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+ "Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius died yesterday of an apparent suicide. Diddy, Snoop Dogg, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, Ice Cube and more honored him via the internet. The Roots' ?uestlove wrote he was "the MOST crucial nonpolitical figure to emerge from the civil rights era, post '68." (Rolling Stone)

+ Lil Wayne stopped by while Justin Bieber was in the studio, and it looks like they took a skateboarding break. No word on if Weezy will appear on Bieber's forthcoming Believe album. (MTV News)

+ Katy Perry was added to the Grammy performers list yesterday. It was also announced that Drake, Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley and Gwyneth Paltrow will present at the Feb. 12 show. (MTV News)

+ St. Vincent will make stops on the West Coast and Upper East Side, at least on television. Annie Clark and band head to "Portlandia" on Feb. 3 and "Gossip Girl" on Feb. 13, where they'll perform "Cruel" and "Cheerleader." (Pitchfork)

+ Our favorite Icelander Björk took to "The Colbert Report" to perform Biophilia's "Cosmogony" dressed in a Björkesque futuristic outfit (natch) and backed by an all-female Icelandic choir. She also fielded some funny questions. (Pitchfork)

+ If you missed "Glee"'s Michael Jackson tribute, check out the cast's renditions of "Scream," "Bad" and "Black or White" here. (Idolator)

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+ Peep the cast of "Glee" taking on Michael Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'." Their next episode, airing Tuesday, will pay tribute to Jackson. (Just Jared)

+ Rihanna has signed on to star and executive produce a U.K.-based TV show where undiscovered designers compete to dress musicians and celebs. Rihanna will wear a finale outfit at a concert in London. (MTV Style)

+ Beliebers are some generous folks. Several Justin Bieber fan sites, along with Brush Buddies and nonprofit Together We Rise, have joined forces to make a charity single, which will benefit his "Believe" charity drive. (MTV News)

+ Michael Jackson was honored with his glove and shoe footprint cemented outside Grauman's Chinese Theater yesterday. Justin Bieber and members of Jackson's family were in attendance. (Idolator)

+ The reported musical talent to join Madonna at the Super Bowl halftime show is growing. In addition to Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., murmurs of Cee Lo Green and LMFAO are also making rounds. Madge, we're available, too, if you have any room. (MTV News)

+ Adam Lambert shares the sentiment behind Trespassing single "Better Than I Know Myself": "[It's about] that moment where you're like, 'I need you, I love you,' where you have to reassure your partner." (MTV News)

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The holiday season is upon us! We can all thank Justin Bieber for unofficially ringing it in when he premiered his "Mistletoe" video in the middle of October. (At least wait until Nov. 1 next time, Biebs.) But forget about the impending cold weather and uncomfortable conversations with distant relatives about why you're single, and take a look through MTV BUZZWORTHY'S MUSIC FAN HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE!

Starting at $8, we've got every music fan on your list covered -- from Katy Perry's line of sparkly OPI nail polishes, to pop star-inspired art prints (cool ones!) to a record player that converts your old-school albums to MP3s. Oh, there's even a Cody Simpson doll. Pick up a few of those just in case someone got you something but you don't have anything for them. There's no way they won't love it.

+ Check out MTV BUZZWORTHY'S MUSIC FAN HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE for gift ideas for the pop music-obsessed people on your shopping list!

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1.) If you've ever wondered how many facial expressions Nicki Minaj can pull off in 45 seconds, Britney Spears' Femme Fatale concert footage of the rapper dropping verses for the "Till The World Ends (Remix)" offers a thorough study. Fact: We lost count after the first few seconds. (Rap Radar)

2.) As if Jay-Z didn't have enough to be proud of this year (hello, new baby on the way!), the rapper was also recently named "Man of Year" by GQ Magazine. (Entertainment Weekly)

3.) We weren't sure if Nick Jonas was the kind of hubby that lifts a finger in the kitchen, but bro's gone schooled us with his mad culinary skills on TV -- dude's not just hot, he sizzles! (Just Jared Jr.)

