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We're gonna guess that Ludo frontman Andrew Volpe was either high on diesel fumes or actively drinking gas before shooting the band's latest tour diary video. It takes place in a gas station, where they effectively turn the concept of Cribs into a road show. Wheelz if you will? Also, we're unsure why any band needs that many jars of peanut butter, however, coming from someone who lives around the corner from the permanent parking spot of Ghostface Killah's promo van, we appreciate the Ludomobile's hip-hop font. No idea what any of that meant? Watch Ludo's Buzzworthy tour video. And check out last week's here.

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Is it just our imaginations, or has the R&B world gone crazy-go-nuts for four-on-the-floor dance music of late? Not since the Jungle Brothers dropped "I'll House You" has urban radio sounded so much like one of those abnormally sweaty clubs you went to that summer you went backpacking through Europe. First Rhianna wanted to take us out clubbing with "Don't Stop The Music," while Mary J. kicked into third gear with "Just Fine." (Maybe it was those alleged "performance enhancers.) Then, elder stateswoman Janet Jackson kept the party going but took it into after-hours, soulful-house territory with "Rock with U."

Now it's phenom Chris Brown who's got us all searching franticly for our pointy shoes and our "going-out shirt." His newest video is half The Matrix, half Verizon Wireless commercial, and twice as sexy at twice the speed.

Tags Celebrity, Chris Brown, Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Music, Rihanna, video, Videos

We interrupt your daily dose of Miley Cyrus and Jonas Brothers for a video about kids who don't even know who Miley or the JBs are and don't have the opportunity to really even give a s---.

True, almost every Radiohead song has overtones of esoteric, unsettling bleakness. But while the lyrics to "All I Need" demonstrate that something, somewhere is decidedly amiss, the video translates that agnostic anxiety into a very specific issue: child labor and human trafficking.

Watch Radiohead's new "All I Need" video, created in conjunction with MTV Exit (End Exploitation and Trafficking), and check out a MTV Think video interview with Thom Yorke to find out more about the cause and the video.

Tags Celebrity, Music, Radiohead, video, Videos

On the artistic spectrum, Scarlett Johansson's debut video, "Falling Down" -- from her collection of Tom Waits covers entitled Anywhere I Lay My Head -- falls somewhere between Ghost World, an unreleased Mazzy Star track, a L'oreal hair color commercial, getting to third base in an elevator with Benicio Del Toro, and missing the Jesus & Mary Chain at Coachella because you were waiting in line to get another vegan burrito. You decide.

Tags Celebrity, Music, Scarlett Johansson, video, Videos

In their new MTV.com interview, Baltimore pop-punkers All Time Low -- who made middle school waves when a student got busted for carrying a binder adorned with a photo of the highlight-happy guys in their skivvies -- channel early blink-182 and demonstrate an extreme eagerness to discuss happy farts, STDs, and make vague homosexual allusions and gratuitous references to their penises. Did we mention they talk about their penises? Well they do. And strippers.

Watch their Discover & Download interview below, and check out their breakthrough video, "Dear Maria Count Me In." It's about strippers. And catch them on their mini tour this July. (And, if you don't already have one, get an All Time Low undies t-shirt here.)

Tags All Time Low, Celebrity, Interview, Interviews, Music, video, Videos

After releasing her debut album, Don't Look Away, to little fanfare, Kate Voegele gave her career a much needed boost by appearing on One Tree Hill ... particularly because she played a keyboardist in a band fronted by Kevin Federline while the whole three-ring circus of a pre-medicated Britney Spears was in full swing. And when K-Fed's stint ended, Kate slipped into a recurring role that allowed her to showcase some of her songs.

It's been a year since her album was released, and it looks like things are finally picking up for Miss Kate -- she just released her first official single, "Only Fooling Myself," and she's currently on the road with Hanson and will jump on tour with Natasha Bedingfield at the end of May.

We sat down with the singer/songwriter to get the inside scoop on working with Britney's ex and the story behind her new video. Read what she had to say and then check out some exclusive pics here.

Buzzworthy: Being on One Tree Hill really breathed life into your debut album...

Kate Voegele: Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I knew that going on One Tree Hill was going to be an incredible vehicle for the record. What is amazing about it is that my role on the show is, you know, basically playing a musician, and all the songs she plays are off my record. You never know how people are going to respond, but they have received it so well and it's translated into ticket sales and record sales. It's been more than I ever hoped it would be.

