Lindsay Lohan doing the Ice Bucket Challenge… VMA performers… Zac Efron and Michelle Rodriguez have split up… Beyonce counseled by Gwyneth Paltrow… and Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon’s divorce attorneys hash it out

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Sources say Lindsay Lohan was at a nightclub in NY Monday night and insisted on doing the Ice Bucket Challenge right there in the middle of the club. But after two champagne buckets filled with ice water were dumped on her head, they realized nobody filmed it.

Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj and Jessie J are kicking off the VMAs Sunday night with their new song, “Bang Bang.” Beyonce is also performing. Not only that, she’s receiving the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and she’s up for seven moon men. Eminem and Iggy Izalea are tied with 7 nominations each.

One celebrity breakup and one celebrity make up. Zac Efron and Michelle Rodriguez have split up. Sources say Michelle never got over Cara Delevignge and once they broke up, she headed straight back to Cara. They were photographed in NY on Tuesday. Also in NY Tuesday, Rihanna — who was front and center for the Drake and Lil Wayne concert. Rihanna went full-on fan girl whenever Drake stepped out on stage.

Sources say that Beyonce is being counseled by Gwyneth Paltrow on how to “consciously uncouple” from Jay Z. Beyonce wants her divorce to seem just as friendly as Chris and Gwyneth’s seems to be…expect for that part where Gwyneth hit the roof when she found out Chris is dating that Cheeto-eating Jennifer Lawrence.

TMZ is reporting that Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have been separated since May and that divorce attorneys are hashing out a property settlement and custody agreement. Their sources say Nick’s appearance on Big Boy’s radio show back in March was the beginning of the end. Big Boy asked Nick to name 5 women he’d slept with and the last one he named was Kim Kardashian. That reportedly sent Mariah through the roof and she yelled at him about it for weeks until they finally separated in May.