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Kanye West stories: 67 news summaries

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 Greatest Albums of the Decade 

From Radiohead to Bon Iver, Paste hits the highlights

Nov 3, 09 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Paste takes a look back at the past decade—and its own 10-year history—with its list of the 50 best albums of the ‘00s:
  • No. 1. Sufjan Stevens, Illinoise: “His music pushed boundaries between pop and classical.”
  • No. 4. Radiohead, Kid A: Marked
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music • Kanye West • Radiohead • MIA • album • Jay-Z • Outkast • Jay-ZTV

DEAD HORSE RIDES AGAIN

 Kanye Cameo Likely 
 During Swift's SNL Gig 


Oct 26, 09 8:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just when the Kanye West-Taylor Swift meme was starting to ebb a bit, there’s this from the rumor mill: West, awards-show interrupter, will make a cameo when Swift, awards-show interruptee, hosts Saturday Night Live on Nov. 7. Quoth gossip maven Perez Hilton: “Sources tell us this is very... More »

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Iraq • Saturday Night Live • entertainment • Kanye West • gossip • Perez Hilton • Jay-ZTV • Taylor Swift • MTV Video Music Awards

 Kanye Lives!  And So Do 
 These Other Hoaxed Celebs 

Fake rumors of celebrity death from Kanye West to Frank Sinatra

Oct 22, 09 4:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - We're happy for you Kanye, but Paul McCartney's may have been the best celebrity death hoax of all time. An elaborate Internet hoax fooled many into thinking Kanye West had been killed in a car crash yesterday, prompting the Los Angeles Times to look at other celebs who fell victim... More »

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Paul McCartney • Tom Cruise • Kanye West • celebrity • Tom Hanks • hoax • rumor • hoaxes • Frank Sinatra • celebrity death

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE?

 Kanye Exorcises Demons 
 in Short Jonze Film 

Clip, briefly on rapper's site, includes projectile vomiting, cutting himself open

Oct 19, 09 9:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - A glimpse into the inner workings of Kanye West, or just fantasy? We're sure getting a look at something in a new short film directed by Spike Jonze (of Where The Wild Things Are) and starring West, who—after an(other) obnoxious club outing—projectile vomits pink flower petals in a... More »

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entertainment • Kanye West • Spike Jonze • Jay-ZTV • Where the Wild Things Are • short film • inner demons

 West-Gaga Tour Canceled 

No word on what killed the 'Fame Kills' partnership

Oct 1, 09 7:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kanye West and Lady Gaga aren’t hitting the road together after all, but there’s no word tonight on what might have been the death knell for the Fame Kills Tour. The circus was to have opened Nov. 10, but in addition to rumors it was on thin ice... More »

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entertainment • Kanye West • concert tour • Jay-ZTV • Lady Gaga • Taylor Swift • MTV Video Music Awards • Fame Kills Tour

 WWE Offers 
 Kanye $10M to 
 Get Into Ring 

West would have to do some 'light wrestling,' sources say

Sep 21, 09 10:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - World Wrestling Entertainment has offered Kanye West nearly $10 million to step into the ring, sources tells MediaTakeOut.com. The rapper, swamped by a wave of disastrous publicity following his award-show interruption of country star Taylor Swift, would be on the hook for some “light wrestling” in three events... More »

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entertainment • professional wrestling • World Wrestling Entertainment • Kanye West • Jay-ZTV • Taylor Swift • MTV Video Music Awards • Vince McMahon

 Maybe Obama's 'Half-White 
 Side' Is Racist: Limbaugh 

Also, president's media 'lust' is Castroesque

Sep 16, 09 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh yesterday capped off a free-wheeling show on the scourge of racism in America by suggesting that Obama’s white half is racist because he hasn’t thrown a bone to his Kenyan relatives, Media Matters reports. “I'm just going on Newsweek, that we're all born racists, and... More »

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Kenya • radio • Fidel Castro • Rush Limbaugh • conservative • Kanye West • Serena Williams • racism • homosexuality • talk show • President Obama • Rush Limbaugh racist quotes

 Kanye Calls  
 Taylor to Apologize 

Rapper reaches out after Swift's appearance on The View

Sep 15, 09 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kanye West called Taylor Swift today to personally apologize for rushing the stage during her VMA acceptance speech, Entertainment Weekly reports. “Kanye did call me,” right after her appearance on The View, Swift told ABC News. “He was very sincere in his apology, and I accepted that... More »

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Kanye West • apology • Video Music Awards • Taylor Swift • MTV Video Music Awards

music review

 Kid Cudi's Debut 
 'Ridiculously 
 Intriguing' 

Rap's up-and-coming name follows in the footsteps of Kanye West, Andre 3000

Sep 15, 09 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The premise of Kanye West protégé Kid Cudi’s Man on the Moon: The End of the Day is that he’s “not on the same planet as other rappers. The truth is that he’s not in the same genre,” writes Julian Benbow for the... More »

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Kanye West • hip-hop • rapper • album release • rap music • music review • Jay-Z • Jay-ZTV • Kid Cudi

OPINION

 Brooks: Humility Is Dead 

Kanye, Joe Wilson lead age of attention-seeking

Sep 15, 09 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - What happened to humility in America? In the past few days, we’ve seen Joe Wilson interrupt a presidential speech, Kanye West steal Taylor Swift’s microphone to voice his opinion, and Michael Jordan offer up an “egomaniacal” Hall of Fame speech, writes David Brooks in the New York ... More »

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Michael Jordan • Kanye West • World War II • David Brooks • VJ Day • Taylor Swift • Joe Wilson

