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Dancing Bear Does the Samba, Cuts a Rug, and Twerks a Tree

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Dancing Bear ... America's Funniest Videos. In this funny animal video, a bear gets down, cuts a rug, and scratches himself all at once. "Cuts a rug" as in dances to impress" ... It seems like they're might be some twerking on the tree, too ... at about 33 seconds. ... not so ashamed of using the "twerk" word since it made the cut for the Oxford Dictionary. Twerk  is probably a contraction of the phrase work it girl, work it...work it. See also ... Oxford Dictionaries twerk

Al Yankovic's Favorite Performance from MTV's VMAs Sunday Night; It's All About Tongue

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"Weird Al" Yankovic is the "go to guy" for top satire and parody. So when you want clear parody to analyze the cultural reaction to MTV's Video Music Awards, any reasonable person would check the Twitter site of musical expert Alfred Matthew Yankovic. Who is better at making sense of today's chaotic music culture. Here is a pic of Weird Al Yankovic's favorite performance from the VMAs ... My favorite performance at the VMAs last night: http://t.co/BI5K4m9C4Q — Al Yankovic (@alyankovic) August 27, 2013

Official and Unofficial MTV VMA: Miley Cyrus Earns the Twerking of the Year Award at VMA Music Awards

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Jawn Murray talks to CNN's Brianna Keilar about Miley Cyrus' controversial MTV VMA performance with Robin Thicke. The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 25, 2013 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Miley Cyrus unofficially won the unofficial award for TWERKING. If you don't know what twerking is, you will now: Twerking is also known as dirty dancing, as when a woman jiggles her rear end on the front of a man's pelvis while her hips are bent 90 degrees and her knees are mostly straight. That specific motion along with her Kiss Gene Simmons tongue wagging imitation has caused quite the Internet and media controversy. Cyrus earned the number one position for most searches ("Miley Cyrus") for August 25, 2013 with 10,000,000+ searches. This is what happens when music is going nowhere. The Parent Television Council opposed the MTV broadcast content. “MTV has once again succeeded in marketing sexually charged messages to young children u

Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (Music Video)

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Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream , released October 3, 2008. Walking on a Dream is the debut studio album by Australian electronic music duo Empire of the Sun from Sydney, Australia. Walking on a Dream received eleven nominations at the ARIA Music Awards of 2009, including Album of the Year.

Pablo Cruise 'Love Will Find A Way' Live Video

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Pablo Cruise Love Will Find A Way Live. "Love Will Find a Way" is a song by American rock group Pablo Cruise, from their album Worlds Away in 1978. It was released as a single and reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. When asked the question, "Who is Pablo Cruise?" the band, the original quartet, would answer, "He's the guy in the middle." When asked what Pablo Cruise meant, the band would say that "Pablo represents an honest, real, down to earth individual; and Cruise depicts his fun loving and easy going attitude towards life." Pablo Cruise is a pop/rock band currently composed of David Jenkins (guitar and vocals), Cory Lerios (keyboards and vocals), Steve Price (drums) and Larry Antonino (bass and vocals). Formed in 1973, the band released eight studio albums over the next decade, during which time four singles reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The group underwent several personnel changes and split up in 1986. The

Howie Day Video: "End of Our Days"

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Music video by Howie Day performing End of Our Days. (C) 2003 Sony Music Entertainment. Howard Kern "Howie" Day began his career as a solo artist in the late 1990s. He became known for his extensive touring and in-concert use of samplers and effects pedals for accompaniment. He self-financed and self-released his first album, Australia , in 2000. Day has collaborated with several musicians and producers, including Martin Terefe (Jason Mraz, KT Tunstall), Mike Denneen (Aimee Mann, Fountains of Wayne), Mike Flynn (The Fray, Augustana), Warren Huart (The Fray, Augustana, Better Than Ezra) and Better Than Ezra frontman Kevin Griffin. Howie Day joined Maestro Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra along with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus on the Fourth Of July in 2013 in Boston. See also ... howieday.com

Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann in Concert

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Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann in concert. Blinded by the Light is a song written and originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen. Blinded by the Light is best known by its 1976 #1 hit version recorded by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Blinded by the Light was released in the United Kingdom in August 1976.

