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Michael Jackson Is MTV News’ Man Of The Year

The King of Pop may have passed away, but he continues to influence music and culture. By James Montgomery Michael Jackson Photo: Michel Linssen/ Getty Images/ MTV News Which stars had the biggest year? All this week, we’ve been unveiling our Top 9 men and women of 2009, and now we are down to the top spot.

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Stephen Colbert Duets With Alicia Keys On ‘Empire State Of Mind (Part II)’

Talk-show host raps about his gated community on ‘Upper Middle Class Remix.’ By Gil Kaufman Alicia Keys performs with Stephen Colbert on “The Colbert Report” Photo: Comedy Central Jay-Z may have a lock on rapping about his love for New York, but MC Stephen Colbert proved that he’s no slouch when it comes to big-upping the Guggenheim on Tuesday night. The host of “The Colbert Report” also gave some much-needed love to the burbs as he dropped a few verses about abandoning the city of dreams for the land of manicured lawns and man caves during a duet with Alicia Keys on “Empire State of Mind Pt

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Nick Jonas And The Administration To Be House Band At Critics’ Choice Movie Awards

Group will perform mix of originals and covers during awards show airing on VH1 on January 15. By Jocelyn Vena Nick Jonas Photo: Robyn Beck/ Getty Images Smack in the middle of their tour , Nick Jonas and the Administration will play the 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards in January.

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Lady Gaga Explains Real Meaning Of ‘Dance In The Dark’

‘The record is about a girl who likes to have sex with the lights off, because she’s embarrassed about her body,’ singer says.

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Susan Boyle Remains Billboard Ruler As Chris Brown Settles For #7

Brown’s Graffiti barely breaks 100,000 mark. By Gil Kaufman Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed A Dream Photo: Sony Music Entertainment Susan Boyle is just making this look way too easy. The “Britain’s Got Talent” runner-up is having an epic run on the Billboard charts with her debut, I Dreamed a Dream, which will easily hold onto the top spot on the charts for a third week in a row, thanks to another 582,000 copies sold, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan.

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Kanye West Is MTV News’ #7 Man Of The Year

MC started off the year at Obama’s youth inaugural ball, but 2009 will be remembered for West’s VMA stage-crash. By James Montgomery Kanye West Photo: Daniel Boczarski/ Getty Images/ MTV News Which stars had the biggest year

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Charlie Murphy’s Wife, Tisha Taylor Murphy, Dies

Charlie is best known for his spots on ‘Chappelle’s Show’ and being Eddie Murphy’s older brother. By Larry Carroll Tisha and Charlie Murphy Photo: Hector Mata/ Getty Images Tisha Taylor Murphy, the wife of actor/comedian Charlie Murphy — star of “Chappelle’s Show” and older brother to Eddie — succumbed to a long battle with cancer, dying Sunday in her sleep at the couple’s home in New Jersey. “Tisha Taylor Murphy, wife of comedian and actor Charlie Murphy, passed away peacefully on Sunday with family at her side after facing the challenges of cancer for the past two years,” Murphy’s publicist, Lyndsey Jacobs, confirmed to MTV News in a statement

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Mischa Barton Is Turning Away From The Fame Game

Mischa Barton is sick of the spotlight. “The OC was syndicated absolutely everywhere in the world, and I sometimes wish I was just a bit part actor, so I could get on with my life and my acting

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Kim Kardashian Kontinues to Kourt Attention

Poor Kim Kardashian . If it wasn’t for her large breasts and her sex tape, America would never have been exposed to her useless, spoiled family.

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Drake Calls Alicia Keys Collaboration ‘One Of The Best Moments Of My Career’

Pair bonded in studio before recording ‘Un-thinkable (I’m Ready),’ for Keys’ Element of Freedom. By James Dinh Drake Photo: John Shearer/ Getty Images For decades now, artists have been collaborating without ever having met, thanks to the wonders of studio technology

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