Just when you thought Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj were done bickering on the two diva judges have thrown so much shade
 at each other over the past 24 hours producers might have to set up extra stage lights just so we can see all the eye-rolling on Thursday night's (May 2) elimination show.

The agree-to-disagree/hate relationship took another serious turn on Wednesday night when Carey not-so-subtly tweaked Minaj by noting that the Young Money queen had never reached the #1 position on the Billboard's Hot 100 single chart. (Not for nothing, but Billboard reported last April that both women had 44 Hot 100 hits, though Carey still holds the record for most weeks at #1 (16) for her 1995-96 Boyz II Men hit "One Sweet Day.")

Well, you knew Nicki wasn't going to take that sitting down. On Thursday morning she started the day with a tweet that set things off again. "All dem #1s but JLo phone ringin?," Minaj wrote double-tweaking Carey by using one of her favored bit of twin-related slang and bringing up the sore subject of rumors that "Idol" producers had reportedly considered dumping Mariah
 in favor of former judge Jennifer Lopez earlier this season when ratings began to go (further) South.

"I guess having a personality, being a secure woman, and giving genuine critique still trumps that."

She was not quite as politic a short time earlier, when she tweeted, "What u SHOULD be doing (wit your messy ass) is asking why a woman SO ...

Yes, Jay-Z is an enterprising business mogul, but with everything the Roc Nation CEO has going on, he never seems to put anything above the music. With that notion, Hov partnered with Baz Luhrmann to score a film set in the Roaring Twenties with a soundtrack a bit more modern.

On Thursday (May 2), Jay released off the film's soundtrack. The frantic, Houston-inspired production is complete with chopped and screwed samples, church-like wails, jazz flutes and Leonardo DiCaprio sound-fills from the film.

On the track, which found its way onto the Internet Thursday (April 2), Hovi compares the ascent of his empire to Jay Gatsby's storied hustle, but with a dash of hip-hop modernism. In just a few short bars there are references to literary greats, rap icons, Houston hip-hop culture and Jay's chain of 40/40 sports bars. "I write like Mark Twain, Jay Gatsby I park thangs/ Yellow cars, yellow gold, like Slick Rick, still tip/ On four-fours, fo-fos at the four-O, four-O" he rhymes effortlessly.

"It's not the typical soundtrack, or a standalone piece. The songs are pretty much in the film, so it goes hand in hand with each other. It had to fit pretty snug, it wasn't an afterthought," Jay told Blacktree.TV of the soundtrack, which not only includes himself, but Florence and the Machine, Lana Del Rey, Jack White and his wife Beyoncé.

The idea to bring the rap star onboard to help situate music in the film came about during a Watch the Throne recording session in New York's Mercer ...

After producers gave the top four a reprieve last week — since the judges never felt the need to use their save — it was back to business on Wednesday night, as the girls tackled songs from 2013 and a standard of their choice.

And though the decision to liven up season 12 with contemporary songs was inspired, it didn't exactly work out as planned; if anything, Wednesday's show gave us more of the same — this may be the most evenly-matched final four in "Idol" history — only with bonus befuddlement from guest mentor Harry Connick, Jr. Still, there were some highlights ... and we're not just talking about the rapidly-escalating Nicki/Mariah feud, either. So, who soared, and who bored? Here's our "American Idol" report card.

Candice Glover: She continues to be the class of the competition, and last night she dominated both Bruno and Billie. Her take on "When I Was Your Man" was soulful and simmering, while "When I Was Your Man" got the judges on their feet — and left Nicki speechless (finally). Of course, she needs a ton of votes to avoid going home tonight — and sadly, it wouldn't surprise us if she did — though perhaps Candice can take solace in the fact that Jennifer Hudson didn't win "Idol" either. And, yes, she's definitely earned that comparison. Grade: A

Angie Miller: Since Candice and Amber ended up in the bottom two last week (let's hear it for America!), Miller is basically the frontrunner at this point, though she seems to be the ...

What happens when Taylor Swift and Zooey Deschanel meet? Well "New Girl" fans will have to wait until May 14 to find out for sure, but they are getting an early glimpse at the singer's appearance on the show's season finale.

In a photo posted on Entertainment Weekly's website, Swift, who plays Elaine, is snapped chatting up Deschanel's kooky leading lady, Jess. Swift sports a sophisticated beige dress with peach sash, while Deschanel is outfitted in a bright blue Indian-style dress. The episode will revolve around Jess' best friend, CeCe's (Hannah Simone) wedding to her beau Shivrang (Satya Bhabha).

Little is known about Elaine, but it was previously reported that she's an "important guest" at the nuptials.

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Showrunner Liz Meriwether didn't spill too many additional details about Swift's appearance on the hit Fox comedy, but did explain why she enlisted the Red star to drop by the show. "I'm a huge fan of hers. I was fully geeking out about meeting [Taylor]. I didn't go to meet her right away because I kind of had to compose myself — there's a 14-year-old girl inside of me. She was quoting lines to us from the show. It was a really exciting night," Meriwether told EW of the mutual admiration society that took place on set.

