Chris Martin & co. are back with their latest video off their fifth studio album, “Mylo Xyloto”.

This Mat Whitecross-directed video features the chaps performing in a mysterious small venue before a lucky group of fans covered in glow in the dark paint. The fast-paced video features “Misfits” star Antonia Thomas and Elliott Tittensor from “Shameless”.

Coldplay look like they had a lot of fun on the set of “Charlie Brown”. This is probably their most cheerful music video to date. It’s nice to actually see a smile on Chris Martin’s face when he’s singing.

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As we reported earlier, rumors were swirling that Rihanna and Chris Brown were getting back together. However, Brown denies there is any truth to that.

“He and Rihanna are just friends,” his rep tells ABC News. “He is with his girlfriend, Karrueche, and is not cheating.”

An informed source told Us Weekly that the former couple “meet up very casually,” adding, “She comes to see him anytime she’s in L.A.” Other sources say that “they can’t get enough of each other. I don’t see it ending well.”

“Rihanna loves to live dangerously,” another source added. “And talking to and hooking up with Chris is all part of that.”

Rihanna definitely does like to live dangerous. There is nothing more dangerous to your health than a beat down from Chris Brown. Hasn’t she learned her lesson?

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Just like the Jay-Z story from today, we also hope this headline isn’t true either.

Many websites and magazines including US Weekly are claiming Rihanna is hooking up with her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. We all know Rihanna’s been single for a very long time now. We also know Chris Brown is nothing but a violent and crude man desperately in need of anger management. This just doesn’t make sense.

Apparently, Rihanna likes to catch up with Chris whenever she’s in L.A. It’s been three years since he assaulted her.

One “insider” told US Weekly, “Rihanna loves to live dangerously, and talking to and hooking up with Chris is all part of that.” Sounds like BS to me. Rihanna may be a bad girl but she’s one hell of a smart, independent girl.

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Even since repeatedly pestering that poor DJ to  turn the record up in 2005, Robyn Rihanna Fenty has been a chart-topping powerhouse representative of Def Jam Records. With her collaborations dominating the charts as of late, it seems that the recipe to Billboard success is a Rihanna hook. After all, she has the most digital number-one hits with eleven and counting.

That’s more number-one’s than Stevie Wonder or Janet Jackson. That’s two away from Michael Jackson and nine away from the untouchable Beatles. Are we talking quantity, not quality? It’s up for debate. How does she compare to the Gaga’s, Perry’s and Beyonce’s?

Turn on the radio. Open a music magazine. And if they’re on a break from their teen-preganancy programming, watch MTV. From Maroon 5 to Eminem to Coldplay to Lonely Island, there is that familiar sultry croon of the official ambassador of youth and culture for Barbados. She is considerably the most-featured female singer of this millennium. She’s no Fitzgerald, or Goulding for that matter, but it’s either she has a remarkable talent or impeccable timing. OK, maybe Jay-Z has a little something to do with it.

Going back to 2008, she was featured on two of the biggest songs of the year: Maroon5′s  “If I Ever See Your Face Again” and T.I.’s redemption-song  “Live Your Life.” Two opposing ends of the musical spectrum that equally delivered as hits in their respective genres.

Recently, her collaborations haven’t slowed down, they’ve been unescapable on the pop-charts. She duels with Nicki Minaj, harmonizes on Kanye’s  “All of the Lights”and even trades verses with Chris Martin in Coldplay’s  “Princess of China” In response to his appearance on  “What’s My Name?”, Rihanna flourishes in the role of a wounded-love on the  title track of Drake’s upcoming Take Care EP.

Her solo success should not be ignored. In Billboard’s 53-year-history, Rihanna is in a third-place tie with the legendary Whitney Houston for most chart-toppers, behind Mariah Carey and Madonna. That’s a fine line between jaw-dropping and head-scratching. She was also named Digital Song Artist of the Decade in 2009, passing Mr. West, Beyonce and Taylor Swift.

