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+ "VH1 Divas" airs tonight. Watch Kelly Clarkson, Florence Welch, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, Jill Scott and Jessie J perform. Welch, Wanda Jackson and Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings pay tribute to Amy Winehouse, and The Roots serve as house band. (MTV News)

+ Justin Bieber and Drake joined Stevie Wonder for his 16th Annual House Full Of Toys benefit concert on Saturday. Watch Wonder and Bieber perform "Someday at Christmas." (Idolator)

+ Biebs and Drake (busy boys!) were also joined by Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa, J. Cole, Lil Wayne and more for L.A.'s Power 106 holiday concert on Friday. Watch various callabos here. (Idolator)

+ If you didn't get to catch the gazillion Jay-Z/Kanye West encores of "N****s In Paris" live, perhaps watching Timbaland premiere a live remix of it will almost make up for missing out. #craycraycool (Rap-Up)

+ Kanye West's been relatively Twitter silent the last couple months, but this weekend he shared a couple dozen photos ranging from fancy cars to sexy women. Holiday wish list or some secret communication? (@kanyewest)

+ Ke$ha dishes about her "Sleazy" remix with Lil Wayne, T.I., Wiz Khalifa and Andre 3000 to MTV News. "Dr. Luke and I had this idea that we wanted to just get them all on one track and make it as gangster of a track as we possibly could." (MTV News)

+ Jonas Brothers fans, hold on to your fan-made lockets: They premiered a new tune, "Dance Until Tomorrow." (Just Jared Jr.)

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+ Though on hiatus, The Killers continue to make an annual holiday charity single. Today they drop "The Cowboys' Christmas Ball" on iTunes. It benefits RED, which seeks to eradicate AIDS in Africa. Listen here. (Idolator)

+ Nicki Minaj, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Maroon 5 were the live soundtrack to last night's broadcasted 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Check out their performances here. (Neon Limelight)

+ Jennifer Lopez will release a greatest hits album, vocal producer Kuk Harrell tells MTV News. Harrell says, "I'm just waiting for them to put on the schedule [and] let me know what songs we're actually cutting." (MTV News)

+ The Roots have been one busy band, serving as Jimmy Fallon's nightly house band and readying their 13th album, Undun. It drops Dec. 6, but you can stream the album now. (NPR)

+ Drake's "The Motto," a bonus track from Take Care, gets some remix love. It features Snoop Dogg, Nipsey Hussle and YG. Check it here. (Rap-Up)

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+ Only Lady Gaga could pull off singing headless. Well, her head was present, just not where it was supposed to be (just watch the video) during her performance of "Marry The Night" on the show "X Factor UK" yesterday. (Neon Limelight)

+ Kanye West's headline performance at Brazil's SWU Music & Arts Festival on Saturday featured surprise guest Fergie during "All of the Lights." Watch that and "Stronger" here. (Rap-Up)

+ Happy birthday, Kevin Jonas! He celebrated with wife Dani and brother Joe Jonas in Vegas. They surprised him with a guitar-shaped birthday cake. Peep photos here. (Just Jared Jr.)

+ Nick Jonas reveals Kevin encouraged him to go for the lead role Nick secured in the Broadway play "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. "'[Kevin] said, 'You have to see that show, you have to be in it one day,'" Nick told MTV News. (MTV News)

+ Justin Timberlake made good on a promise to escort Corporal Kelsey De Santis to the Marine Corps Ball after she asked him to be her date via YouTube. After the event this weekend, JT wrote a moving letter about it. Read it here. (ONTD)

+ Coldplay's Chris Martin channeled the funny during "Saturday Night Live"'s Weekend Update, where he made a cameo during a silly Thanksgiving songs skit. Coldplay was "SNL"'s featured music guest. (Neon Limelight)

+ Watch Beyoncé, who was backed by house band The Roots, kill it during her "Countdown" performance for "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon." (Rap-Up)

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+ "VH1 Divas" will pay tribute to soul on Dec. 19, and the lineup is hotttt. Kelly Clarkson, Mary J. Blige, Florence + The Machine, Jennifer Hudson, Jill Scott and Jessie J will be backed by The Roots for this long-running concert event. (MTV News)

+ Speaking of Ms. Clarkson, get a sneak peek photo from her forthcoming "VH1 Unplugged" performance, set to air on Nov. 17. (VH1)

