Duffy and Lady Gaga (and, most recently, um, Britney) aren't the only ones doing the no-pants dance, and T.I.'s not the only one with swagger. Def Jam R&B-pop act Electrik Red's got swagger and legs... and style too.

Watch all four of them -- Naomi, Sarah, Lesley, and Binkie -- work all three in their newest video, "So Good," which looks a little like Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" video in all the right ways.

Then, check out some more of Electrik Red's tracks -- produced by The-Dream -- to hear what Destiny's Child and Pussycat Dolls might sound like if they had a chance to get as nasty as they wanna be. (Damn, girls! "We F--- You" is NO joke.) And big up to Naomi's throaty Mary J. alto pipes.

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+ 16-year-old Twilight hottie and rising New Moon star Taylor Lautner is forbidden from dating until he's 28???  As long as Madonna is distracted by Jesus, you should be fine Tay. (Radar Online)

+ Lindsay Lohan and Lily Allen thought they founded the Unique Girls Club by getting "shhh" tattooed on their index finger -- until they learned Rihanna had the same thing done over a year ago. I TOLD them to get tribals but they wouldn't listen. (Pop Crunch)

+ Duffy brings "cheeky" to a whole new level. (The Sun)

+ The best concept for a concept album? No concept at all (at least that's the case for My Chemical Romance this time around). (MTV Newsroom)

+ In case you need another reason to love Katy Perry, she used to be a pageant girl (!?!) and also finds the WE television series Little Miss Perfect as morbidly fascinating as we do. (Katy Perry's Blog)

+ On a separate Katy Perry tip, she cameos for Jesse McCartney in his new video. (Just Jared)

Perhaps I should've attempted to adjust my TV, but aside from that T.I., M.I.A., Jay-Z, Wayne hip-hop all-stars performance and Coldplay's ongoing Fisher-Price-meets-Sgt. Pepper troop trope (yaaaaaaaawwwwwwnnn... and I DID NOT need to see that much of Chris Martin's treasure trail!) the 2009 Grammys might as well have been broadcast in black and white.

From the Jonas Brothers, to Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift and even Kid Rock (who usually doesn't leave the house unless it's in something that demonstrates his affinity for a BeDazzler and a pound or two of rhinestones) kept it a funereal black and white, though they all pulled it off with elegant panache. In short, aside from the few mod metallics, and Katy Perry, the 2009 Grammys were all about sobering, somber chic! For real, I thought I was going temporarily colorblind.

Anyway, let's get to it!

Jonas Brothers: True, the Jonas Brothers didn't win the Grammy they were up for, but getting to share a stage with Stevie Wonder was prize enough, IMO. Fashion-wise, their red carpet tuxedo trio was pretty much what you'd expect from the capable hands of stylist Michelle Tomaszewski. My favorite was Nick Jonas' head-to-toe black Burberry suit. Kevin Jonas' Versace suit subtly set him apart as the elder statesmen of the three. Joe's metallic Versace jacket was a little too Vegasy for my tastes, but I always appreciate that he takes fashion risks. Also, BTW, did you see Denise? WOAH, mama, she looked amazing! As for the Jonas Brothers' performance looks: Nick was in Dior, and I LOVED that his look was a little bit Danny Zucko in Grease, less the schmaltz, a little bit James Dean, a tiny bit old-school Faith-era George Michael, and a WHOLE LOT grown up. Honestly, Joe's performance look wasn't doing THAT much for me. Don't get me wrong -- he looked perfect as always, but Nick really stood out so much that he overshadowed Joe, who could've gone a little farther than just the ripped Requel Allegra tee and Dior vest and jeans. By the way, that eye-popping necklace was by Swiss designer Avakian, and while I'm sure it was stunning in person, it distracted on screen (Was it a cassette tape? A jeweled cracker? Bingo card? Billion-dollar iPod? No clue!) and took away from his Mick Jagger swagger. It would've made more sense for Joe to wear a fitted jacket, especially with Kevin all like "Oh hai, I'm just over here nailing this performance and coming out with a 3D movie and a TV show and we're gonna be on Saturday Night Live and everything" in a swish Versace suit. But back to the Jonas Brothers' performance: Not just ANYBODY gets to cover "Superstition," and this performance completely put the Jonas Brothers on the map... for the two people whose maps the Jonas Brothers weren't already on. Seriously though, that performance was icon-status-sealing and could finalize their move out of the teen-pop mold; it showed skeptics that the Jonas Brothers aren't just bubblegum, they can (for the trilllionth time!) play their own instruments, command a stage, and extend their reach beyond a youth-only audience.

Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift: Miley wore an original Herve Leger by Max Azria dress on the red carpet. Had it been just plain black, it would've been a bit boring, but the bejeweled bodice, criss-cross straps and stacks of bangles kept it fresh, and the massive rosette kept it from being "just another black dress," and though the length was a little overwhelming, the shape was amazingly flattering. Taylor Swift drove home the "we're besties" message in a Kaufman Franco black jersey dress with patent leather detailing. Gotta say: both dresses were way too long. Take a cue from Carrie Underwood and show a little leg while they're still amazing! You can't fault Miley or Taylor for appearing adult while playing the good role model role, but I wouldn't have minded either dress in a more youthful color, like a jewel tone. Also, I can't say I loved either's performance outfit, Miley's especially. Jeans at the Grammys? I know it's not the Oscars, but it's not the CMAs either. (Sorry, CMT!) That top looked like Liza Minnelli's cast-off. Bring back the cute!

Katy Perry: I liked that Katy Perry was strictly business on the red carpet -- her pink dress was by Lebanese designer Basil Soda -- and party on stage, where she chose to wear every color ever in her salute to Carmen Miranda. Her costume was by The Blonds, and her "I Kissed a Girl" performance made me feel like I was trapped inside a pachinko machine. And I kinda liked it.

Jennifer Hudson: Okay, I just need to say it: That white asymmetrical bib on Jennifer Hudon's color-blocked sculptural RM by Roland Mouret Trenet dress made her look like she had an emergency pre-Grammy root canal and forgot to take off the bib. However, I loved her midnight blue shoes. Also, Jennifer Hudson can do whatever she wants because she had the worst year ever and her talent knows know bounds. The black sequined dress she wore during her performance of "You Pulled Me Through" was stellar stuff, and the flamenco-style hair and earrings were really all she needed to complete the portrait-of-the-young-woman-as-a-pure-powerhouse look.

Sara Bareilles: Speaking of pink, Sara Bareilles was totally pretty in pink in her Louisa Beccaria strapless ruffled dress with matching (but not too matchy-matchy!) accents. I wanna write her a love song and thank her for wearing something so sugary sweet.

Audrina Patridge: Audrina usually looks sexy or hot or amazing but "cute" is not usually the first word that comes to mind. But last night, Audrina looked absolutely adorable in teal Tadashi. Her hair and bright lips were also perfection. Yay, color! Finally!

M.I.A.: We get it. You and your boyfriend got bored and decided to act out Juno. But were you hitting the labor drugs early? You do NOT need to dress like a bloated ladybug. Don't get me wrong -- I love House of Holland (who designed her black-and-white performance outfit). I just love Agyness Deyn in it more. And I'm fine with you wearing Golas when you're playing human hotel. But did you really need to go the Dorothy Zbornak route? I'm still not convinced you weren't hiding all FOUR Golden Girls underneath that Manish Arora tarp.

Jordin Sparks: You are SO SO SO cute and SO not an old lady. But that rose-printed Debra Davenport dress was SO not cute and SO old lady!

Carrie Underwood: That performance pantsuit was a little June Carter Cash with those OOC chiffon bell sleeves, but who cares? She's got legs for miles! And was it just me, or did her female guitarist look like Paris Hilton? Speaking of...

Paris Hilton: Yes, Paris. Less is still less. Please send that Versace Spring 2003 mini back to 2003 where it should stay.

LeAnn Rimes: i'm a huge fan of stone embellishments, but LeAnn's cerulean Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti outfit looked like Star Trek Voyager made its maiden voyage to Cyprus. And taupe? Really? You don't wear taupe on a red carpet unless you're going to the pantyhose awards. Or you're Leona Lewis. And speaking of...

Leona Lewis: Leona is such a gorgeous girl, but her tan Randi Rahm gown bleeding bored me.

Duffy: I've read some negatory reactions toward Duffy's Alberta Ferretti jeweled chiffon cocktail dress, but I really loved that she took an ordinary style and made it her own with an asymmetrical cut. It was super glam but subdued and fit her soulful, old-school style perfectly.