In a recent study, the most popular videos on YouTube are unsurprisingly, music videos that occupy an incredible 86% of the top 60 most-viewed. What’s even more mind-boggling is that a trifecta of pop-artists total a 25% of those 60 videos: Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Rihanna. Bieber impregnates the rest of the pack with 1.664 billion views. Mother Monster rolls in with 842 million views and Rihanna clocks in with 715 million views.

With her new album Talk That Talk on the horizon (due out November 21), critical pop-singles are expected to stampede the airwaves. She took to Twitter on Tuesday to confirm that her mentor would appear on the title track: “Yes sir! Jigga man is on the title track #TTT.” What a clubhouse that must be, with Kanye and Jay meeting their female counterparts of Beyonce and Rihanna for an afternoon picnic.

Hova and Ri-Ri previously collaborated on her mega-hit “Umbrella” and he featured her on that Blueprint 3 power-house single, “Run This Town.”

She’s definitely beating Chris Brown’s success to death.

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What are common New Year’s Resolutions? To lose weight, exercise more, or quit smoking. But in Chris Brown’s case, his resolution is to avoid interviews in 2012.

Tina Davis is Brown’s manager, and she explained it to Billboard. “[The goal for 2012 is to] not have him do interviews but to concentrate on performing and recording,” said Davis. “It was something we set a while back. We’re not trying to be rude, selfish or disrespectful to anyone in any way. If people are going to judge anything, judge him for his talent. He signed up to sing and entertain. Not talk about his personal life.”

That’s probably a good idea. Although Chris did do a lot of interviews in 2011, they generally didn’t end well. So Chris is going to keep questions to a minimum, and focus on music. Good idea Chris.

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There’s never a dull moment on Twitter if you follow these outrageous celebrities, comedians and random humans on the social networking site.

Here at andPOP, we love reporting about the latest twitter feud (usually started by Chris Brown) or the latest awkward photo Jessica Simpson uploads. Needless to say, 2011 was an entertaining year on the internet.

Here are our top ten favourite Twitter accounts we recommend you follow, if you need more laughter in your life.

10. Justin Bieber

Twitter is usually the first place the singing sensations reveals important information. For instance, news broke out of his latest Christmas album by a simple tweet.

9. Questlove

We love following Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’s Questlove, because he’s always posting the freshest music and the funniest YouTube clips. He always adds his two cents, of course.

8. Slashleen

For an unknown girl in Toronto, Slashleen already has over 60,000 followers, waiting for her to make the next crude remark. Her latest: “When I get upset I think about rappers farting dollar signs of marijuana smoke and it cheers me right up.”

7. Courtney Stodden

She may have the same intelligence and talent as a Kardashian, but at least she’s funnier to have on Twitter. You can tell Courtney loves to expand her vocabulary with a Thesaurus as she tweets such things as “As the sensuous streets of LA are saturated in residual raindrop romance… I seductively dream of delicate sentiments by the fireplace.” She definitely has a career in romantic fiction!

6. Hipster Mermaid

Braden Graeber tweets on behalf of Hipster Mermaid and he does a great job at it. The L.A. comedian is always on the cusp of what’s trendy and popular online.

5. Sarah Silverman

One of the best female comedians around, Sarah never filters herself when she tweets to her 2 million followers.

4. Chris Brown

The aggressive hip-hop singer is always a good person to have on Twitter because you never know the next time he’s involved in a train wreck. A few months ago he got into a very heated argument with a female rapper from Toronto and we couldn’t look away.

3. Kanye West

Like Sarah, Kanye never filters himself on Twitter. Come to think of it, he never filters himself in real life, either. But the point is, following him on Twitter to get his opinions on basic day-to-day tasks is hilarious. “I just threw some kazoo on this bitch” is a classic Kanye tweet.

2. Rob Delaney

This comedy writer doesn’t have the same amount of followers as Kanye or even Kim Kardashian but we’re hoping more people follow him after this post. Rob always goes for the glory, especially with “Just found out my wife’s first husband also called 911 on her for farting.” His other funny tweets are more rated R.

