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+ Following in the footsteps of his brother Nick, Joe Jonas is prepping his own Joe's solo bow (say that fast three times). His album is due out in 2011. (E!)

+ The long-awaited, much-anticipated Britney Spears episode of "Glee" has finally arrived. "Brittanny/Britney" airs tonight and here's a cheat sheet of everything you need to know. (MTV News)

+ If you can't wait for tonight's airing of "Glee," check out costar Heather Morris in these photos of the actress wearing some of Britney Spears' most famous outfits. (Idolator)

+ In some sad news, Lady Gaga's grandfather passed away last Friday. (TheFABlife)

+ Wyclef Jean has been admitted to a hospital after suffering from exhaustion. (I'm Not Obsessed!)

Tags Britney Spears, Glee, Heather Morris, Joe Jonas, Jonas Brothers, Lady Gaga, Nick Jonas, Wyclef Jean

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+ Selena Gomez's A Year Without Rain features a song written by Katy Perry called "Rock God," to which Perry also contributed backing vocals. (MTV News)

+ Lady Gaga has released a statement expressing her disappointment with the defeat of the repeal in the U.S. Senate. (Idolator)

+ Miley Cyrus uploaded a vlog to talk about her living situation and her alleged hit-and-run accident. (Just Jared Jr.)

+ Wyclef Jean is no longer running for president of Haiti. (PopEater)

+ Check out these amazing pics of Shakira performing at New York's Madison Square Garden. (NeonLimelight)

Tags Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Shakira, Wyclef Jean

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+ As you can see from the above pic, Lady Gaga did some meeting and greeting with fans during her Friday night slot at Lollapalooza. Arcade Fire, Green Day and Soundgarden also top-lined the three-day festival. (MTV News)

+ Katy Perry really wigged out in these Teenage Dream promo photos. (Idolator)

+ Christina Aguilera's manager insists that nobody is giving up on the singer's underperforming Bionic album. (ThatGrapeJuice)

+ Looks like Lea Michele will be singing "Baby One More Time," on the Britney Spears episode of "Glee." (JustJared)

+ Pras is not supporting Fugees bandmate Wyclef Jean's run for Haiti's presidency. (Prefix)

Tags Arcade Fire, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Fugees, Glee, Green Day, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Lea Michele, Pras, Soundgarden, Wyclef Jean

+ Katy Perry answered fan-submitted questions on YouTube and opened up about Britney Spears, Natalie Portman, her wedding nails and much, much more. (MTV News)

+ Check out more Katy Perry "Teenage Dream" promo pics here. (HuffingtonPost)

+ Rihanna is looking to make a splash in Hollywood, joining the cast of the upcoming action film "Battleship." (Movieline)

+ Selena Gomez got through an interview of "Lopez Tonight" without her voice, using hand signals and her iPad. (Idolator)

+ The guys from "Glee" will cohost the 2010 Teen Choice Awards with Katy Perry in August. (JustJared)

+ Might Wyclef Jean be the next president of Haiti? (PopEater)

Watch Wyclef's "If I Was President" video below.

Tags Britney Spears, Glee, Katy Pery, Natalie Portman, Rihanna, Selena Gomez, video, Wyclef Jean

+ Continuing where the Hope For Haiti Now benefit album and telethon left off, BET is picking up the torch and will be airing its own fund raising show tonight. SOS: Saving Ourselves: Help For Haiti will be broadcast, from Miami, this evening at  8pm ET. Performers and participants include Drake, Mary J. Blige, Keri Hilson, Ne-Yo, Wyclef and Trey Songz. The event will be hosted by Pharrell Williams, Diddy and Queen Latifah. (MTV News)

+ In a recently posted video, the leading promoter of whiskey as an oral hygiene product, Ke$ha, appears to be defacing the legendary Hollywood sign to spell out "Ke$hawood." Some folks think it's a viral hoax. Why? Because those "Hollywood" letters are 45 feet tall and Ke$ha is not The Hulk. (Gawker)

+ Robin Thicke and Nicki Minaj played the Late Show With David Letterman last night. Two things are great about this. 1) Letterman's intro, getting all hot under the collar after stumbling through Thicke's album title ("Sex Therapy...The Experience? You don't need to tell me!"). 2) NICKI MINAJ WAS ON LETTERMAN LAST NIGHT. (Rap-Up)

+ Yesterday we ran a Buzz Bite about Taylor Swift's label head defending his artist against some post-GRAMMY backlash that had turned up in, among other places, The New York Times. In doing so, said label head, Scott Borchetta of Big Machine, made a sideways comment about the prefab pop stars of American Idol. You know who did not care for that? Kelly Clarkson did not care for that. And she blogged about it. (Rolling Stone)

+ If you ask anyone, they'll tell you I always say, 'When you can't get Chris Brown, get David Archuleta.' Jordin Sparks feels the same way, obviously. Archuleta sang the Chris Brown part of "No Air" with Sparks at the third annual Jordin Experience in Miami. (Idolator)

+ Here are some pictures of Snoop Dogg hanging out with Darth Vader in Times Square. You're welcome. (Pink Is The New Blog)

Tags Chris Brown, David Archuleta, Diddy, Drake, Jordin Sparks, Ke$ha, Keri Hilson, Mary J. Blige, Ne-Yo, Nelly Furtado, Nicki Minaj, Pharrell Williams, Queen-Latifah, Robin Thicke, Taylor Swift, Trey Songz, Wyclef Jean

This past Friday night, MTV's Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief helped raise over $58 million dollars for the people of Haiti, and the star-studded event sent a new record for donations made by the general public during a disaster-relief telethon, and the "Hope for Haiti Now" album became the biggest one-day album pre-order in iTunes history.

