April 21, 2025

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<i>What</i> About Love? Austin Mahone Weighs In On Fifth Harmony Dating Rumors

If you believe the rumors, then you might think that teen pop star Austin Mahone and Fifth Harmony's Camila Cabello are an item. But according to Austin, you shouldn't believe everything you read.

"Nah! I only met her once. I met her at the Arthur Ashe thing," Mahone told MTV News about meeting the former "X Factor" contestant back in August over VMA weekend at the Arthur Ashe Kids Day event. "So, you know, she's a really, really cool girl, very nice, but we're not dating."

With a debut album in the works, the 17-year-old VMA winner shared that while they aren't dating, he wouldn't rule out a duet with the Cabello. "You never know!" he added.

While Mahone is currently recovering after falling ill last week and postponing his MTV's Artist to Watch tour, he and Camila may run into each other again in the coming months, as both will perform Jingle Ball concerts in New York City and Los Angeles this December.

We have yet to hear from Camila on the matter, but luckily, she and the rest of the Fifth Harmony girls, including Normani, Ally, Lauren and Dinah-Jane, will sit down for a 30-minute live stream on MTV.com. It's all set to take place at 3:30 p.m. ET. They will perform two songs, including their current smash "Miss Movin' On," off their Better Together EP, out this week.

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Cee Lo Pleads Not Guilty To Drug Charges In Los Angeles

Cee Lo Green has been charged with a felony count of furnishing a controlled substance by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, stemming from an incident that occurred last July in a downtown L.A. restaurant.

In a statement released Monday (October 21), the D.A.'s Office alleges that Green "slipped ecstasy to a 33-year-old female while the two were dining" sometime between July 13 and 14, 2012, then later went back to the woman's hotel room, where she awoke to find herself naked in bed. According to several reports, LAPD investigated those claims — which Green denied to TMZ — though the singer and star of NBC's "The Voice" was never charged with any sex-related crime.

In their statement, the D.A.'s Office said that "Prosecutors declined to file a charge of rape of an intoxicated person, citing insufficient evidence."

On Monday afternoon, Green was formally arraigned at the Foltz Criminal Justice Center, where he pleaded not guilty to the felony charge, according to the Los Angeles Times. Prosecutors in the case asked Judge Shelly Torrealba to set his bail at $30,000. If convicted of the felony count, he could face up to four years in state prison.

A spokesperson for Green did not respond to MTV News' request for comment on the charge, nor did a rep for "The Voice."

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Lady Gaga And R. Kelly Say ‘Do What U Want,’ And Little Monsters Dance

Lady Gaga and R.Kelly, together on the same track. The mind boggled at the possibilities, the overwhelming majority of which could generally be described as "batsh-- crazy."

Yes, when it was first announced that two of music's most mercurial stars would be teaming up for the ARTPOP track folks couldn't wait to hear the end result. Would there be animal noises, a la "The Zoo?" Sexual metaphors thinly disguised as odes to Oreos? And more importantly, just who would get to wear the Zorro mask?

Sadly, for all the craziness connoisseurs out there, aside from its bootylicious cover artTwitter rant that preceded it — it turns out "Do What U Want" is a decidedly straightforward jam, one that finds Gaga spending most of her time telling off her detractors (Robert, it should be noted, still goes for greatness, cooing come-hither lines like "I can be the drink in your cup/I could be the green in your blunt.")

Despite its (relative) normalcy, "Do What U Want" still scores, thanks to a lurching, lascivious beat, Gaga's big-time vocals, a corker of a chorus and, of course, Kelly's cool, coital contributions. But was it everything her fans were hoping for? Let's head to Twitter to find out (spoiler alert: the answer is "Yes.")

Of course, there are a few Little Monsters out there who found the pairing to be a bit, uh, odd ... though not for any musical reasons, mind you.

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SKATERS Throwing A ‘Zombie Party’ On Artist To Watch Live

It's official: When SKATERS hit the stage at MTV Hive's Artist To Watch Live event Monday night (October 21), it will be in the form of a massive Halloween party. Yup, they're celebrating 10 days early with a zombified bash!

