On Thursday, Lady Gaga will officially “Marry the Night.” The singer announced on Twitter that she’ll premiere her highly anticipated record for the song on E!

Directed by Mother Monster herself, it marks the first time she’s ever directed a record completely on her own. Gaga previously directed clips in collaboration with her Haus or former creative director Laurieann Gibson.

Shot at various locations in New York City in October, including the Snug Harbor Cultural Center in Staten Island, Gaga weaves an autobiographical tale in the new clip. At another NYC place, Gaga was spotted rolling around on the roof of a car.

In a preview released earlier this month, a “Girl, Interrupted”-type tale line was teased. In it, Gaga is rolled on a gurney through a mental ward. She goes on a long monologue about the scenery of memory and art: “When I look back on my life, it’s not that I don’t want to see things exactly as they happened, it’s just that I prefer to remember them in an artistic way.”

In her Thanksgiving Day TV special last week, Gaga teased another part of the “Marry the Night” record. The clip references films like “Fame,” with Gaga donning leggings and a tube top and involved a dance routine at a studio.

During a trip to India, Gaga opened up a bit about shooting the clip and being a first-time director. “It has been a wonderful experience. I worked alongside director of photography Darius Khondji, who is an absolutely incredible DP, and I worked with Gideon Ponte, who is an incredible art director,” she clarified. “So I’m looking forwards to sharing this autobiographical record with the world. I’m very excited. It’s my favorite song on the album.”

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Kim Kardashian is ready to be an aunt again. The reality star has taken to her blog to send like to her huge sister Kourtney, who just announced she’s pregnant with her second child. Kourtney and boyfriend Scott Disick already have a son, Mason.

“I have some incredible news to share with you all! Kourtney and Scott are expecting their second child!!” Kim wrote in a post on Wednesday (November 30). “This is such a blessing and the whole family is beyond thrilled! I just know Mason will make the best huge brother and I can’t wait to meet my new small niece or nephew! Congratulations Kourtney and Scott.”

Kourtney’s sister Khloé is also excited to become an aunt again.

“I am BEYOND thrilled to fiiiiinally be able to share with all of you the fabulous news that my gorgeous huge sister Kourtney is expecting yet again!” she blogged. “Can you believe it?! Masey is going to be a huge brother! We are all so overjoyed by this wonderful news and are together with down the minutes until we get to meet the newest member of our family.

“Kourtney is the utmost mom in the world and I am so proud of the woman she has become. I can’t wait to see her with a kid in each arm!” Khloé continued. “She’ll be a pro. LOL. And if this next baby is whatever thing like Mason, then we will truly be the luckiest family in the world. Congratulations, Kourt, Scott and Mason!!!! I like you all more than whatever thing!”

Kourtney, Kim, Scott, Mason and Kim’s soon-to-be ex-spouse, Kris Humphries, are all currently starring on the second season of “Kourtney & Kim Take New York.” Coincidentally, Kourtney kicked off a mommy blog and web series for the E! website earlier this week, opening up about how she dresses her tyke.

Back in May, when MTV News caught up with Kourtney, she talked about the chances of a ” Khloé & Lamar”-style spin-off for her and Scott. “Not yet!” she said. “I reflect there’s sufficient going on that [Scott will] be on all of the additional shows that we have going on.”

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Lady Gaga is hard at work. The Mother Monster is already coming up with thoughts for 2012′s Born This Way Tour and even thinking about her next album. When MTV News caught up with pal and musical collaborator DJ White Shadow, he talked about what the Haus has in store for Gaga.

“She’s responsibility prep for the next round of touring, and she’s always responsibility 25,000 things in a row,” he told MTV News last week when he stopped by to chat about the opening of Gaga’s pop-up holiday shop at Barneys. “But I reflect the main focus for her with this season is going to be prepping up for the show, touring new songs for the record.”

Gaga has hinted that she’d like to get Elton John on this next record, but, right now, whatever thing goes. White Shadow ? who has worked with Gaga extensively on Born This Way, including on the tracks “Born This Way” and “Americano” ? is ready to drop all to collaborate with Gaga again.

“I want to try and be as close to it as possible, that way I don’t have to wake up at 4 o’clock in the morning and glide to L.A. or wherever or Japan or wherever she’s starting to do stuff,” he clarified. “Maybe when the tour starts, she’s working all the time. I send her stuff and she sends stuff. She’s always working on something. It just depends. I know she likes to write when she’s on the road, [so maybe she'll make a] new album during the tour.”

Given the pair’s track record, expect crosswise-the-board sounds on the next project. “The kind of stuff that I send her, some of it is so crazy that I don’t know what you’d call it,” he said. “When I make stuff … I know what’s for her and what’s not for her. Some of it’s structured as songs and some of it is structured as madness, and she goes through it like a gold miner.”

What are you expecting from Gaga’s next album? Let us know in the comments below!

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On Wednesday night (November 30), CBS will officially kick off the self-congratulatory season with “The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!!,” an emphatically titled extravaganza that not only features performances from some of music’s largest stars (Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Usher, etc.), but also boosts the arrangement’s burgeoning LL Cool J branch by something like 20 percent, since he’s taking leave from “NCIS” duties to host the telecast.

Oh, and as the title implies, they’ll also be introduction a handful of Grammy nominees too, which means that, once again, it’s time for me to blindly speculate on who will get the nods. With all, it was less than 10 months ago that acts like the Arcade Fire and Esperanza Spalding shocked the world ? or at least Steve Stoute ? by taking home half of the so-called “Huge Four” Grammys, victories that seemed out of place in just about every conceivable way, especially when you realize Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and the Kings of Leon were the huge winners at the previous year’s show (even if it must be noted people were subdue plenty mad about that too).

