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What are you doing on the Internet? It's time to party like it's 2011! Like a G6! Like P. Diddy! Here at Buzzworthy, we gathered some of our favorite friends--Justin Bieber, Jared Leto, Katy Perry (who didn't want to get her hair wet, just FYI) and Lady Gaga, and we took off on a little water-skiing holiday to celebrate the new year! Of COURSE Gaga insisted she wear her meat dress. We were like REALLY, Gaga? In the WATER? Ugh, fine. She's Gaga, you know? She can get away with it. Later, after we got out of the water, she changed into pajama jeans and she actually made it work.

Anyway, see who YOU picked as Buzzworthy's music fan favorites of 2010, take a look back at the year that was 2010 in music, celebrities and more, and ring in the new year with the cast of the Jersey Shore on MTV's New Year's Bash Friday, Dec. 31, at 10:30pm ET.

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While the go-to New Year's song might be the Scots classic "Auld Lang Syne," so what? That's for old people! Nothing says "Happy New Year!" like Avril Lavigne screaming "What the hell!" at you through the speakers after your third first glass of champagne sparkling grape juice.

To help promote her new album, Goodbye Lullaby (due out Mar. 8), Avril Lavigne is offering fans the chance to download her first single "What The Hell" free of charge. (That's free-ninety-nine, people.) All you have to do is go to Avril's Facebook page on Jan. 1 and "Like" her (we did!!) to obtain access to download the song for 48 hours. Giving us that extra day is pretty nice of her, considering all of New Year's Day is usually reserved for cleaning up barf, confetti and glitter. (It's like being Ke$ha!)

Avril will be performing her new single "What The Hell" on "Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve" on ABC, and hopefully Dick Clark will let us in on which brand of stem cells he rubs on his face to keep him looking not a day over 55...for the past 30 years.

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I bet when No Doubt started out as some skate rat ska punks in Orange County, Los Angeles, they never thought that one day they'd have to put on their finest duds, pledge allegiance to the United States of America and pay tribute to one the greatest songwriters in pop music history. But that's exactly what they've done.

The Kennedy Center Honors were broadcast last night, and Gwen Stefani and Co. paid tribute to Beatles legend Paul McCartney. No Doubt performed the McCartney/Lennon-penned Beatles classics "Hello, Goodbye" and "Penny Lane" to an audience that included the first family and Kennedy Center honorees Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney, Merle Haggard and choreographer Bill T. Jones.

Congrats to all those folks for their lifetimes full of achievements. But congrats to Gwen Stefani, as well, who swagged out at what was likely a black-tie-only affair by wearing a blindingly beautiful, yellow silk Prada dress to the event.

+ What do you think of Gwen Stefani's dress? Let us know in the comments!

Tags Gwen Stefani, John Lennon, No Doubt, oprah-winfrey, Paul McCartney, Star Spotting, The Beatles

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+ No more Dodger blue for Rihanna! She and her L.A. Dodgers boyfriend Matt Kemp have reportedly called it quits. (Just Jared)

+ Lady Gaga's The Fame Monster was named the best-selling album in the world for the year 2010. (Idolator)

+ Rumors are flying that Polow Da Don will be producing a Keri Hilson/Ciara collaborative album next year. (The Prophet Blog)

+ Nicki Minaj wants to get "dressed up and painted like crazy" in a Tim Burton movie. (TheFABlife)

+ According to producer Boi-1da, Drake's second album, Take Care, will find the Toronto MC improved, lyrically. (MTV News)

Tags Ciara, Drake, Keri Hilson, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna

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We now return to one of our favorite themes of 2010: celebrities at airports. Something about our favorite stars traipsing through the terminals and baggage claims of America and beyond just really tickles our fancy. Perhaps it's because it's one of the few times where celebrities really are just like us--subject to the same kind of degradation and bad lighting and terrible food and everything else that we have to deal with.

Above we see Katy Perry decidedly not dealing with it. Perry was arriving at London's Heathrow airport with hubby Russell Brand. I guess when you typically look immaculately perfect (check our Best of Katy Perry Photo Gallery for proof of such claims), it's just unacceptable to be seen in public unless you're looking your best.

That being said, the Jawa look is a bit much. Katy eventually showed herself, albeit just barely. Note the copy of the Brit tabloid paper, The Sun. See stars are just like us: They don't look good travelling, and they read gossip rags!

Tags Katy Perry, Russell Brand, Star Spotting

Welcome back from the weather, everyone! Here's a toast to the last "10 To Know" of the year! Oh, you're the designated driver, you say? Well, okay. We'll just clap.

1.) Is 50 Cent falling on hard times? The rapper took to the streets during Snowpocalypse 2010 to SHOVEL houses for $100 a pop. He should've charged $0.50 to stay on brand. (JustJared)

2.) Speaking of Snowpocalypse, aren't blizzards a snowman's most favorite thing ever? Buzzfeed has pics of 30 drunken snowmen who celebrated their good fortune a little too much. (Buzzfeed)

3.) Videogum basically did my job for me this week and rounded up all of 2010 biggest and most beloved viral videos in one concise listing. (Videogum)

4.) 2010 has turned out to be the year of a bajillion celebrity engagements! We can now add to the rolls: LeAnn Rimes, Lily Allen (yeah, that happened two seconds ago), Natalie Portman, Hugh Hefner (yuck), Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Mraz, Bret Michaels, and Shania Twain. Who'd I miss? Oh, and Natalie gets bonus points for also being preggo. By the way. Rihanna? Not engaged. She and Matt Kemp broke up.