New York-based band SKATERS are primed to take the stage at the Studio at Webster Hall in NYC at 9:45 p.m. ET. In addition to performing jams from their upcoming debut album, MANHATTAN, the guys are primed to premiere their new Halloween song "Let the Heads Roll." According to the dudes, the song is about the zombie apocalypse. Spooky.

And now, it seems, the band is upping the Halloween ante, declaring tonight's show a zombie affair on Facebook: "ok, it's official. Tonight's show is a f---in zombie party. Wear all white, white suits, white shirts, white sweatpants whatever. White faces."

We're not sure what kind of zombies come kitted out as such, but we're down to don face paint all the same.

The SKATERS guys sing about more than just the undead, however. The band — which formed in New York after disparate members of the Dead Trees and the Paddingtons settled in the Big Apple — scored a record deal with Warner Bros. on the strength of their debut EP, Schemers, in February. They also plan to drop their New York-themed debut in February. Rock meets punk meets reggae: These guys have a sound that is no revivicated corpse of rock and roll.

Check out the Halloween bash for yourself tonight at 9:45 p.m. ET streaming live at MTVHive.com.

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Every Time You’ve Seen ‘Star Wars’ On TV: A Comprehensive Guide

Who's ready for some Darth Vader on your TV? News broke from the European Brand Licensing Show this past weekend that not only will "Star Wars: Episode VII" hit theaters some time in Spring/Summer of 2015, but that a year earlier, we'll be treated to "Darth Vader Themed TV Specials." Which is pretty vague, given that it could be anything from a retrospective to "Top Chef: Death Star." Regardless, the good news is more "Star Wars" on our TV screens.

This is far from the first time we've seen a galaxy far, far away on the small screen. In fact, to go back to the origins of "Star Wars" on TV, you need to look one year after "A New Hope" hit theaters. 1978 saw the release of the infamous, much maligned "Star Wars Holiday Special." Featuring all of the film's stars, the "Holiday Special" was a variety show where the whole gang headed to Chewbacca's planet to celebrate "Life Day." Hideously embarrassing, the special was erased from human memory (and regretted by George Lucas), but did give us one good thing: the introduction of bounty hunter Boba Fett.

Probably still smarting from the pain inflicted by the Holiday Special, it took another six years to get "Star Wars" back on TV. In 1984, one year after "Return of The Jedi," Lucasfilm released "Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure." Instead of the clearly embarrassing, giant fuzzy Wookies of the "Holiday Special," Lucasfilm instead found success with the clearly not embarassing tiny, fuzzy Ewoks. Other than ROtJ's Wicket (played ...

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Kelly Clarkson Gets Married: See The Photos!

You can now call her "Mrs. Know It All" as Kelly Clarkson made it official over the weekend. The singer married her longtime boyfriend, talent manager, Brandon Blackstock, in Tennessee. She confirmed the news on Twitter Monday (October 21).

"I'm officially Mrs. Blackstock :) We got married yesterday [Sunday, October 20] at Blackberry Farms in TN, the most beautiful place ever!" she wrote, including some photos of the couple on their big day. The singer first sparked wedding rumors when she and Blackstock applied for a wedding license last week, E! News reported. Clarkson had previously shared she would walk down the aisle in a dress designed by Temperley London.

Clarkson and Blackstock got engaged last December after dating for about a year. Prior to the engagement, in June 2012, Clarkson opened up about her romance with Blackstock, who is the son of Clarkson's manager, Narvel Blackstock, and the stepson of country superstar Reba McEntire.

"I know — where's the kick in the ass? I told my assistant that today. I said, 'I'm just waiting for something to blow up,' " she shared with Redbook. "She said, 'No, that's what happiness is.' I'm like, 'Maybe I've never been happy!' Because Brandon does, he makes me happy."

Back in June of this year, Clarkson released a country song all about getting hitched called On it, she sings, "Let's set the date/ Let's hire a band/ Let's cut the cake/ Tie up the cans ... Every wall needs a frame/ Every ball needs a chain/ I'm talkin' about ...

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