March 28, 2025

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Britney Spears Will ‘Do As Much As Humanly Possible’ To Sing Live In Vegas

Britney Spears is just three months away from taking the stage in Las Vegas for her residency at Planet Hollywood. The singer is currently amping up for the two-year extravaganza slated to go down in Sin City and new details are emerging about the high-profile gig.

Spears previously dished that "there's going to be snow, water, rain, everything" during the 90-minute performance, which will include 21 of her songs, both old and new. Her longtime manager, Larry Rudolph, is opening up a bit more about the shows to Billboard. And, he shut down the buzz that she will be lip-syncing during her gig, which he says has been selling strong despite speculation that ticket sales have been soft.

"She's going to be singing live. She does choreography and vocal coaching every day. The vocal coaching is really just to strengthen her voice and get her to a point where she can go out there every night and do a full show," he said of the rumors.

Britney Spears Is 'About To Show All These Bitches How It's Done.'

"It's hard for the public to fully understand what goes on when you get onstage and you're dancing full out during a song. No matter what anyone says, there's not a single artist who goes out there and does full choreography and is singing without a vocal track underneath them at the same time," he continued. "It's physically impossible. We're just trying to build up her stamina and get her to a point where she ...

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Miley Cyrus’ (Imaginary) eBay Store: 10 Things You Can Bid On!

Miley Cyrus may be on eBay, y'all!

According to several reports, Miley apparently tweeted — then deleted — a link to a "barely used" Nikon camera on the site, urging her fans to "BUY MY OLD CAMERA."

There's still been no official word if the eBay user selling the Nikon SLR camera, "getit555," actually is Cyrus. Though, if it's legit, she's been buying and selling on the site since November 2007, purchasing stuff like textbooks, while offloading headphones, jeans and at least one "vintage cowgirl shirt" (which, the buyer added "was not a women's medium, but child's size").

Oh, and with the current bid sitting at more than $80,000, the star of MTV's "Miley: The Movement" documentary may make a bundle on the camera.

If it turns out the seller is in fact Miley, she's got a pretty lucrative thing going. And if she's looking to build on her eBay Empire, here's a bunch of stuff we'd like to imagine she's got lying around in storage that could be sold to the highest bidder. Sure, the music career is going extremely well, but it's never a bad idea to diversify. Like the old saying goes, one woman's trash is another man's treasure.

» The only DVD copy of "So Undercover"

» A gigantic Teddy Bear backpack thingy

» Like, a hundred tongue depressors

» Her hospital gown from that one episode of "Hannah Montana" where she's in a coma, because that was totally a classic

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Lorde Catches Fire On ‘Hunger Games’ Soundtrack With Coldplay, Ellie Goulding

Lorde is certainly "sitting pretty on the throne" lately — not only does she have a history-making single and one of the most hotly anticipated debut albums of the fall — she's also featured on the soundtrack of "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," right up there with musical legends like Patti Smith and fellow buzz act the Weeknd.

The full track list for the soundtrack of the next "Hunger Games" film was revealed today (September 26), and right there between Imagine Dragons and The Lumineers sits Lorde, who is contributing a track titled "Everybody Wants to Rule the World." The jam — appropriate for someone who is self-admittedly obsessed with royalty — does not appear on her upcoming album Pure Heroine, which means in addition to her September 30 debut, we can expect more new music from Lorde when the film comes out on in November.

Check Out Newly Released Photos From 'Catching Fire.'

The rest of the track list is no slouch either — MTV Artist To Watch the Weeknd has a track called "Devil May Cry" and is featured, along with Diplo, on "Elastic Heart" by Sia. The National has a track called "Lean" — originally titled "Dying Is Easy" — Patti Smith offers "Capital Letter" and Ellie Goulding contributes "Mirrors."

We've already heard a few tracks from the soundtrack, including Coldplay's atmospheric "Atlas" and Christina Aguilera the more anthemic "We Remain." We expect more will drop in the coming weeks.

It's interesting to note that the soundtrack is replete ...

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Paris Hilton And Birdman Getting Married?

If you thought that Cash Money Records and Paris Hilton was an unlikely pairing, just wait until you hear what the heiress is planning next. Hilton and Cash Money CEO Birdman walked onto the "RapFix Live" set on Wednesday and had a cute moment after ... ...

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Selena Takes On Lorde, Haim Does Miley: 3 More Covers We Really Want To See

Covering popular songs in unexpected ways for fun and fame used to be the YouTube star's game, but, recently, a cadre of famous musicians have decided to give some hit jams their own spin. Yes, from Haim to Selena Gomez, when it comes to covers, they have us, well, covered.

Below, MTV News breaks down some of the most out-there covers from the past week or so, as well as a few re-dos we're itching to see.

1. Haim Covers Miley

When it comes to burgeoning bands, you could certainly say that MTV's Artist To Watch Haim "came in like a wrecking ball." So, it's not really surprising that the girls opted to cover Miley Cyrus's sad Bangerz love ballad for BBC's Radio 1's Live Lounge.

Although the ladies recently crowed about their bravery to MTV News — "Now, we're super ballsy! Nothing but balls," Este Haim proclaimed— there was no nude riding of demolition equipment or dwarf dancing in Haim's cover vid. Bummer.

2. Selena Gomez Covers Lorde

Lorde — a.k.a. Ella Yelich-O'Connor — once told MTV News: "I feel like the influences that are there in the industry for people my age, like Justin Bieber or whatever, are just maybe not a very real depiction of what it's like to be a young person." That doesn't stop pop princes and princesses from giving props to the up-and-coming 16-year-old singer from New Zealand.