4.) MTV's Posted artist Kelly Clarkson performed a duet with Carrie Underwood on Clarkson's "Unplugged" special -- or what we'd like to call "the ultimate 'American Idol' face-off!" JK! (PopCrush)

5.) Have 6K burning a hole in your pocket? How 'bout picking up replicas of both Michael Jackson's "Beat It" and "Thriller" leather jackets? Side note: If you're looking to get rid of giant amounts of money, we'd be willing to help. (MTV Style)

6.) Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber had their first "parenting" scare when their pup Baylor swallowed a few rocks. The pooch is A-OK, and now the threesome have happily continued with their most-adorbz-family-EVER reign. (CeleBuzz)

7.) Dudes may be growing some hairy 'staches in honor of "Movember," but Kelly Rowland's sporting a milk mustache in celebration of healthy kids. (That Grape Juice)

8.) The holiday season's already peeking its head out of drugstore aisles everywhere, and now stills from Mariah Carey and John Legend's new music video "When Christmas Comes" made just as early of an arrival. (TheYBF)

9.) Rihanna's been generously dropping new songs over the last few weeks, but girl gave fans the ultimate gift at her recent concert in London: a live, first-time performance of "We Found Love"! (MTV News)

10.) Justin Timberlake, James Franco, Ryan Gosling and Pharrell Williams have been named our generations' "Modern Day Renaissance Men." Who knew being so multitalented also included being so damn hot? (BuzzFeed)

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+ Sister LaToya Jackson, Nicki Minaj, MJ producer Darkchild and other celebs, family and fans react to the involuntary manslaughter guilty verdict of Michael Jackson's former doctor, Conrad Murray. (MTV News)

+ Looks like Nicki Minaj's alter ego, Roman Zolanski, may drop some music soon. "He has two more weeks in boarding school. We're going to pick him up now. When he lands, he will address the nation in the form of music," Minaj wrote on her blog. (Rap-Up)

+ A spokesman for Justin Bieber said Bieber will take a paternity test and plans to sue the woman who has alleged he's the father of her child. Bieber has denied ever meeting the woman. (Billboard)

+ Adele underwent throat surgery in Boston. The doctor said he "expects Adele to make a full recovery from her laser microsurgery." (Billboard)

+ Listen to Feist and Joanna Newsom's contributions to The Muppets soundtrack. Feist appears on "Life's A Happy Song," which was written by Flight of the Conchords' Bret McKenzie. (Pitchfork)

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More than two years after the tragic, untimely death of Michael Jackson at the age of 50, a jury of 12 individuals in the criminal trial of Dr. Conrad Murray -- the singer's personal doctor who was with him at the time of his death -- found the doctor guilty of involuntary manslaughter for providing Jackson with a fatal combination of propofol and two other sedatives on June 25, 2009. Murray was present when Jackson ingested the perilous cocktail that led to his cardiac arrest. Murray himself called 911.

The jury deciding Murray's fate spent close to six weeks determining whether the doctor was criminally negligent when treating Jackson with what the medical experts provided by the prosecution referred to as "gross negligence." The jury's deliberation took two days.

Lawyers representing Murray countered that Jackson self-administered the fatal dose, while the prosecution countered that Murray's decision to provide those drugs outside of a hospital setting was a "recipe for disaster."

Murray pleaded "not guilty" to a charge of involuntary manslaughter and chose not to testify during the trial.

For more in-depth coverage of Dr. Conrad Murray's guilty verdict and the Michael Jackson trial, visit MTV News.

