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Kick-Ass is in theaters April 16.

Lady Gaga and her sidekick Beyonce (along with director Jonas Åkerlund) just took a song I didn’t much care for and turned into something I’m going to obsess over. My media-soaked mind went into overdrive with the constant barrage of pop references. Tarantino. Thelma & Louise. You’ll probably need a cheat sheet just to be sure you saw what you think you saw. Oh look. MTV was nice enough to put one together for us.

While I don’t live in the UK, I can still celebrate the release of British singer-songwriter and pop wonder Marina and the Diamonds’ album The Family Jewels (out to today in UK). She’s been popping up in my Last.fm playlist for while now, but I didn’t ever hear “Hollywood” till I visited her website tonight. Give it a listen and enjoy. Meanwhile, I’ll be rocking back and fourth in a corner until The Family Jewels is released in the States.

The 2010 Brit Awards where held on Feb. 16, and our Gaga was there. Lady Gaga took home all three awards she was nominated for in the international categories. Most importantly though, she performed. Oh did she perform.

There was a time that I would have watched the Grammys. In the age of YouTube,  what’s the point. This clips is all I really needed. For anyone who still thinks Gaga isn’t the real deal, listen to Elton John: “How wonderful life is with Gaga in the world.”

Gaga. Now icon approved.

What do you get when you mix spunky country music with fab musical theater? For your consideration: “Giddy On Up” from Laura Bell Bundy, the star of Legally Blonde: The Musical. I never thought the musical whore in me and the Western PA redneck in me would find common ground, but here we are. My mind has been blown.

(via Just Jared and @deadra)

There’s one song you’re not going to on any episode of Glee, but there’s no reason you can’t put it on your holiday playlist. Fox just released the Glee cast’s take on Wham’s classic holiday song “Last Christmas.” It’s available (at least for now) exclusively on iTunes. Give it a listen. I wouldn’t expect anything less from this pop-tastic Fox show.

Being a sucker for a good, sad Judy Garland song, I couldn’t help but wonder what Rachel’s version of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” would sound like.  Or how about a little Mariah with Mercedes doing “All I Want for Christmas is You?” Could Finn lead the guys in version of Steve Wonder’s “What Christmas Means to Me?”

What holiday song would you like to see the Glee cast take on next year?

When Lea Michele started singing Jennifer Paige’s “Crush” on Glee last week, I knew I had to search for the Glee: The Music, Volume 2 track listing. Let’s just say that the road to sectionals is paved in gold.

Other than an involuntary eye roll when I saw “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going” (seriously, you’re going to try and top J-Hud?), this set here makes me more excited about the show than I ever thought I would be. John Lennon’s “Imagine”, Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors”, and Dionne Warwick’s “Don’t Make Me Over.” I’m there.

And I can’t tell you how psyched I am to see Babs’ “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” hopefully performed by Miss Michele.

Glee: The Music, Volume 2 track listing:

1. Proud Mary
2. Endless Love
3. I’ll Stand By You
4. Don’t Stand So Close To Me/Young Girl
5. Crush
6. (You’re) Having My Baby
7. Lean On Me
8. Don’t Make Me Over
9. Imagine
10. True Colors
11. Jump
12. Smile (Cover of Lily Allen Song)
13. Smile (Cover of Charlie Chaplin Song)
14. And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going
15. Don’t Rain On My Parade
16. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
17. My Life Would Suck Without You

Glee: The Music, Volume 2 hits stores on Dec. 8.

If you’re looking for likely Best Original Song winners at next March’s Oscar ceremony, look no further than Mary J. Blige’s “I Can See in Color” from the Oscar contender Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire. Mary J.’s never even been nominated for Oscar. I know, what a travesty.  Well, it’s an honor to be nominated, but this song could get her to the podium.