Kanye West: Mazel tov! Your transformation into '80s television star Meshach Taylor is now complete!

Estelle: Call us when Kanye's spaceship lands.

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+ You'd think Amy Winehouse minus the booze would be a good thing. But experts say Duffy's lack of trainwreckiness could actually be her downfall. "She doesn't have the problems that make her so compelling," sez one industry insider. And, more importantly? "[S]he's not in the tabloids." (MTV News)

+ Is Victoria Beckham vying to be the new, better-dressed Paula Abdul? (Scandalist)

+ Bruce Springsteen's Working On A Dream bumps Taylor Swift's Fearless out of the top spot on the Billboard chart. (Rolling Stone)

+ Penelope "Slim Shady" Cruz secretly karaokes to Eminem! (Usmagazine.com)

+ Kelly Clarkson denies sharing Katy Perry's views on kissing girls. (PopEater)

+ Need an energy boost? This Christian Bale mega-remix will have you bouncin' off the walls in no time. (Idolator)

+ Preternaturally pale person Marilyn Manson says his new album, The High End Of Low, is named after "a self-described state of being that I’m in." In other words? "It's the s--t." (NME)

+ Awww, our Double Shot at Love has finally ended! Say buh-bye to the bisexual Ikki twins, plus let us know whether Rikki got unfairly dissed and dismissed... for her sis! (Remote Control)

+ Kanye West, Lil Wayne and T.I. are at the top of Day26's "Dream Collabs-slash-Not Gonna Happen" list. (MTV News)

When you're at a Jo Bros concert, it's extremely tempting to lose control, hyperventilate, and spend all your pre-show energy screaming/crying/texting all your friends everyone you've ever met and telling them that you're standing in the EXACT SAME ROOM as Kevin, Joe and Nick. (Trust us, we KNOW.)

But if you can (temporarily) snap yourself out of your OMJ! euphoria, you might just notice that those chicks on stage are doing a pretty good job of warming up the crowd.

We are, of course, talking about KSM, the spunky five-girl group whose Hilary Duff-y (not to be confused with actual Duffy) sound would be enough to get you revved up even if Joe Jonas WEREN'T standing in the very next room, breathing the same air as you.

The girls -- whose ages range from 15-18, despite MySpace's claim that they're really 105 -- spent the past week opening for the Jonases in Detroit (presumably while screaming/crying/hyperventilating) and convincing us that their Avril Lavigne-ish/Miley-esque vocals are the real deal.

Get to know/love KSM (all their names start with K or S and "the M is for music!") by browsing their MySpace page, hitting up their fan site and watching their amazing pre-Jonas performance.  Oh, and get ready: those K and S gals say they've got an album coming out this fall.

And from the sounds of their new single, "Distracted," we're thinking their LP may well be hyperventillation-worthy in its own right.

There were so many amazing videos this year that we decided to commemorate our fave three by doing a mini Buzzworthy Countdown. (Sorta like MTV's Best of 2008 lists, except shorter!) Read on to find out my #3 pick for 2008, and stay tuned for #2 and (obvs) #1 later on this week!

Sure, we all practiced our zombie moves with "Disturbia," curtsied to "Take A Bow" and broke out the cabbage patch for "Don't Stop the Music." But something (possibly Justin Timberlake in skin-tight, motorcycle attire) tells me "Rehab" deserves to go down as THE bestest Rihanna vid of '08 -- and, more importantly, my third favorite video of the year.

Not that I didn't consider any non-Rihanna alternatives. At some time or another, Miley Cyrus' "7 Things," Beyonce's "If I Were A Boy" and Duffy's "Mercy" were all floated around, but summarily rejected in favor of the "Umbrella" singer's addictive anti-addiction PSA.

So why "Rehab?" Well, JT aside, there's the surprisingly singable melody, the awesomely desert-inappropriate duds (neon green beachwear, 4Eva!) and the most impassioned love-as-infatuation verbage since Heath Ledger/Ennis del Mar's "I wish I knew how to quit you" speech in Brokeback Mountain. (Also, FYI, any video that features Rihanna + Justin + a writhing, almost-sex scene on the hood of a car = automatic insies.)

So give it up for Rihanna and Justin's ode to fatal attractions and vehicular PDAs, and check out their amazing, sweat-inducing chemistry in 2008's third-best video, "Rehab."

