+ This just in: Katy Perry takes emergency baby wipe showers! And secretly worships Sugar Ray! Plus, nine more true confessions from the 2008 VMAs' Best New Artist hopeful. (PopEater)

+ Meanwhile, Velvet Revolver's still not ready for a (lead singer) commitment. (Rolling Stone)

+ Christina Aguilera's greatest hits CD will be sold exclusively at Target. (Associated Press)

+ Is Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol the new Jamie-Lynn Spears? (Scandalist)

+ Worst video ever? (Best Week Ever)

+ Gene Simmons is getting sued! But how will that KISS makeup go over in court?? (NME)

+ Kardinal Offishall explains why his new album was inspired by a homemade t-shirt. (The Boombox)

Move over, Tom Kaulitz. Iconic Guns 'N Roses guitarist, MTV pioneer, and '80s rock time capsule -- seriously, dude does NOT age -- Slash, of Velvet Revolver of late, will be presenting at the 2008 VMAs on Sunday, September 7th!

WTF? Slash, Tokio Hotel, Ciara, Jonas Brothers, The Hills cast, Miley Cyrus and Michael Phelps, and the cast of High School Musical 3 all in one night? Best. Sunday. Evar.

Check out a few of my favorite excerpts from Slash's autobiography and two awesome VMA archival shots -- Slash and Michael Jackson performing together at the 1995 VMAs, and Slash accepting the 1988 (!!!) VMA for Best New Artist with his "date," porn star Traci Lords.

And below that, watch Slash in his full-on glory in a live performance of "Sweet Child O' Mine" from way back in 1991.

+ Better luck next time, Royston Langdon. Because the crazy rumor of the day is that formerly scary-haired singer/guitarist Lenny Kravitz will be stepping in for Scott Weiland as Velvet Revolver's new frontman. (Idolator)

+ The Jonas Brothers describe their TRL takeover as "an amazing time in our lives." Our thoughts exactly. (MTV)

+ These days, it's "mo' money, mo' problems" for High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens. (E! Online)

+ And today in unlikely collaborations, Usher and Keith Urban will be teaming up to give a free NFL kickoff concert. (Billboard)

+ British supermodel Agnyness Deyn is reportedly engaged to Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. Which totally explains the collective high-pitched scream of "NOOOOOOOO!" we heard all the way across the Atlantic. (Fashion Gossip Weekly)

+ Can't wait for Madden '09? Check out Franz Ferdinand's website, where they're streaming the game's featured track, "Lucid Dreams." (Franz Ferdinand)

+ Lil Wayne to his fans at the Virgin Mobile festival: "[If] y'all got Tha Carter III...I f---in' appreciate you." (MTV)

+ Rumor has it 15-year-old Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus has been dating a 22 year-old. Billy Ray would soooo not approve! (PerezHilton via Celebrity Fix)

+ T.I. proves incarceration just might be the best thing that ever happened to his film career. (SOHH)

+ Meanwhile, if you see five movies next year, odds are at least two of them will be starring Chris Brown. (MTV)

+ Velvet Revolver to get Aussie new frontman? (Idolator)

+ Coldplay's new album isn't just for (musical) pirates anymore. (Stereogum)

+ According to the Jonas Brothers, "Guitar Hero is a necessity.'" But it's Kevin who claims he's "the Guitar Hero guru" of the group. (EntertainmentWise)

If you're like us, you ran right out and snatched up a copy of Slash's autobiography -- appropriately titled just Slash … because, really, what more does the former Guns N' Roses/current Velvet Revolver guitarist need to say to make you want to buy his book?

In it, he talks about snakes, getting drunk and going to the gym and, well, what life was like when he was using drugs. And, as if that's not enough insight into what's going on in his head, our Headbangers Blog has a 30-minute podcast interview with the rock icon, who talks about why and how he wrote the book and what the deal is with his upcoming solo album. Oh yeah, and he also talks about drugs. Check out the podcast here.

Former Guns N' Roses guitarist (um, just in case you need a qualifier) Slash has taken time out from his velvet revolving duties and from probably not washing his hair to write an autobiography. We already told you we're suckers for trashy literature by celebs who, by all accounts and purposes, shouldn't have made it to see the '90s but somehow avoided the rock reaper's scythe, so, of course, we fully can't wait to read the chronicles of Slash's enormous appetite for destruction. Thankfully we don't have to wait until the book's October 30th release date because the Guardian Unlimited published a sizable excerpt that details some of the lowest (and basically most awesome) moments Slash spent between finishing the "Appetite For Destruction" tour and beginning work on the G N' R Lies album.

In Slash's autobiography, aptly entitled Slash, the revered rock guitarist reveals the behavior and habits that basically made him a walking (though barely) prototype of a hard-living, about-to-crash-and-burn '80s rocker just gunning for a Behind the Music special. Read more...