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Joseph Arthur ’s talents as a singer-songwriter have sometimes gone under the radar. While he’s long been cited as a favorite of musicians you probabl...
"I will have Ralph Lauren call me the Kushed God!" Smoke DZA promises as he exhales a gigantic gust of weed smog and laughs. The Harlem mainstay's f...
What if you could go back in time, and prevent the Titanic from sinking? You probably would, right? Well, in David Kowalski's debut novel The Company...
We're less than two weeks into 2012, but it's already clear the next 12 months will bring cultural carnage: Marketers will call the shots, villains wi...
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On "SNL" the other night, cast member Jay Pharoah complained that there aren't enough Thanksgiving-appropriate hip-hop tracks. We beg to differ. For...
One brand that we've been keeping our eyes on is Urban Decay . Half of the company's line is vegan-friendly, which means there are no animal byproduc...
In our continuing efforts to take you — the loyal music lover — deeper into the minds of today's artists, MTV News presents "Frame By Frame." Each w...
As the reigning smog capital of the world, L.A's pretty much the last place you'd wanna go to bone up on your astronomy. 'Course, if it's stargazing y...
Between her acting career and a pretty serious interest in poker, I don't know where "American Pie" star Shannon Elizabeth finds the time for anothe...
Are you getting tired of all the music headlines going to new Brooklyn bands? I bet you the players in Los Angeles' thriving scene are way over it. Wh...
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