1. Conan O’Brien

We all jumped for joy when our favourite late night talk show host joined the Twitterverse. He may have 4 million followers around the world, but he’s only following one lucky fan back. Her name is Sarah Slowick and we’re incredibly jealous.

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While we thank celebs for all the ridiculous news they make sites like andPOP write about, we hope said celebs are taking a moment today to ask themselves that they’re grateful for. Here’s what we think some celebrities should be thankful for on this American holiday.

Lindsay Lohan: Thankful for her lawyers. Without them, she’d be in prison still, eating stuffing from something that’s not a Turkey.

Mariah Yeater: Thankful for her baby. Because at least she’ll have somebody that actually values her now.

Kim Kardashian: Thankful for her big ass. At least next time she gets knocked down by the media, she’ll have a nice landing.

Kate Gosselin: Thankful for Spanx. And condoms.

Ashton Kutcher: Thankful that razors exist. Now he can shave his poor excuse of a beard.

Chris Brown: Thankful for sunshine and rainbows. No, actually, he’d want to punch that too.

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Today on #freshpresslive, Jordan is off but Natalia and Casey talk about our Twilight interviews, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore’s divorce, and Chris Brown leaving Twitter.

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As one man quits on Demi Moore, another man quits on Twitter.

Just when we thought we couldn’t escape the wrath that is Chris Brown, the guy goes and deleted his twitter account, according to the Superficial.

We posted last week about Chris’ latest outrage on the social media site. He lashed out at people who constantly bring up the violent incident with former girlfriend, Rihanna.

Technically, Chris Brown’s twitter handle @chrisbrown is still valid. He just deleted 99% of his timeline. All that are left are a few tweets. The last one, made on November 15 reads “live LIFE!”

With him dropping off the face of Twitter, we are one step closer to having him drop off the face of the Earth.

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Every week celebrities flock to their twitter accounts to post the wackiest, entertaining, informative, and sometimes the most heartfelt messages for their followers. Here are three of the best celebrity tweets from this week so far:

“There’s no place like home,” tweeted former NBA star Kris Humphries.

Since his public divorce with Kim Kardashian, he finally broke his Twitter silence on Monday. Keep clicking your sparkly red shoes, Kris.

“Let me get this straight: the vampire impregnates the girl who always looks pissed and then the werewolf wants her baby? I miss John Hughes,” tweeted actor Zach Braff.

He was referring to the The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn which comes out this Friday. We miss John Hughes too, Zach.

“Dont say sh*t to anybody and everyone feels its cool to attack me. GROWN ADULTS!!!! that sh*t happened three years ago!…”  tweeted singer Chris Brown.

In a three-part series, Chris lashes out about how people should shut up about his past relationship with Rihanna. While we don’t approve of his tirade, we do agree that its time to let this go already! According to Perez Hilton, the tweets were taken down shortly after having been posted.

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According to TMZ, Chris Brown has moved out of his 2 million dollar Los Angeles condo.

It’s a new day for both Breezy and the other tenants.

His neighbours infamously complain about his arrogant behaviour, from receiving multiple tickets for parking in handicapped spots to playing music at ear-shattering levels during all hours. There has been accusations of vandalism and racing dogs in the hallway. Unless he’s attempting to dawn a new alter-ego for an upcoming album, it’s just unacceptable.

But it’s more likely that it’s a shameless promotion for his upcoming fragrance.

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Even since repeatedly pestering that poor DJ to  turn the record up in 2005, Robyn Rihanna Fenty has been a chart-topping powerhouse representative of Def Jam Records. With her collaborations dominating the charts as of late, it seems that the recipe to Billboard success is a Rihanna hook. After all, she has the most digital number-one hits with eleven and counting.

That’s more number-one’s than Stevie Wonder or Janet Jackson. That’s two away from Michael Jackson and nine away from the untouchable Beatles. Are we talking quantity, not quality? It’s up for debate. How does she compare to the Gaga’s, Perry’s and Beyonce’s?

