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Buzz Bites (7/14/09): RUSSELL BRAND BRINGS CRAZYTOWN BACK TO THE 2009 MTV VMAS!

Posted 7/14/09 7:14 pm EST by in Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Music, Videos

+ and no, we don't mean the 90's band Crazy Town, though that would be amazing. MTV just announced (much to Jordin Sparks' dismay) that they are bringing back hair monster Russell Brand as their host for the 2009 VMAs. (MTV)

+ ...and Taylor Swift will join Muse as slated performers at the big show, which returns to New York City's Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, September 13th at 9pm ET. (MTV News)

+ Speaking of sex, drugs, and stuff, Panic! At The Disco's Ryan Ross had absolutely NO idea that a big plate of chopped-up coke was sitting on the coffee table when he was getting his picture taken with some friends. Honestly! He was just sleeping on the couch and woke up and THERE IT WAS! Right. More like, he never went to bed and THERE IT WAS! Still sitting there from the night before!! (MTV News)

+ Just days before the U.S. premiere of the new Harry Potter movie, star Daniel Radcliffe gives a surprisingly candid (and hilarious) interview about being gay, showing his manhood on stage, and having an affair with Madonna (??). (Moviefone)

+ Amy Winehouse is back in the U.K., stepping out wearing a cute doggie sweater and a fresh set of tracks (that's hair, people. The heroin tracks are covered up by the long-sleeved doggie sweater). (Webster's Is My Bitch)

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Weekend Buzz Bites (7/13/09): JUST WHAT WE NEED: A PEREZ HILTON RECORD LABEL?!

Posted 7/13/09 6:24 pm EST by in Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Music

+ We hate to say it, but Perez Hilton has a pretty good ear for up-and-coming music, so much so that he's getting his own record label. Yikes. (The Tripwire)

+ FINALLY some good news today... Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo have broken up. The kicker is that it was because Tony didn't want to dress up as Ken doll for a "Barbie & Ken"-themed party. Wonder who gets to keep the Dream House?  (Pink Is The New Blog)

+ Like her or not, lady is getting paid: Lauren Conrad just topped the NY Times' Best Seller's List! (StarPulse)

+ It's nice to see all the American Idol kids sticking together in spite of all the anti-gay protesters that are showing up outside their concerts (bashing Adam Lambert). (Popnography)

+ Lady Gaga made history this week, as she is only the third artist EVER to have three songs on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40. (Perez Hilton)

+ This weekend, Lindsay Lohan threw herself at 2008 MTV VMA host Russell Brand and surprisingly enough, the self-proclaimed sex addict said "NO!" (The Superficial)

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Buzz Bites (7/10/09): LIL WAYNE BUSTED! FOR SLEEPING ON THE JOB!

Posted 7/10/09 1:09 pm EST by in Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Music

+ Lil Wayne just got sued for $432,000 for sleeping on the job. He was scheduled to perform a concert and never showed -- when authorities found him, he was asleep in his hotel room. (Ryan Seacrest)

+ Say what you want, but if you cut through all the crap, Lady Gaga really does know what she's talking about. (IDLYITW)

+ Justin Timberlake is the top pick to play the Green Lantern in the upcoming Warner Brothers film. (NME)

+ The Jonas Brothers have been tapped to do a sequel to their movie Camp Rock. Didn't the first one not do so hot? (ICYDK)

+ The Twitterverse is full of haters. Just ask Justin Gaston, Miley Cyrus' ex-boyfriend, who was trying to say something nice about Nick Jonas and got lots of nasty Tweets back. (E! Online)

+ About that Raven Simone preggers thing the other day, yeah. Not true. (People)

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Buzz Bites (7/9/09): HUGE ACTS PLANNED FOR 2009 LOLLAPALOOZA IN CHICAGO!

Posted 7/9/09 4:52 pm EST by in Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Music

+ The gargantuan line-up for 2009 Lollapalooza at Chicago's Grant Park was just announced, and it's fuller than a tick on a three-day suck!! The roster includes HUGE acts like Depeche Mode, The Killers, Snoop Dogg, and Beastie Boys, plus more of your favorites like Kings of Leon, Asher Roth, Santigold, and Silversun Pickups. What? NO CHROMEO?? (The Tripwire)

+ Today we mourn the loss of Ozzy Osbourne's dog Little Bit, who was shredded to, um... bits by a coyote. (Sleaze Roxx)

+ Kelly Rowland has bean tearing up the charts both overseas and stateside recently, with the rise of her new single "When Love Takes Over." Tonight we'll get to see her perform it live on the So You Think You Can Dance results show with French DJ David Guetta. Can't wait! (Neon Limelight)

