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Venus Zine is a magazine devoted to covering women in music and art. And it's never had a man grace its cover before. Until now! The Summer 2010 cover boy is Jack White. In an interview with the magazine, White embraces his female musical partnerships with the White Stripes and Dead Weather and talks about his infatuation with the dynamic between men and women working together.

Check out more pics from the Venus shoot below as well as the video for the White Stripes classic "The Hardest Button To Button."

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+ The act of "just being Miley" seems to be getting more and more complicated. Recently we told you about how Miley Cyrus had been going on about how she gave up the Internet for a real life (burn!) and how she and boyfriend Liam Hemsworth are "both deeper than normal people." Now the "Party In The U.S.A." singer has opened up to Parade magazine, and the quotes paint a picture of a girl who is quickly growing up in front of our eyes. In the interview, Cyrus calls Hemsworth her "first real boyfriend" (what up, Nick Jonas!), talks about the end of Hannah Montana ("When they’re putting me in sparkles and in pink this final season, I have to grit my teeth. I can’t breathe looking like that anymore") and dishes on much more. (Parade)

+ A lot has been made about the variety of products placed prominently in Lady Gaga's "Telephone" video. Was it a way to subversively advertise for brands? A commentary on the prevalence of products in media? Both? One product placement that was no accident was that of Polaroid. The camera and film company recently contracted the pop star to be their creative director. (PopEater)

+ Move over Alicia Keys, Jay-Z's got a new duet partner. Seems that Hova recently recorded with White Stripes/Raconteurs/Dead Weather wiz Jack White. Jay spit over a track White had been working on, and, according to the White Stripe, "it's unbelievable sounding." (Pitchfork)

+ Count Young Money's Drake as one of the many hip-hop artists with a deep admiration and love for the music of Sade. The "Best I Ever Had" MC's hotly anticipated debut album, Thank Me Later, is rumored to feature everyone from Lil Wayne to Kanye West to Jay-Z. But what Drake really wants is to work with the enigmatic singer. (MTV News)

+ With their new album, White Crosses, on the way in June, Against Me has released a video for the new song "Rapid Decompression"  to get us all ready to mosh against the man. (Spinner)

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The 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards are happening now in New York City -- a mash-up of music's famous faces, and on-point performances. And we're liveblogging it all on the MTV Buzzworthy blog. Stay here for the backstage, birdseye, and middle-of-it-all 2009 mtvU Woodies report. And watch the 2009 mtvU Woodies Friday, December 4, at 10 p.m. ET on mtvU, MTV, MTV2, and Palladia.

10:51pm -- We're off to the after party, see ya, it's been a blast! For more Woodies gossip, party reports and general madness check in with Buzzworthy tomorrow or check out highlights from the show on the Woodies site right now. We have tons of photos, red-carpet looks, rehearsal performances (some of which you saw here earlier today) and more. PEACE!

10:23pm -- Matt & Kim can't go anywhere without throngs of admirers following them. They're pretty much the Brangelina of the Woodies. Except they don't own several kids and possibly hate each other.

10:14pm -- Alexa Chung is swaying along to "Treat Me Like Your Mother." Jack White looks like a cross between a pissed-off vampire and The Crow. In a way that works, though.

10:09pm -- The Dead Weather is taking the Woodies to the church of bad news on all-white instruments. Allison Mosshart's on a square guitar, and I'm pretty sure it's got the devil inside.

10:04pm --Mary-Louise Parker drops an eff-bomb while intro-ing the Dead Weather! RAWK!!!!!!

10:02pm -- Kid Sister and Kim (of Matt & Kim) are exchanging phone numbers on the floor, David Cross is catching up with Matt Pinfield, and Leighton Meester and Cyndi Lauper, present, and they're each dressed totally future-forward. They're dropping Woodie of the Year.

9:51pm -- Jamie Tworkowski wins the Good Woodie for To Write Love On Her Arms, and dedicates the award to people battling depression and drug addiction.

9:43pm -- Cam'ron drops some knowledge on the Clipse. The vibe is straight-up old-school -- no tricks, no autotune, no stunts. Just hype hip-hop. And RICK ROSS , bossin' behind shades, centerstage. Appropriately the crowd is dancing on barstools.

9:37pm -- The men of Passion Pit are launching tiny burgers into each other's mouths and ordering extra whiskey shots. A saucer-eyed, autotuned Janelle Monae intros the Clipse as the crowd yells out "You're beautiful!"

9:33pm -- Matt & Kim win Video Of The Year, and as their friends in the crowd toss their drink about 40 feet in the air, M&K bypass the stairs, crawl on top of the crowd, and rush the stage. They accept the award, thank pretty much everyone in one swoop, and Kim takes another dive off the stage.

9:27pm -- Death Cab just performed meet "Meet Me On The Equinox" to a mesmerized crowd but pretty much got the U2 reception when they did "Sound of Settling"

9:23pm -- MTV alumni Jon Norris and Matt Pinfield are catching up on the floor.

9:18pm -- David Cross has crown shoved into his pocket, and he's telling a Tom Cruise Scientology joke, for those of you who don't know what Dianetics is.

9:12pm -- Overheard, P.O.S telling someone "I just hope I looked cool," after someone congratulated him on his performance.

9:10pm -- P.O.S.just rapped over live flipcup percussion.