Turn on the radio. Open a music magazine. And if they’re on a break from their teen-preganancy programming, watch MTV. From Maroon 5 to Eminem to Coldplay to Lonely Island, there is that familiar sultry croon of the official ambassador of youth and culture for Barbados. She is considerably the most-featured female singer of this millennium. She’s no Fitzgerald, or Goulding for that matter, but it’s either she has a remarkable talent or impeccable timing. Ok, maybe Jay-Z has a little something to do with it.

Going back to 2008, she was featured on two of the biggest songs of the year: Maroon 5′s “If I Ever See Your Face Again” and T.I.’s redemption-song  “Live Your Life.” Two opposing ends of the musical spectrum that equally delivered as hits in their respective genres.

In recent weeks, her collaborations haven’t slowed down, they’ve been unescapable on the pop-charts. She duels with Nicki Minaj, harmonizes on Kanye’s  “All of the Lights”and even trades verses with Chris Martin in Coldplay’s  “Princess of China” In response to his appearance on  “What’s My Name?”, Rihanna flourishes in the role of a wounded-love on the  title track of Drake’s upcoming Take Care EP.

Her solo success should not be ignored. In Billboard’s 53-year-history, Rihanna is in a third-place tie with the legendary Whitney Houston for most chart-toppers, behind Mariah Carey and Madonna. That’s a fine line between jaw-dropping and head-scratching. She was also named Digital Song Artist of the Decade in 2009, passing Mr. West, Beyonce and Taylor Swift.

In a recent study, the most popular videos on YouTube are unsurprisingly, music videos that occupy an incredible 86% of the top 60 most-viewed. What’s even more mind-boggling is that a trifecta of pop-artists total a 25% of those 60 videos: Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Rihanna. Bieber impregnates the rest of the pack with 1.664 billion views. Mother Monster rolls in with 842 million views and Rihanna clocks in with 715 million views.

With her new album Talk That Talk on the horizon (due out November 21), critical pop-singles are expected to stampede the airwaves. She took to Twitter on Tuesday to confirm that her mentor would appear on the title track: “Yes sir! Jigga man is on the title track #TTT.” What a clubhouse that must be, with Kanye and Jay meeting their female counterparts of Beyonce and Rihanna for an afternoon picnic.

Hova and Ri-Ri previously collaborated on her mega-hit “Umbrella” and he featured her on that Blueprint 3 power-house single, “Run This Town.”

She’s definitely beating Chris Brown’s success to death.

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#freshpresslive for November 7, 2011 – Natalia and Jordan talk about Mariah Yeater’s interview about her encounter with Justin Bieber, Chris Brown’s Twitter fight, and Lindsay Lohan’s stint in jail.

Video streaming by Ustream

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You’d think by now Chris Brown would know better than to assault a hard-working female artist – verbally or physically.

The hotblooded 22-year-old hip-hop singer has once again run his mouth on Twitter. This time, a young female rapper from Toronto, Lyracist, is on the receiving end.

NOW Magazine posted Lyracist’s initial tweet, dissing Chris Brown.

Chris wrote a nasty response which he later deleted. But according to NOW, he said: “I would love to kick Yo ass up but I don’t feel like donating any of my money to ur medical bill *****!”

Ouch! Although it was Lyracist who started the fight, she’s letting Chris Brown take all the blame for the rude remarks. She told NOW she knows she made a rude remark that sparked a plug, but felt the remark was clever nonetheless.

Needless to say, Chris should lay off on threats and could have taken a different approach, since we’re still reeling from that incident with Rihanna. He too could have made a witty or sarcastic rebuttal and left it at that. But, no, Chris Brown continues doing what he does best: threatening women.

Lots of feuds start on Twitter every day with celebs. They sure make fighting with 140 characters an art. Here’s three hilarious tweet battles from the past few years.

Kelly Osbourne vs. Tila Tequila

Kelly tweeted: “I equate Tila to a fart. She is disgusting, stinks, is publicly embarrassing but kind of funny…No matter what you try and come back with the tampon says it all.”