Sorry, but I feel the need to kvell for just a second: MAZEL TOV, Kevin, Nick Jr, and JJ! Oh, hold up -- you ain't hurd? The Jonas Brothers were nominated for a Best New Artist Grammy!

They're up against Duffy, Adele, Jazmine Sullivan (we so called that!), and Lady Antebellum -- no relation to Lady Gaga, who was nominated for Best Dance Recording (though my heart's with Hot Chip's "Ready For The Floor," but I digress...) YAY, JONAS BROTHERS! You three's like sugar on mah heart!

+ Check out the Jonas Brothers discussing their Grammy nom and their celebratory fist pump!

+ You don't have to have a foreign passport, a premium cable plan or an amazing British accent to vote for the 2008 European Music Awards. So check out all the nominees and tune in on November 6th (or go online to catch the recap) to see live performances by Duffy, Pink, Beyonce and Kanye West. Oh, and did we mention Katy Perry's hosting? (MTV - European Music Awards)

+ And speaking of Ms. Perry, we hear our gal dressed up as a Queen -- and it wasn't Elizabeth II. (Scandalist)

+ Rumor has it Britney Spears might be hosting SNL next month. In which case, we can't wait to see who gets to play the copy machine guy in the sure-to-be-amazing "Womanizer" parody. (Anyone else thinking Seth Meyers?) (Just Jared)

+ You're not the only one stressing out over what to wear this Halloween. Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are apparently torn between "sexy firefighters," "Egyptians" and "chocolate chip cookies." What, no plug and socket?! (Usmagazine.com)

+ Jay-Z and Lil Wayne put on one hell of a show in NJ last night. 'Course, it would've been even better if they'd teamed up for "Swagger Like Us," but hey, dem's da breaks. (MTV News)

+ Rapper T.I. thinks y'all should stop making excuses and JUST VOTE ALREADY. (I'm Not Obsessed)

+ Soulja Boy Tell'em talks about girls, clubs, shoes, kids, dancing, money and hats. More impressive? It was all in the same sentence. (MTV News)

If a smoky-eyed, bed-headed, Brigitte Bardot-inspired Duffy in her new "Stepping Stone" video (not to be confused with the classic 1966 Monkees hit, "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone)" reminds you a lil of Gwen Stefani luxuriating gorgeously yet pensively in bed in her "4 in the Morning" video, it's because Sophie Muller (Gwen's go-to director) lensed Duffy's latest clip too.

Watch the throaty, soulful songbird rue her wrong turns and wash them down with a wholesome glass of milk -- precisely why she's the anti-Winehouse, because you KNOW Amy'd chase her bad-day blues away with a couple of eight balls and a case and a half of Alize. It's only sad because it's true.

PS: That graffed-up tunnel Duffy's walking through that says "Scary" in big, huge letters? It's in the Shoreditch section of London, and it's by artist Eine. Definitely check it out if you go. It's unreal.

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+ This just in: Ne-Yo has always secretly wanted to work with Marilyn "Paleface" Manson. Even weirder? The longtime Antichrist admirer is also a closeted Duffy fan! "I like some of Duffy's stuff," Ne-Yo admits. "If she can escape the 'I'm a blonde Amy Winehouse' thing, she'll be OK." (Spinner)

+ And speaking of Amy, the beehived brunette's latest hospital stint is being attributed to a "reaction to medication." For a change. (AOL Music)

+ Oh, and Trick Daddy never called Rick Ross a prison guard, hence they're not in a fight. Or, as TD puts it: "I refuse to go through some fake rap beef about something somebody on the computer said." Translation: Never believe anything you read on the computer, kids! Well, except this. (MTV)

+ Snoop Dogg takes a cue from Natalie Portman and decides it's time to go Bollywood! ""I like how the Punjabis get down," the rapper explains. Plus, you know, there was also that wicked cool wedding scene in Bend it Like Beckham. (NY Mag)

+ Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello says his new solo album "rocks harder than the last one." Guess that means it's time to invest in a marginally less crappy pair of speakers. (Rolling Stone)

+ And elsewhere, Jewel's still stubbornly trying to convince herself that yodeling is cool. (The Boot)

+ The Killers skillfully avoid revealing anything of interest about their upcoming new album. (MTV)