Combine that annual confusion with all that goes on previous to the show ? the addition of the so-called “Lady Gaga Rule,” the division of some 30 categories (farewell, Best Hawaiian Music Album) and the expansion (and subsequent contraction) of the Grammy eligibility cycle itself ? and you can know why trying to predict who will pick up nominations is nearly as impossible as attempting to figure out Herman Cain’s taste in women.

Then again, perhaps this year is different. You’d have to be crazy to bet against Adele, who not only has the year’s best-selling album and a pair of smash singles, but, as her previous Grammy wins prove, is exactly the kind of artist voters like. Katy Perry built off her Grammy noms last year by notching three #1 singles this year; Rihanna had two of her own. Lady Gaga sold 1.1 million albums in a week. Nicki Minaj broke through to the huge time. Taylor Swift continued to be Taylor Swift. In small, 2011 was a year dominated by female artists, which means you can probably expect the same from the Grammy nominations too.

Then again, keep in mind there are a bunch of albums released last year that are eligible this year ? efforts like Kanye West’s My Gorgeous Dark Twisted Fantasy and Bruno Mars’ Doo Wops & Hooligans ? not to mention token ancient-dude releases by Tony Bennett and Paul Simon. And don’t forget about country acts like Lady Antebellum and Jason Aldean. Or time-tested (Grammy-rich) rock outfits like Foo Fighters or Coldplay. Things aren’t as cut-and-dried as you’d figure. These are the Grammys with all.

So here, without further ado, are my nomination predictions. And even even if the Grammys cut back on categories, I’m just focusing on the Huge Four: Album, Record and Song of the Year, plus Best New Artist. Cut me some slack ? it’s hard sufficient trying to sort through everyone who’s even eligible.

Album of the Year
» Adele, 21
» Kanye West, My Gorgeous Dark Twisted Fantasy
» Lady Gaga, Born This Way
» Taylor Swift, Converse in Now
» Tony Bennett Duets II

Like I said, Adele is a mortal-friggin’-lock here (and just about everywhere else), and since Gaga’s last two efforts picked up AOTY noms, I reflect Born This Way is a shoo-in too. My Gorgeous Dark Twisted Fantasy was a critical smash, and Kanye’s been an AOTY nominee three times previous to, so pencil him in too. In a pinch, I’ll take Taylor Swift and Tony Bennett in the last two slots, even if they could easily go to Lady Antebellum’s Own the Night and Simon’s So Gorgeous or So What, depending on the whims of Grammy voters. Having said all that, it wouldn’t bolt from the blue me to see Doo Wops & Hooligans or the Foos’ Wasting Light grab a nom either.

Record of the Year
» Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
» Bruno Mars, “Grenade”
» Foster the People, “Pumped Up Kicks”
» Jason Aldean (featuring Kelly Clarkson), “Don’t You Wanna Stay”
» Katy Perry, “Firework”

The award given to the artist, producer and food-processor. Last year, Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” bested the likes of B.o.B, Jay-Z and Eminem to win it, so the voters like to mix it up here. “Rolling in the Deep” is a no-brainer, and Bruno Mars was nommed last year for his work on “Nothin’ on You,” so I reflect he gets a nod for “Grenade.” Katy Perry’s “Firework” has been pushed hard by her mark, so voters will probably reward its accomplishment with a nomination. I have a sneaking suspicion Foster the People are this year’s token left-field nom (taking their place alongside former nominees like M.I.A. and Gorillaz), and since he’s performing at the aforementioned nominations concert (and because his song was such a hit), I’ll give the final slot to Aldean. Additional dark-pony candidates include Gaga’s “Yoü and I,” Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera’s “Moves Like Jagger,” Coldplay’s “Paradise” or even (pleasepleaseplease) Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass.”

Song of the Year
» Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
» Bruno Mars, “Grenade”
» Katy Perry, “Firework”
» Lady Gaga, “Yoü and I”
» Taylor Swift, “Back to December”

The award given to the actual songwriters. Generally speaking, Grammy voters like to get tasteful when it comes to nominees, which is why last year you saw persons like Ray LaMontagne and Miranda Lambert snag nods. I don’t even have to tell you that “Rolling in the Deep” is the favorite, and I reflect Gaga gets a nod here too, since she was nominated for “Poker Face” a few years back and, well, “Yoü and I” just has a certain gravitas to it. Voters like Swift, which means they’ll probably like her mature turn on “December” too. I’ll give Mars and Perry the final slots here, since the former knows how to write a surefire smash and the latter (or, more specifically, her team of writers) dared to get inspirational with “Firework.” Then again, you could remove either of them and place defending champs Lady Antebellum (they won this one too) in the mix for “Just a Kiss” or maybe Aldean. A super long shot is Minaj’s “Super Bass,” but weirder things have happened.

Best New Artist
» The Band Perry
» Bon Iver
» Ellie Goulding
» Foster the People
» Nicki Minaj

Ah, Best New Artist ? where “new” is a relative term. You’ve probably noticed I keep mentioning Nicki Minaj, who may get shut out of Record and Song of the Year, but seems like a lock to get nommed here (she probably won’t win, even if). Foster the People seem like sure bets too, as do the Band Perry, who fill the token country slot. My last two picks ? eh, I’m basically just guessing, even if Bon Iver’s album sold surprisingly well and was a critical darling, and Ellie Goulding is, uh, British, and given that both Adele and Amy Winehouse won BNA previously, that may be sufficient to get her in. Additional choices: the additional Brit, Jessie J; the additional country act, the Civil Wars; pop-meisters Hot Chelle Rae; singer/songwriter Christina Perri; or pintsize “America’s Got Talent” runner-up Jackie Evancho.

Did we get it right? Share your Grammy predictions in the comments!

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