Juliette Lewis -- yes, the actress -- goes all dream sequence in the video for her song "Fantasy Bar," from her forthcoming Terra Incognita album with The New Romantiques (The Licks are yesterday's news, if you're keeping score at home).

While her screen stylings are always unique (see her doe-eyed criminals in Kalifornia and Natural Born Killers) her musical persona, though still off-beat, is more recognizable. A pinch of Karen O, a teaspoon of Courtney Love, some Debbie Harry for flavor and a side order of The Dead Weather's Alison Mosshart.

"Fantasy Bar," as you might have guessed, given the song title, is a fantastical affair. Lots of wheeling around L.A. in a whip while wearing Native American headdress; some psychedelic crowd scenes; cue smoke, crawling around and random appearances from dudes dressed like cowboys.

Lourdes just over a year old when Madonna went to the 1995 MTV VMAs, yet already Madonna had the stern scolding thing down to art. And that matronly voice of authority would come in handy at the VMAs that night, when she had to lay the smack down on (a possibly not-so-sober, if I may be so suggestive) Courtney Love, who completely and totally hijacked her VMA red carpet interview with Kurt Loder.

Watch this vintage VMA video -- it's long, but it's a great from the crate, and it's totally worth it to revel in Madonna and Courtney's bitter exchange, which ends in Madonna killing a dangerously bottomless Courtney with kindness. (Albeit that rare Madonna brand of bitchy kindness.) And to watch Courtney throw a powder compact into the interview pit. And to watch Courtney Love and Madonna's fashion turf war. And to watch Courtney Love's SUPER awkward exchange with Tabitha Soren. And to watch Courtney Love ramble on and on about Michael Stipe, ambulance drivers, astrophysics, and Birkenstocks. And to watch Courtney slither and writhe around on the ground. There's even a weird exchange about Alanis Morisette. Every time I watch it, I discover a new gem, though my favorite is "Courtney Love is in dire need of attention right now." And Madonna's inability to decide upon mock-British accent or Jersey Girl. (So she goes with both.)

Taste the faux sincerity. Enjoy the crazy.

+ Don't miss the 2009 VMAs live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday, September 13 at 9pm!

YES. "Thrill Billy" Billy Ray Cyrus WAS on today's episode of It's On With Alexa Chung today, and YES, he did walk onto the set drinking something sizzurp-like. It was Party O'Clock, and it was a scene worthy of "Party In The U.S.A." And even though Billy Ray didn't come out and say "Let's kick the tires and light the fires, big daddy," he actually kind of did, you know? Okay, here's what Alexa wore today!

Thursday, August 27
+ Sonic Youth T-Shirt: Vintage
+ Skirt: H&M
+ Ballet Flats: Chanel
+ Necklace: Iosselliani

We've already been over where to find t-shirts like Alexa's vintage Adam Ant t-shirt and vintage Smiths t-shirt (and this faux-vintage blink-182 t-shirt), so please review, react, and shop accordingly. And looky here: A new spin (har!) on Courtney Love's 1994 Spin mag cover. This graphic-print tank is $16.90 at Forever21.com.

Oh hey, since you're already here, enjoy some presh little black zipper flats! They're by Qupid, and they're $23 at Lulus.com.

And after the jump, watch Billy Ray touch people's lives (in ways that maybe bring to mind Gary Busey... in a philosophical way, of course) and discuss his one true love, Miley "Destiny Hope" Cyrus, and perform a very special song with Alexa on It's On With Alexa Chung.

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+ Proving once again to be one of the most formidable forces in pop music, the Black Eyed Peas just set another Billboard record. (NME)

+ Why Courtney Love is Tweeting pictures of herself with a turtle on her head, we don't know. But thank you, Twitter. Thank you. (Pop On The Pop)

+ We've been telling our friends this about Lady Gaga for weeks but no one seemed to believe us. Thank you, Katy Perry, the voice of reason, for setting everyone straight. (PopCrunch)

+ Jordin Sparks has been announced as the opening act for Britney Spears' Circus Tour, as she kicks off the second leg of her North American tour tonight in Ontario. (Britney.com)

+ Jay-Z and his wife (some woman we've never heard of) were out trying to have a peaceful dinner when a pesky pap got all up in their biz, eventually throwing his tripod at one of Jay's bodyguards. Needless to say, that tripod is making for some fine coral off the coast of Croatia (cause you know, it's all tropical and shallow, where coral grows). (Pop On The Pop)

+ Happy Birthday, Demi Lovato! (Twitter)

Never seen West Side Story? Seriously? Shame on you. But I'll wait to chastise you until after you've watched this brand-new MTV on-air spot that Cobra Starship filmed for the 2009 MTV VMAs. The new video features Cobra Starship -- and Leighton Meester -- reenacting West Side Story's "Tonight," a cinematic and theatrical behemoth.

