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First we brought you a GREAT Friday LOL -- Justin Bieber chopped and screwed! Now, if you look below, you will see an incredibly well edited video of infomercial money shots. It's a world where standing up, putting on your pants or pouring some juice is a Sisyphean task -- the point when someone's knife fails them, mid-tomato-slice. Or they hammer their way through their kitchen cabinet (why are you hammering ... never mind), or the top button of their pants becomes too much to handle (dude ... really?). This is all scored by The Beatles' "Help."

How many of these face-palm moments look familiar to you? I can count at least half a dozen. Me and Saran Wrap are archrivals with a feud spanning decades, multiple cities, regions and apartment kitchens. Hell, I just put stuff in bags now and hope for the best!

Check out the as-seen-on-TV fail video below. And act now for a free blade sharpener!

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For all of you finding the breakneck, runaway pace of Justin Bieber's songs just too much to grapple with, or for anyone nursing a serious bout of Bieber Fever, well, friend, I'm about to make your Friday.

Behold, Justin Bieber's "Runaway Love," chopped and screwed. For the uninitiated, chopping and screwing a song, which was popularized by the late DJ Screw, involves slowing it down to bring out the hypnotic, hazy qualities. Pair it with a black light and a highlighter, and you pretty much go through the looking glass.

Some genius on the internet decided to chop and screw Bieber's "Runaway Love," adding the bonus of a looped visual of Justin doing some jazz-hands action in slow-mo, making him look like an animated Hindu god or something. Total miracle.

Watch in awe, folks.

Tags DJ Screw, justin bieber, LOLs, video, WTF video

Alkaline Trio is a hardworking pop-punk band from a blue-collar city (Chicago) who grinds out album after album of gravel-voiced, heartbroken anthems. With the group's latest album, "This Addiction," currently soundtracking countless breakups and makeups, we thought we'd sit down with the veteran band and have a little chat.

In this episode of "The 5," Alkaline Trio talked about going back to their roots, recording "This Addiction" at their old sonic stomping grounds of Atlas Studio in Chicago. Speaking of origins, the boys also talk about where their band name came from. They also chat about their new, self-owned label, Heart & Skull.

Check out the interview below, as well as the group's classic "Help Me" video from its 2008 release, Agony & Irony.

Tags Alkaline Trio, The 5, video

Everyone's favorite Sri Lankan electro-hop artist M.I.A. is gearing up to release her long-awaited third album on June 29. Today, Pitchfork leaked the as-yet-untitled album's first single, "Born Free," which is more punk-sounding than M.I.A.'s previous efforts but we're kinda into it.

Another thing we're super-into is the "Paper Planes" singer's wacko sense of style. Sorry, Lady Gaga, but M.I.A. was doing it first with the bonkers stage outfits. Take a look at our favorite over-the-top ensembles and judge for yourself!

1.) San Francisco's Outside Lands Festival, 8/31/09: I wonder if M.I.A. is offering an homage to the Disney series "The Cheetah Girls" or if she's just a fan of big cats. Either way, this sequined top is cheetalicious!

(Credit: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

2.) Grammy Awards red carpet, 2/9/09: THIS is how you rock maternity gear.

(Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

3.) Coachella, 4/20/09: I don't know what kind of cookies she's selling, but after seeing this trippy, glow-in-the-dark Girl Scout-inspired uniform, I'd be worried about the side effects from her boxes of Thin Mints.

(Credit: Dove Shore/Getty Images)

+ More fun with M.I.A.'s outfits after the jump!

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Tags Lady Gaga, M.I.A., Style

A couple of weeks ago we took a look at some of the must-have music apps for Apple's iPad. Several of the apps promised user-friendly experiences, allowing novices the chance to DJ, fool around on a (fake) piano and remix songs. But it got us wondering: What kind of music-making potential does the iPad have in the hands of a true composer or musician?

We got out answer! A.R. Rahman, famed composer of Bollywood soundtracks and the man largely responsible for the sound of the Academy Award-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" (for which he won two Oscars himself), recently gave MTV Iggy a little demonstration of his iPad musical acumen.

Rahman toys around with an app called Bebot, making a song from scratch, right on the spot. Check out the video below, and be sure to check out Rahman's technological innovative and otherwise awesome The Journey Home tour. You can find dates and more info over at MTV Iggy.

Related Content 5 Must-Have iPad Music Apps

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When Adam Lambert walked the carpet at last weekend's GLAAD Media Awards, he was looking as dapper as ever. With his swank, oversize vintage sunglasses, slim-fitting suit and alligator boots, we had no choice but to pick Glambert as our first-ever Buzzworthy Style Star Of The Week. Congrats, Glambert!

