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		<title>Britney Spears Reportedly Interested in &#039;X Factor&#039; Judge Position</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Britney Spears is apparently such a fan of &#8216;X Factor,&#8217; that she wants to become a judge on the show! A source close to Spears spoke to Us Weekly about the singer&#8217;s hopes to give her two cents on the judge&#8217;s panel on Simon Cowell&#8216;s singing competition. After Fox ousted judges Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger from the show, Cowell and his team have been searching for replacements to sit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Birthday Cake&#039; Producer The-Dream Supports Rihanna, Chris Brown Remix</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Feb. 20, Rihanna&#8216;s 24th Birthday, the world finally heard the infamous &#8216;Birthday Cake&#8217; remix (featuring Chris Brown) that was talked about ALL weekend. We know what fans think of the two on the track (they even prefer it over the other RiRi/ Breezy collabo &#8216;Turn Up the Music&#8217;). But what does The-Dream, famed R&#38;B artist and &#8216;Birthday Cake&#8217; producer, think of the recent track reunion he helmed? &#8220;Whatever my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/birthday-cake-producer-the-dream-supports-rihanna-chris-brown-remix/</link>
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		<title>ITV Apologizes to Adele After Cutting Her BRIT Awards Speech Short</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hell hath no fury like Adele scorned. Not only did she get an award winning, massively successful album inspired by a guy who ticked her off, she also got an apology from the network that cut her off during her acceptance speech at the 2012 BRIT Awards. Some background: Last night at the BRIT Awards, Adele was giving a heartfelt acceptance speech for her Album of the Year victory when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/itv-apologize-adele-cutting-brit-awards-speech/</link>
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		<title>Madonna&#039;s Producers Discuss Her Upcoming Second Single &#039;Girls Gone Wild&#039;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Madonna embraces diversity in everything she does. Her upcoming second single, &#8216;Girls Gone Wild,&#8217; is a multicultural affair: the product of two Italian producers and a Canadian writer. Her dream team is dishing on what it was like working with the Material Girl on the highly anticipated track. Patrick Moxey, the owner of Ultra Music, is thrilled with the song. &#8220;Obviously it&#8217;s huge for us,&#8221; Moxey told Billboard. &#8220;We have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/madonna-producer-single-girls-gone-wild/</link>
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		<title>J. Cole Blesses Fans With New Song &#039;Grew Up Fast&#039;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After securing a gold-selling debut album (&#8216;Cole World: The Sideline Story&#8217;) and a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist, J. Cole reached another milestone today (Feb. 22): he accumulated two million followers on Twitter. In celebration of that social-media feat, the &#8216;Work Out&#8217; rapper released a free downloadable track called &#8216;Grew Up Fast.&#8217; Produced by Canei Finch, the song boasts a soulful David Ruffin sample and a 808 drum kick. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/j-cole-grew-up-fast/</link>
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		<title>Katy Perry to Guest Star on &#039;Raising Hope&#039;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Katy Perry is headed to the small screen again. The pop diva booked a guest spot as a &#8212; get this! &#8212; prison attendant on Fox&#8217;s &#8216;Raising Hope.&#8217; The episode is set to air on Tuesday, March 6 at 8 PM ET/PT and it&#8217;s called &#8216;Single White Female Role Model.&#8217; From pop star to prison attendant: Katy Perry does it all. Perry will portray Rikki, a prison attendant claiming to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/katy-perry-guest-star-raising-hope/</link>
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		<title>Selena Gomez Talks About Her Unpopular Days as a Student</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It may be hard to believe considering she&#8217;s one of the most famous girls on the planet right now, but Selena Gomez wasn&#8217;t always so popular. The &#8216;Who Says&#8217; singer revealed that when she was in school, she wasn&#8217;t confident at all &#8212; and that she thinks the only reason she wasn&#8217;t bullied is because her cousin was a cheerleader and protected her! &#8220;I was never the popular kid at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/selena-gomez-unpopular-student/</link>
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		<title>Lady Gaga Seeks Therapy for Recurring Nightmare About the Devil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lady Gaga comes from a Catholic background so it&#8217;s no shock that the devil haunts her dreams, as he factors into much Catholic lore. But the Mama Monster is not going to go mano y mano with the devil on her own. She is reportedly seeking help to expel him from her nightmares in the form of Indian doctor and spiritual advisor Deepak Chopra. The Mother Monster reportedly said, &#8220;I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/lady-gaga-therapy-nightmares/</link>
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		<title>Demi Lovato MTV Preview: &#039;I Never Thought I&#039;d Be a Role Model&#039;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some more details, including a trailer, have been revealed about Demi Lovato&#8216;s previously top-secret upcoming MTV special, &#8216;Demi Lovato: Stay Strong,&#8217; which is set to air on MTV on March 6 at 10PM ET. It&#8217;s a one-hour documentary that begins in the Fall of 2011, as Lovato faces life after rehab and navigates the long, involved recovery process, which didn&#8217;t cease when she signed out of a treatment facility. Fans [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/demi-lovato-mtv-special-role-model/</link>
