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PHOTO: Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish speak onstage during the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Aug. 20, 2018.

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Culture August 21, 2018

MTV VMAs 2018 recap: Jennifer Lopez wows, Cardi B talks motherhood and Logic gets political

PHOTO: Jennifer Lopez performs onstage during the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Aug. 20, 2018.

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Culture August 21, 2018

Jennifer Lopez receives MTV Video Vanguard, stuns crowd with epic 15-minute performance

PHOTO: Logic performs onstage during the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018, in New York City.

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Culture August 21, 2018

Logic puts hundreds of immigrant children on stage during MTV VMAs performance

PHOTO: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are pictured in an image made from a video posted to YouTube on Aug. 16, 2018 with the title, "Revisit Ellen & Portia's Wedding Day on Their 10th Anniversary."

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Culture August 17, 2018

Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi celebrate 10th anniversary with sweet video

PHOTO: Aretha Franklin performs at the inauguration for President Barack Obama at the Capitol, Jan. 20, 2009.

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Culture August 16, 2018

Watch Aretha Franklin's iconic performance at President Obama's 2009 inauguration

PHOTO: Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa at the Entertainment Weekly party Comic-Con International, July 21, 2018, in San Diego, Calif.

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Culture August 16, 2018

The moment Kelly Ripa knew husband Mark Consuelos was 'the one'

PHOTO: Aretha Franklin performs during the inauguration ceremony for President Barack Obama at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.,Jan. 20, 2009.

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Culture August 16, 2018

'Outpouring of love' from actors, musicians mourning the death of icon Aretha Franklin

PHOTO: Taylor Swift performs onstage during the Taylor Swift reputation Stadium Tour at Rogers Centre, Aug. 4, 2018, in Toronto.

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Culture August 15, 2018

Taylor Swift gets emotional about 'horrible part of my life' a year after groping trial

PHOTO: Aretha Franklin performs on Nov. 7, 2017, in New York City.

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Culture August 14, 2018

Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Bill Clinton and more send well-wishes to Aretha Franklin

PHOTO: Nico Santos and Constance Wu in a scene from the film "Crazy Rich Asians."

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Culture August 12, 2018

14 new films, TV shows, albums and more to check out August 12 to 18