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Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius was granted bail on Friday, having been charged with premeditated murder for the death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. 

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The rumors have circulated, but now it is official. This summer, Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake will embark on a stadium tour across the United States.

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Los Angles Lakers owner Jerry Buss passed away from cancer earlier in the week, and today he was memorialized during a ceremony in the City of Angels. Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, Shaquel O’Neal, and many more packed the Nokia Theatre to tribute Buss.

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Las Vegas is pretty much always a good backdrop for a music video, which may be why Wale chose the location for his latest music video. In the visual for “Street Runner,” off his Folarin mixtape, the DMV spokesman kicks back in the city of sin.

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Expect the NBA to make sure J.R. Smith put his Twitter game on chill sooner than later. A direct message exchange the New York Knicks shooting guard had with a potential paramour jump off leaked and from the looks of it he clearly wastes no time when trying to bed a fan. 

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Herman Cain is no stranger to making comments that rile up his opposing side, in fact he’s become quite masterful at it. Today’s installment finds the one-time presidential hopeful calling those who voted for President Obama ignorant.

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Struggle actress Lindsay Lohan has taken yet another L in court. The lawsuit she brought against Cuban-American rapper Pitbull for the alleged illegal use of her name in a song has been dismissed. 

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A shootout in Las Vegas ended with three casualties early Thursday (Feb. 21). The incident took place at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road, when a person in a black Range Rover opened fire on a Maserati causing it to crash into a taxi that caught fire. Three people were killed and […]

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It seemed like it took a little longer than normal, but Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa are now proud parents to a bouncing baby boy. 

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Chris Brown may want to skip watching NBC on February 27. That’s when an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit airs that from a look at its trailer is clearly inspired by the R&B crooner’s infamous assault on Rihanna in Los Angeles back in 2009 .

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Billboard has teamed with consumer information company Nielsen and will now factor YouTube video plays when ranking songs on the “Hot 100” singles chart. Baauer’s smash hit, “Harlem Shake,” has already benefited, landing at No. 1 on the aforementioned chart.

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For the fifth time in his career, Justin Timberlake will be front and center at 30 Rockefeller Center as he’s been tapped to host and perform on NBC’s Saturday Night Live.