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For those of you interested in watching Kirsten Dunst alternate between making cute faces and acting serious for three-and-a-half minutes, it's your lucky day.

R.E.M. may have announced their retirement last month, but like anyone who gives their two-week notice, there's still a little work to be done. The band recently released the Dominic DeJoseph-directed video for their final single, "We All Go Back To Where We Belong," featuring Dunst. All Dunst. Nothing but Dunst. No cuts. No edits. No fades. It's strangely engrossing.

Dunst seems to flit between reacting to the country-tinged pop song's nostalgic lyrics and just randomly making the faces that have earned her the crush of many a hipster for all these years. This isn't the first time Dunst has appeared in a video, though. In 1999, Australian pop duo Savage Garden cast Dunst as "Subway Girl No. 1" in the perennial prom favorite "I Knew I Loved You." That video involved slightly more movement, but R.E.M. goes the extreme close-up approach. We have to think that's way more nerve-wracking, right?

"We All Go Back To Where We Belong" will appear on the band's career-encompassing retrospective Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982-2011, out Nov. 15 on Warner Bros.

+ Watch R.E.M.'s "We All Go Back To Where We Belong" video featuring Kirsten Dunst.

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+ Rihanna's been giving little teasers to fans via Twitter and Facebook, building even more excitement for her forthcoming album. Yesterday she released a new "R" logo and revealed "We Found Love" lyrics and the single's cover artwork. (Rap-Up)

+ Kelly Clarkson released an inside look at the making of her "Mr. Know It All" video. In it, she discusses the multiple Kellys theme. "There are many different sides to everybody's personality... and we're kinda doing a variety of different Kellys," she explained. Watch it here. (Just Jared)

+ Sad day yesterday. After 31 years, R.E.M. announced that they're breaking up and shared their reasoning behind the decision. Read more about R.E.M.'s wide influence and watch a collection of their videos. (MTV News)

+ Beyoncé sparkled in sequined blue during the launch event for her fragrance Pulse yesterday in New York. Check out the stunning momma-to-Be-yoncé. (Get it?) (Just Jared)

+ Taylor Swift will be releasing a live CD/DVD called Speak Now World Tour - Live in November. Peep the video announcement, which she made for fans. (Billboard)

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Tags Beyonce, Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Kelly Clarkson, R.E.M., Rihanna, Taylor Swift

+ Yesterday we mentioned that Quincy Jones was corralling the likes of Bieber, Cyrus and Will Smith for a "We Are The World" re-make to aid Haitian relief efforts. Not to be outdone, Simon Cowell is putting together his own all-star Haiti benefit single, "Everybody Hurts," (yes, R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts"...see bottom of post to refresh your memory) reportedly featuring Susan Boyle, Mariah Carey and Jon Bon Jovi. (Spinner)

+ Whatever Jay-Z does, Beyonce can do as well. A couple of years after Hova made a milestone appearance on 60 Minutes (remember him showing Steve Kroft how to "flow"?), Bey will go under the venerated television news magazine's spotlight this Sunday. It airs right before the Grammy Awards. Check out a snippet. (Concrete Loop)

+ Speaking of the Grammy Awards, don't go into your Grammy pool unprepared: let Pink and ?uestlove of The Roots handicap the nominees for you. (Rolling Stone)

+ Tired of waiting to hear Erykah Badu's much-anticipated new album, New Amerykah Pt. II? Well, today might be your lucky day. Badu has hinted on Twitter that she might leak/stream/preview some music on her site this afternoon. (Sound of the City)

+ Keri Hilson went on the Rachael Ray Show yesterday and played an acoustic version of "Knock You Down." More importantly, she showed the world her wild juggling skills! (Rap-Up)

+ With Fall Out Boy on an indefinite break, what better time for Patrick Stump to redesign his website, put up an esoteric Anais Nin quote and, oh yeah, prep a solo album, on which he will write, produce and perform all the music! (MTV News)

Tags Beyonce, Fall Out Boy, Jay-Z, justin bieber, Keri Hilson, Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Patrick-Stump, Pink, R.E.M., Simon Cowell, Susan Boyle, The Roots, video, Will Smith

Kansas City kids Vedera throw together a couple of different tropes for their "Satisfy" video. I will now enumerate them for you thusly:

1. The bros-hanging-out-at-the-clubhouse vibe of Paramore's awesome "That's What You Get" video.
2. The playing-twice-as-fast/filmed-at-a-slower-speed effect popularized by Spike Jonze and Weezer in the video for "Undone (The Sweater Song)."
3. The appearance of completely inappropriate footwear given the action taking place. Check singer Kristin May rocking the ankle wrap heels while on what can only be described as a hike (one is reminded of Gaga wearing stilettos while using crutches in her "Paparazzi" video).
4. The near-skinny dipping at the end, artfully rendered in R.E.M.'s "Nightswimming" video and playfully played in Jimmy Eat World's "The Middle."
5. Not so much a music video trope as just silliness: May straight chucks her cell phone while hiking. At least take the SIM card, Sis!

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Tags Jimmy Eat World, Lady Gaga, Paramore, R.E.M., Spike Jonze, Vederea, video, Weezer

In the same way that it's understood that soap operas will have absurd story lines, people expect music videos to be over-the-top dramatic. Bands are generally in the business of communicating really big feelings, and super evocative music videos certainly help to accomplish that goal. And while a person can only handle so much slo-mo and so many sunset mountainsides, it's those unchecked melodramas that really stick in our minds, spawning everything from torrid one-night stands to Scott Stapp's career.

