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Finally, finally: Jay-Z and Kanye West have released a music video for "N----- in Paris," the song they played up to like eleven times in a row on their Watch the Throne tour. It's a live video, too, perfectly capturing the sensation of being bombarded over and over and over by the song's walloping beat. A kaleidoscope effect doubles the 'Ye and Jay we see, as well as the well-dressed fans losing their mind in the crowd. (Warning: if you're sensitive to flashing lights, you may want to pass on this one.)

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In today's "Kanye West Loves Fashion" news, WWD has announced that the rapper will indeed return to Paris Fashion Week to present his sophomore womenswear collection at 9:30pm on March 6. Now, the Telegraph reports that 'Ye met up with billionaire Topshop tycoon Sir Phillip Green last week for lunch to discuss an upcoming project. "They were in the restaurant for several hours tossing ideas back and forth," Telegraph reveals. Hmm.

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M.I.A.

● Rumor has it that M.I.A. has split with Benjamin Bronfman, her long time fiancé and the father of her son, Ikhyd. M.I.A. [NYDN]

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Kanye West

● Rumor has it that Kanye West is staging his next short film (think: that 30-minute "Runaway" cut) in the Middle East, where he will utilize local talent and production crews "to create an 'authentic' depiction of the culture." Or, as a source familiar with 'Ye's plans put it, the anti-Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. [NYO]

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Celine2012

Phoebe Philo is seven months pregnant with her third child, and we're being punished for it. Today, Céline's CEO Marco Gobetti confirmed that due to the designer's pregnancy, the French fashion house will not produce a runway show for the fall 2012 season. Although Philo is still designing the new collection and the Céline team may show it in a presentation setting during Paris Fashion Week, we can't help but feel torn between our admiration of Philo's courage to scale back for her baby and our sartorial selfishness. 

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swizz beatz

If you thought yesterday's online protests of the Stop Online Piracy Act were going to deter anyone from stopping online piracy, you were definitely wrong. Just this afternoon one of the biggest file-sharing sites, Megaupload.com, has been shut down following a federal indictment that allegest the services encourages online piracy. 

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Marky Mark

● Mark Wahlberg thinks he could have prevented tragedy on 9/11, had he only been on the right flight. “If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did," he tells Men's Journal this month. "There would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin and then me saying, ‘OK, we’re going to land somewhere safely, don’t worry.’” If only, Marky Mark. [MensJournal]

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Zoey Deschanel

● "Girls spit in my face, people were so mean to me, I'd cry every day," says Zooey Deschanel of her rough high school days. She is just so "adorkable" now, though, you really can't imagine, can you? [USA Today]

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Last week, the internet's arteries were clogged to capacity with postings and quotations from Kanye West's amazing, almost Homeric, Twitter rant. In a stream of consciousness of 70-odd tweets in about three hours, Yeezy told the world about DONDA, his new design and innovation mega-company. Not to be outdone by West’s world-rescuing mission, Nicki Minaj is looking to save the planet as well, one cuticle at a time.

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Kanye West

Something happened last night on Kanye West's twitter: over three hours and in 70 or so tweets, he unveiled plans for a magical and mysterious enterprise he calls DONDA, after his late mother. “We need to pick up where steve jobs left off,” he said, and so he is looking to bring in all sorts of people to do all sorts of things like, uh, teach math, design a new MTV awards, and help him with his new seven-screen experience. Or something. It's contactDONDA@gmail.com, if you think you can help! [HuffPost/KanyeWest Twitter]

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