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Here's what is happening in pop culture:

• Taylor Swift's all-star track "Bad Blood" took top honors at the MTV Video Music Awards — but all the talk was about Nicki Minaj calling out emcee Miley Cyrus, Cyrus "accidentally" showing her nipple, and Kanye West declaring himself a presidential candidate in 2020. [Reuters, Entertainment Weekly, CBS News, Washington Post]

• "Straight Outta Compton" won the box-office race for the third week in a row, beating out the Christian-themed "War Room." Meanwhile, Zac Efron's DJ drama "We Come as Friends" tanked, in one of the worst major openings ever. [Box Office Mojo]

• Notable deaths over the weekend: Neurologist and author Dr. Oliver Sacks, whose story was the basis of the movie "Awakenings," has died at the age of 82; horror director Wes Craven, who scared audiences with "Last House on the Left," "A Nightmare of Elm Street" and "Scream," died at the age of 75; and self-help pioneer Dr. Wayne Dyer died at the age of 75. [The Guardian, The Hollywood Reporter, USA Today]