We love Gym Class Heroes! But, really, does anyone not like them? The indie hip-hoppers always seem to come up with the most infectious beats — “Cupid’s Chokehold,” anyone? So it comes as no surprise that they’re nominated for Best Group at the VMAs. (They’ll also be performing — yay!)

Hey, did you know that, before the totally tempting alt.hip-hoppers scored their first big hit, singer Travis McCoy won a national MC battle on MTV’s Direct Effect? Aside from winning some serious street cred, he got a bit part in Styles P’s video for Daddy Get That Cash. Since then he’s made cameos in label mates (and mentors) Fall Out Boy’s videos for “A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me,” “Dance, Dance” and “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arm’s Race.”

So, what happens on MTV shows is generally the fodder for the Remote Control blog, and hip-hop is the focus of the Sucker Free blog, but we can’t NOT talk about last night’s premiere of Celebrity Rap Superstar!

Who knew that the breakout rap talent would be Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach? He handled LL Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out” like a champ, and somehow his cheesy hair metal chops actually helped him out! He could win this thing! Although, so could Countess Vaughan or Shar Jackson, so watch your back, Sebastian … Read more…

First Lindsay, then Paris, then Brooke … now Nicole? Yup, Nicole Richie is kickin’ into high gear when it comes to that album she’s been talking about for, like, two years now. TMZ spotted the baby mama leaving a vocal lesson and her official MySpace page says her band web site is “in development.” Could her soon-to-be hubby, Good Charlotte’s Joel Madden, be her new musical inspiration? All signs point to yes. Perhaps they’ll do a duet, which would be, um, interesting. Well, how bad could it be, really? After all, her dad is Lionel Richie. Oh wait, we forgot about “Dancing on the Ceiling.” Scratch that. Let’s just hope she takes things slow and then gets sidetracked again once she pops!

+ Lauren and Audrina, of The Hills fame, hit the Teen Choice Awards the other night and looked, of course, smokin’, as did your boy Zac Efron. (Via PopSugar) Apparently Lauren designed the gorgeous teal dress she rocked so well. But is it just us, or is Audrina lookin’ almost scary skinny?

+ Also, The Black Lips – huge in Israel! Who knew?

If you were to craft a shortlist of five people you’d least suspect to see in lederhosen, Snoop Dogg would be at number two, sandwiched right between Gandhi and E.T. But, there he sits, looking 100% natural in the Deutche pimp role with minimal effort. Not a lot of people could pull that off.

Not a lot of people could pull off hosting the European Music Awards, either but it seems Snoop will be tackling that at as well. He’ll host this year’s show live from Munich on November 1, and Germany will never be the same again, or at least it will be a lot less rigid. With “The Doggfather” hosting, performances by the Foo Fighters and Mika, plus awards voted on by the audience, this year’s EMA’s might set a new standard in badassitude.

And maybe even some unexpected fashion trends. Check out Snoop’s lederhosen. Is hip-hop headed for a Scandanavian fashion period? Let us know what you think.

Alright now, try and keep this Newport Harbor action straight: Chase was seeing Taylor and is now bummed out that she kicked it in the hot tub with Grant. Then Grant told Clay that Chase was so torn up about the whole thing that he had to drown his sorrows by hooking up with Clay’s old girl, Chrissie. Naturally this has left Clay feeling a little lonely and vulnerable; enter Allie who is just dying to pounce on him. All of this begs the question “how was it that New Order’s immortal ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’ was not used in this episode?” Easy. It’s because Rick Ross‘ “Hustlin’” was! After all, that is exactly what the guys are doing on MTV’s newest hit show, hustlin’ for a hookup.

Check out Rick’s “Hustlin’” music video after the jump, along with a look at the rest of the songs heard in last night’s of Newport Harbor.

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Alright now, try and keep this Newport Harbor action straight: Chase was seeing Taylor and is now bummed out that she kicked it in the hot tub with Grant. Then Grant told Clay that Chase was so torn up about the whole thing that he had to drown his sorrows by hooking up with Clay’s old girl, Chrissie. Naturally this has left Clay feeling a little lonely and vulnerable; enter Allie who is just dying to pounce on him. All of this begs the question “how was it that New Order’s immortal ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’ was not used in this episode?” Easy. It’s because Rick Ross‘ “Hustlin’” was! After all, that is exactly what the guys are doing on MTV’s newest hit show, hustlin’ for a hookup.

Check out Rick’s “Hustlin’” music video after the jump, along with a look at the rest of the songs heard in last night’s of Newport Harbor.

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If having a baby gives you abs like Gwen’s, then someone sign us up. She is totes the dic-def of hot mama.

Also, if dating Nick Carter gets you a career turn like Willa Ford’s, then definitely do NOT sign us up. She’s playing Anna Nicole Smith in an upcoming movie about the infamous celeb, for those of you too lazy click, which we sorta understand. Also, the movie will “star,” (a term we use very loosely here,) the most unfortunate Bobby Trendy.

Yesterday we brought you the news that Brit Brit was steppin’ out sans drawers. So, apparently she was wearing a teensy pink thong, but, um, it must’ve been teensier than teensy, because there was a whole lotta bare ass on display there and not a whole lotta much else. So today we totally LOL’ed when we watched Artist Of The Week Nelly Furtado’s on-air spot about the importance of remembering your knickers. It’s like it was made just for Britz! Check it out below, and see some snaps of the newly blonde (which we LOOOOVE), proud panty-wearin’ Nelly shooting her TV spots.

+ Ever wonder what the inside of Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis’ Hollywood Hills house looks like? (Really, we’re the only ones? We’re probably also the only ones who read his autobiography, but clearly we have no problem admitting that, which is maybe sort of a problem.) It’s on the market for a spicy seven mil, and you can check out the interiors and exterior here. (Via Pop Candy)

+ Ever wonder what Mandy Moore would look like as a floozy booze hound? BuzzSugar’s got a clip of her walk-on on the season premiere of “How I Met Your Mother,” where she plays a trashy bar fly — a fun role for the otherwise clean-cut pretty princess. The show airs September 24.

+ Ever wonder what you’d look like as a monkey? (Must… resist… Bush joke…) MonkeyMuseum.com can show you for under $100. Not quite cuteoverload levels of cuteness, but still very cute nevertheless.