Judging by the videos for Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” and Ariana Grande’s “Break Free,” and that teaser we saw for Jessie J‘s “Bang Bang,” the first-ever performance of the latter — featuring those three ladies — is primed to be bonkers.

We still don’t know what that Bang-Bang-rific experience, which will take place Sunday during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, will entail, but the singers teased us last night with a passel of rehearsal snaps and tweets.

Jessie J — after announcing the impending release of her third album Sweet Talker — took to Instagram Thursday to share a photo of her and Grande duck-facing in the midst of their “Bang Bang” rehearsal.

Grande, for her part, simply tweeted, “vma rehearsal @jessiej @nickiminaj,” with a purple heart, to which Minaj answered, “Bye my little lady bugs!!!! Had so much fun with yall,” followed by a slew of kissy-faced emojis.

Consider our curiosity more than peaked — even though the ladies gave us scant few clues as to what Sunday’s performance will entail. In the meantime, we’re just going to continue to imagine these dancing cats bang-banging into the room.

When it comes to starting out in your career, being unable to cry in front of Michael Bay would very likely not get you a callback, let alone the job. But “If I Stay” star Chloe Moretz managed to overcome all that in order to land her first movie role in “The Amityville Horror.”

“I had to like cry over and over again in auditions… Because when you’re a little kid that’s what it means to be an actor, is being able to cry,” Moretz told MTV News. “It was my last audition. Michael Bay was in front of me with all the big guys and I was ready to cry for the 15,000th time, and I keep looking up and looking out and I can’t do it.”

But that’s not all: the exuberant child star-turned-adult actorlady managed, with her pitch-perfect sweetness, to also make lying to directorial King of the Movies, Martin Scorsese, an aww-shucks-y passable offense.

“I had to lie to him and tell him I was British,” Moretz explained. “I was like, ahh, 13 years old and was all ‘OK I’ll try to do this.’ ”

Can you even believe it? That’s like, worse than lying on a math test or copying your best friend’s biology homework. OH JEEZ! And apparently the director bought it — how else could she have landed the role in “Hugo,” eh? — though who knows how long this whole farce has been kept up. Maybe the director STILL ...

Is there anything one can say that hasn’t already been said about the onslaught of celebrity Ice Bucket Challenge videos to raise awareness for ALS? Not really, right?

We’ve seen a whole manner of famousfolk take the icy plunge (and hopefully donate a couple dollar-os in the interim)… But we haven’t seen the Tatums do it yet! And when they do, it’s adorable.

Channing and his lady Jenna Dewan-Tatum have now also had a bunch of cold water dumped on their heads in the name of good-deeding, calling out several friends and fellow famous folk, including Emmanuelle Chriqui, Kate Mara, Janet Jackson (wait: are Jenna and Janet buds? Serious question), Jonah Hill (because duh), Meryl Streep, and Daniel Day-Lewis (please tell me DDL, Meryl, and Channing hang out on the regs, that would be fabulous if also nonsensical) to also get in on the video challenge.

The deluge that followed the named one looked impressively forceful… and also cold.

Buckets o’ ice water on famous people! Money gets donated to charity! The Internet has never won so good.

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Too much exuberance for one person. Follow her on Twitter @alicialutes.

There are many things to be said about Demi Lovato. She’s an amazing singer. An inspiration. She really, really believes in ghosts. But on Thursday (August 21), friends, we were left speechless by the lady that makes the Lovatics scream. Why, you might ask, have we been rendered without words? Two of those really quick: Ginuwine. Pony.

Oh, yes.

Not only did Demi groove to the dancefloor classic, she did so with a real tiny horse! OK, that’s it — we’re out of letter clusters. Just watch.

Brenna Ehrlich

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.

50 Cent already completed the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge earlier this week. But on Thursday (August 21), he did it again — kind of.

In classic 50 fashion — part bully, part comedian — he called out his former friend Floyd Mayweather, saying that he’d donate $750,000 to any charity of the boxing champ’s choice. The catch? Floyd has to read one page in any “Harry Potter” book.

Needless to say, these two have had a bit of a falling out in recent years.

“Floyd will you except my ALS/ESL CHALLENGE,” Fif wrote in the caption for the video. “I will donate $750k to a charity of your choice, If you can read a full page out of a Harry Potter book out loud without starting and stopping or f–king up. lmao”

On the music side of things, G-Unit released the music video for their “Come Up” late Wednesday night. You can watch the Eif Rivera-directed clip below.

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“My Favorite Things” is a feel-good song from “The Sound of Music.” But Lauryn Hill has flipped that classic on its head with her new song, “Black Rage.”

