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Taylor Swift is one of the top nominees for next year's Grammy Awards. The 1989 singer garnered 7 nominations, tied for second with the Weeknd in terms of total nominations. Kendrick Lamar is number one in terms of potential honors, with 11 nods.

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Following her performance at London's O2 Arena last week, rumor had it that Madonna used a fake police car to exit the venue; however, follow-up reports noted that Madge was in a black Jaguar escorted by two other cars with red and blue flashing lights. "I saw a car and we figured it was an undercover cop," one fan told The Sun. "It was beeping so all the traffic let it through."

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The Killers' Brandon Flowers was among the celebrities to pay tribute to John Lennon on what would have been the former Beatles singer's 75th birthday. The "Imagine: John Lennon 75th Anniversary Concert" took place at NYC's Madison Square Garden over the weekend. Flowers wowed the crowd with his performance of "Instant Karma."

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Courtney Love hooked up with Adam Sandler for a rendition of the Hole cut "Violet" at the latter's annual Holiday Party last week. Love posted a pic of the two to on Instagram the day before the unlikely collab, writing, "Soundcheck with @adamsandler we're going to rock the roof off tomorrow night." Sandler and his band hooked up with a host of rock royalty.

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Thom Yorke performed two never before heard songs during his solo set at the recent Pathway to Paris concert. The gig, which came in conjunction with the city's UN Climate Change Conference, saw the Radiohead fronter debut two songs: "Silent Spring" and "Desert Island Disk." Now, some are speculating that the tracks could feature on a new Radiohead album.

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Robert Plant has recorded a cover of Elbow's "The Blanket Of Night" for The Long Road, an album to raise money for the British Red Cross in their attempts to provide support to refugees in the U.K. "We have a worldwide international catastrophe," Plant said. "Talking about it is one thing, doing something about it is another."

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Scotty McCreery says that he is flattered that he was recently named the Sexiest Man in Country Music by Country Weekly. "I did not campaign to be the sexiest man in country. But fans they love those polls. So, yeah, very flattering," McCreery tells Taste of Country. "My friends back home, I really pray they don't see it. I'll get some good-natured ribbing when I get home."

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Travis Barker has announced that Blink-182 will be releasing a new album in 2016. The band's drummer revealed the news in a comment on his own Instagram post, which included a photo of himself drumming with Antemasque, the band he formed with At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta's Omar Rodr¡guez-L¢pez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala.

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Missy Elliott, Justin Bieber and the Weeknd will all feature on the star studded season finale of The Voice. Elliott will perform her new single "WTF (Where They From)" along with coach/judge Pharrell Williams. The Bieb will do his hit "Sorry," while the Weeknd will perform "Can't Feel My Face" and "The Hills."

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Sam Smith, Ellie Goulding and Lady Gaga have all received 2016 Golden Globes nominations. Gaga is nominated for Best TV Actress for her role as The Countess in American Horror Story: Hotel. Queen Latifah will also be going up against Gaga for her role in HBO's Bessie.

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