As Christian Siriano would say, "Ferosh!"

+ Watch our favorite Adam Lambert video, "For Your Entertainment."

Related Content Buzzworthy's 20 Glammest Guys EVER!

Tags Adam Lambert, Buzzworthy Style Star Of The Week, Christian Siriano, video

+ UPDATE: Watch Miranda's interview here!

With her debut album, "Sparks Fly," due out April 27, we thought to ourselves, What better time then now to have a Miranda Cosgrove Buzzworthy fan interview? So that's exactly what we're gonna do.

Here's your chance to ask Miranda anything that comes to mind. You could ask about the upcoming fourth season of "iCarly," her time on "Drake & Josh," the sound of her brand-new album or what it was like record a song ("Raining Sunshine") for the "Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs" soundtrack. Anything, really. The world is your oyster.

Leave your questions in the comments section, and we'll pass them on to Miranda. In the meantime, enjoy the video for the single "Kissing U," off of "Sparks Fly."

Tags iCarly, Miranda Cosgrove, video

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In anticipation of the Monday, April 26, premiere of Trey Songz's "MTV Unplugged" special, we met with Trey himself to get his take on stripping down his performances and joining the chosen few who've performed on "MTV Unplugged" throughout the years. Check out the interview below and peep photos from Trey's "Unplugged" taping here and another look at Trey Songz's performance.

By Jayson Rodriguez

The series "MTV Unplugged" has created some of the most memorable moments in music history, whether it was the restrained emotion from Kurt Cobain during Nirvana's "About A Girl" to Jodeci's raw rendition of Steve Wonder's classic "Lately." Trey Songz realizes he's venturing into a rare fraternity as the latest artist tapped to perform an acoustic set, premiering Monday, April 26, on MTV.com. We sat down with Trey Songz to get his take on joining the elite rank of "MTV Unplugged" performers.

"At this point in my career, with all the opportunity arising, this is definitely a major highlight within those opportunities," he says. "I saw a write up on MTV.com, and they described my performance as a star-making set. That's crazy to read, and I think "Unplugged" has been that for so many people. It's a chance to highlight an artist, a chance for them to be vulnerable, a chance for them to contort their music and give it to people a different way. To show that I'm truly an artist and that I love to do what I do, making music. To do it on that platform, the same one as so many artist before me is just really amazing."

The young singer was fresh off of opening for Jay-Z as a part of the legendary rapper's The BP3 arena tour when he took the stage at Manhattan's NEP Studio 33.

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Tags Jay-Z, Jodeci, Kings of Leon, Kurt Cobain, mtv-unplugged, Nirvana, Stevie Wonder, Trey Songz, video

+ The Jonas Brothers' new movie, "Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam" has a title that suggests some serious band battling. But, according to the Brothers, there's plenty of romance as well, with Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato taking their real life romance on to the big screen. (MTV News)

+ Taylor Swift will see her rise to fame documented in a new comic book. "Fame: Taylor Swift" will be created by Bluewater Productions, previous publishers of Kristen Stewart and Lady Gaga comic bios. (Idolator)

+ Ashley Greene of "Twilight" and Vanessa Hudgens of "High School Musical" are just some of the young stars featured in Nylon magazine's annual Young Hollywood issue. (Just Jared)

+ With the success of the Madonna-themed episode of "Glee," Britney Spears' manager has begun a campaign to have his client's tunes featured on a special ep of the musical comedy. (LimeLife)

+ Stop the presses! Katherine McPhee has changed her hair up again. The "American Idol" runner-up is now rocking a brunette bob. (I'm Not Obsessed)

Tags American Idol, Ashley Greene, Britney Spears, Demi Lovato, Glee, High School Musical, Joe Jonas, Jonas Brothers, Katherine McPhee, Kristen Stewart, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Taylor Swift, Twilight, Vanessa Hudgens

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Justin Bieber has been taking over Tokyo these last couple of days. He's been busy seeing the sights, playing some gigs and generally spreading Bieber fever wherever he can. Above, we see Justin stopping to take a pic with a fan at a Harajuku neighborhood shoe store. Bieber has been tweeting about his time in Tokyo, extolling the virtues of the city's sushi and "heated toilet seats." (Word!) Being the sneaker head he is, it's no surprise that Bieber was spotted in a shoe store. One question: Was the pic taken in the girl's section? Or is Bieber about to start a new trend of dudes wearing comfortable but stylish flats? We wait with bated breath.

Tags justin bieber, Star Spotting