In August, Selena Gomez tweeted lyrics from Lorde's hit, anti-consumerism jam "Royals," later covering the song at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam.

Seems like ...

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What’s Up With Drake And Nicki Minaj? He Addresses Why They Weren’t Speaking

Everything about Drake is different now. One listen to his third solo LP, Nothing Was The Same, reveals that his flow is different, his confidence is different and even his relationship with labelmate Nicki Minaj is different.

He admitted on that he's "Not even talkin' to Nicki, communication is breakin'/ I dropped the ball on some personal sh--, I need to embrace it." So when MTV News caught up with the Toronto MC, we asked for the story behind the silence.

"That line in 'Tuscan Leather' isn't exactly where I am in my life right now but like a year ago...eight months, seven months ago, it was how I felt," Drake told MTV News about the hard time in his friendship with Minaj. "I'd done something wrong and I wasn't speaking to her."

Wait a second; Drake wasn't speaking to Nicki? The same Drake who'd rapped "Me and Nicki gettin' married today" on Pink Friday's "Moment 4 Life" wasn't talking to his hip-hop bride?

Not surprisingly, YMCMB fans were thrown for a loop when rumors began to swirl earlier this year about a rift between Lil Wayne's two flagship artists. The gossip had gained so much steam, in fact, that the "Your Love" MC was asked about it when she visited Hot 97's Funkmaster Flex back in July.

"Drake's so talented," she said. "Sometimes, we've seen this. Sometimes when you're really intelligent and you're really talented, you also think a lot. Sometimes your mind is racing with thoughts. It is what it is. People go through their ...

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Britney Spears Is ‘About To Show All These Bitches How It’s Done’

Stand at attention! Britney Spears is more fierce than ever, and she's using her upcoming video to prove it to the Britney Army.

MTV News spoke to director Ben Mor, who also worked with Spears on last year's , who said her fans will be "floored" when they finally get to see it.

"You're gonna get to see a lot of Britney that you haven't seen in a long time. A lot of different wardrobe changes, a lot of different setups," he said of what he described as a dance video. "It's one of the more ambitious Britney videos in a while, I guess."

Fans already know that Spears headed out to the desert to film parts of the visual, but Mor revealed that those scenes only paint part of the picture.

"I think there's a few varied locations. There's a desert exterior, daytime location. There's another very unique location that involves water and just really beautiful architectural pieces," he said. "I won't reveal too much but [there's] a unique location that I'm excited to share. Then you have a kind of really modern interior, like house, like sleek interior that serves as the hero dance routine location, even though she dances in most all of the locations," he added. "And then there's a lot of good cutaways, more intimate type cutaways within those locations."

While Britney has certainly opted for story-based videos in the past, Mor said that this clip is more of a "theme ... rather than a narrative," he added, "This one is basically [saying] 'The queen ...

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Justin Bieber Gets Spanked By Zach Galifianakis: Watch Now!

When Justin Bieber sat down with Zach Galifianakis on the Funny or Die web series, "Between Two Ferns," what started out as just another interview quickly escalated into something no one could have anticipated.

Galifianakis opens it up telling the singer, "It's really exciting to talk to you, especially right in the middle of your public meltdown." But Bieber manages to take each one of his comments and questions in great stride, putting his own comedy chops on display.

Among his funnier comments came when the "Hangover" actor asked him what he's thinking about onstage sometimes, to which Bieber replied, "Sometimes I'm really like, 'Damn I wish I was watching 'Cops' right now.' "

The other topics touched upon in the segment include the comments he made about Anne Frank earlier this year, his hair, the video of him urinating in a mop bucket and, of course, his dating life. Though, somewhere along the way, the video takes a darker turn and Galifianakis decides to spank Bieber with his belt, which he later apologizes for.

This is hardly Bieber's first collaboration with Funny or Die. Back in April 2010, he took over the site, posting comedic clips where he also poked fun at himself.

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‘Glee’ Season 5: What You Need To Know Before Tonight’s Premiere

When "Glee" returns for season five Thursday night (September 26), it looks to be the beginning of a rollercoaster of love, loss and killer tunes. We already know it starts with two Beatles-themed episodes before paying tribute to the late Cory Monteith on episode three.

The show's return has been making headlines all summer, so before it airs, MTV News has rounded up what we know about season five.

All You Need Is Love
The show has paid homage to A-listers like Madonna, Britney Spears and Lady Gaga, but the premiere and subsequent episode will kick it old school and tap into the discography of the Beatles, including hits like "Yesterday," "All You Need Is Love" and "Here Comes the Sun," which will be performed by Naya Rivera and newcomer Demi Lovato (more on that in a bit).

And judging from photos, it looks like the Beatles-themed episodes will be colorful ones.

It's Got That 'X Factor'
Demi will be bringing some of her signature sass to the show this season. Naya Rivera confirmed she will be bringing her to the and the twosome will be playing love interests. Little else is known about how serious things will get for Demi's Dani and Naya's Santana, but Lovato shared that Rivera was a "badass" on set.

Hellos And Goodbyes
With the show slated to say goodbye to series regulars like Heather Morris (who is expecting a baby), Amber Riley (currently on "Dancing With the Stars"), Mark Salling and Harry Shum Jr., they are also welcoming new faces. They include chart-topper Adam Lambert ...

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