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Fame thespian will be initial vital chairman to pass 10 million symbol on the social-networking site.
By Gil Kaufman

Lady Gaga

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President Obama, Starbucks, “House, ” “Twilight” and “South Park.” What do all of these things have in usual ? As of Friday, they all had fewer Facebook fans than Lady Gaga.

According to the British social-network census data site FameCount.com, Gaga is on the verge of apropos the initial vital chairman to hurl up 10 million Facebook fans . As of press time on Friday( Jul 2), she surpassed the customarily alternative vital chairman on the list who had exceeded her tally: President Obama . Gaga’s fan equate reached 9, 940, 462 to the personality of the free world’s 9, 444, 942 . She additionally continues to pat Obama in Twitter supporters( 4, 762, 938 to 4, 422, 923) and YouTube subscribers( 311, 716 to 191, 562) .

The thespian, who never misses a possibility to scream out her wild fanbase of “little monsters, ” is additionally miles forward of alternative vital celebs on the list when it comes to Facebook supporters, together with Britney Spears( 3.1 million), Ashton Kutcher( 3.6 million), Taylor Swift( 5.8 million), Selena Gomez( 5.2 million) and even Justin Bieber( 5.9 million) . But she still can’t reason a candle to the King of Pop . Among low-pitched acts, customarily the late Michael Jackson’s Facebook fans list is some-more large than Gaga’s.

As of press time, the customarily alternative Facebook pages to tip Gaga’s were for Texas Reason ‘Em Poker( twenty million), Jackson( 14.1 million), the online diversion “Mafia Wars”( 12.7 million), “Family Guy”( 10.1 million) and Facebook itself( 10.7 million) . Alternative entities that have been surprisingly serve down on the friends equate list than Gaga?: “Twilight”( 7.1 million), “South Park”( 6.5 million), Coke( 6.1 million), Lil Wayne( 5.9 million) and, yes, Skittles sweets( 5.5 million) .

Gaga’s torrent this week on Facebook competence have something to do with her cover story in the ultimate emanate of Rolling Stone repository, in that she provides the many appealing look nonetheless in to her closely rhythmical in isolation hold up . In further to the bombshell talk with former Afghan fight General Stanley McChrystal, the Gaga underline has helped to propel the magazine’s newsstand sales to twice what it customarily does.

Are you a Facebook fan of Gaga’s ? What do you think of her flitting President Obama in sum friends ? Tell us in the comments!

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‘They substantially weren’t as well happy given they had to skirt similar to us, ‘ Adam Levine says of video’s stuntmen.
By James Montgomery

Maroon 5’s “Misery” video

Photo: A&M/ Octone

In Maroon 5’s “Misery” video, the bandmates have been stabbed, shot, smacked around, set fervent, blown up, tossed off buildings and run over by cars .. . between alternative calamities . Needless to contend, there were stuntmen involved.

“I did a lot of things, a lot of things is me!” frontman Adam Levine insisted . “But many of it wasn’t unequivocally dangerous . Although, by the finish of the day, even not being strike by things is such a earthy thing which I was unequivocally kind of kick up .. . I was similar to, ‘Man, even meditative I got my donkey kicked feels similar to removing my donkey kicked.’ ”

Yes, the video — destined by Joseph Kahn, whose credits embody clips for the 50s, Britneys and Ems of the universe — positively packs a belt, full of sex and assault, nifty special goods, gunplay, blade fights and even a careless space station launcher . So of march, ever given it debuted Thursday on MTV.com, we’ve been examination it nonstop.

Lucky for us, the guys from Maroon 5 only happened to pitch by the MTV Newsroom the same day the shave premiered, and they were good sufficient to give us the inside dip on the video — Violent girlfriends! Censorship! Burly stuntmen in tight-fitting jeans! — for a shred we similar to to call Frame by Frame.

“I’ll discuss it you a small tip .. . the stuntmen were so good, but they substantially weren’t as well happy given they had to skirt similar to us[ for the video], which was waggish, given we aren’t the many manly dressers, ” Levine laughed . “This city slicker who was[ keyboardist] Jesse[ Carmichael] ’s attempt stand in was, similar to, unequivocally clean, and he has Jesse’s small low-top Converse and spare jeans on . The boots were, similar to, descending off his large ankles.”

Yeah, there was a total lot of which going on . In actuality, the complete Frame by Frame is flattering extraordinary to watch, given if you think the things which done it in to the “Misery” video was vast, you should’ve seen what happened behind the scenes. Or improved nonetheless, have the M5 gents discuss it you all about it . Trust us, it’s value it.

What do you think of M5’s brand new video ? Let us know in the comments!

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Stephen Hill says late Gang Starr MC will be respected during BET Hip-Hop Awards in the fall.
By Mawuse Ziegbe

Guru

Photo: Gregg Delman

The 2010 BET Awardshad multiform noted moments, together with a diva-packed reverence to lifetime-achievement honoree Prince, a profound Alicia Keys rocking out harder than ever and comebacks from Kanye West, Chris Brown and El DeBarge.

