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1.) If catching a glimpse of Madonna's glitzy Super Bowl performance on TV wasn't enough, pick a date to see Queen Madge live during her world tour! (Pop On And On)

2.) One of Lady Gaga's infamous personas returns (how many are we up to now?) -- Jo Calderone is back in the spotlight in a the newest installment of her "Haus of U" fashion video series. (Pop Dust)

3.) It's been seven years since you could "Get Ur Freak On" to new Missy Elliot music, but the rapper is making a comeback with her Timbaland-produced album, Block Party, due out in June. (Spin)

+ Check out the rest of this week's 10 Things To Know Now after the jump!

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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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ZOMG! This is the best news we've heard in a hot sec! First she goes all emotional and poignant on us with her chill-inducing song "Skyscraper" and now, Demi Lovato collabos on a hot new club banger with Missy Elliott and Timbaland? We thought we couldn't love her any more!

Slated to appear as the first track on her forthcoming Unbroken album, "All Night Long" features thumping club beats by Timbaland and blazing rhymes by Missy Elliott. Oh, and Demi's singing on the record too (obvs) and she sounds AHHHH-mazing! Showing off a side to her vocals that we haven't yet seen, Demi goes 100-percent pop on this record and at some points, her voice is even unrecognizable. She sounds all mature all bad-ass as she sings: "Don't make plans, come home with me, we'll stay up all night long/I want you in, I want you bad/Lets keep the party going all night long" ...but that's just to watch some Dawson's Creek re-runs, riiiight?

Next comes Missy, and you and I both know that Ms. Elliott doesn't just make a cameo on any old record. In fact, her appearances these days are so few and far between that we should probably write like, a thank you note to Demi for providing us with some new Missy tuneage. Even Timbaland is revved about his new collaboration, tweeting, "ms @ddlovato + @missyelliott + urs truly @timbaland = #allnightlong. ur gonna want to click that link while it lasts!" Trust us guys, he is VERY RIGHT.

+ Listen to Demi Lovato featuring Missy Elliott and Timbaland, "All Night Long," and watch Demi discuss "All Night Long."

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+ As we mentioned, Demi Lovato has some cool collabs on her Unbroken album, including Missy Elliott and Timbaland. "I was so stoked when I went into the studio. I was working with Timbaland, and Missy was there ... she heard one of the songs and she asked if she could rap on it," says Demi in this interview. (MTV News)

+ Nicki Minaj gave a sneak peek on her website of her October issue Glamour magazine spread. As always, looking fierce! (ONTD)

+ In case you missed it last night, peep the TV premiere of Nicki Minaj, Flo Rida and David Guetta performing "Where Them Girls At" on "America's Got Talent." (Neon Limelight)

+ Taylor Swift gets the comic book treatment in a graphic novel coming out in a couple weeks. A preview of some of the artwork is here. (Celebuzz)

+ T.I. was released from prison and entered a halfway house yesterday after serving 10 months. VH1 will document his return, with behind-the-scenes looks into his personal life and his return to the recording studio. (Rap-Up)

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+ Trace Cyrus, formerly of the band Metro Station, and Disney Channel star Brenda Song are reportedly expecting their first child together! We think "Aunt Miley Cyrus" has a nice ring to it, don't you? (E Online)

+ Demi Lovato unveiled the track listing from her forthcoming Unbroken album, which drops next month. Guests include Timbaland, Missy Elliott, and Jason DeRulo. (Neon Limelight)

+ Selena Gomez looks sweet and now fans can help make her first fragrance sweeter. This autumn, fans can vote on ingredients; the most popular will be added to the final scent. There's also an opportunity to win a tour of the fragrance lab conducted by Sel herself. (Just Jared Jr.)

+ True or false? All day yesterday it was like, are they together, or did they split? "We are still together, and our marriage is intact," Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith said in a joint statement. (MTV News)

+ Where does Curren$y find the time? He dropped another mixtape yesterday, this on the heels of his recent album release, Weekend at Burnie's. The new mixtape's called "Verde Terrace" and you can get it here. (Pitchfork)

+ Amy Winehouse's family revealed that the toxicology report indicated the singer did not have illegal substances in her system when she died last month. (Rolling Stone)

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I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I thought the promo strategy for Timbaland's new song featuring David Guetta and Pitbull was a bit, well, weird. Called "Pass At Me," the song is a blazing club banger so I assumed that an appropriate promotional strategy might include bikini-clad babes driving around L.A. in a drop top. Or maybe an energy drink offering a free download. Welp, I was wrong.

Instead, listeners get to hear Timbaland's new record via a video trailer... for a book... about rear ends. Yes, "Pass On Me" serves as the soundtrack to a video preview for a book about butts. IDK.

Let us break this down for you: Featuring images shot by photographer Raphael Mazzucco and a forward by Interscope exec Jimmy Iovine, the book "Culo By Mazzucco" preaches that the culo ("bottom" in Italian) is the nerve center of all female sexuality, lust and desire. To really drive this point home, the extremely NSFW trailer features Timbaland's rather sexual "Pass At Me" and about a million naked culos dancing to the song.

