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Don't look now, Andy Samberg, but there's a giant Rick Ross behind you about to chomp down on your head with several rows of giant shark teeth! The unlikely pair re-created the iconic "Jaws 2" movie poster on the cover of Complex magazine's June/July issue, which boasts the "first real rap interview" with Samberg's comedy hip-hop trio, Lonely Island.

In their Complex interview, the Lonely Island guys (who are hot, I must add) discuss their sophomore album, Turtleneck And Chain, as well as their preferred studio environment. "We like the atmosphere from '80s action movies like "Cobra,"" Samberg said. "You wanna be on the mic believing that doves might fly through at any moment…and then gunfire." They also make sure we know they're under no delusions about their "street cred." "If you can get lower than zero, then we have lost street cred," according to Samberg.

To complement the pretty picture, Complex also filmed an exclusive video interview with Samberg and Rick Ross. Watch it below. (Warning: NSFW language!)

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The thing about The Lonely Island is that one of their songs will come on at a party and you'll just start Dougie-ing to it like it's a "real" hip-hop song. That is until you tune in to the lyrics and hear something like, "Huge turtleneck and my chain so skinny/Beer light, all night, stand up, get dizzy." Then you look around all, "Oh, I totally knew this was a joke song." Got us again, Andy Samberg.

Comedy super trio The Lonely Island released a new track, "Turtleneck & Chain," off of their upcoming sophomore album Turtleneck & Chain, due out May 10. Snoop Dogg is featured on the song, which not only legitimizes The Lonely Island's true musical talent, but it also brings the song to a whole new level of LOL. "The fatter, the puffier, the fluffier, the bigger the turtleneck, the more gangsta it is," Snoop informs us. You know what they say -- you learn something new about turtlenecks every day.

We already knew The Lonely Island could make us laugh (see: "The Creep" and "I Just Had Sex") but now they're soliciting sartorial advice, too. Turtlenecks and chains, y'all. Summer trend 2011.

+ Listen to The Lonely Island featuring Snoop Dogg on "Turtleneck & Chain."

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What goes around comes around! He hasn't hosted "Saturday Night Live" since May 9, 2009, but guess who's bringing "SexyBack" to the sketch comedy show for its season finale on May 21? Justin Timberlake, that's who! The newly single actor/singer will return to "Saturday Night Live"'s hallowed set for the fourth time.

"The Social Network" star is just as well known for his partnership with object of our desire Andy Samberg on "D*** In A Box," "Single Ladies" and "Mother Lover." We especially adore JT's cameo in "Jizz in my Pants" as the disapproving janitor mopping up aisle 3 when Jorma Taccone "needed a few things from the grocery" and wound up getting far too aroused by the checkout girl Jamie-Lynn Sigler while "paying by check."

We imagine Justin Timberlake will likely be promoting his upcoming flick Friends With Benefits starring Mila Kunis pretty hard on the show, but we can handle a little of that in exchange for some of his hilarious improv and musical shorts. We anticipate his success on the finale leading to his achieving the ever-prestigious "five-timer" SNL status in the coming season. "SNL," we know this "just can't be summer love." You'll see.

And as if that weren't enough to constitute some serious must-see TV, Lady Gaga has been confirmed as the musical guest for the same show. She last appeared on "Saturday Night Live" in 2009. Not to state the totally obvious, but this is an A-list "SNL" dream team. Set your DVRs, Buzzworthy readers!

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The Lonely Island, the comedy trio of Andy Samberg and longtime friends and "Saturday Night Live" writers Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer, are back, and they brought their d***s! We're not just trying to be gratuitously crass. The guys debuted their new song and video on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" last week, and it is... morally corrupt AND HILARIOUS. The song's called, appropriately, "We're Back (To Share Ridiculous Facts About Our D***s)," and they do just that: rap about their triumphant return (following their last album, Incredibad), and also how gross their d***s are.

"We're Back" continues in The Lonely Island's grand tradition of very funny, sometimes dirty meta-raps that parody themselves while actually being good songs. When they recorded "I'm On A Boat" with T-Pain, The Lonely Island were basically holding up a mirror to mainstream rap, laughing at the excessive, cliche imagery in hip-hop.

Now, the dudes are providing some excellent commentary on the state of hip-hop by simply telling us about their genitals, which is by no means uncommon in the game. It's just that, between Andy, Jorma and Akiva, their d***s are particularly unappealing.

+ Watch The Lonely Island's new video, "We're Back (To Share Ridiculous Facts About Our D***s)." (NSFW)

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It's Friday, y'all.  That means it's time to slip into some sweatpants a party dress and get our Twitter wrap-up on.

Rihanna turned 23 years young this week and took to Twitter to wish herself a very deserved "Happy Birthday." Katy Perry showed us her preconcert snack ritual, and Justin Bieber sent the tweet heard around the world: "Thinking about getting a haircut....hmmmmmm." We all know how that turned out.

Also this week, Ke$ha shared the joys of traveling, and Lady Gaga spread the love after her sold-out Madison Square Garden show. Kanye West tweeted a photo of his "new beat protégé," which just so happens to be Justin Bieber, and Andy Samberg and the rest of The Lonely Island bros showed us some album art they're working on. Spoiler alert: it ain't right.