Sung to the same tune, the track — which was recorded a few years back, and has been performed live in the time since, though the audio has never been put out until now — was released on Wednesday night, on the heels of continued tension in Ferguson, Missouri, and across the country following the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown.

“An old sketch of Black Rage, done in my living room. Strange, the course of things. Peace for MO. – MLH,” Hill wrote when she posted the song on her site.

“Black Rage is founded on blocking the truth!/ Murder and crime, compromise and distortion/ Sacrifice, sacrifice, who makes this fortune?” she sings over subtle percussion and guitar strums.

Check out the full lyrics below.

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Those Beyoncé and Jay Z divorce rumors just won’t go away. But if everyone listened to Tina Knowles, Bey’s mother, they would.

“Haters gonna be haters and there’s nothing we can do about that,” Blue Ivy’s grandmother told TMZ.

And then she took things a step further: “Everything’s perfect.”

The chatter around the possible breakup of entertainment’s biggest power couple has been building for some time. But, publicly, the two music stars haven’t let the talk get to them. The duo are currently finishing up their On the Run Tour, and they shared the pics after taking Blue Ivy go-carting last week.

For a chance to focus on the music, be sure to tune in on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET/PT when the 2014 VMAs kick off, with Bey performing and being honored with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.

Related: 9 Totally ***Flawless Beyoncé VMA Moments

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A picture emerged this week of Kanye West eating Chinese food. Doesn’t seem that interesting? Oh, wait, I forgot to mention that he was eating said food in China. At age 10. With chopsticks. In what appears to be a vest. With a very serious Kanye-like expression on his face. Oh, now you want to see it.

The photo popped up on reddit Wednesday, and it’s a snapshot that appears to come from the period of time when Ye lived in China with his mother, Donda, when she was a visiting professor at Nanjing University.

This is the second photo to crop up of young Yeezy in China, the first being a shot of a tween ‘Ye posing on a bridge in a Canadian tuxedo (denim-on-denim), proving he was a fashion icon at all ages.

We wonder what kind of food Lil ‘Ye is chowing down on in the latest snap? Maybe it’s the same dish he ordered during his one-day jail stint back in 2008, when he used his one phone call to ring up Mr. Chow’s? Whatever it is, the focus on his face while brandishing those chopsticks portends big things to come …

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What happens when you decide to continue the adventures of David Tennant’s 10th Doctor from “Doctor Who,” in comic book form? You can find out on August 27th, when Titan Comics releases the second issue of their hit book, “Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor #2.”

But through the magic (well, science) of time travel, we’re providing a preview of the issue here on MTV News today. It’s almost enough to make you say, “Allons-y!” That is, if the Doctor said catchphrases anymore.

DOCTOR WHO: THE TENTH DOCTOR #2

STORY BY
Nick Abadzis

ART BY
Elena Casagrande, Arianna Florean

REGULAR COVER BY
Alice X Zhang

1:10 VARIANT COVER BY
Elena Casagrande & Arianna Florean

PUBLISHER
Titan Comics

COVER PRICE
$3.99

RELEASE DATE
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

SYNOPSIS
ON THE DAY OF THE DEAD, THE MYSTERY DEEPENS – IN A BRAND-NEW BROOKLYN ADVENTURE FOR THE TENTH DOCTOR!

All Gabriella Gonzalez wanted was to skip her shift at the Laundromat and hang out with her friends. It’s Halloween, and Sunset Park is hosting its first-ever Day of the Dead festival!

But her father wouldn’t listen – again – and now Gabby is stuck with a store full of empty washing machines while the rest of the neighborhood goes wild.

But this graveyard shift is living up to its name! Vortexes explode out of the machines, shadowy creatures stalk on the edge of sight, and Gabby finds herself pursued by unearthly forces.

Finally, on the longest night of her life, Gabby is trapped ...

Even with all of the people participating in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, Dr. Dre may have had the most well-produced video so far. But Kendrick Lamar, whom Dre called out, gave his mentor a run for his money on Wednesday.

Though K-Dot’s video didn’t have the slow-motion visual effects and multiple angles of the legendary producer’s, he hit us with four panels that play one-at-a-time, steadily drenching the Compton rapper in freezing water.

Related: You’re Doing It Wrong: Here Are The Rules To The Ice Bucket Challenge

Kendrick’s the latest in a lengthy list of celebs (and non-famous people) to accept the challenge — which looks to raise both awareness and money for ALS research — and he joins the ranks of Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus, among others.

Serena Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and Samuel L. Jackson, you’re up.

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