However, viewers have been abuzz given Sunday’s live promote about a impulse which was noticeably absent from the show: a reverence honoring late lyricist Guru . A BET higher-up, however, has insisted which the miss of approval for the Gang Starr MC, who succumbed to cancer progressing this year, was not an slip but rsther than the product of a technical snafu.

“It was zero some-more than a technical glitch, ” pronounced BET Executive Vice President of Entertainment and Music Programming Stephen Hill, who was concerned in entertainment the show, according to AllHipHop.com.

Hill pronounced the show had dictated to respect alternative late stars but ran in to issues with the reverence video . “It was the same reason you didn’t see anything about Naomi Sims, a black indication who upheld, and Marvin Isley of the Isley Brothers . So Guru, Naomi Sims and Marvin Isley were all scored equally to this one[ video] package which didn’t glow off the approach it was ostensible to . What was ostensible to occur is you see this package and Naomi and Guru and Marvin finish up on Gary Coleman . For a small reason, we couldn’t get it to glow, and it kept Gary Coleman up there[ as] a freeze[ support], ” pronounced Hill, referring to a impulse in the show when an picture of the late actress was displayed on a monitor.

“That’s since it looks a small ungainly when Todd[ Bridges] proposed, since he was ostensible to have a bit of a ramp-up, ” Hill explained, referencing Bridges’ debate about his former “Diff’rent Strokes” co-star . “So Todd did his thing, and we one after another on with[ the] Lena[ Horne] and Teddy Pendergrass[ dedications] .”

Hill positive fans which Guru would be scrupulously respected at the BET Hip-Hop Awards, which typically air in the tumble . “You can most appropriate hold there will be something poignant for Guru during the Hip-Hop Awards . We satisfied there was zero we could do[ during the BET Awards], ” Hill lamented . “We had to keep it relocating after which technical glitch . Guru, Naomi Sims and Marvin Isley were all victims of which technical glitch, all intensely successful in opposite ways.”

Did you notice Guru’s repudiation from the BET Awards montage ? Let us know in the comments.

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‘I had a digression rebuilt, but time was short, ‘ actress joked about the ‘Potter’ epilogue.
By Kara Warner

Tom Felton

Photo: MTV News

While the new trailers and TV spots for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1″ have proven to be sufficient teasers for Potterheads — showcasing a darker, some-more critical movie and some-more nerve-racking movement sequences — fans can’t appear to get sufficient headlines about the series’ much-discussed/hyped final scene: the epilogue.

When MTV Headlines held up with distinguished knave and MTV Movie Award leader Tom Felton, we asked him if in his big final stage, which is set nineteen years in the “Potter” destiny, Draco Malfoy closes the array with any unconditional dialogue.

“I had a digression rebuilt, but time was short, ” he joked . “No, it was all in the participation and the look.”

So Draco Malfoy’s farewell is all in his ominous participation ? “This is the thought, that’s what they told me, ” he pronounced . “Hopefully which reads . It was a lot of fun.”

Adding to the addition fun is the actuality which Felton’s real-life partner, “Potter” attempt partner Jade Olivia, plays his mother in which final shot.

“She was at initial demure, but I pulled her arm and disfigured it, ” Felton told MTV at final month’s Movie Awards of credible Olivia to step in and fool around Astoria Malfoy . “She was filming with me for 3 days at King’s Cross[ railway hire in the U.K .] . We were really excited.

“It gave me a possibility to see what she’s going to demeanour similar to in nineteen years, ” Felton combined . “And if that’s what she looks similar to, I’m you do flattering well for myself, ” he laughed . “But I demeanour distressing, ” he pronounced of his own elderly physiognomy . “The years have not been kind to me in the smallest . But what can I do ? I’ve gotta only hurl with it.”

Check out all we’ve got on “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.”

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‘Beans, he sounds inspired, similar to he ain’t have his hair braided in 6 years, ‘ he tells Mixtape Daily of R.E.D . Album track.

Game

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For the many partial, you will never get an MC to confess which he did a strain with an additional spitter, and which spitter’s rhymes were so inhuman he had to go behind to the sketch house to coop an additional hymn . But Game doesn’t caring . His extraction as a lyricist is well-documented, so when he spoke to <Mixtape Daily about a posse cut on his Aug twenty-four LP The R.E.D . Album, he had no complaint giving vital props to one of his co-stars.

“Me, Rick Ross and Beanie Sigel on a lane called ‘Heavy Artillery, ‘ ” Compton’s musical barbarous suggested . “I’m really a fan of Beans . I did my hymn initial, sent it to them . Ross came behind, and I was still gentle with my hymn . Beans came behind — rewrite![ I had to] rewrite[ my hymn] . Sent[ the lane] behind to Ross . Ross listened Beans: rewrite . Now we got what we need . Now everyone is on the same personification margin . Beans, he sounds similar to he’s inspired, similar to he ain’t have his hair braided in 6 years and he ain’t ate in 10.”