REVIEW ROUND-UP

 New Leno Show 
 Numbingly 
 (or Pleasantly) 
 Familiar 

It's pretty much the Tonight Show in a new time slot

Sep 15, 09 6:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Jay Leno Show won't disappoint Leno fans looking for more of the same, say critics, but the only thing new or ground-breaking about it is the 10pm time slot.
  • James Poniewozik, Time: Leno and NBC aren't "out to win over critics who liked Letterman better. Instead, they're
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NBC • Jerry Seinfeld • Kanye West • Jay Leno • talk show • Tonight Show • prime time • The Jay Leno Show

 Obama: Kanye's a 'Jackass' 

Off-the-record remark gets on Twitter; rest is history

Sep 14, 09 10:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama got in on the Kanye West-bashing today, calling the rapper a “jackass” for his interruption of country star Taylor Swift during an MTV awards show Sunday. Obama made the remark in an off-the-record portion of an interview with CNBC, the Huffington Post reports, but that didn’t... More »

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entertainment • ABC • CNBC • Kanye West • insult • Twitter • President Obama • Taylor Swift • MTV Video Music Awards • jackass • off the record • Terry Moran

Kanye's Latest Apology Spices Up Leno Debut

'It was rude, period,' says rapper, who asked for chance to speak on Jay's new show

Sep 14, 09 9:57 PM CDT
(AP) - Kanye West told Jay Leno tonight he's going to take some time off for reflection after ruining Taylor Swift's night at the MTV Video Music Awards. Appearing on Leno's new 10pm NBC show, West said he knew he was wrong as soon as he handed the microphone back to Swift,... More »

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entertainment • NBC • Kanye West • Jay Leno • late night talk show • apology • Beyonce • Jay-ZTV • Taylor Swift • MTV Video Music Awards

 Ten Pre-Kanye Stage Rushes 

West even makes the list with a pre-Taylor Swift intrusion

Sep 14, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kanye West is only the latest celebrity to invade the stage and rain on someone else’s parade. The Daily Mirror runs down 10 other notable moments, from funny to tragic:
  1. Keith Richards: Famously guitar-chopped a fan who rushed the stage.
  2. Noel Gallagher: On-stage shove
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entertainment • Keith Richards • 50 Cent • Kanye West • celebrity • Michael Jackson • Pete Doherty • Robbie Williams • Iggy Pop • Noel Gallagher • Jarvis Cocker • Dimebag Darrell • Ian Brown

OPINION

 Kanye's Tantrum Smells Staged 

VMA debacle with Taylor Swift 'merely a way to distract' from MTV's lacking lineup

Sep 14, 09 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kanye West’s outburst at last night’s Video Music Awards allowed MTV “to sneak up behind the rest of the cable lineup and command the television-watching nation’s attention"—a definite coup when you consider it was competing with the US Open, football, and the True Blood ... More »

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entertainment • Kanye West • celebrity • award show • Video Music Awards • Taylor Swift • MTV Video Music Awards

 Kanye Wigs Out 
 During Taylor's 
 MTV Award 

'I'm sooooo sorry,' he writes on blog after crazy rant

Sep 14, 09 3:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Crazed hip-hopper Kanye West stormed the stage last night during Taylor Swift's speech accepting her MTV award for Best Female Video to plug Beyoncé's video. Giddy country-music sweetheart Swift was mid-sentence when West, spotted earlier swigging cognac, yanked the mike from her to rant to a stunned audience. West... More »

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music • MTV • Kanye West • music videos • Beyonce • Taylor Swift • MTV Video Music Awards

 Rihanna 
 Joins 
 Jay-Z 
 on Stage 

9/11 benefit marks her first live show since Chris Brown assault

Sep 12, 09 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna's comeback took another step forward last night when she joined Jay-Z on stage for her first live performance since the February assault. During Jay-Z's star-studded 9/11 benefit concert in New York—John Mayer, Mary J. Blige, and, of course, Beyoncé also performed—Rihanna took the stage with him and... More »

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Kanye West • concert • John Mayer • Beyonce • Rihanna • Mary J. Blige • Jay-Z • Chris Brown • Run This Town

LeBron Doc Soundtrack Lands Some Heavy Hitters

Eminem, Kanye West join Drake, Lil Wayne

Aug 26, 09 8:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four of hip-hop’s biggest names have collaborated on a track inspired by an upcoming documentary on NBA star LeBron James, MTV reports. Forever was originally supposed to include just Drake and Kanye West, but Eminem and Lil Wayne have since jumped into the mix. The track is expected to... More »

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entertainment • LeBron James • Cleveland Cavaliers • Kanye West • Eminem • documentary • soundtrack • Lil Wayne • Jay-ZTV • Drake

 Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye 
 Take on the Apocalypse

Three of hip-hop's biggest team up in video for new single

Aug 20, 09 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Kanye West romp around a post-apocalyptic New York in the much-anticipated video for “Run This Town” off Jay-Z's upcoming Blueprint 3, reports MTV.com. The clip portrays the three as "warlords in a 23rd-century turf war," writes James Montgomery, but that's beside the point.... More »

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music • Kanye West • hip-hop • music videos • Rihanna • Jay-Z • Blueprint 3 • Run This Town

 Rihanna Heads to Leno, 
 Brown to Hard Labor 

Singer faces community labor at sentencing

Aug 7, 09 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna will make her first public performance since the Chris Brown assault at a somewhat unlikely venue: the Jay Leno Show, E! reports. She will join Kanye West and Jay-Z for Leno’s primetime debut Sept. 14. Brown isn’t doing quite so well: Wrigley cut his sponsorship deal,... More »

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entertainment • Kanye West • celebrity • Jay Leno • assault • Rihanna • Jay-Z • Chris Brown • The Jay Leno Show

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