The evening wasn't about promoting vanity projects, red carpet fashions, or Hollywood heartthrobs. It was about putting aside the fact that our country is in need and giving to those whose need is so great that ours pales in comparison.

And the Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief was about the power of music -- from Justin Timberlake's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" to Stevie Wonder's "Bridge Over Troubled Water," to Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z and Rihanna's brand-new song, "Stranded -- Haiti Mon Amour," and, of course, Wyclef Jean's "Rivers of Babylon"/"Yele" medley -- to unite and bring us hope.

Watch all of the Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief performances below. Plus, pre-order the Hope for Haiti Now full-performance album for just $7.99 on iTunes. And please, donate.

Alicia Keys, "Prelude To A Kiss"

Coldplay, "A Message"

Bruce Springsteen, "We Shall Overcome"

Shakira, "I'll Stand By You"

John Legend, "Motherless Child"

Taylor Swift, "Breathless"

Christina Aguilera, "Lift Me Up"

+ Watch more performances after the jump.

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Tags Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Christina Aguilera, Coldplay, Dave Matthews, Emeline Michel, Haiti, Hope For Haiti Now, Jay-Z, Jennifer-Hudson, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Keith Urban, Kid Rock, Madonna, Mary J. Blige, Matt Morris, Neil Young, Rihanna, Shakira, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Taylor Swift, The Edge, video, Wyclef Jean

Today Oprah Winfrey will be dedicating her show entirely to the issue of Haitian recovery and relief. Guests like Wyclef Jean and Maxwell are scheduled to appear to both perform and talk about the terrible tragedy that has taken place due to the earthquake and several aftershocks.

Also performing will be Rihanna. The Barbados native will perform Bob Marley's classic "Redemption Song." The song is already available in iTunes. All proceeds from the song's sales will benefit Haitian relief efforts.

The show airs today. Head to Oprah.com to learn more. And we obviously encourage you to head over to iTunes and download the track.

Head here to learn more about what you can do to help with earthquake-relief efforts in Haiti, and for more information, see Think MTV. Join George Clooney and Wyclef Jean for MTV's "Hope for Haiti" telethon, airing commercial-free Friday, January 22, at 8 p.m. ET.

Tags Bob Marley, Maxwell, Rihanna, Song You Need To Know, Wyclef Jean

Usually when we post a video of Shakira these days, it involves the Colombian singer in a state of choreographed writhing, be it in her "She Wolf" video, or her "Did It Again" video. So it's nice to see a video with just some writhing-free chatting going on, for once, because it's easier to concentrate, you see...

As part of Spankin' New Music Week, we sat down with Shakira for a very informative episode of "The 5,"  which finds her going into great depth on the themes surrounding her just-released album, She Wolf.

Shakira talks about the album as an examination of various modes of female identity. She also gives some insight into the special recipe she follows to blend together all the disparate forms of music that find their way on to the album (from Jamaican dancehall to electronic to the music of her native Colombia), as well as the special roster of artists she collaborated with, including Wyclef "Hips Don't Lie" Jean and Lil' Wayne.

+ Watch Shakira's brand-new Buzzworthy interview now.

Tags Lil Wayne, Shakira, Spankin' New Music Week, The 5, video, Wyclef Jean

There was a moment four summers ago in Bravo's reality series, Being Bobby Brown, that put a permanent stain on collective pop culture consciousness and, according to many, brought TV to a new all-time low.

It was the moment when Bobby Brown described using his thumb to "cure" Whitney Houston's constipation. "That turd was too big," he famously exclaimed.

Sometimes reality is just a little too real. If you need to take a moment to cry or quietly throw up, that's totally understandable.

This 1998 John Norris interview pales in comparison to the horrors seen in 2005, but it is valuable as foreshadowing. To promote the release of her fourth studio album, Whitney took an on-air phone call from "My Love Is Your Love" writer, Wyclef Jean. To communicate just how real the lyrics he wrote for Whitney were, Jean divulged some very personal information. Whitney was quick to back him up. I'd go into more detail, but I've already done enough damage for one post.

Why don't you just go ahead and watch?

Tags Bobby Brown, vintage-video, Whitney Houston, Wyclef Jean

We get plenty goofy on here on Buzzworthy and at MTV, but there are times when we step back to acknowledge something heavy and now is one of those times. Today is World AIDS Day, when governments, organizations and individuals around the globe concentrate efforts to raising awareness of the global AIDS pandemic.

According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, more than 25 million have died of AIDS since 1981 and more than 33 million more are living with HIV, the retrovirus that can lead to AIDS. An epidemic of this proportion simply cannot ignored.

MTV's think community deals in the serious issues of sexually transmitted diseases every day, and today you'll find discussion about getting tested, protection, living with AIDS and much more important information that could save your life, change your mind and get you involved. Now that you're thinking about it, take a look. It's worth more than a little bit of your time.

Here on Buzzworthy, we generally deal with music. And today is no different, as we're going to let the music, make that the musicians (and one esteemed educator), do the talking. Check out videos made for think's "It's Your Sex Life" campaign, featuring Boys Like Girls, the Bravery, Wyclef Jean and Dr. Cornel West after the jump. Read more...

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