“Congratulations, you made it,” Boots says as we speed through the gauntlet of Times Square neon, rain slashing the Uber windows as Beyoncé‘s “Partition” blares from the speakers. The car erupts into seat-dancing — dancing that becomes even more fervent when “Drunk In Love” comes on.

No one tells the driver that he has unwittingly sound-tracked tonight’s car ride with jams dear to the man currently sitting in the backseat — the man who produced about 80% of Beyoncé’s self-titled surprise record and co-wrote a good portion of the songs therein.

I am hyper-aware, however, of the oddness of the situation. I had started out that night at a listening party for Boots’ debut mixtape, WinterSpringSummerFall, and continued it dancing to music penned by the man himself and sharing whiskey at Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right. I had “made it,” I guess.

Despite “making it,” however — a state of affairs that I’m certain I achieved because I kept my phone sheathed during the party — that doesn’t mean I get all the answers. In fact, I came out of my very first meeting with Boots with more questions than I went in with. And guess what? I kind of like it that way…

Boots, a Miami native who previously played in a bevy of bands, including Blonds, first found his place in the music world in the form of a question mark when Beyoncé sprung her self-titled record unto the world at the end of 2013. His name was all over the ...

Based on the song’s title, it may come as a surprise, but Rick Ross’ “Thug Cry” video isn’t about tears at all. Rather, it’s about having the chance to rejoice.

The latest visual from Mastermind, which dropped in March, is directed by Dre Films and stars Wood Harris ‒ he of “The Wire” fame. We see Wood play an inmate just a day away from release. Before he steps back into the free world, his character has flashbacks of what led to his lock up, as Rozay and featured guest Lil Wayne rap their verses.

The video wraps when Harris’ character is released from prison and goes to see Rozay, who gifts him a new car. Welcome home.

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The boys of 5 Seconds Of Summer fight for the most noble thing any man could – the right girl’s heart – in their latest lyric video for “Don’t Stop.”

Cartoon versions of Michael, Luke, Calum and Ashton decked out in superhero costumes have definitely captured a lot of attention based on how many views the video has been getting – over 175,000 since it was released this morning!

What is it about these boys from Australia can we not get enough of? We have some ideas:

1. They’re down to earth; they eat pizza!

2. They have brains. Intelligent and talented. Check!

3. You want to run away with me? Oooh la la! Oui, oui!

4. They get excited about getting new clothes. Cool, let’s go to the mall!

5. They’ll do anything to win a girl’s heart.

6. Give me some dap! Even in the face of danger, they find time to fist bump.

7. They appreciate the value of good eye contact.

8. Nothing scares them and they can take down more than one bad guy at a time.

9. Individually, each of the guys is a force to be reckoned with, but together, duh, they’re UNSTOPPABLE.

10. They demonstrate the best ways to protect your face: Put both hands up in front of it or wear a mask, so if you do get hit no one will know.

Happy Cinco De Mayo! We know you’re itching to celebrate, folks, but before you go busting out the margaritas, might we suggest kicking back with the briefest of history lessons first? Because, you know, knowledge is power and today isn’t just about lime and liquor.

MTV has a lightening fast 10-second lesson for all you revelers out there detailing why we party on the 5th of May — and why today is such an important date in Mexican history.

Take a look before you take another sip.

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Brenna Ehrlich is a reporter for MTV News as well as the senior writer/editor for the O Music Awards. In the past, she served as associate editor at Mashable, penned a netiquette column for CNN and co-authored the blog and book "Stuff Hipsters Hate." She likes trying not to die in moshpits and listening to songs on repeat. Follow her on Twitter @BrennaEhrlich for news on cats and punk bands.

“Amazing Spider-Man 2” is a hit, raking in $92 million this weekend domestically alone. Which means SONY — barring everyone deciding to never watch movies again — will definitely go through with their plan for an “Amazing Spider-Man 3″ in 2016.

With that in mind, what can we expect from the threequel? Here are 7 things we want to see, based on where “Amazing Spider-Man 2″ leaves off:

SPOILERS from this point on!

Last Dance With Mary Jane
With Gwen Stacy dead, it’s time for Peter Parker to learn how to heal and move on with a new love. Shailene Woodley was originally cast as Mary Jane Watson, Peter’s next door neighbor and future love, in “ASM2.” Though the part will be recast, producers have all but guaranteed that Mary Jane will factor in to the final chapter in Andrew Garfield’s trilogy.

A Sinister Future
SONY hasn’t been shy about where the series is going, teasing the super-villain team-up the Sinister Six during the closing credits. And not to mention Harry Osborn asking Mr. Fierce to put a “small team of guys together,” starting with The Rhino. The Sinister Six is coming, and we’re all but guaranteed to see some iteration of the villain team in 2016.

Venom
Yes, The Sinister Six are getting their own spin-off flick, but so is Venom. Adding the symbiote powered baddie to “Amazing Spider-Man 3″ might smack too much of repeating the plot of “Spider-Man 3,” but they have ...

