Last night’s finale of The Hills Season 3 was all about cool-but-sticky nights, low-cut dresses, and short skirts: Heidi’s Vegas power outfit, Justin Bobby’s chronic unkemptness, Lauren’s roommates-and-crab-legs tie-dyed dinner dress (and that boobalicious one-strap LBD — oh my!), Whitney’s ’80s-in-a-good way party frock, and the throngs of prom-a-be partiers making very merry on the many balconies at The Hills bash.

But no one brought the sexy harder than Usher, who performed “Love In This Club” live at the big event, which was held at the Beverly Hills mansion — a private residence (!!!) that’s bigger than any club we’ve ever seen in our lives.

High above L.A., wearing sunglasses at night, screaming girls pulling at his leather jacket, commanding the spiral staircase, Young Jeezy on back-up, and with more flashing lights than a Kanye video, Ush looked like king of The Hills.

Watch the performance below, and get behind-the-scenes dirt on The Hills, the bash, and the cast at the Remote Control blog.

We have a long-standing opening for a personal cheerleading squad with electro-dance leanings, and the Ting Tings are just the band for the gig.

Their new album, We Started Nothing, isn’t out until May 20, but you’ve absolutely already heard “Great DJ,” “That’s Not My Name” and “Shut Up and Let Me Go” all over your TV for weeks now, hyping everything from iPods to Speidi drama on The Hills. And now you can hear the full-length album a week before it hits stores, on The Leak. But hurry up and listen before your hipster friends swear they were soooo into this album back in like, 2005.

+ Plus, watch the Ting Tings’ “Great DJ” video.

Lights, camera, lipstick, action! Maroon 5 and Rihanna’s be-corseted new video, “If I Never See Your Face Again,” makes breaking up look almost as hot as hooking up.

Check out their new love-how-much-I-hate you clip, directed by Anthony Mandler, who directed Rihanna’s “Shut Up and Drive” and “Don’t Stop the Music” videos. It’s a synthed-out celebration of revenge, lust, well-tailored suits, satin sheets and seductive posturing.

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+ Amy Winehouse: running on E while smoking in the park with Kristian Marr, who was arrested for sleeping in her garage last night. Got all that? (Dailymail.co.uk)

+ Miley Cyrus teaming up with John Travolta might be an even worse idea than “teaming up” with Grampy Hefner. (Dotspotter)

+ Flyleaf discusses tour fatigue and their upcoming album. (Blabbermouth)

+ Mariah Carey divulges wedding details on Ellen. (I’m Not Obsessed)

+ Next stop on the Jonas Brothers’ World Domination Tour ‘08: JB in 3D! (Fan Bolt)

+ Travis McCoy cut his hair! OMG OMG OMG HE’S SO EFFIN’ HAWTTTT! (Traviesblog)

+ Speaking of Travis… groom-to-be Pete Wentz thinks Panic At the Disco’s “Nine In the Afternoon” is about herb. (Bwaaaaah?) (MTV)

+ Nicole Scherzinger loses points on the dismount. (Celebslam)

+ Silly rabbit! Tegan and Sara’s “Walking With a Ghost” is for kids! (NY Mag)

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The roaring crush of Tokio Hotel fans outside of the MTV building here in Times Square last week was enough to make us cross our fingers and hope the sidewalk on Broadway was enforced with extra rebar. Assuming it was, we took a rare trip outside 1515 to interview some of Tokio Hotel’s most enthused fans. On our first go, we encountered Josselen (left), 20 and Amada (right), who’s “18 and livin’ it!”

Buzzworthy: What do you love most about Tokio Hotel?

Josselen: Well their fashion is out there. It’s like Japanese inspired, but they’re from Germany. I like how their music sounds. It’s very different from what you hear in the states.

Amada: Their lyrics! We can all relate to them. They’re so fantastic! They’re brilliant! They started from a young age, and look at them now! They’re crossing oceans, crossing borders, everything! They’re so awesome!

