Um, is Roberto Cavalli running PR for Jennifer Lopez or something? If not, we’re guessing the designer will probably NOT top J.Lo’s short list of designers she’ll ask to suit her post-maternity ass up all glam-like for her next award show after she pops out those twins; dude let the so-called cat outta the bag when he told People magazine that Jennifer Lopez “requests something very special because she is waiting for the baby” when asked about the clothing he designs for celebrities.

Um, we were all thinking it, but holmes actually said it. And he didn’t even attempt to back peddle when he went on to say “It is so complicated because every week she is getting bigger.”

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We were all decked out and ready to hit NYC’s annual Halloween parade, thinking everyone would be dazzled by our creativity when they saw our one-of-a-kind zombified Britney Spears costume. But then we watched a silly parody on Perez Hilton, featuring … a zombified Britney Spears. Way to rain on our parade!

Last week, the pop mess told a reporter to “Eat it! Lick it! Snort it! F— it!” while she was heading into a courtroom, and it was only a matter of time until someone turned Brit’s new catch phrase into a song. And this one comes complete with its own dirty dance moves and a whole lotta licorice and whipped cream. But don’t let fake Brit’s blackout in the middle of the video fool you, the best is yet to come … check it out here.

Oh hai. I’m at yr desk! Eatin’ all yr candee korns! Anyway, want some Halloween videos that don’t involve Charlie Brown and pumpkins and other cheesy shiz? Okay good, because we do too. Subterranean’s got a whole playlist of unlame videos like Arctic Monkeys’ “Fluorescent Adolescent” and Horrors’ “Sheena Is A Parasite.” And, check out our Halloween video playlist, which includes the best, most creepy video — and best group dance sequence — of all time — “Thriller.” Shamonz!

He stole the show at the 2007 VMAs. He’s got mind-blowing dance skills and unforgettable hits like “Run It!” and “Yo (Excuse Me Miss).” And … he’s just 18 years old. What’s next? His sophomore album, Exclusive.

Chris is already well on his way to superstardom. But he told MTV News that he hopes the next phase of his career will prove he’s not just a flash in the pan but a genuine singer — and a talented one at that. “I might dance to enhance your visual entertainment, but I’m really going to show you that I can vocalize,” he says. To help step up his game, his new album pairs him up with such hip-hop heavy hitters as Kanye West, The Game and will.i.am.

You’ve already gotten a taste of his sophomore album with the singles “Wall to Wall” and “Kiss Kiss,” but now you can be the first to listen to Exclusive in its entirety on MTV.com’s The Leak — for a full week before it’s released!

Check out Exclusive and tell us if you think Chris is in it for the long haul…

Now that Armor For Sleep has penned the song “Williamsburg” about the uber-trendy Brooklyn neighborhood, will hordes of disenchanted hipsters flee the area for fear that their ‘hood has jumped the shark? Where, oh where will they go?

The video for “Williamsburg” is a tongue-in-cheek tutorial on how to dress like a bona fide hipster. Even if it was conceived by a group of guys from nearby New Jersey who are not exactly stylishly un-hip themselves, we have to admit that it’s pretty darn accurate … right down to the skinny jeans, Converse sneakers and Elvis glasses. But despite singing that Williamsburg is “the blueprint for hell,” today the band told TRL host Damien that the song is just a “lighthearted” lesson about anyone that keeps you down or holds you back.

Check out the video and tell us what you think … is Armor For Sleep giving life-saving life lessons or are they hipster haters?

Even though Common had to drop the “Sense” from his name in the middle of his game, his thought-provoking, truth-seeking poetic freestyle steez always implies the now-defunct second half of his stage name.

Common’s been perfecting his craft since 1992, coming up in a time when much of hip-hop was defining itself as all about streets, scales and stacks. And while he’s dropped his share of hood rhymes and even famously beefed with MCs like Ice Cube, he’s ultimately been unafraid to break away from conventional hip-hop, even if, at times, it’s meant alienating himself from the modern mainstream and eschewing mass record sales. And Common’s also boldly unafraid to march, quite literally, to his own beat, establishing himself as a critically thinking, conscientious, consciousness-raising lyrical kingpin, while putting Chicago rap on the map.