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		<title>Trace Cyrus Dishes on New Music, His Love Life in Exclusive Interview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Trace Cyrus is ready to start fresh with his new musical project Ashland HIGH, and he recently sat down with Clevver TV to discuss how his life has changed over the past two years. After the breakup of his band Metro Station, Cyrus was in a dark place mentally. However, with the help of his fiancee and an eagerness to find his own musical direction, he&#8217;s come through it as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/trace-cyrus-new-music-love-life-exclusive-interview/</link>
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		<title>&#039;X Factor&#039; Contestant Rachel Crow Inks Nickelodeon TV Deal + Recording Contract</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Rachel Crow! Everyone&#8217;s favorite pint-sized &#8216;X Factor&#8216; contestant may not have won the competition (thanks a lot, Nicole Scherzinger!), but she&#8217;s doing just fine on her own. Crow snagged a TV pilot with Nickelodeon and a record deal, so get ready to see a lot more of her. Crow was predictably thrilled at the news. “It&#8217;s been amazing,” Crow told the Hollywood Reporter. “A couple days after the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/x-factor-rachel-crow-nickelodeon-tv-recording-contract/</link>
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		<title>Katy Perry&#039;s &#039;Part of Me&#039; Shoots to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Katy Perry has earned her seventh No. 1 song with &#8216;Part of Me,&#8217; the song she performed at the 2012 Grammy Awards, which enters the singles chart at No. 1 this week. &#8216;Part of Me&#8217; is the first song to debut at No. 1 since Lady Gaga&#8216;s &#8216;Born This Way&#8217; at this time last year. This has to be a sweet accomplishment for Perry since the track is about her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/katy-perry-part-of-me-no-1-billboard-hot-100/</link>
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		<title>Taylor Swift: &#039;When I&#039;m in Love, I&#039;m Stupid About It&#039;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite her many heartbreaks, the tales of which fill the songs of her still-nascent catalog, Taylor Swift is blindly optimistic about love and she&#8217;s proud of it. Don&#8217;t you love that she&#8217;s not cynical about love yet? That&#8217;s the Sagittarius in her. Swift was the couch guest on &#8216;The Tonight Show With Jay Leno&#8217; last night (Feb. 20), where she promoted her new animated film &#8216;The Lorax.&#8217; Of course, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/taylor-swift-love-stupid-leno/</link>
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		<title>Howard Stern Grills Adam Levine About Christina Aguilera&#039;s Weight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adam Levine popped by Howard Stern&#8217;s morning radio show on Tuesday (Feb. 21) and the two talked reality talent show shop, given Levine&#8217;s gig as a &#8216;The Voice&#8216; coach and Stern&#8217;s much anticipated new job as a judge on &#8216;America&#8217;s Got Talent.&#8217; Of course Stern grilled Levine about his fellow coach Christina Aguilera and her curvier figure, since he has built his career on the fact that he has the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/howard-stern-adam-levine-christina-aguilera-weight/</link>
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		<title>Will &#039;Dark Side&#039; Be Kelly Clarkson&#039;s Third Single?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even with &#8216;Stronger (What Doesn&#8217;t Kill You)&#8217; commanding the charts as the No. 1 song in the country, Kelly Clarkson fans are eagerly looking forward to the next single from the original &#8216;American Idol&#8216; champion&#8217;s latest album, &#8216;Stronger.&#8217; Clarkson hinted in a recent Z100 interview that it could be &#8216;Dark Side.&#8217; &#8220;Maybe, yeah, that&#8217;s one we&#8217;re thinking about,&#8221; Clarkson said in response to a question about &#8216;Dark Side&#8217; as the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/kelly-clarkson-dark-side-third-single/</link>
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		<title>J. Cole Embarking on Eco-Friendly College Tour in April</title>
		<description><![CDATA[J. Cole is going to back to school. Well, sort of. The Roc Nation rapper has teamed up with green company REVERB for his Campus Consciousness / The Sideline Story Tour this spring. Besides performing songs from his latest album &#8216;Cole World: The Sideline Story,&#8217; Hollywood Cole will also teach students how they can save the environment. &#8220;My music gives me a platform to reach a lot of young people,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/j-cole-eco-friendly-college-tour/</link>
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		<title>Simon Cowell May Go With Two Hosts for Next Season&#039;s &#039;X Factor&#039;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a concerted effort to differentiate itself from &#8216;American Idol,&#8217; which judge/producer Simon Cowell feels the show failed to do during Season 1, &#8216;X Factor&#8216; may feature two hosts on Season 2. The initial plan was to have Steve Jones and Nicole Scherzinger share the hosting duties, but that plan was scrapped when the Scherz quickly filled the mentor positioned vacated by Cheryl Cole. With Jones and the ex-Pussycat Doll [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/simon-cowell-two-hosts-next-season-x-factor/</link>
