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Natalie Portman stars in the new Devendra Banhart video 'Carmensita'.

Every artist knows the best form of revenge is a thinly veiled allusion to those who've done you wrong. Or in the case of Britney, who's never once known the art of subtlety, an outright accusation on her album.

Poor Britters is sick of being exploited by those who should have been looking after her, and has recorded a song for her in-the-works new album, called 'ATM' about her family members.

According to The Mirror, the song lyrics include: "Hey Mama, I know it's my cash you seek."

With a repeating chorus line: "You know they treat me like an ATM, but y'all know that I'm too good for 'em."

It seems that Madonna is running on empty, as juggling tour rehearsals with all the stress of the recent tabloid trashing takes its toll. I mean this is a pretty heavy plate to be carrying:

• Marital problems with Guy
• Defending herself against accusations she's had an affair with baseball star Alex Rodriguez
• The publication of a tell-all book by her estranged brother
• Preparations for the tour following her new album

A nameless insider (aren't they always?) told The Sun: "Madonna is doing less than okay. She has been rehearsing for the tour and she is totally miserable.

Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street like you've never seen them before! Thanks to a particularly clever YouTuber who decided a mash up with M.O.P.'s 'Ante Up' was in order.

This is not a picture of Michael with his fans

Fans will decide the track listing for Michael Jackson's latest greatest hits album.

Called King of Pop, this best-of is being released August 29 in celebration of Jacko's 50th birthday (and probably a way for the label to squeeze a few extra bucks out of his legacy).

Fans are being asked to pick their favourite 18 songs out of a list of 50. Countries around the world are hosting their own poll, resulting in a record made specially for their region.

Unfortunately voting has closed here in Australia, but all you hardcore MJ fans probably knew that already. Tell us what song you voted for, or would have voted for in the comments section.

He's already considered a rock star to his party fans, but now Barack Obama's cred with young voters is set to rise a notch or two as rumours abound that he might take to the stage with actual rock stars at the American music festival Lollapalooza, during the first weekend of August.

Jonas-fever ... everyone has it! From Barack Obama's young daughters, to the number one band around the globe at the moment, Coldplay.

Middle brother, Joe Jonas said recently in an Access Hollywood interview: "Last night, at their concert, Coldplay went up and introduced themselves (to the crowd). They said, 'Hi, we're the Jonas Brothers' older brothers. Just the fact they knew who we were — we're huge Coldplay fans, so it's just so cool."

Joe was also recently voted the "cutest Jonas brother" by MusicFIX readers, although there were plenty of Nick and Kevin fans making themselves heard as well.

And all you swooning chickadees can rest assured, Nick revealed in the same interview, "(We're) single guys."

Although if the roomful of screaming girls in this interview footage is anything to go by, you may have some stiff competition:

I have to hand it to Miley Cyrus — she always looks like she's having a ball when she's performing. Watch Miley in concert, performing 'See You Again':

Hayden "Heroes" Panettiere takes the phrase "make love to the camera" to new heights in her debut music video 'Wake Up Call'. There's something Paris-esque about this, what with the song's reggae twist and the fact that both blondes have the me-so-sexy eyes down pat.