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Sean Preston and Jayden James on Valentine's Day

So, is it a new low for me if Britney Spears' kids Sean Preston and Jayden James had a better Valentine's Day than I did? All I got was a call from my Dad and a couple of stale candy hearts. But Sean and Jayden? They got Spiderman and Batman to come visit them AT THEIR HOUSE.

Yesterday along with the perfection that is this pic, mama Brit tweeted: "Batman and Spiderman came over yesterday to wish the boys Happy Valentine's Day!" First things first, would you LOOK at this house? The architecture! The pillars! The view in and the veranda! Brit and her boys live like kings and queens, and I'm extremely jealous. Also, we love how these little dudes are dressed like mini bosses. Killer hair cuts, and are we all seeing this flannel button down situation? So chic.

On the one hand, I'm thrilled that the Spears boys have such a great life and get to have comic book characters show up at their house any time they summon them. But on the other hand, I'm completely and embarrassingly envious, which is a feeling I should probably work through in my next therapy session. I'm sending you the bill, Brit!

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Nicki Minaj, Madonna and M.I.A. during the Super Bowl halftime show.

+ In case you missed it, we're here to let you know Madonna won the Super Bowl halftime. Watch Madge, M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj slay it on an awesome LED stage. LMFAO and Cee Lo Green also performed. (MTV News)

+ Kelly Clarkson nailed a spot-on national anthem to launch the Super Bowl. She was backed by a children's choir and marching band. Check it out here. (MTV News)

+ Katy Perry was in Indianapolis for a pregame Super Bowl event. Peep her performances of "Teenage Dream," "Hot N Cold," "Peacock" and "E.T." (Idolator)

+ Snoop Dogg was his usual hilarious self on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on Friday. He discussed his youth football league and recent brush with Norwegian authorities, and performed his LOL-y "Pee on the Tree" touchdown dance. (Rap-Up)

+ Grammy nominated Bon Iver will not perform at the Grammys next week, but you can still watch frontman Justin Vernon and his band's live renditions of "Holocene" and "Beth/Rest" from "Saturday Night Live" over the weekend. (Neon Limelight)

+ "Saturday Night Live" also took a poke at themselves while humorously defending their booking of Lana Del Rey. Watch Kristin Wiig's Lana Del Rey spoof during the "Weekend Update" segment. (Neon Limelight)

+ The Twister game is reportedly releasing a dance edition. Britney Spears has teamed up with the game maker, which will offer a remix of "Till The World Ends" with the game. "I think kids will love rocking the spots... as much as me and my boys do," she said. (Idolator)

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Jamie Lynn Spears is back and all grown up, y'all! She may have taken a break from the spotlight after she became a mom, but Britney Spears' little sis is re-emerging as a poised open book in March's Glamour magazine.

Inside the issue, a photo shows a gorgeous, mature Jamie Lynn blowing out birthday candles -- she turns 21 in April! In her interview with Glamour, she confidently reflects on one of the most challenging times in her life: defending her young pregnancy. "I was 16. I'd had one boyfriend. It doesn't make it perfect or all right. But I was judged for something that probably most everyone does. I was young. I was in love..." But, even through criticism from media and fans, Jamie Lynn tried to remain strong: "I did feel responsible for the young girls and the mothers who I probably confused and let down. I apologize for that... But the hateful comments hurt."

+ Read more of Jamie Lynn Spears' interview in March's Glamour magazine after the jump.

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A long, long time ago, we were living in a decade known as "the '90s" -- cameras and phones were separate entities, James Van Der Beek was on TV (not in GIFs), and Britney Spears was a wee lil' baby. OK, not a baby, but she was only 18 years old in 1999 when she starred in this hilarious Japanese commercial for gummy candy. And because it was the '90s, this wasn't even considered cheesy. I KNOW. It was a weird time for everyone.

We stumbled across this video this weekend (because, yes, we're looking at Britney YouTube videos even in our off-hours), and it wouldn't be right to keep it to ourselves. In the clip, Brit's goofing off in a computer-animated airplane, eating gummy candy and BEING ADORABLE. After offering her security guard some treats, he kindly accepts and then joins Brit in her midair dance party -- it's like WTF got together with LOL and made a commercial.

