Lil Wayne makes a splash in the Antoine Fuqua-directed video for “Mirror,” his collaboration with Bruno Mars off the deluxe edition of Tha Carter IV. Weezy gets his hands wet as he expresses his emotion through art, while Bruno Mars carries out the reflective tune.

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Lil Wayne goes hard in the paint in the teaser for “Mirror,” his collaboration with Bruno Mars off Tha Carter IV. A tatted and shirtless Weezy splashes red and black paint all over the room as he creates his latest masterpiece, while a fedora-clad Bruno Mars co-stars in the artsy clip. The full video, directed by Antoine Fuqua, premieres January 31 on VEVO.

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Bruno Mars has a clean record once again. A judge dismissed the cocaine possession charge against the Grammy-winning singer today in Las Vegas.

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Bruno Mars tackled the tough questions when he was interviewed by Piers Morgan on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight.” During a sitdown at Avalon in Hollywood, the Hawaiian heartthrob recalled being dropped by Motown and his 2010 arrest for cocaine possession.

“I don’t live my life with regrets and I don’t dwell on anything,” said the fedora-clad singer, who relived his younger days as an Elvis impersonator.

Bruno, who is nominated six times at next month’s Grammys, also shared his appreciation for Adele, Amy Winehouse, and Kanye West (“I’ve got every Kanye West album”) and revealed his single status (“I am on the market”). But he couldn’t help but squirm when his fellow Smeezingtons production partners Phil Lawrence and Ari Levine bestowed praise on him.

Watch the full interview below.

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Bruno Mars caps off a banner year with a series of new promo photos. The suave singer works his charm in the black-and-white images photographed by Andreas Laszlo Konrath. Fresh off his six Grammy nominations including Album of the Year, the Hawaiian heartthrob has been named Billboard‘s Top Male Hot 100 Artist of the Year, Top Male Radio Songs Artist, Top Male Digital Songs Artist, and Top Male Adult Pop Songs Artist, among other accolades. He doesn’t plan on stopping, recently returning to the studio to work on his sophomore LP.

“I want to have fun on this next album,” he told Ryan Seacrest. “I think that’s the most important key, especially now that I’ve been on the road and am playing a lot of shows. I have a little more of a vision than I think I did with Doo-Wops & Hooligans.”

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Grammy season got underway with a star-studded concert held at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles on Wednesday night (Nov. 30). During the one-hour special, “The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown to Music’s Biggest Night,” Lady Gaga performed twice—once by herself and a second time with country duo Sugarland.

LL Cool J hosted, Nicki Minaj presented the Record of the Year nominees, Ludacris teamed up with Jason Aldean for a country-meets-rap collabo, and Usher joined Valerie Simpson and Mike Stoller in a moving tribute to songwriters Nick Ashford and Jerry Leiber.

Lupe Fiasco, Common, and LL Cool J paid homage to the hip-hop classic “The Message” by linking with Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel. Backstage, a surprised Melanie Fiona gushed over her two nominations with Cee Lo Green for “Fool for You” and Bruno Mars celebrated with his production partners Phil Smeezington and Ari Levine.

“It means that we’re kinda the coolest kids on the block this year,” said Bruno of his six nods. “We worked extremely hard on ['Grenade'] and I can speak for all of us when I say we’re most proud of that song.”

Kanye West leads the nominations for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, airing February 12. See a full list of nominees.

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“I’ve Been waiting my whole life to do a performance like this,” wrote Bruno Mars before storming the stage on “The X Factor” to perform “It Will Rain,” his single from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 soundtrack. The fedora-clad singer gave it his all as he belted out the dark tune in front of a giant digital screen projecting an image of a broken heart.

The Hawaiian heartbreaker is planning to step away from the spotlight to record his sophomore album. “Tonight may be my last t.v performance for a while. So imma try & sing the shit out of this song on @XFactorUSA TUNE IN!! #TimeForAlbumTwo,” he tweeted.

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Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa run “Young, Wild & Free” in the carefree video for the Bruno Mars-assisted single from the soundtrack to their stoner comedy Mac and Devin Go to High School, available December 13. In the buddy film, Wiz plays valedictorian hopeful Devin Overstreet who finds inspiration in Mac Johnson (Snoop), a 15-year senior and ladies’ man.

“The concept of the video is me and Mac, we’re working at the drive-in movie theatre and we’re like, ‘Yo man, we need to turn it up,’” said Wiz while on set in Montclair, Calif. “It’s all about having fun, having a good time, living ‘Young, Wild & Free.’”

The Dylan Brown-directed clip features footage from the film, due in early 2012.

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Grab an umbrella. Bruno Mars stormed “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Friday to perform “It Will Rain,” the lead single from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 soundtrack. Dressed in a black suit and his signature fedora, the Hawaiian heartthrob was backed by an orchestra and his band as he delivered the dark tune.

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