Meriwether added that Swift "nailed it" during the appearance and teased that "she did a little bit of a riff on one of her songs" during the episode.

Swift taped the ...

Authorities in Atlanta were planning to conduct an autopsy on Thursday (May 2) to determine the cause of death
of Kris Kross rapper Chris Kelly.

Kelly, 34, one half of the Atlanta-based duo known for their smash 1992 hit "Jump," was found unresponsive at his ATL home and died at an area hospital a short time later.

A spokeswoman for the Fulton County police department told the Associated Press that based on statements at the scene and evidence turned up in Kelly's home, "it appears it may have been a possible drug overdose."

Nicki Minaj, LL Cool J, Ludacris and others pay tribute to Chris Kelly.

In a police report on the incident obtained by MTV News, officers describe arriving at Kelly's home at 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday in response to a report of a death. Paramedics found Kelly, also known by his rap name Mack Daddy, lying unresponsive on the living room couch with "no life signs." After moving him to the floor to administer CPR, they transported him to Atlanta Medical Center South, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

According to the report, Kelly's mother, Donna Kelly Pratte, spoke to the investigating officer and said that Chris had taken a mixture of heroin and cocaine the night before. In the report, Kelly is identified as "a close friend" of the deceased and said she had brought Kelly home to "recover from his drug use and [that he] had done this several times in the past."

Pratte explained that Kelly had felt nauseous all morning and that he ...

With only two episodes left before season four of "Glee" wraps up, Darren Criss admits that no one, especially not the cast, knew what would happen when the show changed up formats.

With some of the crew left in Lima, including Criss' Blaine, and other Gleeks scattered around the country, anything was possible for the latest incarnation of the series. Fans feared they wouldn't see much of the McKinley High vets around the school's hallowed halls — but, they were wrong.

With almost the entire season behind him, Criss admits that he's not sure how all that cross-country travel has been budgeted into the lives of the show's characters. "Kids are in college now, and it has added a new dimension to the show, but I think everyone does miss having everyone together, which is why the kids magically show up in Lima, Ohio, all the time," he told MTV News. "How they fund that, I have no idea. They're college kids."

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However, Criss has a theory as to how they are managing all that travel: "They're always back. Presumably there's some hidden, underground something or another that just straight shoots to Lima, Ohio," he joked.

New York, where Rachel and Kurt live, is "not very close," he added: "Look at a map. Those are very far away. That's a long drive, not to mention an expensive plane ride. It's TV! Come on!"

In addition to splitting up the crew, the show also welcomed a handful of new players. Criss has been dazzled by what ...

"It was one of those nights." That's how Reese Witherspoon described the April evening she was arrested for disorderly conduct while husband Jim Toth was arrested for DUI.

After canceling her earlier appearance on "Good Morning America," the "Mud" star sat down on the morning news program on Thursday (May 2) to open up about the night she and her husband were arrested in Atlanta, blaming it all on the alcohol.

"We had one too many glasses of wine. We thought we were fine to drive. We absolutely were not and it's just completely unacceptable, and we are so sorry and embarrassed," she went on to say on "GMA." "And we know better and we shouldn't have done that."

She continued, "And you know, it was just poor judgment and we made a mistake. And it was absolutely something that will never happen again — just bad judgment, you know."

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Witherspoon also cleared the air about some of her statements that night, including when she reportedly asked the police officer, "Do you know my name?"

"I have no idea what I was saying that night. I saw him arresting my husband and I literally panicked and I said all kinds of crazy things. I told him I was pregnant. I'm not pregnant. I said crazy things and you only hear my lagging because I have no idea what I was talking about," she said. "And I am so sorry. I was so disrespectful to him. I have police officers in my family. I ...

It was The Top 4: Part Deux on Wednesday (May 1), but the real fireworks were at the judges' table, not with the contestants.

Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey, who despite sitting a few feet apart all season long only recently started acknowledging each other's existence, got in a pair of minor verbal skirmishes, one of which ended with Minaj trying to hand Carey a cotton swab "so you can clean them ears out!" And guest mentor Harry Connick Jr. got into it with Randy Jackson, telling the Dawg "Randy, Randy, stop!" — something viewers have wanted to tell Jackson for 12 seasons — after Jackson was caught giving bizarre mixed messages to Kree Harrison.

As for the contestants, the judges did their best to make this week interesting in terms of votes. Since no one went home on last week's show, votes from last week carry over to this week, with the two getting added together to determine who will be going home (for good) and who will be going home (for their "Idol" hometown visit) after Thursday's show. Amber Holcomb and Candice Glover were in the bottom two last week, and on Wednesday they wound up with the best reviews from the judges, while Angie Miller and Kree Harrison were given a tougher time from the panel.

Contestants performed two songs apiece: A current song and a standard. The night's biggest song came from Holcomb doing "My Funny Valentine," and although when she started the week she was clueless as to the meaning of the song — it's about ...