The Cobra Starship VMA video was choreographed by Wade Robson (let that sink in for a minute...) and filmed at the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn. The museum is completely underground, and the promo was shot in a vintage New York City subway car, which is why it looks a little like something out of Beat Street. My only complaint: Not enough Ryland. Apparently Courtney Love was on set too. (Let THAT sink in...)

Watch the Cobra Starship 2009 VMA promo video, and stay tuned for more videos featuring VMA performers and presenters.

+ See more photos of Cobra Starship from the set of their 2009 VMA video shoot after the jump.
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+ Plastic surgery postergirl Courtney Love is in the studio recording her second solo album with the help of a few of her friends. Does she even remember how to sing? Celebrity Skin was a good Hole album, but we stopped listening right after her lips started looking like Lisa Rinna's. (NME)

+ At last night's CMT Awards, neighborhood sweetheart Taylor Swift took home the coveted Video of the Year award (along with Female Video of the Year) alongside rapper T—Pain (??) for their song "Love Story." Does this girl lose at anything?? We love her! (People)

+ If you're looking for a big break into the heavy metal music video industry, look no further! Glam rock hair band Steel Panther is holding auditions this weekend for their next video, "Community Property." (The Rad Report)

+ Third time's a charm—just ask our leading lady Britney Spears. Is she REALLY getting married to her agent? (Star Magazine)

+ Uh oh.  Nelly Furtado and Timbaland are getting sued by a guy who says their song "Do It" steals directly from a song he had already written. Why did it take the guy three years to figure it out?? (NME)

+ New Kids On The Block just cancelled the Australian leg of their world tour, blaming the economic downturn. OK, so maybe Janet Jackson wasn't lying when she said the same thing. (E! Online)

Dudes, if you thought Brüno's balls in Eminem's face at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards was dirty... well... wait... it was... But we here at MTV have seen dirtier stuff before. Like Christina Aguilera in assless chaps. (Need a reference point? See below.) Or Taking Back Sunday covered in tar in their "Sink Into Me" video. The Foo Fighters covered in red paint. Christina Milian covered in God knows what. And some of our favorite bands -- Hit the Lights, The Cab, Mutemath, Weezer, and more -- have gotten covered in food, paint, pie, and more dirty, messy, filthy, in some all-out gross-out videos.

So check out 10 of the dirtiest music videos of all time -- some sexy, some sloppy, and some straight-up sick. (Uh, Primus, anyone?)

Christina Milian -- "Dip It Low" -- Sloppy can be sexy! Christina Milian writhed around in... chocolate fondue? Black paint? Ink?... in her 2004 "Dip It Low" video while teaching you how to "pop that thang."
+ Watch "Dip It Low"

Menomena -- "Rotten Hell" -- Never before has a food fight looked so elegant nor spaghetti looked so beautiful flying through the air in slow motion like in Menomena's 2007 "Rotten Hell" video. Seriously, this is less food fight, more ballet. And that blonde kid had it coming. Dude, gimmie some of your tots!
+ Watch "Rotten Hell"

Christina Aguilera -- "Dirrty" -- "Dirrty" is the granddaddy of the dirty music video! You get Christina Aguilera in assless chaps, Redman bringing up the rear, and a panoply of fantastic, orgiastic attributes, like furries, fighters, and masturbatory moves. Another word for it? WIN.
+ Watch "Dirrty"

Foo Fighters -- "The Pretender" -- Things start out tense but basically okay in the Foo Fighters' 2007 "The Pretender" video, until about halfway through the song, when the po-po get a little too close for comfort, and the Foos retaliate with a s++storm of red paint. Dave Grohl has alluded to the song being politically motivated, but if you play it backwards, you can hear "I hate Courtney Love" (speaking of messes) plain as the nose on your face.
+ Watch "The Pretender"

The Cab -- "Bounce" -- The Cab's 2008 "Bounce" video is basically Art History 101 -- it features a not-so-subtle Andy Warhol (actually a Patrick Stump cameo), and by the end of the video, the set looks like a Jackson Pollock.
+ Watch "Bounce"

