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Miley Cyrus Teams with Joan Jett on "Androgynous" Cover

Miley Cyrus is putting her mouth where her… well, mouth has been. Over the past several days, Miley has made many comments about a very important cause: the struggles of LGBT community members and their families. She has started an organization called the Happy Hippie Foundation to help those in this community suffering from poverty. Cyrus has even come out herself and sort of admitting to being a genderqueer , saying she didn’t “relate” as a child to the definitions of a “girl or a boy.” She also hinted that she’d be open to a lesbian relationship . Now, Cyrus has teamed up with transgender rocker Laura Jane Grace and legendary musician Joan Jett for a moving performace of “Androgynous.” The collaboration is part of Miley’s “Backyard Sessions” series, whose exclusive Facebook videos are shot to raise money for the singer’s recently-launched anti-homelessness, pro-LGBT foundation. Check out the performance here: More #backyardsessions videos coming today!! Huge thank you to Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! and #JoanJett of Joan… Posted by Miley Cyrus on Friday, May 8, 2015 Wrote Cyrus as a caption to the posting: More #‎backyardsessions videos coming today!! Huge thank you to Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! and #‎JoanJett of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts for lending their voices and helping me launch The Happy Hippie Foundation. Find out more at happyhippies.org #‎HappyHippiePresents #‎Androgynous #‎HappyHippie. “I’m fighting for people I don’t know,” Cyrus recently told Out. “But it’s also a fight for people I do know, and people I’m close to and love.” These videos include a “donate” button and funds raised are used to create digital support groups for LGBT youth and their loved ones. Pretty cool, huh? View Slideshow: Miley Cyrus’ Weirdest Instagram Photos

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4th Of July Concerts Include Justin Bieber, B.o.B, The Roots

John Legend, Mary J. Blige and the ‘Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ cast are also scheduled to make Independence Day appearances around the country. By MTV News staff B.O.B Photo: MTV News The Fourth of July weekend. A time for potato salad, backyard barbecues, trips to the ER following fireworks mishaps and patriotic concerts headlined by Canadian tween stars. Yes, Ontario’s own Justin Bieber will headline this year’s Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular on Sunday. The show will be broadcast on NBC and also feature appearances from Enrique Iglesias, LeAnn Rimes and a few yet-unnamed “Twilight Saga: Eclipse” castmembers. Nick Cannon will host the night’s festivities, which will beam out from the deck of the Norwegian Epic cruise liner. Rapper B.o.B will also be in New York, performing at the third annual Brooklyn Music Festival along with a host of reggae stars, including Shaggy, Shabba Ranks, Barrington Levy, Marcia Griffiths, Yellowman, Gregory Isaacs and Lady Saw. The Independence Day holiday coincides with Chicago’s massive Taste of Chicago event, a gastronomic mecca that this year will host Passion Pit, Carney, Alejandro Escovedo and Robert Randolph and the Family Band. In St. Louis, John Legend will warm things up on Saturday night under the famous Arch before new-wave favorites the B-52s headline on Sunday. Rockers Joan Jett and the Blackhearts will do the honors at the San Diego County Fair, and Mary J. Blige will top the bill at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans as part of the Essence Music Festival, which will also feature sets from Jill Scott, Estelle, Earth, Wind & Fire and Trey Songz. One of the day’s biggest celebrations is A Capitol Fourth in Washington, D.C., which will be hosted by actor Jimmy Smits and feature sets from Reba McEntire, Gladys Knight, Darius Rucker, David Archuleta and a number of military bands. In Boston, the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular will get a hand from country icon Toby Keith, while the Roots, Goo Goo Dolls and Chrisette Michele will hold it down in Philadelphia at Ben Franklin Parkway, which organizers are promising will be the biggest free concert in the United States on Independence Day. How will you spend your Fourth? Let us know in the comments! Related Artists Justin Bieber B.o.B The Roots

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Jay Leno Welcomes Kristen Stewart, Simon Cowell Back To ‘Tonight Show’

Jamie Foxx, cast of ‘Jersey Shore’ and more stars will chat with Leno during his first few weeks back hosting ‘The Tonight Show.’ By Jocelyn Vena Kristen Stewart Photo: Stephen Lovekin/ Getty Images “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” is set to make its return on March 1 and some of the biggest stars in Hollywood will be stopping by as Leno begins his second tenure as the host of the late-night program. Jamie Foxx, Olympic gold medal skier Lindsey Vonn and Brad Paisley will be the show’s first guests on Monday. Sarah Palin, Olympic gold medal snowboarder Shaun White, the cast of “Jersey Shore,” Chelsea Handler, Olympic speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno, Avril Lavigne, Matthew McConaughey, Jason Reitman, Morgan Freeman and Meredith Vieira round out the guest list for Leno’s first week back. Week two sees everyone from Simon Cowell to Kristen Stewart stopping by to chat, with other second-week guests including “Inglourious Basterds” star Christoph Waltz, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Kim Kardashian, Colbie Caillat, Dakota Fanning and Judd Apatow. After the cancelation of his 10 p.m. show, Leno took the “Tonight Show” seat back from Conan O’Brien in a move that had many fans and celebrities speaking out against NBC, including Sarah Silverman and “Southland” star Ben McKenzie. “I had a show; my show got canceled,” Leno told Oprah Winfrey on her show last month. “They weren’t happy with the other guy’s show. They said, ‘We want you to go back.’ I said, ‘OK.’ And this seemed to make a lot of people really upset. And I go, ‘Well, who wouldn’t take that job, though? Who wouldn’t do that?’ And it was really agonizing. And I would spend a lot of time just thinking about it, going, ‘I think I’m a good guy. Am I not a good guy?’ Maybe I’m just one of those guys who thinks I see everything with the rose-color glasses and the world is falling around you.”

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Kristen Stewart Rocks out at the Joan Jett Show

• Looks like she’s doing her research! Kristen Stewart, rocking out at the Joan Jett and the Blackhearts show at the Santa Barbara County Fair in Santa Maria, Calif. The Twilight star, who is playing Jett in the upcoming biopic The Runaways, was at the show with some crewmembers and costar Scout Taylor-Compton, who plays Lita Ford in the movie

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