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Ok, we all knew this was coming so I ask you, of all the super heroes out there who is the most lethal one?? I’m talking marvel and DC… the whole lot!

I know it’s been done in that whole Marvel vs DC series of comics and we all remember Amalgam comics (when DC and Marvel characters were combined in an alternate universe) but my point is this- I believe Batman to be the most lethal hero out there, simply put he is a man at the top of his game. It’s the same reason Lex Luthor is such a threat to humanity, in the end the most righteous and villainous characteristics emerge not from super human beings but simple human nature. Anyhow there are peeps out there who thought Wolverine could best Batman… sure… but why don’t we let the comic do the talking.

Oh and a special thanks to April and Staci for this one.

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They say if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. I don’t know who “they” are but I’m going to assume they were talking about Lady GaGa. After all, it seems the entire musical universe is clamouring for a piece of her instant stardom.

It started with Kanye, Common and Kid Cudi, or at least that’s where I first caught on. They roughed up her acoustic version of “Poker Face” to the point of making it tolerable, even enjoyable. (I’m not even going to touch the fact that she has gone acoustic, except to say that watching the video is possibly more painful than the hangover of the drugs she has to be on.)

Despite the very obvious gibes at GaGa’s not-so-double entendres, “I Poke Her Face” is actually an incredible step up from anything the songstress has released on her own.

“Just Dance” was nearly my demise last summer as it somehow circulated more frequently than Sarah McLachlan on the soft rock radio station I listened to at my 9-5 desk job. So I made it my mission to publicly rally against her budding career for the rest of 2008, hoping she would have drifted off the airwaves come December. But now it’s June, and she has three more singles revving up for a summer of heavy rotation.

I could feel my protest deteriorating as 2009 wore on. I found myself joylessly bashing the ridiculous rhyming in “Disco Stick” while flinging my hair around to its beat at the club.  Just the other day, someone asked me if I’d heard “Paparazzi”.

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It seems that Radiohead is annoying all of their famous fans these days. Recently, Miley Cyrus went on a radio show and unleashed her plans to “ruin” Radiohead by telling the world that the band snubbed her at the Grammy Awards.

Miley explained that she was a huge fan of the band and expected to meet them after sending her manager over to talk to them and arrange an introduction with the starlet. Sadly for Miley, she was turned down as the band told her manager that they “didn’t really do that.” Miley ended up leaving the awards early because she was upset by the incident and didn’t want to stick around to watch Radiohead perform.

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Perhaps time does heal all wounds. According to E! News, Kanye West is set to perform and close the MTV Video Music Awards this Sunday.

Last year, after the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, West vowed to never perform at the awards after being relegated to a small stage and shut out despite five nominations.

Now, West has appeared to have forgiven and forgotten and will join Britney Spears in the 25th anniversary edition of the VMAs. West’s decision to perform may be less about moving on and more about self-promotion as the rapper’s new single “Love Lockdown” is expected to be released on Monday.

Producers have confirmed Spears is opening the show but they are keeping mum about whether or not the pop star will perform.

Other singers set to perform or appear are Christina Aguilera, Jonas Brothers, Rihanna, T.I., Pink, Kid Rock, the Ting Tings, Lupe Fiasco, Lil Wayne and Katy Perry.

Rap rivals KANYE WEST and 50 CENT will go head to head on 11 September (07) when their albums are released simultaneously.

Last month (Jun07), West decided to release his third album Graduation early, on 21 August (07), to avoid a sales war with 50 Cent’s new disc Curtis.

After originally planning to release Curtis in June, 50 Cent delayed the album until 4 September, then last week (ends13Jul07) it was postponed again until 11 September.

And now West has decided to release Graduation on the same day, according to a representative from his record label Def Jam. (ES/WNWCSO/SH)

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Hip-hop star KANYE WEST will collaborate with dance duo DAFT PUNK on a track for his upcoming album.

The rapper will team up with the French house DJs – Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter – on a single called Stronger, which will feature on his new album Graduation.

West also announced to MTV his plans for a new tour called Glow In The Dark.

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Hip-hop star KANYE WEST is releasing his third album Graduation early, to avoid a sales war with rival rapper 50 CENT.

50 Cent has delayed the release of his disc Curtis from June to September, claiming the quality would be affected if it was released in the summer.

The new date coincided with West’s album, and MTV reports Graduation will now hit stories in late August – several weeks before its original release date.

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Rapper KANYE WEST has branded himself the MEL GIBSON of the music world – and believes the pair miss out on awards because they are outspoken.

The hip-hop star is adamant his albums are “the best,” but fails to pick up any gongs because critics want him to stop publicly expressing his views.

Speaking to MTV, he says, “My favourite movie this year was Apocalypto and I love Mel Gibson.

“Sometimes I feel a little like Mel Gibson. (People say to him) ‘OK, Mel Gibson, we know (your movie is) the best, but if you shut up, maybe we can give you an award.’ That’s how I think that’s how people feel about me sometimes: ‘OK, (your album) was the best.’ Apocalypto was the best movie. It’s probably some complete bulls**t that got nominated over it.

“Around the time of the awards, if you want to ask me what’s the bulls**t that got nominated, I will tell you. It’s my opinion, it doesn’t mean it’s good or bad. I’m a movie buff.”

West stormed the stage at the MTV Europe Music Awards last November when he was beaten to the Best Video gong by French duo Justice Vs Simian, complaining, “My video cost $1 million. Pamela Anderson was in it.”

In November 2004, West also blasted the music of country singer Gretchen Wilson, after she triumphed in the Best Newcomer category at the American Music Awards.

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Rapper KANYE WEST’s mother is to pen her memoirs, revealing everything about her struggles as a single mother.

DONDA WEST’s book RAISING KANYE: LIFE LESSONS FROM THE MOTHER OF A HIP-HOP SUPERSTAR will feature unseen photographs of the young West and anecdotes about his mother’s experiences as a manager.

The tome is expected to his US book stores in May.

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Hip-hop star KANYE WEST has laughed off reports he is flying an Indian banquet from Wales to New York City, insisting another person is paying for the extravagant meal.

The British Raj restaurant in Rogerstone, south Wales said the rapper had ordered a $3,900 Indian takeaway, including a rare five foot Ayre fish, to be flown to him in New York City on Tuesday.

However, the star’s publicist GABE TESORIERO said his client wasn’t even in New York and hadn’t ordered the lavish meal; “There is no meeting in New York. There never has been.”

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