We know Britney's working on some projects of a different caliber these days (a will.i.am collabo, perhaps?), but we still long for the days when people weren't tweeting at every meal and belly shirts were always appropriate. Le sigh.

+ Watch Britney Spears' 1999 Japanese candy commercial.

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I actually can't even really look at this picture for fear I'll forever compare my future children to Britney Spears'! I mean, how could any other picture ever compete with the adorableness that's radiating from Jayden's static hair moment?

Yesterday, along with this photo, Brit tweeted: "Jayden is having some hair-raising fun on the trampoline!" Now, a few things to point out: First, I'm wondering if Jay got a little extra help from some Dep Shaping Gel Extra Hold? While I'm no trampoline aficionado, I did rock out on many a trampoline back in the day, and never did my hair react so strongly to static. Sure, Jayden's mom is a pop goddess known the world over, so his hair must be extra special, but I'm still a tad bit suspicious.

Secondly, is it weird to say that we predict Jayden's gonna be a total hottie when he grows up? Seriously, no creepiness implied, but will you just look at that bone structure? Britney also recently tweeted an equally adorbz pic of Sean Preston, flexing his biceps at a gymnastics class. Ladies of 2032: Watch out.

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Well HEEEEEY, Lana Del Rey. This afternoon, I had the pleasure of interviewing purry, musey (two words I'm comfortable with having just kind of made up) Lana Del Rey, who's succeeded in becoming much of the internet's personal national anthem. Seriously, I don't think any single human who wasn't divorcing, about to give birth or named Ryan Gosling has informed our internet consumption these past few months the way Lana Del Rey has. And while Lana Del Rey has quietly created a mysterious, sullen swirl of zeitgeist following her "Video Games" video and, more recently, her haunting "Born To Die" video, in person she was funny, sweet, intelligent and refreshingly humble.

I'll have more soon from my Lana Del Rey Buzzworthy interview, but I wanted to give you a sneak peek photo of Lana Del Rey at MTV before she performs on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend and she drops her Born To Die album Jan. 31 and becomes Gaga/Adele/Katy Perry huge. (Also, she's one of MTV's 11 Artists To Watch In 2012, so we called it!)

Stay tuned for Buzzworthy's interview with Lana Del Rey, and until then enjoy a clip of Lana discussing her upcoming "Saturday Night Live" appearance and two videos she told me inspire her: Bruce Springsteen's "I'm On Fire" (SO. EFFING. RIGHT ON) and Britney's "Toxic." (I've found this to be the right answer to most questions.)

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Last year Britney Spears fans rejoiced when a sudden leak-apolooza of the pop singer's unreleased tunes hit the net. Now the hidden-hits-of-Brit vault has been reopened with a surprise release of "Look Who's Talking Now," a track cowritten by the pop princess herself, seemingly all about... well, herself.

While we're not sure when and for what album the demo was recorded for, the song's sexy beat mimics Brit's In The Zone (think "Me Against The Music"), chock full of frothy dance-pop energy. A swaying electro rhythm paired with confidently youthful lyrics hint that Brit's hitting the town for some action, circa B.C. (Before Children). No matter what part of her career during which the song was recorded, the message is clear -- girl has a tale to tell and demands everyone's eyes on her: "Hey, hey, hey/So, look who's talking now/That's why the song is about me/yeah, yeah, yeah." Brit clearly knows the best way to get people to listen to what you have to say is in peppy song form.

Even though Brit's headed for some much needed R&R in 2012, with this leak and her recent engagement announcement, Britney still has world's attention. Per usual.

+ Listen to Britney Spears' "Look Who's Talking Now."

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It's Tuesday! Time for another round of 5 Must-Hear Pop Songs of the Week!

It's another week of girl power! (Shocking, I know.) Today's roundup features two of 2012's most buzzed-about songstresses, one of the coolest girl group-gone-solo pop princesses in the building, and a living legend (you can look, but don't touch!) Let's go!

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1.) Lana Del Rey, "National Anthem"

Lana Del Rey's been sending shockwaves through the blogosphere (and beyond) for months as the mysterious doe-eyed beauty behind such hulking, gargantuan ballads as "Video Games" and "Born To Die." But now, the self-described gangsta Nancy Sinatra has returned with something a little bit more, well... upbeat.