+ American Idol winner Jordin Sparks just dropped her next single "S.O.S." and, thankfully, it's a DANCE track (all the gays say "Ay-ohhhhhh!!!"). What makes it even more awesome is that it samples the old freestyle song "Let The Music Play." Love it. (Perez Hilton)

+ Rapper Bow Wow seemed to be a little down in the Twitter dumps, as manifested in this Tweet from yesterday. (Bossip)

+ Man, I am craving some Toblerone after hearing that Maroon 5 are heading to Switzerland to work on their third album with Mutt "You're-an-idiot-for-cheating-on-Shania-Twain" Lange. (NME)

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Buzz Bites (7/8/09): MARIAH CAREY APOLOGIZES FOR SHAKY PERFORMANCE AT MICHAEL JACKSON'S MEMORIAL SERVICE.

Posted 7/8/09 3:49 pm EST by in Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Music

+ Instead of just owning up to the fact that her goose is cooked (not in Tamar's opinion, mind you) Mariah Carey did a little Twitter damage control following her performance at the Michael Jackson memorial service yesterday at L.A.'s Staples Center, saying she was just too overcome with emotion to give a perfect performance. However, longtime collaborator Trey Lorenz was pitch-perfect and sounded pretty much exactly the same as he did on Mariah's original MTV Unplugged version of "I'll Be There". (MTV News)

+ Season-ticket holder to Crazytown Lil Mama likened Michael Jackson's passing to the death of THE Jesus Christ. (Rap-Up)

+ Long-forgotten rapper Mase has been inspired by who else to make a comeback? None other than Michael Jackson/Jesus Christ. UGH. Jesus Christ! (Perez Hilton)

+ Sam Lutfi, Britney Spears' former best buddie/pal/stalker/drug crusher-upper/phonewire cutter is like the STD bronchitis you just can't kick. He's now filed papers in court saying that BritBrit has made him fear for his life. He's even naming some character witnesses, including Brit's former paparazzi squeeze Adnan Ghalib. Vat a mess... (TMZ)

+ In other douchebag news, Chris "Plea Bargain" Brown was not only seen kickin' it to Kanye's ex, Amber Rose at Diddy's annual White Party, but he also wore a beautiful, custom-crafted $300,000 diamond pendant that said "OOPS." Has this kid's parole started yet?? (Cele|bitchy)

+ Green Day is cashing in on their piece of music game "Rock Band," having just added three songs to the game's catalog. (MTV News)

+ And all this time I thought Raven Simone was just big-boned! SHE WAS PREGNANT?! At least for nine months of the last seven years. (Global Grind)

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Buzz Bites (7/7/09): THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEF WITH TOKIO HOTEL? REALLY??

Posted 7/7/09 7:15 pm EST by in Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Music

+ Miami-based heavy metal band Black Tide are doing a lot of trash talking about our boys from Tokio Hotel, and guitarist Zakk (uh... right) has gone so far as to put together a playlist of songs he thinks are way better than anything TH could ever do. Sounds like someone's totes jelly of Bill's hair (and, oh.. the 40 or so awards like this one they've won for being so awesome)?! What do you think about Black... who? (The Rad Report)

+ Hollywood Records confirms that sister act Aly & AJ have officially changed their name to 78 Violet. Huh? (Tommy2.net)

+ This week's Most Awkward Moment award goes to the barista who works at the Aroma coffee shop in the Valley. Said barista had NO IDEA that the person standing in front of him ordering a chai latte was NICK. JONAS. AGH!!!!! Are you kidding me??? You could recognize that puss a mile away! (Celeb Snacker)

+ Katy Perry is fearless in fashion and is utterly unremorseful -- check out this editorial spread she did for Canadian magazine Flare. (Styleist)

+ Even though my Production Assistant was slightly unimpressed by MGMT's recent concert in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, I'm totally going to check out their recently remastered Time To Pretend EP that was just released. There is NO pleasin' some people. (The Tripwire)

+ It's hard not to mention the emotional Michael Jackson memorial service held today at the L.A.'s Staples Center. MTV has the entire show on demand, plus every scrap of MJ memorabilia you could ever want, to help you immortalize the King of Pop. (MTV)

+ ON franSAY, see voo PLAY?! Britney's in Paris for the European leg of her cash cow Circus tour, and she's done a lot more than just change her hair color and her pantyhose. (The Blemish)

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Buzz Bites (7/6/09): V FACTORY'S NATHANIEL FLATT IS GAY?? WHAT??