5.) A just-surfaced handwritten note by one teenage Amy Winehouse reveals that the future superstar dreamed of one day getting her teeth fixed and owning a tanning bed. Between that and her gravity-defying poof, I think we've got a solid case for at least one season of "Jersey Shore: London." (The Sun)

6.) THIS JUST IN! Celebrities like to get crunk and tweet about it! People has prodigiously assembled a gallery of famous people, among them Katy Perry and Lady Gaga, tipping their glasses. (People)

7.) Gawker has this handy mashup of all the year's best pop songs in a neat 3 minutes and 18 seconds, with Ke$ha landing serious real estate. (Gawker)

8.) Check out my favorite song of the year, "Whip My Hair," performed on ice by a mini Willow Smith--who is already rully small, so imagine how teeny this tiny ice dancer is! (Buzzfeed)

9.) This is what it looks like when a cat puts on a bunny hat.

10.) Sir Elton John is a baby-daddy. Mazel, ya'll! (MTV News)

Tags 10 Things To Know Now, 50 Cent, Amy Winehouse, Bret Michaels, Elton John, Ginnifer Goodwin, Hugh Hefner, Jason Mraz, Jersey Shore, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, LeAnn-Rimes, Lily Allen, LOL, Natalie Portman, Rihanna, Shania Twain, Snowpocalypse, Willow Smith

There are many sides to David Banner. The Mississippi MC broke through a few years ago with his energetic brand of conscious crunk rap, with songs like "Like A Pimp" and "Cadillac On 22's," energizing listeners with their sheer visceral power and glittering beats.

But underneath all the bluster lies a contemplative and thoughtful person, as you'll see in this exclusive Buzzworthy video interview below.

Despite being an accomplished producer in his own right, Banner's new album, Death Of A Pop Star, was done in collaboration with the esteemed beatmaker 9th Wonder (Little Brother). In the interview below, Banner talks about the concept behind the album and how it took shape in the wake of Michael Jackson's death. For Banner and 9th Wonder, Jackson's death was a symbolic death of contemporary music, itself. It's fascinating stuff.

He also talks a bit about his new video, "Be With You," and the influence the classic Busta Rhymes clip "Woo Ha" had on its making. David Banner also gives some pretty detailed financial advice to any would-be artists.

9th Wonder drops by later in the clip to share what was on the syllabus of that college course he recently taught. We wouldn't be mad at having Professor Wonder teaching us a little knowledge!

Check out the video interview with David Banner and 9th Wonder and watch their "Be With You" video, both below. Death Of A Pop Star is out now.

Tags 9th Wonder, Busta-Rhymes, David Banner, Little Brother, Michael Jackson, video

We haven't heard a lot of new music from Alicia Keys recently, and with good reason. The lady only just gave birth to her first child--a little boy by the name of Egypt--weeks ago. And she's been busy... dying (digitally) and raising $1 million for her Keep A Child Alive African AIDS relief organization. So she's probably been mad busy feeding her baby organic baby food and dressing him up in adorable outfits and posting the pictures on Facebook. We wouldn't know. Alicia Keys didn't accept our Facebook friend request. Sniff.

That being said! We were pretty excited to get this audio post-Christmas present: It's "Speechless," a new Alicia track featuring Eve. Released as part of Swizz Beatz's (husband of Alicia Keys and father to baby Egypt) Monster Mondays series (sort of a take on Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Fridays.)

It should come as little surprise that Alicia Keys' first post-baby single is all about her new baby. And it should come as little surprise that "Speechless" is a lush, piano and electric guitar led vamp, with Alicia extolling the virtues of motherhood and Eve rapping about finding love when you least expect it.

+ Listen to Alicia Keys and Eve's "Speechless" at Monster Mondays.

Tags Alicia Keys, Eve, Kanye West, Song You Need To Know, Swizz Beatz

Leighton Meester is looking fiercely foxy on the February 2011 cover of Seventeen, is she NOT?

I mean, HOW does she look so amazing next to what is essentially a slab of concrete? Excuse us while we storm the Hearst offices in search of that set to Vogue for our new Facebook default. Leighton's styled to the nines in her Seventeen photo spread. That tweed crop top/shorts/jacket combo would thrill Coco Chanel to pieces. We have half a mind to add multiple skinny red ankle straps to all of our shoes.

Let's talk about the cover. Leighton's slightly naughty sexy peep-holed floral dress is right on the "Little House on the Prairie" city border. We predict sexy sternum exposure will be so hot in 2011. You heard it here first! From a beauty standpoint, Leighton's Christmas-themed red lip and green eye shadow combo is unexpectedly fetching. And her hair, per usual, is nothing short of glossy fabulosity, no doubt a by-product of her Herbal Essences partnership and a styling session with her personal hair maven Charles Baker Strahan. Not that we know every single product or person involved with achieving that mane of dreams, or anything. OK, fine.

+ Tell us: Are you LOVING Leighton's look?

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So maybe you weren't on Britney Spears' personal Christmas shopping list, but the details about her new song, allegedly titled "Hold It Against Me," will have to suffice as a gift. Britney tweeted this photo of herself and her assistant with Old Saint Nick on Christmas, and that look on Santa's face is making us feel a little uncomfortable. She's a mother, Santa! Watch it! (Anyone else notice that we can't see his hands?!)

Britney's new album isn't due out until March 2011, but producer Dr. Luke took to his Twitter to tease fans about the first single. A week ago he tweeted, "The 3rd word is 'there'.... 1st word is 'hey'!!!" And on Christmas he continued, "please (4th word)," and "forgive (5th)." But relax, my fellow riddle haters (they're the worst!). The Internet knows all, and the alleged lyrics to "Hold It Against Me" can be found here!

Don't say we never gave you anything. New Britney Spears music info is definitely better than that Shake Weight your aunt from Wisconsin got you. Though Shake Weights ARE pretty amazing.

Tags Britney Spears, Dr. Luke