Honestly, I'm not quite sure what this book or the culo has to do with "Pass At Me." Butt we're pretty sure Timbaland, Pitbull and David Guetta have no problem lending their talents to such a great cause.

+ Listen to Timbaland featuring Pitbull and David Guetta, "Pass At Me" (video NSFW).

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When we heard Demi Lovato and producer/genius/guy we want to be friends with Timbaland might be making sweet, sweet music together, we were a little like, "Ehh, I'll believe it when I see it." Enter Exhibit A: Seeing it. Unless that's like, a really expensive cardboard cutout, we're pretty sure those are the real Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley and Demetria "Demi" Lovato.

Yesterday Timbaland tweeted, "me and demi @demilovato workin on a hit baby!" and posted the picture above. And, like any normal prolific and award-winning hip-hop producer might, Tim made sure the photo was taken in front of said awards. Shoot, I still have my bowling trophies from second grade, y'all. "Celebrate your accomplishments" is what my dad and a Dove Promises wrapper told me.

Anywho, let's pump out that song at warp speed, guys -- I'm starting to scratch my "Skyscraper" record! OK, it's an electronic file, that's not possible, but I really need to hear this collabo.

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+ Justin Bieber done got himself another tattoo, y'all, but this time he took his dad along for the ride. The Bieber fam got matching Hebrew letters on their rib cages. Take a look at the pics to see if you can figure out what they say. (BuzzFeed)

+ If you didn't get enough of Paramore in their latest video, "Monster," check out the newly released behind-the-scenes footage from the shoot. The band got tons of bruises during the making of this video. That's called "passion," guys! (Idolator)

+ Congratulations to Lauryn Hill! The singer welcomed her sixth child, a baby boy, into the world over the weekend. No word on the name yet, but I'm guessing it's probably not "Mike." (Rap-Up)

+ Go behind the scenes with a dapper Patrick Stump on the set of his "This City" video, a forthcoming single from his much-anticipated upcoming album Soul Punk, due out Oct. 18. Spoiler alert: There is no city in the "This City" video. (MTV News)

+ Demi Lovato is heading to the studio with Timbaland! The prolific producer said earlier this year, "You are amazing, girl. I'm like…not an easy person to please, and I'm very impressed." Um, how do we get Timbaland on our side? #coolestfriendever (Neon Limelight)

+ If you haven't read Russell Brand's tribute to Amy Winehouse, do yourself a favor and do so. Sometimes comedians can be very poignant. (BuzzFeed)

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In duets news, we were pleasantly surprised to hear Britney Spears lend her voice to a remix of Rihanna's of "S&M." But our day got a lot weirder when we heard about the collaboration between Chris Brown and Joe Jonas.

Chris Brown and Joe Jonas' in-studio bro hang was brought to light by a photo tweeted by Hit-Boy, one half of the production duo Surf Club, a production outfit signed by Polow Da Don to produce songs for a host of A-listers like Lil Wayne, Eminem and Mary J. Blige. Hit-Boy produced Joe and Chris' collabo, which may appear on Joe's upcoming album, described by the middle Jonas Brother as "electro indie pop rock" (watch your back, Owl City).

Granted, Chris Brown has worked with everyone from Timbaland to Justin Bieber, so it's probably no surprise that he's collaborating with another artist. Of course, some Jonas Brothers fans might be thrown off by Joe Jonas' move to work with someone who's been the subject of controversy recently. We'll be honest -- that was our reaction, especially considering the biggest controversy any Jonas Brother's ever caused was... well... actually the Jonas Brothers never cause or court any controversy. And that's kind of our point. Joe Jonas = squeaky clean, no police record. Chris Brown? Not so much. (The irony of the name "hit boy" is also not lost on us.)

+ What do you think about Joe Jonas and Chris Brown working together? Let us know in the comments.

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Michelle Branch has a new video out! Yay! But it's essentially a car commercial. Ehh? It's OK though. Because we've missed Michelle Branch! We've been belting "Everywhere" since, well, since it came out nine years ago. Because it was just THAT good, and it still is. We know she's done stuff since then, like Hotel Paper, and those spots on "Buffy" and "One Tree Hill," and that shift to country with The Wreckers. And she got married and had a baby. But we missed like the original Michelle Branch, you know?

So, sure, "Getaway," is essentially a music-backed vehicle for the new MINI Countryman car that's coming out in 2011. And since "Getaway" is produced by Timbaland, it's got all of his signature "blicka-blickas," though they're more subdued than usual. And true, the video is pretty adult-contemporary (which is why it feels a leeeeettle bit John Mayer-y). And of course, Timbaland makes his patented pretend-freaked-out faces, which he always does in every video. But, like Lisa Loeb, slicked-up videos were never really Michelle Branch's thing. We're just glad to see her behind a guitar again.

+ Watch Michelle Branch's "Getaway" video, featuring Timbaland.

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