"National Anthem" is the latest leak from Del Rey's forthcoming Interscope debut Born To Die, which finds the crooner getting slightly cocky above a tripping hip-hop beat and even... rapping? "He loves to romance 'em/Reckless abandon/Hold me for ransom/Upper echelon," Del Rey speak-sings with a kind of breathy intrigue.

"Red, white, blues in the sky/Summer's in the air and baby, heaven's in your eyes," the ever calm and confident Del Rey later dreamily croons above a distorted guitar and cinematic strings. The result? Something like what I imagine a board meeting between Nancy Sinatra, Nico and Jay-Z would sound like. It's insanely replayable, a little mournful and certainly anthemic. I'm obsessed. In fact, it's so good, I wouldn't mind scrapping that old American standard we sing before baseball games in favor of this new "National Anthem." What do you say, Obama? + LISTEN TO LANA DEL REY, "NATIONAL ANTHEM"

2.) Nicola Roberts, "Memory Of You"

Across the pond, in a faraway land called Londontown, there exists (or existed, if we're being technical) an unbelievably amazing electro-pop girl troupe known as Girls Aloud (or, as soon to be scribed in history books, the Almighty Aloud).

Now on hiatus since 2009 (pop music remains forever flawed until their reformation), some of the Aloud members have been busying themselves with solo careers, including Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle and Queen Nicola Roberts.

The ginger pop princess' solo work has already been featured several times on my Top 5 Must-Hear Songs column, including her brand-new single "Yo-Yo," which is out this week in the U.K. But along with the release of "Yo-Yo," Roberts also unleashed a solo version of "Memory of You," a Girls Aloud B-side and massive fan favorite.

Armed with a chilly disco under-current serving pure Pet Shop Boys realness, an inescapably catchy melody of a chorus, and lyrics that straddle the line between genius and utter insanity -- "Wondering if sheep count us when they can't sleep at night" -- the Xenomania-produced track takes on new life under Roberts' icy disco delivery. The result? Still one of the best, most underrated pop tracks of the 21st century. + LISTEN TO NICOLA ROBERTS, "MEMORY OF YOU"

+ Listen to more Must-Hear Pop Songs Of The Week after the jump!

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We envision this exact photo as Justin Timberlake's scariest nightmare come to life: two of his famous exes bringing sexy behind his back IN THE SAME ROOM. We're sure past girlfriends Britney Spears and Cameron Diaz are overjoyed for Justin and Jessica Biel's recent engagement (Hello! Brit recently got a ring on her finger, too!), but we get the creeps even seeing this faux trio sharing the spotlight. Awwwwkward.

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Hollywood envisioned the "What Goes Around" singer's uncomfortable reunion and recently set up the wax versions of JT's exes confidently chilling over his shoulder. This is a perfect example of when us everyday folks can relish in the fact that all we have to worry about is bumping in to exes at the drugstore while looking nasty in sweatpants -- famous peeps like Justin get their previous relationship failures immortalized for the world to see. Stars, they're nothing like us -- THANK GAWD.

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We're from the school of thought that if you add Fleetwood Mac and/or Stevie Nicks to any situation, said situation will undoubtedly become at least 80 percent better (totally scientific estimate). And we're not the only ones who think so. Britney Spears recently posted a new mashup to her Tumblr -- "Till The Dream Ends" combines Britney's "Till The World Ends" with Fleetwood Mac's 1977 classic "Dream," and the result will live at the top of our most-played songs list for what's sure to be an embarrassing amount of time.

"Till The Dream Ends" uses Britney's "Till The World Ends" instrumentals under Stevie Nicks' famous haunting vocals: "Thunder only happens when it's raining/Players only love you when they're playing." (I hurrrd that, Stevie.) Brit's "Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh" refrain picks up at the end of the track, and if you're not dancing by then, well, you're a robot.

"Dream"'s lyrics about dangerous weather combined with Brit's postapocalyptic underworld dance party have us about to get our extreme couponing on and go stock up on some bottled water -- why are you ladies so worried about disasters? We're pretty sure the asteroid will spare you!

+ Listen to Britney Spears vs. Stevie Nicks, "Till The Dream Ends," and refresh your memory with Britney's "Till The World Ends" video below.

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