+ Project Runway winner Christian Siriano just launched a new makeup line for Victoria's Secret Beauty and he wants to give you a downtown makeover, and not in the hot-tranny-mess way. (NYMag)

+ Kylie Minogue, touring North America next month, is looking (what'd you say, Christian?) fierce on the cover of Instinct magazine. (We Are Pop Slags)

+ Big Boi is coming out with another solo album, but Andre 3000 fans don't fret. Outkast will also release another album of crazy soon after. (AllHipHop)

+ Hip-hop power couple Ashanti and Nelly called it quits this week. Truly a sad day. Even more sad than Michael Jackson not being buried for the last two months, though that comes in at a close second. (Rap-Up)

+ Just another caaaaaasual travel day for Lady Gaga, wearing nothing more than a g-string onesie. Comfy and caaaasual. (Bossip)

+ Mariah Carey has covered Foreigner's "I Want To Know What Love Is" and is releasing it as the official first single off her forthcoming album "Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel." (Neon Limelight)

+ Holy withholding! Beyonce has pushed the release date on her two new singles -- "If I Were a Boy" and "Single Ladies" -- back one week, thereby depriving the world of her latest bootylicious offerings until October 14th. Rumor has it Michelle Williams' new album, Unexpected, is to blame for the delay. (That Grape Juice)

+ Jonas Brothers scoop! Their new-ish song, "Lovebug," was reportedly inspired by a bizarre combo of Miley Cyrus, The Beatles, and Juno's illegitimate child. (MTV News)

+ Is Diddy un-making the band?? We're traumatized by whispers that Danity Kane is thisclose to breaking up. (Remote Control)

+ The Game is ordered to attend 36 anger management classes before February of 2009. Which is kinda funny in a "Seriously, don't f--- with him" sorta way. (HipHopDX)

+ Britney Spears' former assistant, Alli Sims, yearns for the glory days when she was mooching off of Brit and living vicariously through her boss' fame. (Scandalist)

+ T.I.'s "Whatever You Like" (off his new LP, The Paper Trail) continues to dominate the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Meanwhile, Metallica and Demi Lovato lead off the albums charts respectively with the first and second top-sellers. (Billboard)

+ Outkast's Big Boi to become the new poster-boy for Coca Cola. Classic! (The Boombox)

+ American Idol's David Archuleta to guest star as a "reality contestant" on Nickelodeon's iCarly. TOTAL stretch. (MTV News)

+ Gwen Stefani and hubby Gavin Rossdale have given birth to their second son! And instead of naming him something moderately unusual (like "Kingston") they've guaranteed the child a life of normalcy by christening him "Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale." (MTV)

+ Why Pink's latest overshare could be her next big hit. (Idolator)

+ Mindless Self Indulgence frontman Jimmy Urine does his best Coldplay/Chris Martin impression. (NME)

+ Here's a look at the (hypothetical) texts being exchanged by Carrie Underwood and Tony Romo...and intercepted by Jessica Simpson. (PopEater)

+ The new collaboration by Big Boi and Mary J. Blige is about real issues plaguing America. Hence the superfluous American flag. (The Boombox)

+ Bad news, boys. Karina Pasian's new album, First Love, has absolutely nothing to do with you. (MTV Tr3s)

+ We're in the midst of a musical revolution! At least, according to The Academy Is... (Rolling Stone)

+ John Legend reminisces about the days when Kanye was opening for him. (MTV)

Everyone knows backstage is the where all the real action takes place. And this Monday through Thursday, TRL is giving a chance to get up close and personal with all your favorite artists. Go to the official Backstage Pass Week site to see pretty pictures of all the participants and check out this handy-dandy schedule below Oh, and don't forget to tune in.

MONDAY 7/28:
The cast of American Teen (Think Buzzin' meets Breakfast Club) will be stopping by to discuss their monster flick, PLUS it's the video premiere of Lil Wayne's "Got Money" video -- but then again, you already knew that.

TUESDAY 7/29
Catch a live performance by TRL host Damien Fahey's band, The Classic Futures, plus check out a behind-the-scenes look at Gossip Girl. (You know you love it).

WEDNESDAY 7/30:
Don't miss an appearance by iPod phenoms the Ting Tings, as well as a First Look at the newest video from their inaccurately-named album, We Started Nothing.

THURSDAY 7/31
It's true what they say -- people generally do save the best for last. Case in point, an action-packed last day lineup featuring a live Q&A sesh with Big Boi, a live performance of "Dangerous" by Kardinal Offishall (featuring Akon), and another revealing glimpse at Katy Perry's off-stage persona.

+ Don't believe what that prankster Joel Madden wrote on his Good Charlotte blog -- he and baby mama Nicole Richie are still happily unmarried. Those so-called wedding photos? That was just Joel "monkeying around." (Joel's Good Charlotte blog profile)

+ 50 Cent apologizes for calling Shawty Lo (of D4L) a one-hit wonder. Judging by the success of Lo's new record, "Dey Know," the term "two-hit wonder" is, perhaps, more appropriate. (MTV)

+ Wu-Tang Clan rapper RZA shows non-believers that chess and hip-hop go together in da hood. Checkmate, yo! (Sydney Morning Herald)

+ Outkast-turned-solo artist Big Boi hypes up his upcoming new album be equating it to...yard work? "Right now, we're just putting the sod in the front of the house. We almost done." Presumably, all that's left is for Big Boi and Raekwon to get rid of all the weed(s). (MTV)

+ A word to the wise: if you throw a bottle at the Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, be prepared to duck. (NME)

+ Forbes' 35th-most-powerful celeb Miley Cyrus still needs to learn not to bring her camera to bed with her. (Think Fashion)

+ The Jonas Brothers try to convince British teens to keep it in their knickers. (Telegraph.co.uk)