Last week, Game invited an additional of his peers — an additional MC well known to be challenging in the counter — to crop up on his LP . None alternative than Drake turns up on a Cool & Dre-produced jot down called “Good Girl, Bad Girl.” Queen Latifah additionally forsaken by the lab to show love . Game additionally gives the 23-year-old Canadian an epitome elsewhere on the album.

“‘While you mutha—-as watchful on Toronto/ I’m in the metal cover with Poncho/ Stackin’ Rajon Rondo, ” Game pronounced, reciting a line from a yet-untitled strain off R.E.D.

Game insisted it wasn’t a poke at Drake( “Ain’t no disses on the album”), but additionally pronounced it’s not his error if people take it as one.

“You could[ appreciate any approach] . But it’s your song . You buy it, ” he rationalized . “You take what you wish from it . I can’t be there to permit and discuss it everyone, ‘You shouldn’t take it which way.’ You take it how you wish to.”

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‘Be common, but get concerned as well, ‘ Allen tells the season-nine winner.
By Jocelyn Vena, with stating by Jim Cantiello

Kris Allen

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Once Lee DeWyze took home the “American Idol” climax this past deteriorate, Kris Allen was no longer the reigning woman monarch of the “Idol” dominion — and he’s utterly excellent with that.

“It unequivocally hasn’t crossed my mind at all[ about what sorts of pressures I'm feeling right away] . Maybe this is some-more of a product of being on my own debate and all which things which I feel similar to it’s a small bit apart right away from ‘American Idol, ‘ which is a great thing, ” he told MTV Headlines during a new chat.

But do not think Allen doesn’t have thankfulness for the show which done him a domicile name . “Obviously, I owe a lot to the show, but the people who have done it successfully off the show have to apart themselves, ” he explained . “So I think that’s function, and that’s a great thing, and right away Lee has taken the reins.”

Allen has been out of the “Idol” double back for utterly a little time right away, but he really vividly remembers the months after winning the show . And he has a little virtuoso recommendation for the newbie.

“I feel similar to I schooled so most during which recording routine, but nonetheless I still didn’t know a lot, ” he removed . “I would only contend, ask a lot of questions, generally of those producers and all of those people which you work with . Only ask a lot of questions and figure out things, since I feel similar to I would only lay there and be similar to, ‘OK, you’re awesome.’ You know ? Be common, but get concerned too.”

Do you determine with Kris’ recommendation for Lee ? Tell us in the comments!

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Fans confirm the ‘Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2010′ — opinion now! The leader will be suggested on Jul 25.
By Steven Roberts

Donnis

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“Hottest Breakthrough MCs of 2010″ Candidate: Donnis

Donnis sticks out similar to a bruise ride when you review him to others in the Atlanta swat stage . In actuality, with outlandish, oversize personalities similar to Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka Flame and Immature Jeezy, he substantially has a difficult time removing beheld . But the immature ATLien is paving his own lane.

When Donnis expelled his initial mixtape, Diary of an ATL Brave, final year, some-more and some-more fans took notice . The mixtape’s “everyman rap” helped him land a mark in XXL’s 2010 Freshmen 10 issue.

Donnis not long ago expelled his ultimate mixtape, Fashionably Late, that he pronounced was a total opposite knowledge . When MTV News held up with Donnis at the print fire for T.I.’s wardrobe line, Akoo, he pronounced he was a lot some-more gentle this time around.

“The final one[ Diary of an ATL Brave], I was at my mom’s sneak around, perplexing to get it in, sleeping on the building in Brooklyn, and I ain’t, similar to, super great right away, but it’s a lot some-more gentle, ” Donnis explained.

“I think[ there's] a lot some-more certainty when you get co-signs from people similar to[ Jason Jeter] and Tip and Needles and Killer Mike pursuit your phone . It’s a small of your idols, ” he combined . “When they revelation you great pursuit, and XXL giving you an XL on your initial time out, it gives you a small confidence.”

Despite the high regard and confirmation, Donnis pronounced he’s still inspired . He additionally pronounced he’s formulation to work with a small of his associate up-and-coming MCs . He’s great friends with Pill and Freddie Gibbs, and they devise to combine . He’s had discussions with Jay Rock and even Wiz Khalifa about you do a remix of his strain “Gone.”

Donnis and nineteen alternative up-and-coming MCs have been in the using to turn MTV News’ “Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2010″ — and the leader will be motionless by you!

Cast your opinion for the “Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2010″ right here . The tip five will be suggested commencement Jul nineteen, and the leader will be voiced on the “Sucker Free Summit” Jul 25!

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