+ Justin Bieber is the cover guy for Billboard next week. Check out the candy-caned Biebs here. (Billboard)

+ Madonna will perform her new song "Give Me All Your Love," featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., during the Super Bowl halftime! And apparently all three will perform together!! (Just Jared)

+ Did you miss those four sold-out Beyoncé summer shows at Roseland, where she played old faves and new tracks from 4? ME TOO. Don't fret -- we can pretend we were there with her "Live At Roseland" DVD, which hits on Nov. 21. (MTV News)

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+ Among tech innovator Steve Jobs' many contributions, he revolutionized our music experience. Celebs like The Roots' ?uestlove, Pharrell Williams and will.i.am gave props to Jobs, who passed away yesterday. "An innovator. Contributed so much to this generation & beyond. RIP Steve Jobs," Nicki Minaj tweeted. #RIP (MTV News)

+ J. Cole's Cole World: The Sideline Story debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Beyoncé congratulated him, and B's hubby/Cole's label boss Jay-Z said, "J. Cole's success is testament to amazing artist development and Cole's hard work." (MTV News)

+ If you can't wait to hear Joe Jonas' FastLife next week, you can get preview snippets here. And while you're perusing all things Joe Jonas, check out yesterday's "Today Show" performance of "Just In Love." (Neon Limelight)

+ Leona Lewis announced that she's working on a new album. "I have a collection of new songs... and I [know] there's more to be born, so it means the album will come out next year," she tweeted. I keep bleeding I keep,keep bleeding love! - sorry, auto LL reaction. (Just Jared)

+ Miley Cyrus visited a Haitian school with the president of Haiti, Michel Joseph Martelly, to advocate free education. Peep the lovely photos. This is her second trip this year; her last visit was to advocate for the hearing impaired. (ONTD)

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I wont lie: I say a daily prayer (or seven) asking the music gods for new Justin Timberlake music. They must have heard my prayers (PRAISE) because we got to see Justin flex his musical muscles on his appearance last night on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon." It's not a new album or anything, but the result was almost equally as awesome.

As a follow-up to their incredible "The History Of Rap," Justin and Fallon (Jallon?) dropped their fiery sequel aptly titled, "The History Of Rap Part 2." Though it was clearly just an act, while being interviewed by Fallon, a seemingly coy Justin was reluctant to even think about attempting to top "Part 1": "No, no, no, stop. It's not gonna happen." said Justin. "We can't do it again, we can't top--" And then JT intentionally gazed over to Jimmy and reached behind him to grab a mic... Game on, folks.

Backed by The Roots, Justin and Jimmy voyaged down rap's memory lane (part 2): Salt-n-Pepa's "Push It," Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby," DMX's "Party Up," and (my personal favorite) Nelly's "Hot in Herre" all made an appearance. And in between a little Cali Swag District and 50 Cent, the duo seamlessly transitioned into Lil Wayne's "A Milli" just before closing out their set with Biz Markie's "Just A Friend."

I'm not sure why it takes a late-night show to get Justin Timberlake to hum a few bars, but I think we'd all like to extend a collective "THANKS!!" to Jimmy Fallon for facilitating even the tiniest hum from Justin's previously on-strike vocal chords.

+ Watch Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon get down on "The History Of Rap Part 2" below.

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March came in with a lion and out like a lamb. A wet, wet lamb. Srsly, what's with all the rain? At least we can keep dry inside while we count down this week's best things on the Internet.

1.) For so long I've rued the day Rebecca Black made that silly "Friday" video, but now I think I have to thank her. Because if "Friday" didn't exist, neither would Stephen Colbert's "Friday" cover, featuring Jimmy Fallon, Taylor Hicks, The Roots and the Knicks City Dancers! Iz very classy. (Gawker)

2.) Remember that time Britney Spears got a bowl of noodles dumped on her at the 2011 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards? She's a good sport. (Idolator)

3.) Jay-Z, who I guess is taking a page out of ol' Gwynnie Paltrow's GOOP playbook, has launched a really slick-looking website with all kinds of cool things from the worlds of fashion, music, food, sports and more. (Lifeandtimes.com)

4.) Eliot Glazer, who you know BUZZWORTHY, has a book based on his ingenious Tumblr, My Parents Were Awesome. You can buy it and give it to your parents for Mother's/Father's Day, and they will take it as a compliment and then wistfully reminisce about their so much awesome-er pre-you years. #shamelessselfpromo (Tumblr)

