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Drake presents Rihanna with the the Video Vanguard Award during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images hide caption
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Joseph's new album, I'm Alone, No You're Not, comes out Aug. 26. Ebru Yildiz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Left to right: Garnet, Amethyst, Steven and Pearl. Cartoon Network hide caption
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Lisa Hannigan's new album, At Swim, comes out August 19. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Blind Pilot's new album, And Then Like Lions, comes out August 12. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Jane Lane and Daria Morgendorffer from the MTV series Daria. hide caption
MTV Looks To Capitalize On Nostalgia With New 'Classic' Channel
Alec Baldwin hosts ABC's reboot of Match Game. Heidi Gutman/ABC hide caption
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Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhand) and Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown). Curtis Baker/Netflix hide caption
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Haley Bonar's new album, Impossible Dream, comes out August 5. Graham Tolbert/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Kevin Durant (right) will play alongside Stephen Curry (left) after deciding to join the Golden State Warriors. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images hide caption
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The Avett Brothers' new album, True Sadness, comes out June 24. Crackerfarm/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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O.J. Simpson at the Buffalo Bills' Rich Stadium press conference circa 1975. Mickey Osterreicher via ESPN hide caption
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A still from Haley Bonar's "Kismet Kill" video. Courtesy of the artist hide caption