A litany of musicians were honored at Thursday's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony — KISS, Peter Gabriel, Cat Stevens — but the name of everyone's lips as the night drew to a close was undoubtedly Nirvana.

The seminal grunge band found its place among the legends last night, a fitting tribute that fell close on the heels of the 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death.

"Nevermind came out when I was nine and it changed my life and I wouldn't be playing music if it wasn't for Nirvana," St. Vincent — a.k.a. Annie Clark — said backstage before she joined Lorde, Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, Joan Jett and the remaining members of Nirvana in a medley of classics.

"It's a real honor and I'd be lying if I said it wasn't a little bit melancholy, too — with the gravity of it," she added, reflecting on how surreal it was to practice with the band before the show. "Hearing Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear f—ing playing," she said. "That was rad."

Michael Stipe inducted Nirvana into the Hall of Fame, a fitting choice, as he served as kind of a mentor to Cobain as R.E.M.'s former frontman, the glory of which you can relive on Record Story Day when Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions drops and right now on the band's MTV Artist page.

On stage, Stipe said, simply, "That voice, that voice. Kurt, we miss you. I miss you," after earlier in the evening recalling how he first met Cobain.

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Right up until his death, Philip Seymour Hoffman was delivering the kind of intense performances he was always known for. We're now seeing some of the fruits of that work.

In addition to the final "Hunger Games" movies, Hoffman worked on "A Most Wanted Man" in the year before died. The spy thriller from director Anton Corbijn, based on the book by the master of the genre John le Carré, just released its first trailer, and the it's already apparent that Hoffman delivered a performance up to his high standard.

"A Most Wanted Man" takes place in the murky world of modern espionage and anti-terrorism. Hoffman plays Günther Bachmann, a German intelligence officer on the trail of an illegal alien, who could potentially lead him to a Muslim man suspected of having terrorism connections. To get to the young man, Bachmann enlists a lawyer named Annabel Richter (Rachel McAdams) with the hopes of turning her into a spy.

As you can see in the first trailer, "A Most Wanted Man" takes place far from the world of James Bond. This is a le Carré story, and that means suspense instead of explosions and bureaucratic monotony instead of vodka martinis.

On top of another great performance from Hoffman, "A Most Wanted Man" is noteworthy because of its director. Corbijn is a famed photographer, who only recently moved over to directing films. This will be his third feature after the Joy Division movie, "Control," and the underrated George Clooney slow-burn thriller, "The American."

"A Most Wanted Man" opens in theaters on July 25.

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Captain America survived his battle against the Winter Soldier. But will a flock of tropical birds take Cap down at the box office this MTV Movie Awards weekend?

is looking to do what Georges Batroc, Brock Rumlow and a giant conspiracy could not, arriving in theaters against last weekend's box-office champ. Industry experts predict a photo finish for the two sequels, each of which is expected to earn around $40 million.

Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Jamie Foxx and Tracy Morgan lead the voice cast for the $103 million 3-D sequel. "Rio" opened with $39 million back in 2011 and eventually went on to earn over $484.6 million worldwide. Recent family-friendly movies "Muppets Most Wanted" and "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" enjoyed positive reviews, but critics have not been kind to "Rio 2." The first film sits at 72 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, while the follow-up is "rotten" at 47 percent.

Bruno Mars, Janelle Monae, Kristen Chenoweth and Andy Garcia join the cast from the original in "Rio 2," but the impressive cast of "The Winter Soldier" will still give the jungle cartoon a run for its money. Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Robert Redford, et al set a new record for April with the "Captain America" sequel's $95 million debut. The ninth blockbuster in Marvel's Cinematic Universe has made $133 million in North America already, with another $207.1 million from foreign markets. "Rio 2" has collected $55.5 million overseas, where it got an early start.

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Game is having a rough week.

After his ex-fiancée, Tiffney Cambridge, claimed the Compton MC attacked her and broke her nose during a domestic dispute in March, he's facing a court date later this month. Until then, a judge has ordered Game to stay at least 100 yards away from Cambridge, according to TMZ.

Adding to his troubles at home, Game's rival 40 Glocc took to Instagram after the news broke and alleged that Cambridge cheated on the rapper with "Basketball Wives" reality star Tami Roman. Glocc continued his Instagram attack this week, posting pics of Cambridge and Game's kids, captioning each photo with sexual boasts and insults too heinous to publish here.

Glocc and Game have had a longstanding rap feud that even sparked a fight that was captured on video and spread all across the Internet in 2012. But now Glocc, who was once signed to 50 Cent's G-Unit Records, has denied posting the photos on Instagram, saying his account was hacked.

