Lady Gaga and Beyonce Telephone Video Sizzles

Premiere music video entitled "Telephone" features Lady Gaga and Beyonce going from jail to a road trip. It has pure pop quality but does have a weird side.

Lady Gaga and Beyonce are in the new music video called "Telephone." The video debuted last Thursday night and has been an Internet sensation ever since. However, it sizzles because it is pure crazy, and includes some Lady Gaga fashion that some like while others believe is weird.

"Lady Gaga has been a very bad girl. The video is gonna be epic," Beyonce said in a statement.

Beyonce is in the video clip and runs 9 minutes in length. It was directed by Jonas Akerlund. Akerlund is best known for directing Madonna's "Ray of Light" and Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful" videos.

"There was this really amazing quality in 'Paparazzi,' where it kind of had this pure pop music quality, but at the same time it was a little bit of commentary on fame culture," Lady Gaga said in a statement. "I wanted to do the same thing with this video - take a decidedly pop song, which on the surface has a quite shallow meaning, and turn it into something deeper."

It opens with Beyonce bailing Gaga out of a jail populated by some weird characters. After a dance number, Lady Gaga and Beyonce set off on a killing spree through the desert. It ends with a teaser suggesting that a part two might be in the making.

Living The Simple Famous Life Without Luxury

Lady Gaga has shrugged off assumptions, she's been living a life of luxury since shooting to fame, insisting she has very few personal possessions. The entertainer has been music's biggest score of the last year. Her debut album, "The Fame," has sold more than 10 million copies since 2008.

However, the singer is adamant she's not been spending her hard-earned cash on material things. She said she was practically money-broke for years and doesn't need luxury. She always considered herself very vain and glamorous.

"I can't even drive a car. I don't have a driver's license. I have a rented apartment in York. That's it. When I travel, I have almost all of my possessions with me. That's how little I own."

Little Monsters

Lady Gaga calls her fans "little monsters" and on Saturday night thousands of them will fill the Auckland's Vector Arena for her first headline tour in New Zealand. Outrageous outfits are her trademark and with 16 costume changes planned for the sell-out show, Lady Gaga shouldn't disappoint in the style stakes. Fans were already lining up at the door 24 hours prior to the concert.

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Justin Timberlake To Introduce 'Summit On The Summit: Kilimanjaro'

Documentary airs Sunday at 9 p.m. on MTV.

Earlier this year, Jessica Biel, Emile Hirsch, Lupe Fiasco, Santigold and others banded together to climb to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness about the global clean-water crisis. Now Justin Timberlake has pitched in to support the effort.

The singer is set to provide a personal introduction to "Summit on the Summit: Kilimanjaro," the 90-minute documentary about the celebrities' climb that will air on MTV on March 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Masterminded by Grammy-nominated musician Kenna, the team took a six-day, 50-mile trekto the peak of the tallest mountain in Africa.

"It was a combination of the mental and the psychological aspects of the mountain, of the slow-but-steady pace that you had to go up it, and that sometimes made your brain just want to explode, because you just wanted to get there so badly," Biel told MTV News Wednesday. "But then you'd get this rush of inspiration of 'I'm not doing this for me. I'm doing this for something bigger than me, for people who don't have a voice, for people that need water around the world,' and then you'd power through."

In addition to raising awareness about the clean-water crisis, the "Summit on the Summit" raises funds for P&G's Children's Safe Drinking Water Program, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Water for People's PlayPumps Technology. During the MTV broadcast, viewers will be able to text SEND to 90999 to donate $10 to the U.N. Foundation on behalf of "Summit on the Summit." Each donation will send 1,000 liters of clean water to people in need.

"MTV has a long history of educating its audience to raise awareness on issues that are important to them," said Dave Sirulnick, Executive Vice President, News and Docs. "More than 1 billion people worldwide do not have access to safe, clean drinking water. By airing this documentary, MTV hopes to mobilize a new generation of young people who may not be aware of this global cause and take action to get involved in helping find solutions to the water crisis."

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Gorillaz Plastic Beach Cheat Sheet: Everything You Need To Know

Here's a little of what you can expect from the latest offering from Damon Albarn and crew.

Much like Lazarus, Superman and, uh, Sayid from "Lost," Gorillaz are back from the dead with their first new album in nearly five years, a post-apocalyptic parable called Plastic Beach.

Of course, not everyone in the band bit the bullet at the end of the promotional cycle for their last album, 2005's massive Demon Days — just guitarist Noodle, who perished at the conclusion of the band's "El Mañana" video (she's since returned in cyborg form), but there was a definite sense that things were winding down in 'Rillaz land, with co-creators Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett even telling MTV News that the group was "retiring ... we're going to do it hip-hop style, like Jay-Z."

But, much like Jigga, that retirement didn't stick, and the proof is Beach which hits stores on Tuesday (March 9). Much like everything the Gorillaz do, it's a sprawling, kitchen-sink affair, with an orchestra's worth of musicians and an army of guest vocalists taking part in things. There's a whole lot to keep track of, which is why we've prepared this cheat sheet — a list of the who's, what's and where's that make the album tick.

Humble Beginnings
After spending much of 2007 working on Monkey: Journey to the West, a Chinese-style opera that premiered at the Manchester International Festival, Albarn and Hewlett announced plans for a new Gorillaz album, tentatively called Carousel. That eventually morphed into Plastic Beach (Albarn reportedly got the inspiration for the album while sitting on the beach, noticing all the trash in the sand) and recording began in June 2008. In September of last year, Albarn premiered three brand-new tracks — "Electric Shock," "Broken" and "Stylo" — on BBC Radio 1. In December, Gorillaz appeared on the U.K. cover of Wired magazine and in January their official site underwent a face-lift, making it clear that the Plastic Beach era had begun.

