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Ever since Lady Gaga busted onto the music scene, heads have been turning, and lavender lipsticks have been reemerging from the crusty depths of makeup drawers. So, grab your glow sticks, mesh halter tops, and Minnie Mouse hair bows... made of hair... and lean in for the top 5 things you can do (right now!) to look more like Lady Gaga (aside from shopping where Lady Gaga herself shops).

5. Embrace the 80's: This is an absolutely key point in your Lady Gaga transformation. If you don't know who Devo, Blondie (really??) and/or A Flock of Seagulls are, or if you've never seen Desperately Seeking Susan, you need to hit up Wikipedia prizonto.

4. Do You Own Makeup, And Do It In The Dark: We kid (kinda). But you will DEF have to expand your makeup palette and start throwing some love toward the fuchsia/ice pink/purple lipstick family. If you don't own any liquid eyeliner, we'd also highly suggest you pick some up... and also mebbe you should practice drawing lightning bolts on your face.

3. Learn To Love Leotards: If you already look good in a leotard, you've srsly got this one in the bag.

2. Sunglasses 24/7:- Do you wear your sunglasses at night? If not, start working on that!

1. Be Christina Aguilera: Because sometimes we can't tell the difference.

That's it, bias! Now, go forth and be GaGa-licious!

Tags Blondie, Christina Aguilera, Devo, Lady Gaga

Ew. Who's got time for blogging anyway? So much cropping of the photos and writing of the words! Looking stuff up and linking! Zzz. These days, everyone's all Twitter this and Tweet that! Social networking this! Micro-blogging that!

So I'm Twittering like it's 2008, y'all. (Actually, we were early adoptin' like nobody's biznatch -- the MTV Buzzworthy Twitter account was up and running back in September 2007, which sounds like a billion years ago because it was. Then it kind of died off, but I'm officially resurrecting it).

SO, follow the MTV Buzzworthy Blog on Twitter at MTVBuzzworthy for the BTS dirty dirtage on the artists I'm interviewing, music we're listening to (or should be listening to), and other stuff that's simply too overwhelming for your mother's brand of old-fashioned blogging.

OH ALSO... I should mention... I'll be at an event tomorrow with the Jonas Brothers (I understand many of you are fans) and definitely Twittering, so stay tuned for some Jonas-related Tweets! When I tweet, shortie Tweet back!

Appropriately... TWEET!

Tags Jonas Brothers, Tweet, Twitter

Is it just me or do LMFAO look vaaaguely familiar? Maybe that's because, although bands come and go, the great cosmic party that they all tap into is eternal... Right maaan? These afroheads in their custom-made clothes and lens-less screwball sunglasses have been lighting up L.A. all winter with jams about Miami. LMFAO, who call themselves Redfoo and Sky Blu, got their unlikely acro-name from one of their grandmas. Sky Blu's mom just hates it. Anyway, here's why they're all hung up on Miami:

“We came back to LA [from a trip to Miami] and things were different,” Redfoo says. "There were a couple of days where it dropped down to 55, 60 degrees and people were like, ‘Why are you wearing shorts you idiot It’s cold.’ We replied with a pimps bottom lip "No stress baby, I'm In Miami Bitch!!!!..."

Ohhh. Get it now? You can get all these facts any old place. How about you check out the "I'm In Miami Trick" video right now, and keep an eye out for an exclusive Buzzworthy/LMFAO interview.

Tags LMFAO, Team-Facelift

Sexy ginger-headed scenester Lissy Trullie's been making the downtown rounds in NYC for ages now. If one of those underground aristocrat clubs turns you away at the door for being too "normal," you can go ahead and assume that she's inside spinning other people's records under bangs and a bowler hat. On her own records, Lissy lays a crackling Strokes-y deadpan over delirious dance-rock, casual as a 4:00 breakfast. She runs with The Virgins, dresses like a motorcycle schoolboy and carries it all off with the gritty, effortless grace of an Andy Warhol movie. Anybody else smell star power?

