Lil Wayne to Tour With Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross

Lil Wayne is set to hit the road once again and this time around he’ll be bringing along some friends from outside his Young Money family.

While YM princess Nicki Minaj will share the bill with Weezy, the “I Am Music II” tour will also include sets by Rick Ross, Travis Barker and Mix Master Mike, according to the Associated Press.

Set to kick off in Bufallo, NY on March 18, Birdman, Jr. will continue to hit 24 more cities including Atlanta, Miami, Washington and the rap star’s hometown of New Orleans.

In related news, Wayne recently told Rolling Stone magazine that he’s prepping his Carter IV album to come out sometime in either March or April, which will coincide with the tour.

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Michael Jackson's 'Moonwalker' To Get U.S. Theater Debut?

Michael Jackson's short-film anthology "Moonwalker" may finally get a debut theatrical screening in the United States more than 20 years after it was released.

Back in 1988, MJ first unveiled the ambitious project, which contained several long-form videos for songs off his then-just-released Bad album, including his famous 25-minute clip for "Smooth Criminal." The film had been scheduled to be released in U.S. theaters that Christmas, but for whatever reason, that plan was scrapped. The movie was released on VHS early in 1989, and — surprise, surprise — became a massive success. But now, more than two decades after its debut, one theater is planning to give "Moonwalker" a proper premiere here in the States.

According to TMZ, Hollywood's Arclight Cinemas is actively searching for a print of the film, with plans to show it on the big screen ... for one night only.

The idea came after Jackson fans flooded Arclight's Facebook page with requests to show "Moonwalker," and the theater is now on the hunt for a copy of the flick. Even if the search is successful, there's no word on when the premiere would occur. The theater had not responded to MTV News' e-mail seeking a comment by press time.

However, Jackson fans might not want to hold their breath. In a follow-up story, TMZ reported that the late singer's estate had blocked Arclight's attempts to secure a print of the film, with a spokesperson for the theater telling the website: "We contacted the film's directors and producers and were finally directed to MJ's estate attorney [who] let us know the estate has the [film's] rights but have no plans to make ... prints available for rent at this time."

"Moonwalker" features videos for Jackson tracks like "Speed Demon" (directed by Claymation innovator Will Vinton), "Leave Me Alone" (which was released as a promo and won Jackson a 1989 Grammy for Best Music Video, Short Form) and, as mentioned, the iconic "Criminal," which features Jackson battling a group of mobsters led by Joe Pesci.

The flick also served as the inspiration for the super-awesome Sega game "Moonwalker, which featured a digital MJ morphing into a laser-blasting robot with the aid of his chimpanzee pal, Bubbles.

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Lady Gaga Post

Lady Gaga’s official website has been updated with a countdown to the release of her new single “Born This Way,” which will premiere on Sunday, February 13th.

An official Facebook event has also been created for the song release. Make sure to join it by clicking “I’m Attending” on the event page!

Rumored "Born This Way" promotional shot:

Britney Spears Post

“Gucci Mane has confirmed to sources that he’s throwing down a few lines for Britney Spears‘ new album,” writes Perez Hilton, who adds, “The pair are set to meet next week in an Atlanta studio to record a track called Hit.”

Perez goes on to note, “Gucci insisted that Britney was a fan of his music for years and her adoration is what persuaded him to record a song with her.”

The blogger, who doesn’t bother to fact-check, is once again regurgitating bad dish from hacks and amateurs at other wannabe entertainment sites.

Gossip Cop, however, has learned directly from Spears’ manager that there is “no shot” of a collaboration.

Whew!

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Justin Bieber is working with Sean Garrett to create more mature sound

Now that he’s made a couple million off of feeding the dreams of high school girls the world over, Justin Bieber is ready to switch his style up. According to Sean Garrett, Bieber is ready to revamp his sound and become the next White Chocolate, a la Timberlake and Thicke.

“What we’re trying to do with Justin is to segue him into young adulthood,” says Garrett. “The one great thing about Justin Bieber is the fact that his fans are going to grow with him. So we want all the fans that started out with him to still be intrigued and excited about him, but we want to also stretch out a little bit and make the fans that are 22-23 years old love Justin as well. When Justin Timberlake went from the last album of *NSync to his first solo album — I want to say [we're aiming for] that level. That’s the bar for the type of song, that level of ‘Cry Me a River,’ big records.”

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Lady Gaga Taps Downtown Fashion House to Design 'Beautiful Hate Crime' Dress

The avant-garde fashion label House of Diehl received an e-mail late Monday from one of Lady Gaga's stylists.

"Are you guys around? We need seven dresses for a video shoot by this Friday," the note read, according to Roman Milisic, one half of House of Diehl.

Mary Jo Diehl, the creative force and namesake behind House of Diehl and Milisic's wife, said, "No problem, we don't do ready-to-wear, we do ready-to-rumble!"

Turning around seven dresses in three days is a daunting, if not impossible, task. But for a small New York label like House of Diehl, getting your clothes in a Lady Gaga video is a huge break.

"Gaga can choose a dress by anybody in the whole world, and who else wears avant garde fashion?" said Milisic on Tuesday, from House of Diehl's live-work space on West 26th Street. "All of her clothes in her last video were from Alexander McQueen, so this is great!"

Milisic and Diehl don't have any details about the video, nor any guarantees that their outfits will be chosen for it. They know, though, that their garments will be among the options for a video from a song off Gaga's upcoming album, "Born This Way," which reportedly begins shooting next week.

Diehl said that some designers will pay $50,000 to $100,000 or more to have a star like Lady Gaga wear their clothes. The PR is priceless, so the duo have dropped everything to get the job done.

Two young fashion designers/garment makers, Buffi Jashanmal and Christine Brown, have been called in to lend a hand.

"Roman (Milisic) is like the MacGyver of fashion," said Diehl. "He can make a dress out of anything."

Milisic took photographs of his work so far and e-mailed them to Gaga's stylist for approval.

"If they say it's stupid, we've only wasted three hours," said Milisic.

Mid-afternoon Tuesday, confident in their concepts, it was time to gather materials. Brown, Jashanmal, an intern named Katerina, Milisic and Diehl gathered in something resembling a football huddle, with Milisic and Diehl acting as co-quarterbacks.

Brown and the intern were dispatched to local vintage clothing stores and H&M to look for acid-washed jeans; Jashanmal was sent downtown to look for old lamps in a used furniture store near Vandam and Sixth; and Diehl volunteered to scour what she called the chandelier district in Flatiron, for anything that would yield colored glass.

"It's like a scavenger hunt," said Milisic.

"It's like a military fashion mission," said Diehl

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Muse to Perform at Grammy Awards

Muse have been confirmed as one of the many acts that will perform at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. The British rockers will join previously announced performers Arcade Fire, Cee Lo Green, Eminem, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga.

Matt Bellamy and company are nominated for three awards this year, including Best Rock Album (The Resistance), Best Rock Song (“Resistance”) and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group (“Resistance”).

The Grammy telecast begins at 8 p.m. Sunday, February 13 on CBS. The awards ceremony will be broadcast live from The Staples Center in Los Angeles.

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