Rihanna Be Grindin' and "Good Girl Gone Bad" (Control Room)

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Rihanna heads home to Barbados for a carnival, and hangs with the locals. The TMZ crew compares American carnivals with carneys to Barbados carnivals with a back to body basics flair with some revealing street dancing. Rihanna was born in Saint Michael, Barbados, and began her career when she met record producer Evan Rogers through mutual friends in late 2003. She spent the next year traveling to the United States recording demo tapes under Rogers' guidance. Rihanna's demo tape was eventually shopped to several record labels and she eventually signed a contract with Def Jam Recordings following an audition with Jay-Z, Def Jam Recordings president. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (Control Room).

Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano - Tribeca

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Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano - Tribeca [Official Video]. Sunnery James comes from a musical family, where he experienced a wide variety of music. Starting at age 7, he had piano lessons for several years. As a DJ and producer, he still benefits from these lessons. He met Ryan when he was 19. Ryan Marciano has a specialist’s ear for quality music. For Ryan, music is a ‘way of life’. Sunnery James is married to Victoria Secret model Doutzen Kroes https://twitter.com/SunneryJames

Tribute for Awesome Performance by Mumford & Sons at Lollapalooza 2013 Saturday, Aug. 3

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Babel -- Music video by Mumford & Sons performing Babel. (C) 2013 Mumford & Sons, under exclusive license to Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited. Mumford & Sons, formed in December 2007, are an English folk rock band. The band consists of Marcus Mumford (lead vocals, guitar, drums, mandolin), Ben Lovett (vocals, keyboards, accordion, drums), Winston Marshall (vocals, banjo, guitar, resonator guitar), and Ted Dwane (vocals, string bass, drums, guitar).

P. Diddy ..."P" Is For Pirate 'Cuz Pirate Diddy Has an Eye Patch

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P. Diddy Styling with an Eye Patch ... Pirate Diddy? P. Diddy may have just replaced the grill as the go-to fashion statement with ... The Eye Patch! Or is this something more serious? Seems as though it is a serious eye ailment. Some have called it an eye injury. P. Diddy was seen walking out of the doctor's office with a bag full of eye ointments.

Carly Simon Tells Taylor Swift Who the Song "You're So Vain" Is About, But They Don't Tell Us

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TMZ: Carly Simon told Taylor Swift who her infamous breakup revenge song is about ... and that was a terrible idea because Taylor Swift is a blabbermouth! On July 27th, 2013, at the second of two sold-out shows in Gillette Stadium, Taylor gave the crowd a huge surprise! In front of more than 55,000 fans in Foxborough, Massachusetts, she introduced one of her heroes -- Carly Simon. They performed Carly's iconic hit song "You're So Vain" together, delighting the crowd and creating a once in a lifetime moment for everyone in attendance.

Flo Rida "Can't Believe It" Takes the New York TMZ Tour Bus Launching New Song

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TMZ: Flo Rida hops on the TMZ New York tour bus, and brings us a heaping helping of ass.  Mmmm ... The famous TMZ Hollywood tour bus has been spawned to New York.  Harry Levin, founder and managing editor of TMZ, is brought the TMZ Tour bus to New York City. The pop-culture tour and show launched in New York on May 18, 2013. According to Levin, the New York TMZ Tour Bus, "starts in Times Square and we go through all the different areas of New York where we've broken lots of stories over eight years. TMZ: Flo Rida entourage girls ... Like "two basketballs in you pants." No TMZ tour bus for Chicago yet, but there is a CHICAGO CRIME TOURS bus ... www.chicagocrimetours.com See also ... tmz.com/tour/NYC Here is Flo Rida -- Can't Believe It ft. Pitbull [Official Music Video] Inna ft. Flo Rida - Club Rocker (Cutmore Remix) HD.