Today Lissy Trullie (prounced 'Truly') and her band announce the February 17 release of their charmingly droll debut, Self-Taught Learner. Lissy's been out with The Virgins promoting the six-track EP, which includes a Hot Chip cover, on a tour that appropriately culminates at the opening of a San Francisco Andy Warhol exhibit. Well played, Lissy. Truly.

+ Get half the EP, all of those tour dates and an extensive collection of photographs here!

* Thanks for the photo, MySpace!

Tags Hot Chip, Lissy Trullie, The Buzz On, The Strokes, The Virgins

In the upcoming Nickelodeon movie Spectacular!, Simon Curtis plays Royce, who's a total rude dude. But in real life, Simon Curtis is whip-smart, courteous (look how polite he was to the stylist at Popstar!), and sweeter than the cheesecake he may or may not be digging into with the Spectacular! cast when the movie premieres this Monday, February 16 at 8pm. Find out more about Simon Curtis, and see what he and cast member Victoria Justice have up their sleeves the next time they turn their camera on and record another home movie.

Buzzworthy: Hey Simon! What'd I just catch you doing?
Simon Curtis: I just came from breakfast with Victoria and Avan. They live so close, we all hang out together. We were really excited because Drea from Danity Kane walked in, and Making the Band was our show! "Damaged" was our song up in Vancouver on the Spectacular! set. We were always screaming that song at the top of our lungs. So it was kind of a serendipitous thing to have Drea walk in! And Victoria's so gutsy -- she sees someone and just has no problem to be like “hey we met at the Teen Choice Awards!” And I’m like shrieking in my seat, cowering!

Buzzworthy: How’d you prepare for the role of Royce?
SC: I was raised in Oklahoma, and it’s like the heartland of show choir! So I knew all about show choir. I swear I knew at least five Royces back in my high school. When I was auditioning, I was telling my roommates, like this IS my high school, and I have to get this role so I can make fun of this hilarious depiction of a quintessential show choir guy. So I totally connected with the character based on my experiences in high school.

BW: What kind of guy were you in high school?
SC: I was such a chameleon. I really kept to myself. I was very friendly and well-liked but I had my two best friends and I really stuck to them. I did do drama, and I did do choir, but my big thing was the school newspaper. That was where I really thrived. I loved performing but I never really got along with those kids. The newswriting kids were who I hung out with. I guess looking back I was a bit of a nerd!

BW: What was the hardest part of shooting?
SC: We had some difficult days on set, and it was very cold on night shoots, but it was honestly the best time I’ve ever had in my life. There was one scene I shot with Victoria for and I we were shooting “Lonely Love Song.” It’s the hardest dance number in the movie, and we shot in this room that was soooo hot -- of course, it’s the hottest day in Canada! And for some reason we only shot the musical number from the beginning to the end. So by the time you've done 40, 50 takes of a musical number, we’d done it the whole way through the entire time! It was so grueling! They were taking us outside between every take to drink Gatorade and cool down. So it was the hardest day, but it was the best day because it was Victoria and my last day of shooting. But we loved every moment we had up there.

BW: What Spectacular! secrets can you share? And I already know about the heating pads!
SC: I’m so glad you called them out! To this day I still don’t know what they are! They’re these weird little crunchy sandbags that get extremely hot, and our clothes were STUFFED with them! I don’t know what chemical reaction is taking place, but it still blows my mind. Also, our big finale number is in the scene where we’re performing in a big auditorium, but most of those numbers were shot on a soundstage with no audience or auditorium. There was only about five feet of space from the end of the stage to the wall. It was such a tight fit, but when you watch the movie, it’s so seamless. You’d never ever guess you we didn’t shoot the movie with an audience. So there's a little movie magic for you!