A Cast Of Hundreds
It wouldn't be a Gorillaz production without more than a few co-stars, and Plastic Beach has 'em by the bucketload. First single "Stylo" features vocals by Mos Def and Bobby Womack (not to mention Bruce Willis in the video), and the album features contributions from Snoop Dogg, Lou Reed, Mick Jones and Paul Simonon from the Clash, the Fall's Mark E. Smith, British rappers Bashy and Kano, De La Soul and Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys, to name just a few. There are also musical flourishes provided by Chicago's Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and the Lebanese National Orchestra for Oriental and Arabic Music too.

Return To The Road
Gorillaz have performed live in the past — including a sold-out run of shows at Harlem's Apollo Theatre and a Grammy duet with Madonna — but longtime plans of a worldwide holographic tour never materialized. But, this time around, things may be different — the band have already been confirmed as headliners at the 2010 Coachella Festival, and if Beach is a success, the lure of the open road may prove too much to resist.

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Lil Wayne begins year jail term in NYC gun case

NEW YORK (AP) -- Lil Wayne was sentenced Monday to a year in jail in New York City for having a loaded gun on his tour bus in 2007, then was taken away in handcuffs to begin his term immediately.

The Grammy Award-winning rapper, born Dwayne Carter, was sentenced in Manhattan after pleading guilty in October to attempted criminal possession of a weapon. He admitted having the loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic gun on his tour bus.

The rapper will serve his sentence in city jails, not a state prison. He could be released in about eight months with good behavior.

Before Monday's court appearance, it had proved difficult to actually begin Lil Wayne's agreed-upon sentence.

First, the rap star's sentencing was postponed in February so he could undergo surgery on his bejeweled teeth. Then, a fire shut down Manhattan's main criminal courthouse while he was on his way there last week.

Lil Wayne has been one of music's most prolific and profitable figures in recent years. His "Tha Carter III" was the best-selling album of 2008. His latest album, "Rebirth," was released last month.

Facing jail with his career in full throttle, Lil Wayne has prepared with a burst of work and farewell shows and videos for fans. He said in a video clip sent last week to MTV News that he shot footage for seven music videos with various artists in one night over the weekend.

He told Rolling Stone for a story last month that he planned to keep working while behind bars.

"I'll be still rapping in there, have a gang of raps ready when I come back home," he said.

With good behavior, he could be released in about eight months.

City jail officials haven't said where the multiplatinum-sellin g artist will be housed among their roughly 13,000 inmates. His lawyer has said she plans to ask for protective custody out of concern for his safety and health following his extended oral surgeries.

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Lady Gaga Planning Ambitious 3-D Concert, DVD

'There are talks about a 3-D concert and DVD in the near future,' rep for Gaga tells MTV News.

Lady Gaga is currently in the midst of the Australian leg of her massive Monster Ball tour — with scheduled stops in Japan and Europe — and, as you probably know by now, she's also putting the finishing touches on the much-anticipated "Telephone" video, too.

But neither of those things are standing in the way of yet another ambitious endeavor, a planned 3-D concert and subsequent DVD.

On Monday (March 8), MTV News spoke to a rep for her label, Interscope Records, who told us that "there are talks about a 3-D concert and DVD in the near future." No other information — including just how a 3-D concert would manifest — was available at press time.

Late last week, Gaga fansites began speculating about plans for a 3-D DVD (link http://gagadaily.com/2010/03/the-monster-ball-dvd-coming-soon/), but this is the first time a concert has been mentioned. In December, Gaga released a deluxe edition of her Fame Monster album, which included a pair of 3-D glasses that she mysteriously explained would come in handy "for things happening soon."

In the mean time, her Little Monsters are gearing up for the debut of the "Telephone" video — the follow-up to her striking "Bad Romance" clip — which, after weeks ofteasing from Gaga herself and some last-minute editing is scheduled to premiere Thursday at 11:30 p.m. ET on E! News.

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Swedish rapper gets 15-to-life for LA killing

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Swedish hip-hop artist who ran down and killed a man at a Hollywood crosswalk has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.

David Moses Jassy, who also uses the name Dave Monopoly, was sentenced Thursday for second-degree murder and other crimes.

Prosecutors say the 35-year-old rapper killed John Osnes in November 2008 after the pedestrian activist banged on the hood of his rented SUV when it stopped in a crosswalk.

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Authorities say the rapper punched the 55-year-old Osnes in the face, kicked him in the head and ran him over him as he drove away.

Jassy testified that he never intended to hurt Osnes.

Jassy claims to have sung with and written several songs for "High School Musical" star Ashley Tisdale.

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Swift not done writing heartbreak songs about Jonas

WENN -- Country star Taylor Swift has warned ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas to expect more songs about their failed romance -- because the heartbreak has provided her with "albums" full of material.

The "You Belong With Me" hitmaker, 20, dated the Jonas Brothers singer for several months in 2008 -- but she was left devastated when he dumped her in a 27-second phone call.

Swift poured out her emotions in her song "Forever & Always" and went on national TV in the U.S. in November that year to publicly chastise her ex -- but she insists she's not quite done targeting Jonas just yet.

She tells Elle magazine, "I like to categorize the various levels of heartbreak. I've only had that (had her heart broken) happen once. A letdown is worth a few songs. A heartbreak is worth a few albums."

Swift was more recently romantically linked to her "Valentine's Day" co-star Taylor Lautner, but the couple reportedly split in December.

Photos: See Taylor Swift's spread in Elle