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+ We know Justin Bieber has a thing for the holidays, with a Christmas album, performing during the Rockefeller tree lighting and caroling with the Obamas. Now he has his very own special. MuchMusic's "Justin Bieber: Home for the Holidays" charity special airs Dec. 22. (MTV News)

+ Willow Smith hung out with kids and their families who were rewarded by the Boys & Girls Club of NYC with a shopping spree for their leadership and academic performances. Check out video from the event, set to Smith's "Fireball." (Rap-Up)

+ Black Keys tell MTV News their viral "Lonely Boy" video was a happy accident. They shot and scrapped the original, save for the dancing dude. "He came up with the dance... And if we didn't have that footage, we would not have a video for the song." (MTV News)

+ Nicki Minaj received a birthday serenade from Madonna, M.I.A. and their crew after shooting Madonna's "Give Me All Your Love" video. Listen to the diva birthday sing-along and Minaj gushing about her b-day kiss from Madge. (Neon Limelight)

+ Watch Leona Lewis' return to her former stomping grounds at "The X Factor" (U.K.) where she performed Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt." Coldplay helped close out the season's finale with "Charlie Brown" and "Paradise." (Idolator)

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+ Justin Bieber hit up the rather exclusive Vanity Fair party following last night's Academy Awards with rumored girlfriend Selena Gomez in tow. (MTV News)

+ Also in attendance at the Vanity Fair party? Selena Gomez pal Taylor Swift! (Celebuzz)

+ Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor took home the Oscar for Best Original Score. (Rolling Stone)

+ Rihanna and Ciara recently had a very public disagreement over Twitter. Feelings might have been hurt, but it was good reading! (Idolator)

+ Chris Brown has dyed his hair platinum blond, drawing rather mixed reactions. (TheFABlife)

Tags Chris Brown, Ciara, justin bieber, Nine Inch Nails, Rihanna, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, Trent Reznor

Two things I learned from the following video. 1) There is something called cosplay (costume play), which is apparently a kind of performance art where people use makeup and accessories to become a specific character and 2.) in the right hands, makeup is a pretty transformative tool.

Which brings us to the case of Helena, a Russian girl who one can only assume is a pretty big fan of 30 Seconds To Mars. In a video posted last week, Helena, with the soundtrack of Nine Inch Nails' "Closer" playing in the background, uses a number of cosmetics to make herself look A LOT like Jared Leto. Like, blink and you wouldn't know the difference.

Let's be clear, Helena, without makeup, looks nothing like Jared Leto. This is definitely a master class in transformation via mascara, eyebrow pencil and the astonishing drawing of some stubble. You will not believe your own eyes when you see what Helena does to her own peepers to make them look like Jared's.

Check out Helena's cosplay video below to see this Russian 30 Seconds to Mars fan turn into Jared Leto with the help of some everyday cosmetics.

+ Watch Helena's Jared Leto makeup cosplay video.

... And check out 30 Seconds To Mars on VH1 Posted for exclusive videos, photos and more.

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Tags 30 Seconds To Mars, Jared Leto, Nine Inch Nails

In today's Star Spotting, Rihanna goes red with robots in Spain.

The "Rude Boy" singer, debuted a fierce, fiery new red hair color (along with some "Vogue"-era Madonna fashions) over the weekend while performing at the annual Rock In Rio Festival in Madrid. Her mop-top style is still intact. But that wasn't the only thing that was new. Rihanna has upped her stage game with a bit of "rise of the machines" style drama -- check out those performers dressed like enormous Terminators.

I, for one, not only welcome Rihanna as queen of our robot overlords, but cosign her move into Nine Inch Nails territory!

Tags Madonna, Nine Inch Nails, Rihanna, Star Spotting, video

Rihanna's Rated R may not have delivered an anthem on the level of "Umbrella" or a ballad as delicate as "Take A Bow." But what it has done is given us a completely brave, brash new artist who's clearly unafraid to  express herself exactly as she sees fit.

Take Rihanna's new video for "Rockstar 101." It's unlikely that it will catch on like, say, "Disturbia." But the "Rockstar 101" video shows us a brazenly creative, adventurous Rihanna throwing caution (and clothing) to the wind.

Shot in stark black and white, featuring Slash and Travis Barker, "Rockstar" is a continuation of the themes suggested in Rihanna's other Rated R videos such as "Hard" and "Rude Boy. It's full of eff-it attitude -- the lyric "got my middle finger up, I don't really give a f***" makes that clear -- overt sexuality (helllooooo, nurse bondage pants!), and a willingness to take artistic chances, as demonstrated by headgear that looks like "The Predator." Directed by the very talented Melina Matsoukas, who directed Beyonce's "Why Don't You Love Me?" video, the "Rockstar 101" video makes nods to the edgy fetishism of Nine Inch Nails as well as the high-contrast work of Herb Ritts (who lensed Janet Jackson's "Love Will Never Do").

"Rockstar 101" might be about Rihanna's take-it-or-leave-it persona, but the video actually proves her point. She's not playing be anybody else's rules anymore.

Tags Janet Jackson, Nine Inch Nails, Rihanna, Slash, Travis Barker, video

Yesterday, we premiered the first part of Buzzworthy's Fan Interview with Coheed And Cambria. The New York prog-rockers talked about their new album, "Year Of The Black Rainbow," the overarching narrative that runs through all their albums and the band's inherent darkness.

Today we have Part II. In the below video, the guys from Coheed continue to answer the questions from you, the fans. They discuss their musical influences (everything from Nine Inch Nails to Kool & The Gang), and whether their concept albums might inspire a movie some day. Most important, the band members address Claudio Sanchez's hair and what made the singer-guitarist trim his mane.