"MY INSTAGRAM IS HACKED!.. ON MY MOMMA," he wrote in all caps.

News of Game's domestic troubles first broke on April 4, but sources close to the star of VH1's "Marrying the Game" told TMZ that rapper adamantly denied laying a finger on Cambridge.

On Thursday, Game posted a long message about not being able to see his kids. And while he quickly deleted it from Instagram, the post remains on Twitter. "Doing the best I can not to break," the message read in part.

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One Direction need your help. The boys are very happy with their brand new single, the emotional, heartache-filled ballad, "You & I." The latest track from their multi-platinum Midnight Memories juggernaut, though, needs ... something else.

That's where you come in. 1D are asking fans to follow Liam Payne's lead and post their own remixes of the song. Payne, billed as "Big Payno," has offered up a snippet of his thumping EDM remake of the tune and fans can visit the band's Soundcloud page to get the vocal stems for their versions.

The best part? Liam will check out the remixes and add his favorite ones to a playlist every week. The official video
 for the song, directed by frequent collaborator Ben Winston ("Best Song Ever," "Story Of My Life") will be released on April 18.

With Marvel, everything is always connected. So it's no surprise that their newest film, will have big tie-ins to future Marvel properties. In fact, it might have ties to the biggest.

"We're definitely connected to 'Avengers 3,' " director James Gunn says in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly.

Gunn had already confirmed that Thanos, the famous Marvel villain who many suspect will be the big bad of "Avengers 3," will appear in the movie, though he will be entirely motion-captured in "Guardians" and there's no word on who's playing him yet.

Still, Gunn was able to describe him a little bit, saying that in the movie, Thanos acts as "the head of the snake."

Clearly, considering Thanos' appearances at the end of the first "Avengers" and in "Guardians," and given the fact that "Guardians" is connected to "Avengers 3," it doesn't seem to be a big jump to think that Thanos will be the main villain in "Avengers 3." Not only that, but considering that the mid-credits scene in "Thor: The Dark World" seemed to be setting up the "Infinity Gauntlet" storyline, it's a pretty good bet that the famous Thanos story from the comics will at least serve as some inspiration for the third film.

We'll find out all, or at least a lot, of the answers when "Guardians of the Galaxy" premieres on August 1.

Although most of the inductees who took the Barclays Center stage at Thursday night's (April 10) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony were men, it was a quartet of thriving women who ushered in grunge icons Nirvana with a special, unforgettable tribute: Lorde, St. Vincent, former Sonic Youth singer Kim Gordon and Joan Jett.

"She has her whole future in front of her," Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic said before Lorde hunched across the stage in a David Bowie-esque pink suit to tear her way through his band's seething 1993 hit "All Apologies."

At that point, the five-plus hour induction ceremony was drawing to a close, the evening blinking out as a young woman, head down, hair covering her face, tried to channel the long-gone spirit of one of modern rock's biggest legends.

The night had already been a blur of speeches and memories, with Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello ushering in fan favorites KISS, who played nicer than expected after weeks of grumbling about which members were allowed to join them on stage. The Roots' Questlove paid homage to 1980s soul duo Hall and Oates, while Coldplay's Chris Martin recalled the influence of Peter Gabriel on his own childhood, and Bruce Springsteen offered up a loving tribute to his E Street Band.

The event — which will air on HBO in an edited version on May 31 — also included the induction of British singer Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) and 1970s country rock star Linda Ronstadt.

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Robert Kirkman has plans for "The Walking Dead." Big, all encompassing plans that last for years and cross from the comic books, to the TV show on AMC and beyond. But first, he has to finish one of the longest arcs in the history of the Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment book that inspired the series: "All Out War."

SPOILERS FOR "THE WALKING DEAD #125" PAST THIS POINT.

In the April 9 released issue of the comic, main character Rick Grimes finally came face to face with his sadistic adversary Negan. The fan least-favorite villain has killed numerous characters, nearly decimated what little civilization was left in the zombie apocalypse stricken world and even thought he had killed Rick.

Instead, Rick wasn't only alive, he offered Negan a truce: help rebuild civilization, and all is forgiven. Negan agreed. Rick slashed his throat. Cliffhanger!

To find out more about the upcoming conclusion to the arc, Negan's final fate and whether the character will ever end up on the TV show, read on:

MTV News: At the end of #125, we get something that was promised all the way back in issue #100, Negan gets his throat cut with a knife... Is that it for him? And where are we going next?

Robert Kirkman: We're definitely going to go into some unexpected directions... "All Out War" has been a pretty fast-paced monumental storyline that's changing a lot of things about "The Walking Dead" universe. People are going to see how things are going to be wrapped up in the next issue, and I don't think they're ...