Last week Cage's "I Never Knew You" reminded us just how much a well-executed video can quicken the pulse. As usual, that got us to thinking... Which other videos reach down your throat, grab you by the heart and hand pump it until you think you're gonna pass out? What are the most compelling videos of all-time? In Buzzworthy's slightly comprehensive list below, you'll find the gut-wrenchingest, unflinchingest (and sometimes cheesiest) videos in recent history, so get close to the Kleenex. This list is not recommended for the infirm or the elderly.

The Cheesiest
+ Creed, "With Arms Wide Open" -- It's hard to believe that this video is actually for real. Watching it again now, I keep expecting a "Wipe that s$#* up" overdub to kick in and relieve the insane self-indulgence. Notoriously wack frontman Scott Stapp literally dodges asteroids at sunset and stands on a mountain with his arms spread, as the cameras circle, as if carried by slow motion eagles.

+ Chicago, "You're The Inspiration" -- Can I get away with describing this video as "difficult to watch?" Handily out-sapping those inscrutable Japanese karaoke videos, it's easier to eat a whole brick of cream cheese than it is to watch this video all the way through. That being said, definitely watch it.

The Saddest
+ Soul Asylum, "Runaway Train" -- The '90s invented that thing where tough-looking dudes enjoy music by standing around looking really sad and tuned out. It's no Toni Braxton "Un-Break My Heart," but this Soul Asylum video does help the grungers get into character with a sad slideshow of missing children.

+ R.E.M., "Everybody Hurts" -- Hold on! Stop! Everybody hit your breaks! Get up! Get out of your cars! Come on! Put on your little hats! Come on, do it! Dooo it! Come onnn! Little hats! Put your hands over your hearts! Sad break! Saaad break! Awww! (See also: Radiohead's amazing "Just").

The Scariest
+ Depeche Mode, "Wrong" -- Chicago will clog your arteries, but Depeche Mode will stop your heart. This terrifying video combines the edgy uncertainty of Radiohead's "Karma Police" with the supernatural creepiness of UNKLE's "Rabbit In Your Headlights," and comes out with one of the most disturbing videos I've ever seen.

+ The Fray, "Never Say Never" -- An everyday urban cityscape becomes a furious war-zone in The Fray's metaphorical new video. The violence of the uprising represents -- wait for it, wait for it -- the pain of a break-up! DRAMA!

The Darkest
+ Pearl Jam, "Jeremy" -- If you've been taking your MTV regularly like you're supposed to, you know that Pearl Jam recently released a never-before-seen director's cut of "Jeremy," with a much more explicit finish. See what all of Eddie Vedder's diabolical glares were really leading up to in one of grunge's darkest anthems.

+ Kanye West, "Flashing Lights" -- Don't be fooled by the muscle car, the thong-clad bikini girl or the Miami sunset. Don't be fooled by the cheery title, either. In this dead-serious drama, former Playboy playmate, Rita G, isn't stroking Kanye's ego... She's dispatching it to hell.

The Sexiest / Most Cinematic
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Hai, u guys! Hopefully you can read this post. You see, I've been crying all morn, and the tears just keep dripping onto my keyboard, and now I don't know if my words are coming out right ... Wahh ... Anyway, in case you haven't heard: CREED MAY BE REUNITING!

Can you handle it??!! Can you believe it??!!

Do you even know who Creed is?

Just in case, lemme refresh your memory: Creed was a really popular band in the late '90s and early 2000s. They won a Grammy in 2001 for their power ballad  "With Arms Wide Open", provided snooze-ic for the WWE, were vaguely Christian Rock (ehhhh, sorta), sold almost 30 million albums (almost before the iPod was even invented!) and then crashed and burned into in the form of a nasTAYcious and bitter breakup in 2004. I mean, things got SO bad and SO sucky that the band's own fans ended up suing them over some performance of epically sucktacular magnitude.

Creed's main problem, of course, was lead singer Scott Stapp (architect of those aforementioned crappy performances), and his love of most things alcoholic and generally illegal. Fellow band members Mark Tremonti, Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips were so frustrated with Stapp's antics, they ditched him, formed another group -- Alter Bridge (they do that sorta-creepy "sorry about the drugs" Celebrity Rehab 2 video that's always on VH1) --  and tried to make a success of their new Franken-band, Creed 2.0.

Fast forward to 2008, and now it seems that the Alter Bridge boys are looking to get Stapp back on Creed's tour bus after their current lead singer, Myles Kennedy, is rumored to be in talks to fill Robert Plant's shoes on next year's Led Zeppelin tour. (Still following?) Tremonti wants us all to know that whatever they decide about the reunion, it will all be "for the good of the band" (cough cough: bank account).

Apparently Creed hasn't gotten the memo that people are more interested in Spaghetti Cat these days than washed-up, dried-out angsty alt-ers.

This whole "recession thingy" everyone's talking about must be pretty bad after all if the "worst band in the world" (it's official!) thinks it's comeback tour time. Either that, or the end of days is truly nigh.

And with that, more crying, and R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"

P.S.: This happened too.

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