With the release of Lady GaGa‘s ‘ARTPOP’ album fast approaching, the Pop titan cranks her promo machine into overdrive – today previewing new cut ‘G.U.Y’.

The short, yet telling clip arrives one week before the project’s official second single ‘Venus’ receives its radio/iTunes premiere.

So, really though, what are you waiting for? Your first taste of ‘G.U.Y’ is served up after the jump…

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In the August of this year, ‘Use Your Heart’ producer Pharrell Williams launched the ‘I Am Other’ YouTube channel as part of the company’s $100 million original channel venture.

Upon learning of the channel, rival producer Will.i.am issued a cease and desist letter to the ‘Blurred Lines‘ maestro, ordering him to stop using the ‘I Am Other’ name, claiming that he owned the rights to the ‘I Am’ title.

It was then, after exposing the letter Will had initially denied issuing him, that Williams stepped into the legal ring with the hit maker, engaging in a legal spar that’s taken a very ‘catty’ turn this week.

How?

Full story below…

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Toni Braxton and Babyface blend their A-star talents together for upcoming album ‘Love, Marriage & Divorce’.

Preceded by Urban radio hit ‘Hurt You’, the album -which is billed as a musical drama-saw its accompanying cover unwrapped earlier today.

Due on November 25th, the project marks the first time the pair have sung on a record together in over 20 years, and 13 since they collaborated in any capacity (on Braxton’s 2000 LP ‘The Heat’). Prior to the then, the duo cooked up chart landmarks such as ‘Breathe Again’ and ‘You’re Making Me High’.

Speaking to ESSENCE, Toni said of their new album:

“I think because Babyface and I have both gone through divorces, we can relate and we can collaborate together on this topic and make it so others who have gone through this situation can relate”.

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Having heard a sizeable amount of the album, we’re oh so amped for the full course. Fans of the pair will be elated to note that the project isn’t the standard run-of-the-mill duet LP. It’s a qualitative, sonically rich, and a stellar addition to their respective catalogues. Very grown and sexy. We can’t get enough of a track titled ‘Steam’. Remember where you read that first!

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Eight years after watching his ‘Unpredictable’ second album shift 597,000 units in its first week of release, Jamie Foxx  dishes on the secret to his success in his spread with American’s Media‘s ‘Men’s Fitness’.

Rocking its pages with tips on muscle building, the ‘Slow Jamz’ performer dominates the mag one year before he hits the big screen as the villain Electro, in forthcoming flick ‘The Amazing Spiderman 2′!

More from the triple threat below…

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Oxygen may have hit a homerun on the commercial front with their new controversial docu-series “Preachers of L.A.”, but critically, the show has viewers very much on the fence.

Based on the lives of six L.A. based megachurch pastors – Bishop Noel Jones, Bishop Clarence McClendon, Pastor Wayne Chaney, Bishop Ron Gibson, Pastor Jay Haizlip and Pastor/Gospel singer Deitrick Haddon – the show raked in a whopping 1.1 million viewers for its October 9th premiere.  The feat did come, however, at the feet of some heavy criticism from industry tastemakers down to everyday viewers aboard social media networks like Twitter and Facebook.

Slamming the extravant pastors for displays of wealth (houses, cars, jewelry, etc.), the latest disapproval comes from fellow megapastor T.D. Jakes who, despite being the “best friend” of Bishop Noel Jones, distanced himself from the show and even labelled it “junk”.

T.D Jakes via Report:

“Now, I know you been watching that junk on TV.  I want to tell you right now, not one dime of what you’re sowing right now will buy my suit. I want you to know my car is paid for. I want you to know I got my house on my own. I want you to know I’m not bling-blinging. I am not shake and bake. I have sold enough books and produced enough movies. I don’t need your offering to pay for this little slimy suit. So I rebuke that spirit in the name of Jesus Christ.”

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Bishop Noel Jones admitted that Jakes was not exactly a fan of the show via an interview with our buds over at TheJasmineBrand.  The newest fiery quote came just a week after Jakes’ own television show “T.D. Jakes Presents: Mind, Body & Soul” made its debut aboard BET.

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Music and movies. Movies and music. Jordin Sparks has been über busy of late.

The singer-actress continues to juggle her passions – most recently nabbing the role of Alice in gripping drama ‘The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete’ (which is playing in movie theaters now).

We caught up with the ‘Battlefield’ songbird to discuss the flick (which co-stars Jennifer Hudson), as well her new album, Jason Derulo, and much more.

Hit ‘PLAY’ to watch our Patrick’s sit-down with Jordin Sparks…

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Check out these pics of Beyonce & Jay Z, stepping out in blue during a date at La Petite Maison De Nicole in Paris last night.

Hitting the city as the performer readies the launch of her fifth studio album, Beyonce‘s sighting at the restaurant comes after reports indicated she shot portions of her new video in the city, days after joining Jay at his British ‘Magna Carta‘ tour showings!

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Cop a gander of Christina Aguilera!

The ‘Let There Be Love’ singer looked like freshly-printed money when she visited The Queen Latifah Show recently.

32-year-old Xtina stopped by the hit show to chat about the latest season of The Voice and her Hunger To Hope charity efforts.

Look out for the episode this week.

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It’s amazing to see Christina championing such a worthy cause – especially as her philanthropic activity is so underrated. That said, we’re oh so ready for her to pair her smoking new look with equally hot material. And soon too.

The masses may have forgotten about ‘Lotus’ (pours out a drop of liquor), but they haven’t forgotten that it’s been forever since she had a (solo) hit. A precarious position to be in, if we must say.

So, here’s hoping Xtina locks herself in a studio with Max Martin, Sia, Claude Kelly and the like and cranks out more ‘Your Body’s, ‘Let There Be Love’s, and ‘Blank Page’s. Because, like millions the world over, we’re thirsty for new Christina! She’s one of the few artists who doesn’t have a “bad” album in her discography, hence we’re oh so ready for the next!

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It didn’t come when you wanted it, but oh is it right on time.

Mariah Carey‘s long-awaited follow-up to Spring hit ‘#Beautiful’ has been long-overdue. So much so, that we wondered whether the track or its parent album ‘The Art Of Letting Go’ would ever see the light of day.

Fret not, Lambs. For, the diva extreme has revealed the LP’s title track is the latest single to be lifted from the serially delayed set; with its release coming sooner than one might think.

Details after the jump…

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After introducing his new act Leigh Bush to the world weeks ago, Sammie continues the reinvention process this week with the release of Bush’ EP art work and track list for the project, birthing what we’re calling ‘a brand new brand of R&B’.

Set for release tomorrow, fans of the entertainer should look no further than That Grape Juice for the EP, featuring the Troy Taylor produced jam ‘Mr. Bartender‘.

Check it out below…

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The divas of Danity Kane are back and wasting no time settling back into the groove of things.

Aubrey, Dawn, Shannon, and Aundrea stunned in the promo shoot for their as yet untitled comeback project – their first photoshoot as a unit in over five years.

With new music being cooked up with the likes of the Stereotypes (‘Damaged’), Darkchild, Timbaland, and more, it’s no doubt exciting times for fans of the ‘Showstopper’ singers.

Flip the hood to watch them work after the jump…

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As her R&B sister Brandy begins work on her brand new LP, Kelly Rowland continues to push her latest project on the ‘X Factor USA’, the show in which she serves both judge and friend to many a Pop hopeful.

Her feelings towards the job? Elation.

Now peep her explain why she’s so pleased to be on this year’s show alongside fellow judges Simon Cowell and Paulina Rubio below!

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