Hit The Lights -- "Drop The Girl" --  Skip school, start fights, stay in school, start food fights! Bonus: cleavage, pizza, House Of Holland-inspired message blocky tees! Killer.
+ Watch "Drop The Girl"

Primus -- "My Name Is Mud" -- Primus' 1993 "My Name Is Mud" video is an absolute classic. Just ask Beavis & Butthead. Les Claypool in a lounge lizard suit, hulkin' fat dudes taking mud baths, dead bodies, Bob Cock drinking pork soda, and a seriously nasty drum and bass line. It doesn't get dirtier than Primus.
+ Watch "My Name Is Mud"

Weezer -- "Troublemaker" -- It's no "Buddy Holly" or "Pork & Beans," but Weezer's "Troublemaker" is a three-minute-long parking lot nerd Olympics, complete with a crapton of nacho cheese, 223 people on air guitar, and the world's smallest, and it all culminates in an epic pie fight. Oh yeah, and Rivers Cuomo gets dressed up like Limp Bizkit-era Fred Durst and rhymes "beyatch" with "kids." It's great!
+ Watch "Troublemaker"

+ More dirty music videos after the jump!

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+ Twitter seems to be the sounding board for a lot of celebrities to vent their frustrations with many things. Today, rapper Eve ranted (with plenty of expletives, to boot) about that whole Chris Brown "I ain't a monster" thing we told you about yesterday. And boy did she let him have it! (BET)

+ Here's our little angel David Archuleta being all cute and Hibachi-like at a kids' charity event in North Carolina. (Archuleta Avenue)

+ On the teen tip, the Jonas Brothers will be rolling in more cash come this fall, when they launch a Nintendo DS game based on their current Disney series JONAS. (MTV News)

+ Courtney Love has been sued yet again, this time for missing a couple (hundred) payments to her AmEx Gold card. Oops! (ICYDK)

+ This week's "uh-oh Britney" moment: our girl did a recent shoot for Elle and, though she was wearing expensive clothes, managed to dirty up the duds as only a woman can. (Hot Momma Gossip)

+ Recent cover art depecting Brooke Hogan as some sort of oil-painted Tupac angel was so not fake. OOF! (IDLYITW)

You can't have Miley's actual sweatpants (they come with a restraining order and possibly a visit to jail), but you can get your own earth-inspired sweats by Country Love. (No, not Courtney Love. Country Love.)

Blake Lively, Jessica Alba (AKA Tom Kaulitz's baby mama), Rihanna, Vanessa Hudgens and, of course, Miley Cyrus -- she wore hers in New York City while doing press for her box-office smash, Hannah Montana: The Movie -- are all fans of the comfy/casual line of tanks, sweats, tees and hoodies in sherbet-y colors, designed with subtle earth-friendly messages and cute little seagulls and suns.

And now would be the perfect opportunity for me to editorialize and point out that Country Love is FAR more acceptable than that garish, p0rn-y Ed Hardy/ Christian Audigier crap that's so heinous to look at that it almost makes me wish I was born without eyes. Almost. (I mean seriously... can we PLEASE stop with Ed Hardy?? PLEASE? And yes, I know Miley's worn Ed Hardy in the past, but we all make mistakes.)

+ Get Country Love at Bloomingdale's and Fred Segal Fun, and check out more photos after the jump. Plus, more country love: TAYLOR SWIFT!

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+ OH MEIN GOTT! Alles Gute zum Geburtstag (or however you say it...) Georg!!!

+ Courtney Love's cantankerous Tweets have Twittered her into a troublesome tizzy. (The Tripwire)

+ Behold the amazing awkwardness that is a recent interview Flo Rida did with quite possibly the hokiest British interviewer we have ever seen. (Holy Moly!)

+ OMG thankyouthankyouTHANKYOU Brazilian baby Jesus for giving us this New Moon movie poster!!! (Pretty Boring)

+ Just call him Andre 3000MPH: the Outkast crooner was cold busted for speeding down I-75 in Atlanta going 109 mph in his Porsche Carrera. Slow your roll, girl! (Socialite Life)

+ Kelly "I'll-never-be-as-big-as-Beyonce" Rowland on suicide watch?? Doubtful. (Bossip)

+ Aww...  Miley Cyrus misses her hometown of Franklin, TN, which is evidently teeming with musicians like Paramore, Nick Carter, Michael McDonald, and my CCM-crossover SUPERSTAR fave Amy Grant. Don't you hate whenever you go home, you always randomly run into people at Wal-Mart that you haven't seen in forever? Just saying. (Gabby Babble)