Obsessively blogging about pop music, pop videos, pop stars, and pop culture from inside the MTV headquarters in Times Square. We also have a slight Jonas Brothers problem. And a little fixation with Tokio Hotel.
+ Kelly Clarkson reminds you that if you're talking about her weight, you're the one with the problem, not her! We tend to agree, but remind her that bell-bottom stretch pants and silk triangle tops are never okay. (US Magazine)
+ HOT PHOTO ALERT: We're loving watching Britney looking as good as she's looking lately. AND she's got a performance at the Teen Choice Awards right around the corner? <lick> (Daily Mail)
+ The rave reviews of the $200+ million G.I. Joe are pouring in like manna from heaven (nevermind that they're via Heidi Montag's Twitter). Bahahahahha! (PopWatch)
+ P.S. if you're in the market for a not-nude -- yes, you read that correctly -- Playboy spread of Heidi, you're welcome. (NY Post)
+ And while we're talking about G.I. Joe, here's Ciara and Aubrey O'Day looking hot (separately, but together) at the premiere. (Rap-Up)
+ Gossip just dropped a new video for "Love Long Distance," complete with balloon-head people, roller skates, and spandex body suits. Beth Ditto will you marry me please? Yes I know you're gay. (The Rad Report)
And the question is WHY????? Why would you mess with perfection? With something so perfect? I FULL-ON disagree with Blender magazine's (RIP!) assertion that Eddie Murphy's 1985 cult classic, "Party All The Time" is one of the worst songs of all time.
Party on, Eddie. Party on.
"Party All The Time" is one of the BEST songs (of 1985) because it featured a blonde Rick James and his love of the leather tuxedo, celebrated Eddie Murphy's love of handclap synth effect, and the song was recorded in TOTAL earnest. There was nothing ironic about "Party All The Time"! Unfortunately. Which is what makes it so great.
So Aubrey O'Day, why'd you have to go eff with it? Shannon Bex has the right idea -- go country! Or just go topless (again). But DO NOT go where Eddie's gone before, my friend.
Watch Eddie Murphy's "Party All The Time" video (woah, what up with that sesssual tension between Rick and Eddie? Just sayin'), and listen to Aubrey O'Day's version. I'm beside myself right now. Who do I talk to about this? Diddy?
+ De-gorgeous Taylor Swift performed at the 2009 CMA Music Festival yesterday and took to Twitter beforehand to thank her fans, saying "about to play in a stadium! CMA fest in Nashville.. Living out the daydreams I had when I was six. Thanks guys." No, seriously, Taylor, thank YOU. (Twitter)
+ Speaking of Twitter, David Archuleta vented his frustrations over those DAMNED CATS keeping him up. I mean REALLY. (Twitter)
+ Bonnaroo um... happened! Did you go? Phish fans, do you even remember going? (Spin)
+ Speaking of Bonnaroo, Lucky Magazine was all amazed that Erin McCarley wore a fanny pack to the festival. Hello! Fanny packs are so IN! Any good Jonas Brothers fan KNOWS THAT! (Buzzworthy)
+ Trent Reznor hung up his... bloody pig's heart?... at Bonnaroo, by the way (LA Times)
+ Weekend box office report: Rihanna saw The Hangover this weekend. GIRL, I haven't seen it yet, so do NOT go ruining all the jokes! (Rihanna is SOOOOOO famous for doing that!) (Just Jared)
+ Eliciting shrill screams everywhere, Britney Spears will be crowned 'Always Now, Forever Next' at Logo's 2009 NewNowNext Awards in June 2009. (LogoOnline)
+ Next in his series of strange-looking magazine covers, Eminem channels his inner lesbian for the new issue of Vibe. (Bossip)
+ If you were tethered to a railroad track somewhere and didn't watch the Making The Band 4 season finale, you missed Donnie Klang pulling his shirt up for no reason (we're not complaining) and a tense exchange between Danity Kane ex-members Dawn Richards and Aubrey O'Day. Check out the re-cap. (Remote Control)
+ Haha... Here's some reeeeeeally old footage of Robert Pattinson playing a nerd, trying to earn a buck. You'll love it. (Star Magazine)
+ But Linze is evidently "talking" to Samantha Ronson again. For like, six hours. Just "talking." (US Magazine)
+ Even at 16, Miley Cyrus is breaking records all over the place. She is now the youngest musician ever to have three no. 1albums on the Billboard 200. Can you guess who previously held the record? (Hint: Think bare feet and Cheetos -- Brit Brit was 19 at the time). (PopCrunch)
+ Records aren't the only thing Britney's lost lately: One of her hair extensions was accidentally ripped out by a dancer on her Circus tour. (Did we ever think her hair was real?) (The Evil Beet)
+ UPDATE: Check out video from Richie Rich's show below, courtesy of Sarah Conley! And yes, that IS Pam Anderson at the end...
Oh hai! So, I was illin' like a villain all day, but I got an invite to Richie Rich's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week show -- Richie Rich is half of what was (weep! RIP!) Heatherette, who were part of the original New York club kids when you were still in diapers, and they made Teyana Taylor's dress for her Super Sweet 16 debut, and they were the also the reason (besides Dolly Parton) that sequins and rhinestones were invented -- and realized I'd be a complete idiot to pass that up. (For reference, that's Richie in the photo all the way at the bottom, me [hi!], and Traver Rains of Heatherette at the Heatherette for MAC event last year.)