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		<title>Watch Nick Jonas on Upcoming &#039;Smash&#039; Episode</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nick Jonas guest stars as Lyle West on NBC&#8217;s &#8216;Smash&#8216; next week. Lyle is a sitcom star who got his start as a child actor on Broadway. Though the role isn&#8217;t a huge jump for the Jonas Brother, he nails it. Jonas channels his Broadway role in &#8216;How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying&#8217; and &#8216;J.O.N.A.S.&#8217; television experience &#8212; he looks like he&#8217;s ready to steal the entire show. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/watch-nick-jonas-smash-episode/</link>
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		<title>Adele Sells 730,000 Copies of &#039;21&#8242; Following Her 2012 Grammy Wins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, there are still some members of the American public who don&#8217;t own Adele&#8216;s &#8217;21&#8242; album. However, that pool is a lot smaller than it used to be, after nearly three-quarters of a million people purchased the record last week, giving &#8217;21&#8242; by far its biggest sales week yet. As reported by Billboard, the 730,000 copies eclipses the album&#8217;s previous best week, when it sold 399,000 during [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/adele-730000-copies-21-2012-grammy-wins/</link>
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		<title>2012 BRIT Awards: Watch the Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse Tribute Videos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In between handing out odd-looking trophies last night, the 2012 BRIT Awards took time to remember two talented female vocalists who passed away within the past year, Whitney Houston and Amy Winehouse. Host James Corden said of Houston, &#8220;For three decades, she not only inspired the world with her incredible voice but also influenced many of the artists here with us tonight.&#8221; The brief montage featured clips from Houston&#8217;s music [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/2012-brit-awards-whitney-houston-amy-winehouse-tribute-videos/</link>
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		<title>President Obama Shows Off His Pipes Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After his rendition of Al Green&#8217;s &#8216;Let&#8217;s Stay Together&#8217; sparked a viral sensation (and triggered a healthy spike in sales for the Reverend Green), it was only natural that other artists would invite President Obama to take the mic for more vocal performances. When blues legend Buddy Guy challenged the Commander-in-Chief to join the band during a recent concert at the White House, he proved once again that he was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/president-obama-sings-sweet-home-chicago/</link>
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		<title>Chris Brown Calls CM Punk&#039;s Video &#039;Cute,&#039; Continues to Rant on Twitter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some celebrities use their Twitter accounts to share behind-the-scenes details of their lives and careers; for others, it&#8217;s mainly just a way to promote their latest project. But for Chris Brown, the popular social networking site seems to be mainly a public forum for venting about whatever &#8212; or whoever &#8212; is making him angry. Case in point: Brown&#8217;s recent Twit-beef with wrestler CM Punk. It all started when CM [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/chris-brown-cm-punk-video-cute-continues-rant-twitter/</link>
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		<title>2012 BRIT Awards Performances: Rihanna, Adele, Coldplay + More</title>
		<description><![CDATA[British citizens should be proud of their fellow brethren Adele, Coldplay and Florence + the Machine, thanks to their performances at the 2012 BRIT Awards last night (Feb. 21.) They should also adopt Rihanna, because the Bajan beauty also brought the house down with her performance. Like at the 2012 Grammy Awards, Adele performed &#8216;Rolling in the Deep,&#8217; which is the song that kicked off the massive success of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/2012-brit-awards-performances-adele-rihanna-coldplay/</link>
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		<title>Diddy Talks Launching Revolt Television Network</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The revolution will be televised!&#8221; Those are the first words Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs uttered as he went on YouTube to formally announce the launch of his new cable network Revolt TV. The Bad Boy Records CEO previously described the network as the &#8220;music news channel with an urban skew.” &#8220;When I was growing up, I was watching television all the time &#8212; I used to wonder, &#8216;Why don&#8217;t those people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/diddy-launching-revolt-television-network/</link>
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		<title>Watch Sophia Grace + Rosie Nail Nicki Minaj&#039;s &#039;Moment 4 Life&#039;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Super Bass&#8217; isn&#8217;t the only tune Sophia Grace Brownlee has hidden up her sleeve! The tutu-wearing 8-year-old made yet another appearance on her girl Ellen Degeneres&#8217; talk show, and alongside her 5-year-old backup dancing cousin Rosie, the little Brit tore through Nicki Minaj&#8216;s &#8216;Moment 4 Life&#8217; without a single misstep. Seriously, Sophia Grace really impressed us this time around. She kept up with Nicki Minaj&#8217;s pace throughout the entire song, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://popcrush.com/sophia-grace-rosie-nicki-minaj-moment-4-life/</link>
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