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Music lovers yearning for good news about resurging late '90s/early '00s hip-hop and R&B performers, rejoice. This is your week. First, Brandy and Monica released "It All Belongs to Me," their first single together since 1998's "The Boy Is Mine," and now Missy Elliott and Timbaland will be releasing albums at the same time in June of 2012. In the past, collaborations between the two have produced hip-hop gold, from "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" to "Get Ur Freak On." More recently, they united for "All Night Long," a track by ex-Disney teen pop star Demi Lovato.

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● Having yet to scandalize with his tales of binge drinking and ungroomed nethers, Daniel Radcliffe says that he likes to "like somebody before I sleep with them," but that sex with Harry Potter groupies "has happened." And a million new Harry fanfics were born. [NYDN]

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This has been quite the eventful year for Lil Kim (in terms of unnecessary beefs) but this time the Queen B might actually be the victim. Just over a week ago, Monica’s new single “Anything (To Find You)” -- recorded over a sample of the Notorious B.I.G.’s “Who Shot Ya” -- surfaced, with verses from Lil Kim and Rick Ross. But this past week the song’s official premiere was mysteriously absent of Kim’s verse. Turn outs that Big’s mom, Voletta Wallace, still isn’t down with her son’s ex-flame.

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Since the early ’90s, Missy Elliott has commanded the world of hip-hop. That’s plenty of time to lose control about the little things. Below, the style icon, who is back with her seventh album, FANomenal, breaks it down. This is not a test!

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