Posted 7/6/09 5:40 pm EST by in Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Music

+ If you're like me, you probably think at least TWO of the guys in up-and-coming boy band V Factory are hotter than hell. And if you're like me, you probably had no idea that the eldest member of the band, Nathaniel Flatt, is hotter than hell AND openly gay (that explains it, right?)! Check out this revealing interview with the hotness that is Nathaniel Flatt. (Towleroad)

+ The day would just not be complete without a juicy morsel about Lady Gaga. Today, we bring you her <TOPLESS> photo shoot for V Magazine. (Gabby Babble)

+ Chris Brown was evidently all over Kanye West's ex-girlfriend Amber Rose at the party Diddy threw for the 4th Of July this weekend... sloppy seconds much? (The Superficial)

+  Quincy Jones gave a shockingly honest interview about Michael Jackson's transformation from a handsome black man to a white guy with an addiction to plastic surgery. (GQ's STYLE)

+ Add Mariah Carey's name to the star-studded list of people who will be on hand at Jackson's memorial service to be held at the Staples Center in L.A. (P.S. MTV will broadcast the memorial LIVE on air and online beginning at 12pm ET tomorrow). (MTV News)

+ Madonna will not be attending the memorial service, but the Queen of Pop paid tribute to her counterpart during a weekend performance at London's O2 Arena, where Jackson was scheduled to perform. (MTV News)

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Buzz Bites — 7/2/09: KATY PERRY CAN LOOK SURPRISINGLY FRESH-FACED!

Posted 7/2/09 5:08 pm EST by in Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Music

+ Katy Perry's on the cover of August's Cosmopolitan looking not as fruity as one might expect. It's a nice change from the over-the-top craziness we normally see. (I'm Not Obsessed)

+ O.M.J. Kevin Jonas engaged? WHAT?? (Buzzworthy)

+ Speaking of the Jonas Brothers, did you know that they're probably not going back to a certain U.K. hotel after trashing their room? Seriously! (Webster's Is My Bitch)

+ How about this mash-up of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" and Britney Spears' "Gimme More?" We think it's kind of hot! (PopBytes)

+ Speaking of MJ, check out this vid of him rehearsing at the Staples Center just two days before he passed away. Seems like he really was going to pull off that comeback after all. (US Magazine)

+ Oh. Happy 30th Birthday to the Sony Walkman (for any of you kids who actually had one). I remember my yellow Sportsman like it was yesterday. It had "shock control" too, so that when you went jogging the Tiffany you were listening to didn't sound like Ethel Merman (though there was really nothing you could do about Cher). (Tripwire)

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Buzz Bites — 7/1/09: BRITNEY PHONES IN YET ANOTHER VIDEO. CALLER, ARE YOU THERE?

Posted 7/1/09 6:07 pm EST by in Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Music

+ A brand-new Britney Spears video, "Radar" leaked online today. One word: boring. (MTV News)

+ On the trashy TV front, Hilary Duff gets to exercise her acting chops once again as she joins the cast of Gossip Girl for the October season premiere. (EW.com)

+ Congratulations to the Photoshop genius behind Madonna's new Louis Vuitton ad campaign for making her look like the Svedka robot (or just herself 30 years ago, made out of marzipan). (PopCrunch)

+ Check out what a bunch of Warped Tour bands had to say as they reflect on the influence Michael Jackson had on their music. (Buzznet)

+ Demi Lovato took quite a spill onstage during a recent concert but got up and laughed it off like a true pro. (Blogamole)

+ Former Destiny's Child member LeToya Luckett had nothing but nice things to say about Beyonce, when the two ran into each other at the BET Awards this past week. (Rap-Up)

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Buzz Bites — 6/30/09: MARIAH CAREY NEEDS TO SHAVE!

Posted 6/30/09 3:30 pm EST by in Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Music

+ On the heels of gay pride here in NYC, new photos show Mariah Carey getting all tranny (and by tranny we mean Drag KING, not queen) in her new video for "Obsessed," the first single off her forthcoming album. She looks bad, people. Not gonna lie... (Cele|bitchy)

+ At a tropical resort far, far away, Amy Winehouse is rounding up all the stray dogs she can find and bringing them back to her hotel room. Does anyone have PETA's number handy? (Holy Moly!)

+ Kellie Pickler and Kid Rock dating? Please, no! So gross. (Pop On The Pop)

+ You just HAVE to see Lady Gaga's new 'do. It is so utterly and ridiculously STUPID it can only be Lady Gaga. Is it art? No. It's just Gaga. (ICYDK)

+ What the EFF has Debbie Gibson looking so good these days??? Evidently she's returning to the music scene after a 20-year absence... (Hollywoodtuna)

+ P.S. have you seen the new HUGE ring and brand-new brown hair Britney is sporting? And this time it's not even a wig (remember the Allure magazine photo shoot? I do. Because it's taped to the wall of my cube). (PopSugar)

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