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With shocking performances by Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Kanye West, and the reunion of *N'sync, this year's VMAs were one of the most explosive in history.

This weekend, the group launched an official Twitter account, despite the fact that they haven't performed together since the early 2000s. The group's first tweet read: 'Mic check, mic check one.. two... is this thing on?!'

Robin Thicke's BLURRED LINES was back on top of the iTunes singles chart this week, while Katy Perry's ROAR fell to number 27. Last week, ROAR it was the top-selling song, blowing away Lady Gaga's APPLAUSE, which managed to hold on to the fifth spot this week.

MTV previously announced that Jimmy Fallon is set to present his longtime friend and History of Rap cohort, Justin Timberlake, with the prestigious Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award live during the 2013 'MTV Video Music Awards' tonight, August 25, at 9pm ET/PT.

MTV previously announced that Grammy Award winner, multi-platinum selling, recording artist Drake will perform his VMA-nominated top-10 SMASH 'Started from the Bottom,' for the first time on television live during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards live from Brooklyn's Barclays Center tonight, August 25th at 9pm ET/PT.

MTV today announced that Jimmy Fallon is set to present his longtime friend and History of Rap cohort, Justin Timberlake, with the prestigious Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award live during the 2013 “MTV Video Music Awards” on Sunday, August 25, at 9pm ET/PT.

Broadcast Music, Inc., (BMI), the global leader in music rights management, presented last night the BMI Icon Award to Cash Money Records' Bryan “Birdman” Williams and Ronald “Slim” Williams at the 2013 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards

MTV today announced that Jimmy Fallon is set to present his longtime friend and History of Rap cohort, Justin Timberlake, with the prestigious Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award live during the 2013 “MTV Video Music Awards” on Sunday, August 25, at 9pm ET/PT.

Same great city with an exciting new host - this year's 'BET HIP HOP AWARDS 2013' will be hosted by the one and only Snoop Dogg

Robin Thicke is doing what he can to make sure he earns the fans votes for this year's MTV Video Music Awards. He will be performing a free show tonight, August 23rd at Terminal 5 in NYC to benefit the HIV/Aids foundation Lifebeat. It will be a part of a series of VMA shows that lead up to the award show itself on August 25th, live in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center.

Style Media reveals the 12 designers who will compete to become America's next trendsetting designer on “Styled to Rock” from executive producer Robyn Rihanna Fenty.

UK-based trio London Grammar - Hannah Reid, Dot Major and Dan Rothman - has announced the release of its highly anticipated debut album.

MTV today announced via its various social media channels that Grammy Award winner, multi-platinum selling, recording artist Drake will perform his VMA-nominated top-10 smash "Started from the Bottom,"

On his SiriusXM show Dirty Pop With Lance Bass yesterday, the former 'N Sync band member chatted about the recent rumors, cleverly managing to neither confirm or deny the report. Listen to the broadcast below!

'Dream School' for 15 troubled students in the network's new six-part unscripted series premiering on October 7 at 10:00pm et/pt.

According to Variety, the final films have been added to the Toronto International Film Festival and some of popular music's most popular artists will be represented on screen.

Deadline.com reports that Bobby Cannavale will be joining the new ANNIE film remake, alongside Quvenzhane Wallis, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz and Rose Byrne. Cannavale will play a political advisor for Foxx's character, who is running for mayor of New York.

CBS Interactive's award-winning webcast concert series, LIVE ON LETTERMAN, presented by AT&T, will feature two of the music industry's leading singer-songwriters, seven-time GRAMMY Award winner John Mayer and nine-time GRAMMY Award winner John Legend tonight, August 20 (8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT), respectively. Performing live direct from the world-famous Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, both LIVE ON LETTERMAN concerts will be broadcast online and available on-demand on CBS.com and VEVO.

CBS Interactive's award-winning webcast concert series, LIVE ON LETTERMAN, presented by AT&T, will feature two of the music industry's leading singer-songwriters, seven-time GRAMMY Award winner John Mayer and nine-time GRAMMY Award winner John Legend, on back-to-back nights, beginning tonight, Monday, August 19 and continuing tomorrow, Tuesday, August 20 (8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT), respectively. Performing live direct from the world-famous Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, both LIVE ON LETTERMAN concerts will be broadcast online and available on-demand on CBS.com and VEVO.

Katy Perry clawed her way to the top of the singles chart on iTunes with latest song ROAR - finally knocking Robin Thicke's BLURRED LINES from the number one spot. LINES fell to second, while Luke Bryan's THAT'S MY KIND OF NIGHT took third. Bryan also held the tenth spot on the list with CRASH MY PARTY.