Tila wrote back: “”is that the BEST u got? I’m TRASH and my tampon??? LMAO B—- PLEASE! AT LEAST MY TAMPON IS EXTRA SMALL AND YOU HAVE TO WEAR DEPENDS DIAPERS.”

The twitter winner: Kelly. She’s right, Tila is not only a public embarassment but completely irrelevant in 2011.

Lil Kim vs. Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj apparently tweeted “Lil Kim U Next” after news of Osama Bin Laden’s death broke the internet. She later deleted the comment.

Lil Kim wrote back: “You cheap stocking cap glued $10 bag hair wig wearing b***. Get a lace front!!! FYI Indian hair don’t come in green…”

The twitter winner: Although andPOP loves Nicki Minaj, we agree with Kim. If you really have something to say, don’t be a coward and delete it 5 minutes later.

Rihanna vs. Ciara

In response to Ciara going on t.v. claiming Rihanna wasn’t nice in person, Ri tweeted: “My bad Ci, did I forget to tip you? How rude of me….You gangsta huh? Ha.”

Ciara replied: ”Trust me Rihanna you don’t want to see me on or off the stage.”

Ri wrote back: ”Good luck with bookin that stage you speak of.”

The twitter winner: Rihanna. She’s kind of true on that last tweet. Rihanna’s been on a world wide tour for most of 2011 and Ciara…well, I think she played a set on BET or Ellen once.

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Speaking of people dressed in green, Chris Brown tweeted a photo of his Halloween costume. I’m not sure what to make of it. The only thoughts that are running through my head are:

- Is this an alien costume?

- Dude, that thing is huge!

Right click, save.

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In Touch is reporting that Chris Brown and Kelly Rowland are hooking up. Sources say the two have hit it off while on tour.

Rowland and Brown are working together on Chris’ F.A.M.E. tour. Sources say Chris started asking out Kelly four days into the tour, and the couple started going out. Initially Kelly was not interested, but eventually she gave into his advances.

There is a bit of an age difference of course. Kelly is 30 years old and Chris is only 22 years old.

Do you think there is truth to this rumor? This video while Chris and Kelly were on stage could suggest something might be going on…..

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Apparently Kelly Clarkson attended the Chris Brown school of affection. Let’s be clear, there’s nothing funny about domestic violence and Ms. Clarkson was probably joking but I digress.

While she over-seas doing press Kelly  Clarkson was asked about Adele.  Bewildered by her overwhelming success and incredible talents, the American Idol created quite the stir today on the Internet. During an interview with the Guardian Kelly allegedly stated the following:

“I want to punch Adele in the face!” …. “She is just too good.”

Her sentiments were meant to be a compliment but didn’t exactly drive home a flattering message. This is the type of rational stalkers use to justify wanting to keep a celebrity locked in their closet indefinitely. Let’s hope “Miss Independent” doesn’t become “Miss Prohibited To Come Within 100 Meters.”

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Although we reported a while back that Bow Wow might be bankrupt, that’s not stopping him from going out and dropping $5,000 on strippers with Chris Brown. TMZ is reporting the duo were seen last Wednesday at a Miami strip club dropping mad cash.

Brown and Bow Wow visited the King of Diamonds strip club in Miami, buying bottles for their crew and dropping serious cash.

Three dancers reportedly walked away with $5,000 in tips each.

We guess the F.A.M.E. tour must be doing all right!

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Chris Brown decided to give Kelly Rowland a lap dance on stage during his show in Atlanta.

Chris pulled Kelly up on stage and showed her some of his moves. Chris looked like he was having a good time, but Kelly looked a tad uncomfortable.

Do you think there might be some romance going on between Chris and Kelly.

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Rihanna’s new boyfriend coincidentally looks a lot like Chris Brown. MTO confirms Rihanna is dating Dudley O’Shaughnessy, a 21 year old British amateur boxer who is also starring in Rihanna’s video which was shot in Ireland.

A source confirms the couple are dating, and apparently Dudley has, “A D*CK THE SIZE OF A [POLICE] NIGHT STICK.”

Good for Rihanna – she’s been working so hard and she deserves some fun.

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