Our favorite tweet this week goes to Maroon 5's Adam Levine, who declares his love for one of our faves here at Buzzworthy, Adele: "D---, she can sing..." We know! She's the best!

Check out all of this week's celebrity tweets below and catch up with us at @MTVBuzzworthy.

+ RIHANNA // @rihanna -- Go grawl....its ya birthday!!!! Rah Rah Rah!!! Mo fyah!

+ KATY PERRY // @katyperry -- Preshow ritual snack, fresh cotton candy! YUM! http://twitpic.com/41xn69

+ JUSTIN BIEBER // @justinbieber -- thinking about getting a haircut....hmmmmmm

+ USHER // @UsherRaymondIV -- a daily dose of swag http://twitpic.com/42encw

+ LADY GAGA // @ladygaga -- Just pulled out of MSG, tears streaming down my face. Turned radio on + Born This Way was roaring. Believe, + catch your subway to destiny.

+ KE$HA // @keshasuxx -- The elderly man on the airplane next to me is wasted.

+ KANYE WEST // @kanyewest -- My new beat protege http://twitpic.com/42rob8

+ TAYLOR SWIFT // @taylorswift13 -- Toured Asia + had my camera with me = I made a video blog. http://tinyurl.com/4z3f9ul

+ THE LONELY ISLAND // @thelonelyisland -- Rejected album cover! #THISALBUMCOVERISOBVIOUSLYAWINNERWHYDOESNTOURLABELGETIT?! http://yfrog.com/h2vz9pbj

+ MAROON 5's ADAM LEVINE // @adamlevine -- Listened to the Adele record. What a lovely album. D--- she can sing...

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Just as you've perfected your Dougie, the guys of The Lonely Island teamed up with Nicki Minaj during this weekend's "Saturday Night Live" to bring us "The Creep" -- a Frankenstein-like dance perfect for your inner weirdo, stalker and...creep. Don't worry, this one's not too difficult. Even Barbara Walters might be able to master it.

The skit showcases Andy Samberg and company dressed in their uncomfortably accurate creep attire -- ill-fitting suits, pencil mustaches, geek glasses and Brylcreem (patting myself on the back for referencing Brylcreem). They "creep" on girls in the club, at the ATM and in the tree outside of their neighbor's window. Nicki Minaj, aka "Point Dexter," shows up trying to get her "creep" on too, but she actually just looks like an adorable nerd.

Well, pretty adorable until the end when she tries to kiss a dead guy -- "When you sneak into a wake and you see a beefcake/Do the creep, do the creep." Gross! But just like she does on every other guest spot, Nicki steals the show. I want some of that mojo.

And maybe we're alone here, but creep or no creep, we still wanna marry The Lonely Island. Like, collectively. And Nicki Minaj, too, but that's obvious.

+ Watch Nicki Minaj do "The Creep" below.

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I know, we're so Saturday night on a Tuesday afternoon, but it took us some time to wrap our brains around the Google-minded genius of The Lonely Island (the guys behind "Saturday Night Live"'s digital shorts) and Akon's latest digital short "I Just Had Sex." Well, let's be real with each other: First we had to come to grips with the fact that our mega-crush Andy Samberg was ACTUALLY saying the word "sex" on TV. We'd simply been subconsciously hearing it come out of his mouth every time he says, you know, anything. Like "the."

THEN we stumbled upon this blog post discussing the SEO (that's search engine optimization, BT dubs) GOLD that is a music video featuring patented hotties Blake Lively and Jessica Alba with the word "sex" in the title. What "Maxim" man HASN'T done a little "research" on the topic?

The video itself is full of subtly hilarious gems that manifest as you watch it multiple times. For starters, a be-tube-socked Blake Lively and Jessica Alba, with a side pony (hilarious in and of itself!) respectively, looking totally disgusted. Andy Samberg emerging from the ladies' room inexplicably, saying, "Oh hey, didn't see you there, guess what I just did? Had sex..." Jorma Taccone making a postcoital phone call to his parents from Jessica Alba's landline. The fact that Andy Samberg felt the need to specify that he did it with his penis. Last, we heart the part when the guys ponder over pedis about why their female counterparts even wanted them to do it (doesn't really make sense?).

And Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer--if you guys ever need some SEO guidance from a seasoned gal of the Interwebs--you know, don't be strangers, OK? Pretty sure we'll all never go back to our "not-having-sex ways of the past."

Watch "I Just Had Sex" (again) and tell us what you think!

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Congrats to our girl Christina Aguilera for being honored with her very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! Receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is a huge milestone for any artist, and the "Beautiful" singer (and songwriter, actress, and director) definitely deserves it. Christina has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, received five Grammy awards and is the only artist under 30 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest singers of all time. (Cue Kanye West: OF ALL TIME!!)

Hooray, Christina Aguilera!  But we can think of a few more Buzzworthy faves that might deserve their own star as well. After all, almost 2,500 stars line the Hollywood Walk of Fame--what's eight more?