9:06pm -- Asher Roth gives out the Best Performing Woodie to Green Day. They're not here to accept so Asher stagedives instead.

9:04pm -- I'm down on the floor where all of the talent's seated, not at tables but at dozens of narrow glittery bars. There's a 1:2 ratio of kegs to celeb bar, and Oh The Story has their own personal shot waiter. Wisely, one member of Oh The Story cut himself off and ordered a diet coke.

9:00pm -- A production assistant carrying the next Woodie just rushed the award backstage.

8:59pm -- David Cross and the Clipse are having a heart-to-heart. Intense!

8:57pm -- Just walked by David Cross, who's dressed like he's going to a Superbowl party.

8:55pm --  Alexa Chung gives out the Best Music On Campus Woodie -- an award she promises will lead to getting laid more -- to an ecstatic Hotel Of The Laughing Tree whose friends are freaking out on the floor behind me.

8:46pm -- Amber Tamblyn intros Passion Pit via Twitter. Passion Pit is clearly a crowd favorite -- we've got people on top of people's shoulders, air drumming (like the Rush scene in "I Love You, Man," but far far cooler...)

8:42pm -- 3Oh3! is presenting the Left Field Woodie... DRESSED AS LADY GAGA AT THE VMAS!!!! The red dress and the white bird's nest mask thing! Reference was made to soiled panties! :O  Tech N9ne wins it and makes a Woodie joke and drops a KRS-One lyric!!!

8:28pm -- Never Shout Never has the shortest acceptance speech ever: "Power to the people!" Talks least, says most!

8:26pm -- Zooey Deschanel, darling as always in a darling dress, cracked a joke about not taking off her clothes as they swept up Matt & Kim's castoffs. She's presenting the Breaking Woodie Award, which goes to Never Shout Never!

8:23pm -- Pete Wentz, red solo cup in hand, is going rogue. Give that guy a mic and he'll take a mile. He just cracked a swine flu joke and dropped the "douchebag" bomb as he kicked off the 2009 Woodies!

8:21pm -- How'd do you get to college parties? BIKE there! Matt & Kim just biked here from Brooklyn straight into the lobby of the Woodies. They brought some friends who aren't just singing backup, they're stripping down to their skivvies for lessons learned. Undies party!!! Extra points to Kim -- she jumped up onto the drumkit and WALKED ON TOP of the crowd!!!!

8:15pm -- Jack White and the Dead Weather didn't walk the red carpet -- they basically ran it. Jack White needs a role in "Eclipse." Dude is whiter than a natural-born Cullen.

8:10pm -- Never Shout Never's Christofer Drew wins Best Dressed at the Woodies. Hands down. That Mickey Mouse sweater deserves its own award.

8:03pm -- Woah... Nick Cannon just ran down the red carpet! No sign of Mariah Carey...

8:01pm -- What's a college party without flipcup! The mtvU Woodies have their very own flipcup game going on at one of the bars. Kenna, just took aim. Isn't that how you get swine flu?

6:58pm -- The red carpet is under way, and I just caught up with breaking band Sparks The Rescue, who informed me that votes aliens are the new vampires.

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"That sh**'s loud as f**k," Jack White shouted into the mic from behind the drumkit. He and The Dead Weather are tuning up -- Jack's giving the drum a solid that's-gonna-leave-a-mark throttling -- on the stage of Roseland Ballroom where they'll perform at tonight's mtvU Woodie Awards. Surprisingly, perhaps due to luck or youth, I was actually able to hear him say that over the band's angry, sneering, holy-rolling snarl.

The Dead Weather is the loudest band I've ever heard or felt (the vibrations alone quickly encouraged me to vacate the seat I was occupying) in my life, and the combination of noise and aggressive, hard-driving, doomsday-is-nigh sound of the dead weather is nothing short of terrifying, and I've seen Gwar. The sound of The Dead Weather live could probably drown out a spaceship launch, and while I've encountered the slow approach of a band of pirates, I'd imagine it probably feels a lot like this, with Jack White manning the ship

See for yourself when the Dead Weather performs live at the 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards and check out more photos from their rehearsal here. Oh, let's not forget this interview clip either.

Watch the 2009 mtvU Woodies Friday, December 4, at 10 p.m. ET on mtvU, MTV, MTV2, and Palladia.

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The Woodies are coming -- mtvU's annual campus-friendly award show will air on MTV, MTV2, mtvU and Palladia on Friday, December 4, at 10 pm.

This is a truly democratic affair in which you can have a real say in who goes home with the wood. That's right, you can vote for the winners in the major categories.

To sweeten the pot to honey-levels of sweetness, the Woodies performers have just been announced. Let's get familiar shall we?

All the performers are also nominees for Video Woodie (best video, basically). First, we got the skronk-garage blues of The Dead Weather. Jack White's other, other band is nominated for their NRA-fever-dream of a clip for, "Treat Me Like Your Mother."

Then you've got some lilting, some chiming, some longing, some Death Cab For Cutie. DCFC are nominated for their video for "Grapevine Fires."

But they'll be performing their single from the New Moon soundtrack, "Meet Me At The Equinox."

And last, but least clothed, we have Matt and Kim, who will be performing their strip-tease anthem, "Lessons Learned." Will they do it in their birthday suits? You'll have to check it out to see.

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