Super-producer’s new album features guest spots from everyone from Katy Perry to Miley Cyrus to Daughtry.
By Shaheem Reid

Timbaland

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Timbaland is back for another round of mayhem with his new album, Shock Value II.

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Concert documentary will feature an hour of extra footage on DVD, even more on Blu-Ray.
By Gil Kaufman

Michael Jackson’s This Is It

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First, Michael Jackson fans couldn’t wait for the “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” documentary to begin its limited run in theaters around the globe. Then, even before it hit thousands of screens, they began clamoring for a DVD release date of the final artistic statement from the self-proclaimed King of Pop.

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Rapper and actor show up on American Music Awards red carpet together to talk about the film.
By Larry Carroll

Val Kilmer and 50 Cent walk the red carpet at the American Music Awards

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LOS ANGELES — 50 Cent is a busy man — he just released a new album, Before I Self Destruct, and film of the same name, and he’s working on several other movies in various stages of development. He’s also an unpredictable man — as evidenced by his double-take-inducing appearance at last week’s “New Moon” premiere. So, it makes sense that the rapper/actor/mogul would show up at the American Music Awards with Val Kilmer as his “date,” eager to tell everyone that he’s even busier and more unpredictable than they think.

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‘I’ve never gotten along with someone so well,’ she tells Seventeen of ‘The Last Song’ star.
By Jocelyn Vena

Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth in “The Last Song”

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Miley Cyrus isn’t exactly denying rumors that she’s dating Liam Hemsworth, her Australian co-star in “The Last Song” (and the guy who may or may not have encouraged her to quit Twitter), but the soon-to-be 17-year-old singer/actress says that they’re definitely BFFs.

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Elder statesmen perform their ‘New Moon’ soundtrack song at the show, which airs December 4 at 10 p.m. on MTV, MTV2 and mtvU.
By Kyle Anderson

Death Cab for Cutie at the 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards

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NEW YORK — The Woodie Awards, mtvU’s annual celebration of college music and independent spirit, are often thought of as the raucous kid brother to the Video Music Awards. They feature artists on the fringes of various music scenes and bands who are only a radio hit or buzzworthy live show away from breaking into the big time. This year’s show was no different, featuring envelope-pushing weirdos like Matt and Kim and Passion Pit.

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Chris Walla says the album’s ‘timeline is sort of getting pushed into the future’ because of ‘New Moon’ hoopla.
By James Montgomery

Death Cab for Cutie’s Chris Walla

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Death Cab for Cutie already have some experience with the whole “original song for a movie” thing (by now you are surely aware that their “Meet Me on the Equinox” served as the lead single from the “New Moon” soundtrack), but by the sound of things, it seems like they’re about ready for a career change.

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‘I don’t want anything to do with it,’ pop star says of vampire series.
By Nuzhat Naoreen

Miley Cyrus

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With the release of “New Moon” just a few days away, “Twilight” mania seems to be taking over Hollywood. But at least one starlet wants nothing to do with the vampire craze. In a backstage interview at a show in Cleveland, Miley Cyrus told radio station Q92 that she’s neither Team Edward nor Team Jacob — in fact, she’s not even on team “Twilight.” The singer said that not only has she never watched the vampire flick, but she doesn’t plan to.

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Comic moment occurs during screening when 50 cries during film.
By Shaheem Reid

50 Cent

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NEW YORK — Thursday night was just a regular evening at the movies … well, if you’re used to seeing 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo at the theater! Fif held a screening of his the movie shares a title with 50’s new LP and they will be released together on November 16.

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Creed mount strong comeback, as Taylor Swift’s reissued Fearless brazenly grabs #3.
By Gil Kaufman

Michael Jackson’s This Is It

Photo: Epic

In death, as he was in life, Michael Jackson is still proving to be the King of Pop. In the same week that the documentary “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” was the #1 movie in the land, the accompanying soundtrack will take the honors on the Billboard 200 albums chart. According to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan, the “This Is It” soundtrack will assume the top spot with sales of 373,000, easily besting the week’s other big debut, a #2 bow by reunited rockers Creed, whose Full Circle moved 110,000 units.

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‘Kanye West just called — he thinks Beyonc