1. Kanye West --The man, the myth, the legend. Kanye was always big, ever since he was a College Dropout, but his upcoming album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is said to be the one that will take him over the top. (If Yeezy can't get a star, can his Twitter feed get one at least?)

2. Justin Bieber -- Speaking of Twitter, the "Somebody To Love" singer is so popular that 3 percent of all Twitter traffic is about him. That's a lot of 140 character messages, people. And Justin's the biggest star to ever come out of YouTube, so throw him some sidewalk.

3. Lonely Island -- What do you mean, "Who's Lonely Island?" Duh, Andy Samberg's comedy troupe only wrote some of the greatest songs ever, including "I'm On A Boat," "J*** In My Pants" and the American classic, "D*** In A Box." (NSFW!)

4. Lady Gaga -- Not many 24-year-olds can call themselves a "pop icon." From Billboard to Time to Forbes, the "Telephone" singer is on every list known to man. And could you imagine the outfit Gaga would wear to the star ceremony?!

5. Beyoncé -- Beyoncé's former group, Destiny's Child, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame back in 2006, but we say it's about time Bey gets her own. Um, not sure if the Hollywood Walk of Fame people saw a little video by the name of "Single Ladies." We know Kanye would agree...

6. Antoine Dodson -- WELL, OBVIOUSLY this YouTube sensation and Auto-Tune phenomenon needs a place in Hollywood history. The "Bed Intruder" singer (songwriter?) became America's unlikely sweetheart after his rant on the local news went viral. RUN AND TELL DAT.

7. Nicki Minaj -- It seems like there's never been as much excitement about a debut album as there has been for Nicki's upcoming Pink Friday.  And if her verse in "Monster" doesn't blow you out of the water, maybe your hearing aid is too low.

8. Waka Flocka Flame -- Not sure how happy others in the crunk genre would be about Waka receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, as "O Let's Do It" isn't exactly a masterpiece. But it would at least be fun to take pictures next to Waka Flocka on the Waka Flocka Fame.

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It's time once again for my round-up of 10 things you need to know this week that will, I hope, will help soothe your Halloween candy-induced hangover.

1.) Urlesque shows us how Lady Gaga COULD be costing us 13.3 trillion dollars.

2.) It's election time, and while it's really important that you get out there and vote, it's actually more important that you watch my favorite quasi-patriotic video, Liam Lynch's "United States of Whatever."

3.) Katy Perry and Russell Brand received a bull, as in a boy cow, as a wedding gift. That's what you get for not registering at Bed Bath & Beyond like everyone else. (NY Daily News)

4.) Shy Ronnie, the gun-shy alter ego of Andy Samberg, returned with an epic Bonnie and Clyde-style SNL digital short with musical guest Rihanna this week. You should know about it. (Hulu)

5.) The tracklist for Pink Friday, Nicki Minaj's debut LP, hit the Internuts this weekend and includes collaborations with basically everyone ever: Eminem, Kanye West, Will.i.am, Rihanna and Drake. See the full thing here. (Rolling Stone)

6.) This baby Hasselhoff has chest hair...and, I'm guessing, hits the bottle too much, too. ZING! (Buzzfeed)

7.) I watched the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear from my couch this weekend, and it looked amazing BUT COLD! Good thing The Roots' Black Thought kicked off the festivities wearing a seriously AMAZING jacket. (MTV News)

8.) Snoop Dogg: rapper, actor, Sookie Stackhouse lover and now numerological vampire Muppet.

9.) This painting of a mosh pit looks so real you're not going to actually believe that it's a painting of a mosh pit. (Animal)

10.) Do you like Gorillaz? I do. Some people think they're cartoons, but they're not really cartoons, just people (such as Damon Albarn, once of Blur) who hide behind cartoons. Anyway, they did an amazing 45-minute concert--not as cartoons--for "The Late Show" and you can watch it here. (CBS)

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For those of you who were too busy getting your Halloween on that you missed Rihanna's skit with Andy Samberg on "Saturday Night Live" this past weekend, allow me to sum it up for you: It was awesome. This past Saturday, Rihanna was the musical guest on "SNL," where she reprised her role as herself next to Andy Samberg's ridiculously timid Shy Ronnie in an "SNL Digital Short" called "Ronnie & Clyde."

Rihanna plays 1930's outlaw Clyde, and Andy as Shy Ronnie, plays her Velcro shoes-wearing accomplice Ronnie. The duo attempt to rob a bank while Rihanna narrates the action (and steals the show) and Shy Ronnie, in his usual fainthearted form, has some trouble overcoming his nerves. Hilarity ensues.

The original Shy Ronnie skit featuring Rihanna and Ronnie in an elementary school was nominated for an Emmy, but we'd have to say that part two might be even better. Where else can you hear Rihanna sing "b*ner alert!" alongside Andy Samberg wearing a skirt? Plus, bonus points for the Jon Hamm cameo.

+ Watch Rihanna and Shy Ronnie in "Ronnie & Clyde" below. (Language NSFW.)

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