So I rallied for the cause and headed up to the Waldorf-Astoria (ridick and kinda gross), where a prissy lady in the lobby raised a brow when I walked by in my vintage '80s bicycle sweater. Um, apparently she hadn't noticed the drag queen deluge pouring in. It was total and absolute gayhem, which is a super-fun term I just made up! Anyway, the Richie Rich show was '90s amazing!
Even though it was his Fall '09 line, that didn't stop him from sending a model down the runway in a teensy weeny animal print bikini. Or sending Aubrey O'Day out in a hot pink frock. (And if you've been keeping up with Fashion Week, neons are back back back! Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors and Narciso, oh my! Not to mention, the Stephen Sprouse windows lighting up the Louis Vuitton store on Fifth Ave... ) Or opening the show with a live performance by Kat DeLuna! Or closing the show with Pamela Anderson in a gold lamé thong after Amanda Lepore ripped the runway. Yes. That happened. Anyway, the Richie Rich touch always = the most fashion fun in the world, so thanks, Richie (indirectly at least) for having me! Oh yeah, and I met Justin Tranter of Semi Precious Weapons (and he was on MADE -- the one where Michelle becomes a bassist) before the show started, and he was a gorgeous doll.
And for you keeping track on the Buzzworthy Twitter, here's a shot of Teyana Taylor, who was there in a bad-ass sequined majorette hat! (@Sk8Boardsqueez -- sorry, I was wrong -- when she first walked by I thought it was a little porkpie hat, but it was definitely no T-Pain hat!) She was so excited when I told her MTV fans on Twitter were excited that she was there in a suh-weet hat, and she was rocking the Wonder Woman hair again like she was at the MAC x Hello Kitty event the other week. And below that, though it's self-explanatory, that's Ice-T and wife Coco, who also attended the show. Coco was wearing a lot of clothes! For her.
Anyway, I'm the sure The Cut blog will have pix of Richie Rich's show. The Cut has been killing it, BTW -- they even got a severe close-up of Kanye's nub at the Alexandre Herchcovitch show. Thanks, guys!
+ Gawd, can the Jonas Brothers get ANY cuter? (uh ... obvs no). Apparently the boyz just released their adorable-licious nicknames for each other: Kevin is "K-2," Joe is "Danger" and Nick is "Mr. President" (Swooning. Me. Now). (Us Magazine)
+ Ewww ... Michael Jackson is allegedly suffering some some nasty skin infection (I just poured hand sanitizer all over my keyboard just in case). (Fametastic)
+ Has "Rapper" Joaquin Phoenix always been this crazy? The dude appeared on David Letterman the other night and, uhm ... wow. (Perez Hilton)
+ Is anyone surprised that Aubrey O'Day is on the cover of Playboy? Didn't think so. (MTV News)
+ Gossip blogger Perez Hilton is teaming up with Britney Spears to collab on a video for her upcoming Circus tour. As per u, he can't shut up about it. (The Hollywood Gossip)
+ Eminem's "don't call it a comeback" single "Crack a Bottle" is #1 with a bullet on The Billboard Hot 100 chart. 50 Cent, who makes a cameo on the track (as of this writing), is not in a feud with Shady, but these things are pretty darn hard to keep track of. Rolling Stone)
I've now watched Beyonce's "Halo" video approximately infinity and a half times today, but between viewing number 170,032 and 170,033, I totally realized -- Michael Ealy, the gorgeous blue-eyed dude who plays Beyonce's love interest/ ballet aficionado also starred in the video for Mariah Carey's "Get Your Number" (and even though Jermaine Dupri sang the hook, that song was basically the girl version of Nelly's "Hot In Herre"), from back in 2005, which is clearly the Mariah era that Aubrey O'Day is copping hardest, extremely low-cut little yellow dresses, dressed-up puppies, and all.
+ This just in: Beyonce will be providing the music for Barack's first-ever inaugural ball dance! No word yet on what she plans to sing, but we're at least 99% sure it won't be "Bootylicious." (MTV News)
+ Katy Perry on working for Obama: "If I'm the Secretary of State, does that mean I get to wear a secretary outfit?" (People)
+ Despite denying rumors of an impending dee-vorce, Jennifer Lopez recently showed up to the Golden Globes sans wedding ring. Fortunately, she had a perfectly logical explanation: "It just didn’t go with the dress." (Scandalist)
+ Justin Timberlake's new single, "Bigger Than the World," sounds a lot like Robin Thicke. Which totally makes sense, given how hard Robin's worked on perfecting his JT impression. (MTV News)
+ Aubrey O'Day says she'll be staying "true to [her] Danity Kane roots" for her new solo album. So expect to see her dancing provocatively, dating her tourmates and favoring clothes of the skintight/bare midriff variety. (MTV News)
+ If our gym membership hadn't already expired, this ab-solutely amazing pic of Britney Spears would've been just the thing to get us back on the treadmill. (Usmagazine.com)
+ Remember that show about Lil' Kim getting ready for the slammer? Yeah, we're thinking you're gonna like the T.I. vershe a whole lot better. (Remote Control)
+ Bad news, Bella fans. The new Twilight perfume may be pulled off the market faster than you can say "EdwardCullen4EvrNoRly4real4evr." (TrendHunter)
+ Diddy still remembers the day he said goodbye to his friend, Biggie Smalls. We still remember the day he turned that other day into a bestselling single called "I'll be Missing You." Oh, the nostalgia ... (MTV Movies)
+ Dysfunctional as the Osbourne family might be, Sharon did not, in fact, try and kill her husband, Ozzy. And if you say otherwise, she'll sue. (E! Online)