Check out Part II of Coheed And Cambria's Buzzworthy Fan Interview below. You can watch
Part I here.

Tags Coheed And Cambria, Kool And The Gang, Nine Inch Nails, video

Is it just me or does Tom Morello have the same voice as Barack Obama? I had to watch Street Sweeper Social Club's interview twice because the first time I was so distracted by his presidential tone that I pretty much couldn't concentrate on anything he said.

The Rage Against The Machine / Audioslave alumnus is half of Street Sweeper Social Club. His accomplice is Boots Riley of Oakland rap group The Coup. Together they just released their self-titled debut, along with a star-studded video for first single, "100 Little Curses."

Meet Street Sweeper Social Club in this exclusive MTV interview, keep an eye out for "100 Little Curses" (featuring Sopranos star Drea DiMateo and Road Trip star Breckin Meyer), and look for Street Sweeper Social Club on tour this summer with Jane's Addiction and supposed retirees Nine Inch Nails.

+ THIS JUST IN: Before leaving for Harvard, Tom Morello grew up in Chicago with his European mother and Kenyan father. WEIRD!

Tags Audioslave, Barack Obama, Jane's Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against The Machine, Street Sweeper Social Club, The 5, The Coup, video

Saturday night Trent Reznor announced, live from the Bonnaroo stage, that the Nine Inch Nails performance underway would be the band's last. "It just dawned on me that this is our last show ever in the United States," he said. "Don't be sad. I'll keep going. But I think I'm going to lose my mind if I keep doing this."

Does that mean that Nine Inch Nails are gonna be a world band now? Tuvan throat singers? Mariachis? Nueve Inch Nails? Who knows. For now, all we can be sure of, is that Nine Inch Nails are gonna disappear for a while.

To keep you company while they recharge their batteries (and to shame NIN into coming back for more) here's a brand-new video playlist made up of bands who have threatened to call it quits. Eminem, Coldplay, The Roots, Jay-Z, Diddy and more. What a perfect way to finish the day!

Tags Bonnaroo, Coldplay, Diddy, Eminem, Jay-Z, Nine Inch Nails, The Roots, Trent Reznor, video

+ De-gorgeous Taylor Swift performed at the 2009 CMA Music Festival yesterday and took to Twitter beforehand to thank her fans, saying "about to play in a stadium! CMA fest in Nashville.. Living out the daydreams I had when I was six. Thanks guys." No, seriously, Taylor, thank YOU. (Twitter)

+ Speaking of Twitter, David Archuleta vented his frustrations over those DAMNED CATS keeping him up. I mean REALLY. (Twitter)

+ Also, NICK JONAS JUST GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL! Seriously, if he sat in front of me in school, I totes would've failed Englush. (Twitter)

+ Bonnaroo um... happened! Did you go? Phish fans, do you even remember going? (Spin)

+ Speaking of Bonnaroo, Lucky Magazine was all amazed that Erin McCarley wore a fanny pack to the festival. Hello! Fanny packs are so IN! Any good Jonas Brothers fan KNOWS THAT! (Buzzworthy)

+ Trent Reznor hung up his... bloody pig's heart?... at Bonnaroo, by the way (LA Times)

+ Weekend box office report: Rihanna saw The Hangover this weekend. GIRL, I haven't seen it yet, so do NOT go ruining all the jokes! (Rihanna is SOOOOOO famous for doing that!) (Just Jared)

+ Is Mary J. Blige FOR REAL working with CHRIS BROWN on a new song? Um, Mary, so, like, I don't know if you heard, but... (Ace Showbiz)

+ Aubrey O'Day is excited for Heidi Montag's Playboy "spread." That makes one of us! And I'm not talkin' Darlene, either. (MTV News)

Tags Aubrey O'Day, David Archuleta, Heidi Montag, Mary J. Blige, Nick Jonas, Nine Inch Nails, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Trent Reznor, Twitter

+ On their upcoming album, My Chemical Romance wanna go back to being "just another band from New Jersey." So, why are they recording in Los Angeles? Of the still nameless album, which features a song tentatively titled "New Hair, Same Sh--," Gerard Way says, "It's going to get by on its musicianship and its own merits in the songs." (MTV News)

+ Celebrate Facebook's decision not to go all Guantanamo with a really happy disco remix of Lily Allen's "I Could Say!" (Lily Allen Music)

+ Is American Idol contestant Tatiana Del Toro headed for an epic breakdown? If not, is the world really up for another week with her? Here's an e-card with a preview of what that might look like ... (Best Week Ever)

+ 50 Cent to Britney Spears: "You're my inspiration!" Apparently his new album, Before I Self Destruct, was written after watching what he calls "The greatest show on Earth." 50: "She was going through her issues in public ... It was great to watch her spin out of control because it makes the average person feel better." (OK Mag)

+ Just in case he doesn't get a chance to talk to you in the next three or four years, Trent Reznor wants you to know right now that Nine Inch Nails is a) recording a new album, b) planning a tour with Jane's Addiction and c) breaking up. (Agent Bedhead)

+ Justin Timberlake named Most Stylish Man In America (Gabby Babble); Madonna-daughter Lourdes named Most Stylish creature in space. (I'm Bringing Blogging Back)

+ Even stalkers begin to bend under the weight of economic recession. (CelebSlam)

Tags 50 Cent, American Idol, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Jane's Addiction, Justin Timberlake, Lily Allen, Lourdes, My-Chemical-Romance, Nine Inch Nails, Tatiana Del Toro