God, what in the name of “Sophisticated Lady”? How is this a real thing that happened? Up is down. Left is right. Suddenly the Koons is ANYTHING. Psychics wrote this episode. What did Nostradamus see? Bye.

HOW. DID. THEY. KNOW.

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