It wouldn’t have been Star Wars Day without a message from the guys who are making “Star Wars: Episode VII.” And happily, director/writer J.J. Abrams, and writer Lawrence Kasdan delivered with a video selfie from the set of the newest film in the saga.

Yes, the video is less than half a minute long, but that doesn’t mean we can’t analyze it to death. Here are 23 questions we have about the video, one for each second:

1. What’s a Video Selfie? That’s a term Ol’ Grandpa Abrams came up with. Most of us call them selfies. Or videos. But not Mr. “Super 8″ himself, no he has to give it a fancy city name like “video selfie.”

2. Where Are They? London, yes — Abrams says that in the openings seconds of video. But where are they specifically? Is it someone’s house? A set from the new movie? The Tower of London? No idea on this one.

3. Maybe It’s The Millennium Falcon? No, it’s not.

4. What’s In The Cabinets Behind Them? The strikingly white room is only broken up in the background by two bottles in the otherwise empty cabinets. The video is too low-res to read the labels, but given the size and shape of the bottles we’re guessing they’re bottles of wine. Or maybe blue milk.

5. How About Those Curtains? What clues can we glean from the curtains? It looks like there’s a design reminiscent of microscopic organisms, so is Abrams suggesting he’ll be working the controversial midichlorians — bits ...

The latest episode of “Game of Thrones” was mercifully free of overtly controversial moments and shocking twists that went past the continuity of the books. In fact the most surprising bits were that we’re still not done with events from the very first season.

Here’s everything you missed on “First of His Name:”

All Hail The King, Again
With Joffrey now safely in the opposite of Heaven, Tommen is crowned king of Westeros. The event is mercifully free of any incest jokes oh wait, we’re totally kidding. A seemingly defeated Cersei talked to Margaery about how she knew Joffrey was cruel, and goes as far as to suggest that perhaps Margaery should marry Tommen.

It’ll become clear what Cersei is doing in a moment, but for Margaery, her, “gosh, I never thought of that idea,” act takes on a little bit of a disingenuous bent when she jokingly tells Cersei, “I won’t even know what to call you. Sister, or mother?”

Ouch forever.

All Hail The Queen, Additionally
Meanwhile, on Tatooine, Dany is grappling with finding out that Tommen is ruling King’s Landing, while she’s at the height of her powers and in possession of a fleet of ships. Jorah, for the first time in several seasons, gives solid advice: you can conquer King’s Landing, but she won’t take Westeros. And not only that, the Slavers are fighting back against her otherwise excellent Abraham Lincoln impersonation.

Instead, Daenerys decides to stay in Meereen and, “do what Queens do. I will rule.” And books readers are excited, because they ...

After battling bouts of sickness recently, Miley Cyrus is back.

Or, in her words, “#imbackmaf–ka.”

That’s exactly what Miley announced in a series of posts on Instagram on Sunday (May 3). There were some stills, with Miley eyeing the camera and looking to be in good spirits, but what really marked her return was an Insta video where she couch-jumped and twerked her way through Lil Jon’s “Turn Down For What.”

She was first hospitalized on April 15 with a “severe allergic reaction” to Cephalexin, and had been fighting her way back since then. She’s had to postpone shows in the time since, but is now ready to resume her Bangerz Tour in London on May 6.

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President Barack Obama has for years been praised as a great orator, and on Saturday night, he proved yet again that those skills serve him just as well when doing stand up comedy as they do during political speeches.

Obama took the podium during the annual White House Correspondents’ dinner, where he delivered wise-cracks aimed at himself, CNN, FOX, Republicans, and plenty more. Like in years past, the President appeared incredibly comfortable in the role of funnyman.

Joel McHale closed the evening, sending lighthearted jabs at everyone from Obama to Chris Christie to Justin Bieber.

Maybe the funnest part of the evening, though, was when Vice President Joe Biden teamed up with Julia Louis-Dreyfus for a seven-minute pre-taped sketch. The two VPs ‒ one for real, the other on HBO ‒ raised hell: breaking into the Oval Office, sneaking ice cream, writing newspaper headlines about themselves, getting tatted with Nancy Pelosi. And it was amazing.

As usual, there were plenty of celebs in the house for the annual event, too.

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Back in late 2012, Disney bought Lucasfilms for an astounding $4 billion, and the first major release since that mega deal is inching closer and closer.

On Sunday (May 4), the first full trailer for “Star Wars Rebels” was released online. The quick one-minute spot gives us a bit of a better idea of what to expect from the upcoming series, building on some teasers that were released in February.

The CGI animated show is set between “Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith” and “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope,” and counts Freddie Prinze, Jr. among its voice actors.

Hopefully the trailer can tide you over for a bit, because we’re still going to need to wait a little while until we get the full series. “Rebels” is set to launch this fall with a one-hour special on Disney Channel, before the series premieres on Disney XD.

It’s no coincidence, of course, that the trailer dropped today. May The Fourth Be With You.

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