BW: Who’s your favorite Spectacular! cast member?
SC: Victoria’s like my little sister now. We became really close because we played boyfriend/girlfriend characters, and we instantly connected. I’m older than her, but she’s a very old soul. I’m very protective of her like an older brother, and she rags on me like a sister! But I’m really close with Andrea Lewis and Avan. I made some really really good friends.

BW: Do you and Victoria have any more YouTube videos coming up?
SC: They’re spur of the moment. Victoria and I have been trying to do a singing video since the summer, but we keep arguing about which song! She wants to do that Jason Mraz/ Colbie Caillat duet “Lucky,” and I wanna do “Falling Slowly,” from Once. So we’ll see.

BW: Are you guys all getting together to watch the movie when it premieres this Monday?
SC: Yeah, we’ll all probably just go out to eat and hang out and watch it! I’ve been on such a hardcore diet lately and focusing on fitness, so the night the movie comes out will be my big release! There will be some Cheesecake Factory in there somewhere! It’s my downfall. What can I say?

+ Don't miss Simon in action as Royce when Spectacular! premieres this Monday on Nickelodeon! But until then, check out an exclusive interview with Tammin Sursok, see a brand-new photo of Nolan Gerard Funk, who plays Nikko, and watch the "Your Own Way" video from the movie!

Tags Avan Jogia, Colbie Caillat, Danity Kane, Jason Mraz, Making The Band, Simon Curtis, Spectacular!, Tammin Sursok, Victoria Justice

+ 50 Cent is happy to report that Kanye West is definitely not gay. He's just sensitive. (Perez Hilton)

+ New trainwreck of a couple alert: Courtney Love + Mickey Rourke are a couple? Um, VH1 reality programming execs, are you ON TOP OF THIS???. (Pop Eater)

+ Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, on the other hand, isn't afraid to fly his rainbow flag...even if it's just for moral support. (Towel Road)

+ Oh gosh oh gosh oh gosh!! New/old David Archuleta song? "It's All About Love"!?!?!? (Team Archie)

+ Based on the recently leaked pics from the March ish of W magazine, we think Madonna and boy toy Jesus Luz make a pretty smokin' couple. We have no idea if the rumors about those two crazy kids are true, but for Madge's sake, we sincerely hope they are. (Hard Candy)

+ Mandy Moore and Ryan "Call Me Bryan And I'll Freak" Adams are engaged. Dorky dudes, there IS hope! (People)

+ File under interesting (read: potentially catastrophic) career choices: Jewel and Lil' Kim are on the next season's cast of Dancing With The Stars. (Stupid Celebrities)

+ Don't call it a comeback! Ciara's in Enrique Iglesias' new video, "Takin' Back My Love." (That Grape Juice)

+ Q: Guess who DIDN'T get nominated for a Country Music Award? A: Jessica Simpson. And we're sending you a an e-hug Jess, cause DAYOM, you had a rough coupla weeks. (Us Magazine)

Tags 50 Cent, Ciara, Courtney Love, Dave Grohl, David Archuleta, Foo Fighters, Jessica Simpson, Jewel, Kanye West, Lil' Kim, Madonna, Mandy Moore, Mickey Rourke, Ryan Adams

For some reason, this morning, just as soon as I got "Over And Over" out of my head, Omarion's "Ice Box" took its place. And then it, err... "hit" me: With Chris Brown, um, "indisposed," OMARION (who was apparently hanging out with Chris Brown the night before he was arrested) COULD TOTALLY BE THE NEXT CHRIS BROWN! Minus the alleged rage issues.

Omarion, buddy, WHERE YOU AT? "Ice Box" is still MY JAM, but if you're reading this, drop something STAT, 'kay? (And maybe think about dropping out of Chris Breezy's entourage? At least for now?)