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+ After teasing fans with clues via Facebook and Twitter about her upcoming album title, Rihanna finally revealed the name: Talk That Talk. (Just Jared)

+ Where's the beef? Jay-Z says there isn't any between he and Lil Wayne, though the pair seemed to diss each other on songs from their latest albums. "That's sport, that's rap music," Jay said. "Nothing is going to change but the participants." (MTV News)

+ Gossip Girl here (obvs not really), and we've peeped recent photos of the former Jenny Humphrey/current The Pretty Reckless singer Taylor Momsen's recent smokin' magazine spreads, and now you can, too. (ONTD)

+ Pink has been cast for a dramedy called Thanks for Sharing, which drops next year. Vulture reports she'll play a "free spirit who bonds with a sex addict." (Billboard)

+ Garbage will release their follow-up to 2005's Bleed Like Me, which is due out in spring. "The new songs have been inspired more by what we haven't been hearing rather than by what we have," said the band in a statement. (Idolator)

+ A second posthumous Michael Jackson album hits stores Nov. 21. Entitled Immortal, it's the soundtrack to the MJ-themed Cirque du Soleil show and will feature mashups, reworked hits and outtakes of his tunes. (MTV News)

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+ Katy Perry may surpass the title for which she's currently tied with Michael Jackson and score six No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 from the same album. Can Teenage Dream's "The One That Got Away" do it? We'll find out soon, but peep the cover art. (Neon Limelight)

+ Will a "sharking" meme go viral next? Check out photos of Ke$ha working a shark mask in Rio de Janeiro yesterday. There are also snaps of her boat ride in Sao Paolo. (ONTD)

+ Lady Gaga and Cher's "The Greatest Thing" may drop in the next couple of days. While we wait with baited breath, co-writer/producer RedOne says, "I think it's timeless. The beautiful thing about this song is, it's very uplifting...and it has a dance vibe on it." (MTV News)

+ He's in. He's out. He's in. T.I.'s officially free (again), having been released from a halfway house in Atlanta last night. "[He] basically checked out of the halfway house for the very last time," said a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson. (Rap-Up)

+ Courtney Love's slated to write a memoir, which will cover everything -- her childhood, her marriage to Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, her relationship with Billy Corgan, the scoop about her band Hole and her Hollywood roles. (New York Times)

+ Looking for a unique Halloween gift? The Flaming Lips (but of course!) have you covered. They're releasing a 24-hour song (!!) that will be encased in a human skull!!! (Pitchfork)

+ Sylvia Robinson passed away yesterday of congestive heart failure. She was 75. Among her many accomplishments, she was a rap trailblazer who orchestrated Sugarhill Gang's seminal "Rapper's Delight." The song was the first to prove rap commercially viable. (RapFix)

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+ We already told you Rihanna looked hot shooting her "We Found Love" video in Ireland. But the farmer whose land she was on wasn't feelin' the love when it got too hot; Rihanna reportedly went topless. He halted the filming, but said, "I wish no ill will against Rihanna and her friends." (MTV News)

+ Demi Lovato's week is looking good so far. Early reports show her Unbroken album is selling quite well its first week out. She also performed "Skyscraper" on last night's "Dancing With The Stars." (ONTD)

+ Joe Jonas and actress Nina Dobrev hosted "WE Day" in Canada yesterday, which encourages youth to lead local and global change. Peep photos from the event. (Just Jared Jr.)

+ The Joy Formidable song "EndTapes" leads off the forthcoming Breaking Dawn "Twilight" soundtrack. Singer Ritzy Bryan says she doesn't know much about "Twilight": "I can't say I've ever read one. I haven't seen the films either, but I have heard the soundtracks." (MTV News)

+ The manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's personal doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, began yesterday in Los Angeles. If he's found guilty, Murray faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical license. (MTV News)

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There's not much we can say about the late Michael Jackson today on what would have been the King Of Pop's 53rd birthday that has not already been said. He's a source of endless inspiration for today's musicians young and old, and his influence can be felt in nearly every genre of music. You can put a quarter in any jukebox in the country, select "Billie Jean," and have a bar full of friends within five minutes. Michael Jackson's music isn't just entertainment; it's a connecting force.

Instead of recapping everything he's done for the music industry, for pop music and the sequined glove market (single-handedly... get it?), we invite you to share your favorite memories of Michael Jackson and what you're doing to remember the pop music icon. I'll start: "The Way You Make Me Feel." On repeat. All day.

Happy birthday, Michael Jackson! To put it simply, thanks.

+ Let us know your favorite Michael Jackson memories in the comments below, including your favorite songs, performances and pop culture moments that you'll always remember.

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