BW: What was it like working with Kevin Federline?

KV: I was secretly pumped 'cause I, like, live for good stories and for experiences that I can laugh about for the rest of time. I had a feeling this was going to be one of them, you know? So, it was great. He really surprised me because he was a really down-to-earth guy. He was really easy to make conversation with and he was cool with everybody -- there wasn't any ego or anything there. That's refreshing because, I mean, the dude is, like, all over the place in the press and whatever. He's a great guy and we all had fun together. It was cool.

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Tags Britney Spears, Celebrity, Interviews, Kate Voegele, Kevin Federline, Music

Dude, the sun is totally beatin' down in my chill-ass backyard, those chicks over there are conveniently already wearing string bikinis, and I'm getting sick of listening to LFO and 311. Nomesayin', bromosapien?

What I need now is a kiddie pool full of jungle juice, some requisite Solo cups (in red, obvs), Malibu MC Shwayze, Cisco Adler (known for famous dad Lou Adler, dating Mischa Barton, and... other things... like his band, Whitestarr), and an acoustic hip-hop jam, and I'm tired of waiting for Travis McCoy to hook up with mellow pop-folk singer Jack Johnson. Oh wait…

Watch "Buzzin'," and expect more collabos from the duo named for Shwayze but also referred to as Shwayze (confusing, we know): they're currently shooting an MTV reality show. You're stoked.

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Tags Celebrity, Cisco-Adler, Music, Shwayze, video, Videos

They say that as there are the living, morticians will always find work. Similarly, as long as Janet Jackson is alive, high-priced choreographers will not have to worry about paying their mortgage. Even after 30 years in the biz, Janet is still the most prolific member of the all-singin', all-dancin' Jackson clan. And to think -- some people thought she'd just end up "Mrs. El DeBarge."

Janet's latest video is for the honey-coated dance track "Rock with U," which is a shoe-in to fill the most discerning dance floors from San Francisco to Fire Island. Stacked with the requisite number of dancers (and maybe even a few trannies thrown in for good measure) to accurately portray her love of the nightlife and enough Vocoders to simultaneously choke T-Pain, Akon and Snoop Dogg, this is four minutes of post-disco glory. Seriously, you might want to stretch before watching it and consider a relaxing soak afterward.

Tags Celebrity, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Music, video, Videos

Want $10,000 and four lifetime passes to Coachella? All you need is a pig. But not just any run-of-the-mill ballpark frank, of course. You need the giant inflatable one that belongs to Roger Waters, late of progressive rock dinos Pink Floyd.

The band's well-used pork prop floated away at the end of Waters' -- he left the band in '85, but he's been using the pig for ages -- first set during Sunday's closing night of the festival. Now the show's organizers are trying desperately to get it back, hence the staggering reward offer.

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Tags Celebrity, Music, News, Nine Inch Nails, Pink Floyd, Roger-Waters, Videos

+ We'll bypass the low-hanging fruit that is the "no, no, no," intro and go straight for the drug jokes -- San Francisco, fire up your bong/pipe/t-shirt gun filled with grain alcohol, and gird your loins, because Amy Winehouse is coming to town. (Hollywood Backwash)

+ Britney forgets she's famous and roams Bally's in a towel. Oddly enough, she's almost completely covered. Progress! (Seriously OMG!)

+ Did Lucy Walsh out Ashlee Simpson? (Remote Control)

+ Hilary Duff goes goth for her new movie, War Inc. and passes on that 90210 remake. (Popoholic)

+ Nick Cannon has no idea what you're talking about. Or why Mariah's got a new rock the size of a tractor wheel. (MTV News)

+ Rihanna even looks hot standing on a pile of dead sea grass. (The Blemish)

+ Chris Crocker has a speshul message for Perez. Now you girls play nice! (Evil Beet)

+ Vampire Weekend has unofficially graduated from buzz band to "normal band." (AP)

+ Coldplay makes like RHCP (and Miley Cyrus!) and gives it away -- their first single, that is. (Mr. Paparazzi)

... Speaking of which... Anthony Kiedis painted Tin Man-silver is the heat.

Tags Amy Winehouse, Ashlee Simpson, Britney Spears, Celebrity, Chris Crocker, Coldplay, Hilary Duff, Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, News, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rihanna, Vampire Weekend, video, Videos