5.) Before there were MP3s and iTunes, there were proper albums. And before there were albums, there were books. Should you have any interest in one or the other, Flavorwire has paired a handful of essential reads with some equally essential tunes. Lady Gaga included. (Flavorwire)

6.) This week in Things That Look Like Justin Bieber: Sloths That Look Like Justin Bieber. They really do look like Justin Bieber, though. (Buzzfeed)

7.) LCD Soundsystem -- in a bid to keep their edge (heh), rather than fade away over time -- played their final farewell show at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. You can relive some of it here. (TheFader)

8.) One thing that I thought would never be said about a clarinet is, "I wish I could eat this clarinet." And yet, some guy decided to craft a functioning clarinet out of a delicious carrot. Bunnies just got a lot more musical. (Urlesque)

9.) David Bowie, who invented Lady Gaga before Lady Gaga was born, is releasing an iPhone app (!!!) that lets you remix his 1975 single "Golden Years." A bunch of KCRW DJs already have, and they can show you how it's done. (KCRW)

10.) Don't know if you heard, but: This whole social media thing, it's over. James Franco called it. So, like, time to hang it up, @MTV. (Politico)

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+ Today is the birthday of our favorite Barbie, Nicki Minaj! Wish her a happy one and be sure to check out the documentary charting her life and incredible career, "My Time Now." (RapFix)

+ In sadder news, today marks the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death. (USA Today)

+ Katy Perry will be changing her name! Katheryn Elizabeth Brand has a lovely ring to it, doesn't it? Almost regal! (MTV News)

+ The first single from Britney Spears' new album is rumored to be coming out in January. (Pink Is The New Blog)

+ R. Kelly joined The Roots on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," last night, performing "Ignition" and "Step In The Name Of Love." (Late Night With Jimmy Fallon)

+ Paramore's Hayley Williams recently visited the set of "Glee," though only as a fan, not as a guest star. (MTV News)

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+ Raise your glass to Pink! The "So What" singer has confirmed to Ellen DeGeneres that she and husband Carey Hart are expecting a child. (MTV News)

+ Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed last night with The Roots on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon." You must see this. (New York Times)

+ Drake has announced the title to his second album. The follow-up to Thank Me Later will reportedly be called Take Care. (That Grape Juice)

+ Akon has taken issue with Will.i.am's assertion that the posthumous release of Michael Jackson material is disrespectful to the King of Pop. (Rolling Stone)

+ Behold the style evolution of Avril Lavigne! (Idolator)

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It's time once again for my round-up of 10 things you need to know this week that will, I hope, will help soothe your Halloween candy-induced hangover.

1.) Urlesque shows us how Lady Gaga COULD be costing us 13.3 trillion dollars.

2.) It's election time, and while it's really important that you get out there and vote, it's actually more important that you watch my favorite quasi-patriotic video, Liam Lynch's "United States of Whatever."

3.) Katy Perry and Russell Brand received a bull, as in a boy cow, as a wedding gift. That's what you get for not registering at Bed Bath & Beyond like everyone else. (NY Daily News)

4.) Shy Ronnie, the gun-shy alter ego of Andy Samberg, returned with an epic Bonnie and Clyde-style SNL digital short with musical guest Rihanna this week. You should know about it. (Hulu)

5.) The tracklist for Pink Friday, Nicki Minaj's debut LP, hit the Internuts this weekend and includes collaborations with basically everyone ever: Eminem, Kanye West, Will.i.am, Rihanna and Drake. See the full thing here. (Rolling Stone)

6.) This baby Hasselhoff has chest hair...and, I'm guessing, hits the bottle too much, too. ZING! (Buzzfeed)

7.) I watched the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear from my couch this weekend, and it looked amazing BUT COLD! Good thing The Roots' Black Thought kicked off the festivities wearing a seriously AMAZING jacket. (MTV News)

8.) Snoop Dogg: rapper, actor, Sookie Stackhouse lover and now numerological vampire Muppet.

9.) This painting of a mosh pit looks so real you're not going to actually believe that it's a painting of a mosh pit. (Animal)

10.) Do you like Gorillaz? I do. Some people think they're cartoons, but they're not really cartoons, just people (such as Damon Albarn, once of Blur) who hide behind cartoons. Anyway, they did an amazing 45-minute concert--not as cartoons--for "The Late Show" and you can watch it here. (CBS)

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