In the almost 15 years and seven albums he’s been at it, Common’s collaborated with some of hip-hop, neo-Soul and R&B’s top talent, including Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Pharrell, The Roots, John Legend, Cee-Lo, Hi-Tek, D’Angelo, will.i.am, Q-Tip, Bilal and Kanye West – and some of its leading ladies: Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott, MC Lyte and Erykah Badu. And he’s also teamed up with artists outside of the scope of hip-hop and R&B, including John Mayer, Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D. and, most recently, Lily Allen, on the single “Drivin’ Me Wild” – which garnered him his first-ever Number 1 on the Billboard 200 – off his most recent album, Finding Forever. He’s even worked with his own father, Lonnie Lynn, a former ABA basketball player. And his friends-as-family ties run so deep that he relocated to Los Angeles to live with the late J Dilla, a record producer and MC and one of Common’s closest friends, to help him through his last days before losing his battle with lupus.

Common’s fearlessly spoken his mind about everything from Afrocentricity to abortion to abuse to alcoholism and AIDS to animal rights. He’s knocked the hustle, brazenly changed his style (see his pivotal Electric Circus album) more than some MCs probably change their socks, and, as a solo artist, he’s pioneered a form of hip-hop that comes from a higher power — where pimpin’ is less important than inner peace, love is more important than livin’ large and spirituality can conquer the street. (And the man looks just as good in a thrifted Mr. Rogers cardigan and crocheted cap as he does in a tux. Holla.)

As MTV’s Artist Of The Week, we’re giving props and praise to a rapper who’s anything but “Common.” You can catch him on MTV all week in revealing one-on-one interviews, rapping in Brooklyn and performing live. Below, check Common recalling his first rap… and watch all of his on-air spots here. Peep exclusive Common photos, and watch him discuss the hottest dinner party ever with Alicia Keys and Kerry Washington. Create your own version of Common’s “Drivin’ Me Wild” video using the MTV Video Remixer. And, of course, testify: tell us why you think Common’s at the top of “The Game.”

We already knew that John Mayer’s been looking mighty fine recently, and now we’re convinced that he’s even more appealing when he’s making fun of himself. Case in point: The singer-songwriter shows off his dry wit in some endearingly funny clips promoting VH1’s Mayercraft Carrier contest. We could live without the stick-on sideburns and scarf — and apparently John could too — but who doesn’t love a man with a sense of humor?

Rihanna’s smash hit “Umbrella” is such the perfect pop song, you’d think it fell from heaven fully formed and ready for prime time play like the singer herself, right? Well that ain’t how it works. But it’s pretty close.

“Umbrella” wasn’t written by fairies or angels or kittens. It was written by Southern songwriter The-Dream (born Terius Youngdell Nash), a singer himself, who refers to his sound as “Prince meets R.Kelly at a T-Pain concert in ATL.” Read more…

These days, Foxy Brown is better known for her bad behavior than her bad ass rhymes. Most recent court appearance? Last week. Most recent album? 2001! Since she just started serving a year in jail — and coolin’ her heels in solitary for the next two to three months — you’d think that would mean no music. You’d be wrong. Foxy has decided that now is the perfect time to reclaim her hip-hop crown.

If her new song, “Lights Go Out,” is any indication of what we can expect from her upcoming album, Brooklyn’s Don Diva, she’s definitely off to a good start. But we sure hope she shot a video for it before being locked down in the slammer, because as far as we know she’s not in that Filipino prison where inmates reenact “Thiller” videos for the enjoyment of the warden.

Check out “Lights Go Out” on Perez Hilton.

You know how some people honestly cannot help gaining weight, and they’re just really prone to it and they seriously just can’t help it? Okay, well maybe it’s like Alicia Keys just CANNOT HELP getting hotter — case in point, her new video, “No One,” from her upcoming album As I Am, out November 13. And you can’t buy that shiz (the hotness, not the album) or get it in a bottle either (and you’d better believe we would if we could.)

It’s hard to say which is more amazing: Alicia’s voice or Alicia herself. And she certainly didn’t need much help in either department, which is why we can’t help being completely astounded by her magic powers of hotness-upping.

Oh, and as much as we love curly hair, we’ve seen it go slightly awry before: Beyonce’s two-tone, too-tight curls in her “Work It Out” video; Eve’s messy mop; Lauryn Hill’s Little Orphan Annie ‘do; Christina Aguilera’s fright-night Dee Snider situation; Jennifer Lopez usually does it right (except here, of course, though we’ll let it slide for the sake of homage), but Alicia just brought curls to a whole new level.

Anyway, enough of our gushing. Go check out her new video, “No One” it’s the same song she performed — along with George Michael’s epic anthem “Freedom” — at the 2007 MTV VMAs, when the infamous Kid Rock-Tommy Lee fight broke out. She sounded amazing then, but the video does the song even more justice. OMG OMG OMG we love her. (Sorry. We’re done now.) Watch it.

(Um, did we lie?)