Buzzworthy: Which lyrics in particular do you relate to?

Josselen: I like “By Your Side,” because he’s talking about how the person he’s talking to, he or she, is far away, but then somehow if she looks around, he’ll always be there for her. Even if theyr’e far away, he’ll always reach out for her.

BW: How’d you discover Tokio Hotel?

Josselen: I was in Puerto Rico at the time, and there’s this international TV show from Spain, and they talked about how all these child stars had become famous, and that’s how I heard about Tokio Hotel.

Amada: MySpace.

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Tokio Hotel fans, here’s even more freak-out fodder — exclusive photos from their visit to MTV last week.

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Check out the rest of MTV’s exclusive Tokio Hotel photo gallery (duders, Bill’s nails are sicker than ever! He and Kid Sister need to collaborate pronto… or wait… what’s the German word for “ASAP”?), watch exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from their TRL performance, and hold for even more MTV <3s Tokio Hotel exclusives.

Pull up a chair, a queen-sized hankie and a bottle of something strong, and the then prepare to spend the rest of the day hitting “forward” on this story until your precious little eyeballs and fingers go numb and threaten to detach themselves from your body.

Fellow blogger Colin, who runs the show over at the New Now Next blog, basically has a direct line to Paula Abdul. He’s interviewed her several times, he’s shared a car with her, and he even got flowers and a hand-written note from the woman. (We love-hate you Colin!)

He also the most extraordinary, most epic, most vintage Paula interview we have ever read in our lives. It’s long, it’s strong, it’s strange, and it’s worth every minute you’re gonna spend reading every word of it. Trust us on that one.

In the interview, an unbelievably verbose Paula tells a rapt Colin (seriously, there’s like a 98:2 ratio of her words to his) all about Castrogate and what really happened that night. She also slams the show’s producers and accuses them of using her as a scapegoat, basically claims that her powers of reinvention trump that of Madonna’s… and then… she cries. Like there’s no tomorrow, she cries.

Read all of New Now Next’s interview with Paula Abdul. And Colin, if she sends you a Birkin bag or something, we’re gonna have to hate you for real. (JK! Love you!)

True, rapper Tyga is Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy’s cousin — a relationship that’s already started to earn an unfair share of caustic critics, who Travis addressed on his Tumblr. But let the haters hate — Tyga’s earning his own stripes with his new single, “Coconut Juice,” off his official Decaydance debut album, No Introduction, out in June.

Watch Tyga’s exclusive MTV.com interview, where his discusses his hip-hop history, how he got his name and how he got all those tats. Plus, download “Coconut Juice” for free, and watch the video — with cameos by Pete Wentz and Travis McCoy, who’s featured on the track — here.

Singer-songwriter Kate Voegele’s new video, “Only Fooling Myself” — a cut-and-paste confessional collage — is part HP commercial, part Urban Outfitters catalog. But the only thing she’s selling is honesty, along with a great hook.If you haven’t been following the 21-year-old since her first two albums, then you either know her as one of MySpace Records’ biggest stars or from her guest spot alongside Kevin Federline and Hilarie Burton on One Tree Hill earlier this year. But she’s about to take up permanent residence in your iPod.

Check out Kate Voegele’s new video, “Only Fooling Myself” — directed by Phil Griffin, who directed a handful of Amy Winehouse’s videos, including “Rehab” — and read our exclusive interview with the rising star.

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It’d be easy to say that just because Seattle band the Myriad is this week’s Artist of the Week simply because they won the MTV2 2007 Dew Circuit Breakout competition. It’d be easy, but it’d also be wrong. Their talent, which they’ve been honing as a band since 2002, is what edged out 4,000 hopefuls and earned them the #1 spot in the contest, which searches to find the best breakout bands and acts, like DCB alum Taking Back Sunday, Yellowcard and Hawthorne Heights. That talent, plus their ability to attract and connect with fans via their moody, effortlessly melodic, atmospheric rock is also what nabbed them a spot as MTV’s Artist of the Week.

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