Tags Chris Brown, Omarion

Okay, remember how TRL ended? Okay, well yesterday I was downstairs in the MTV Studios yesterday waiting to ask Soulja Boy Tell 'Em your questions, and I noticed a sad, sad thing: the iconic, legendary TRL photo booth -- where famous butts of ballers like Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus and Fergie, *NSYNC, Usher, No Doubt, Tokio Hotel, Vanessa Hudgens, and even John McCain and, um, Poo Baby and the Scream mask guy once perched to have their photos taken -- is broken! Weep! That's a little piece of history right there... I'll keep you posted if I see it's back and up and running. Until then, check out these bazillion photos taken in the legendary booth.

Tags Britney Spears, Fergie, Miley Cyrus, No Doubt, Tokio Hotel, TRL, Usher, Vanessa Hudgens

Do we really need to outline all the many reasons America's sweetheart Taylor Swift would make the universe's best girlfriend? Is the WWW even BIG enough?

Aside from the fact that she's: gorge, totally talented, a hockey fan, AND Jonas Brothers-approved, we think there are some other importante things to note about why we would totally, truly, madly, deeply love it (IF we were a guy... or into chicks...) and IF Taylor Swift were our girlfriend.

5. We'd Be Fully Famous: So, not to be all "me, me, me," BUT Taylor has been very clear about the fact that she writes honest songs. In the March issue of SELF magazine, she even said: “If you don’t want me to write bad songs about you, then don’t do bad things.” Statistically speaking, chances are we'd do something stupid, Taylor would get mad, and then she'd write a song about us! Yay!

4. The Brothers Jonas: I know Taylor's so over her cell phone split from Joe Jonas, and of course I'd wait until the second or third date to bring it up, but it still would be fun to dish and get the once-and-for-allskies real-deal scoop on what went down Jonas-wise.

3. The Sparkly Guitar: Maybe she'd let us play it! (And don't even front like you're NOT completely obsessed with that thing too!)

2. Horse Play: She could teach us how to ride a horse!

1. DEMI LOVATO! So, if we dated Taylor Swift, we'd obvs have to meet her friends. And that means Demi Lovato! Are you reading this, Taylor? Seriously: We love hockey and horses (and Kings of Leon sometimes too), so let's hang!

Okay. Now we're gonna watch "White Horse" (oh what IS UP, Laguna Beach alum, Stephen Colletti?) and weep into our pillow again.

Tags Demi Lovato, Jonas Brothers, Kings of Leon, Laguna Beach, Nelly, NSync, Stephen Colletti, Taylor Swift

Did you see these two do "Fifteen" the other night? Puh-lease. Time to update Wikipedia's "precious" entry. But it didn't end there! To really drive their newly-minted BFF-ness home, Miley and Taylor spent Grammy night together, drooling over boys backstage (and, presumably, adjusting each other's curlers between sticker book updates and brownies 0_o so fun!).

We have it on good authority from Rolling Stone that Taylor and Miley were swapping notes with Katy Perry about the unbearable hotness of Kings Of Leon bassist Jared Followill. In Miley's own words, as spoken to Rolling Stone, "I'm not usually one to freak, but me and Taylor last night were like, 'Holy smoke!'" Who hasn't said that before? Right? Holy smoke. And they're not the only ones. Have you seen dude's baby blues? There's a whole world of chicks out there who are completely gone on Jared and his brothers, all of whom (according to Katy Perry) regrettably have super hot girlfriends. Hey! Interesting that that's what Katy picked up on... True to form, Perry. I applaud you.

Anyway, if you're looking for something to make small talk about next time you run into Miley and Taylor together at the scrapbooking outlet store, you can perv on Jared extensively on a wide variety of fansites (Google it, baby). You can also perv on him live all spring, because the alt-country rockin' Kings Of Leon are hitting the road with The Walkmen and they're playing pretty much everywhere. Keep your eyes peeled for two besties doing Miss Mary Mack down in front. And now, watch Kings Of Leon's "The Bucket," because it f-in' rules.

Tags Jared Followill, Katy Perry, Kings of Leon, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, The Walkmen