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Duran Duran have had tenacious, three-decade-long staying power with their danceable musicianship, sing-along choruses, and their celebration of glamour and glitz. Their latest video "Girl Panic!" captures the essence of Duran Duran, along with their irreverent humor.

In it, Duran Duran cleverly cast a host of supermodels (all of whom have been in their vids before) that live out the hedonistic rock-and-roll lifestyle, with champagne, hot groupies, awesome fashion and paparazzi. Naomi Campbell plays lead singer Simon Le Bon, Cindy Crawford plays bassist John Taylor, Eva Herzigova is keyboardist Nick Rhodes, Helena Christensen is drummer Roger Taylor, while Yasmine Le Bon takes a turn as their unnamed guitarist. The real members of Duran Duran appear as supporting staff (bellhops, waitstaff, chauffeurs and press), and Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana (as in that Dolce & Gabbana) even make cameos as fashion editors. We get it -- you guys are CONNECTED.

There's nostalgia amid the new flash, and it's thrown in rather hilariously. Crawford says, "I'm nostalgic for the old age, you know, the shoulder pads, the big hair, just a little throw back to that look," and Campbell cheekily adds, "Obviously we were the first to put models in our videos" before the video montages to many of the brilliant DD vids that came before this one. Oh, and the shoes! They are SPECTACULAR, as Herzigova reveals to a reporter in the video, "Love the shoes, I love the shoes!" Um, cosign.

+ Watch Duran Duran's "Girl Panic!" video, and get the fashion play-by-play at MTV Style!

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Hey, kids! Welcome back to my weekly roundup of all the coolest things on the internet (well, except for the naughty stuff).

1.) Why you shouldn't believe everything you read: Lady Gaga didn't actually put the kibosh on a Weird Al Yankovic parody of "Born This Way." She just hadn't heard it yet. She's a "really big" fan, you see. And she approved it! Phew! So here's that parody, "Perform This Way." (Gawker)

2.) Not exactly sure why this video of a toddler sleep-dancing -- and eventually waking up -- to Waka Flocka Flame's "Grove St. Party" went viral: This is how I wake up EVERY MORNING. (Urlesque)

3.) Good news/bad news for "Glee" star Matthew Morrison. Good news: His "Rocket Man" duet with Elton John is amazing and we LOVE it and it's destined to be a classic and yay! for his solo album. Bad news: His house is full of RAT POOP. (People, Us magazine)

4.) Duran Duran covered Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" at Coachella (more on that in a bit). (Oh No They Didn't)

5.) Okay, promise me you won't click on this link unless you are ALL DONE with work/school/any other activity that is vital to your continued existence for the day, cool? Because once you've fallen into Cute Roulette, there's really no way to get out again... (cuteroulette.com)

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Okay... whoa, WHOA... I'm back... and it's four hours later!!!!! Dude, I TOLD YOU!

6.) The Royal Wedding is next Friday, and many people are very excited about that. I am more excited about the amazing Tumblr Kate Middleton FTW, dedicated to exhaustively mining the depths of the Future Queen's inner thoughts. (Tumblr)

7.) Here at Buzzworthy, we ladies often find ourselves confused/guilty/conflicted over our feelings for Justin Bieber. Because, you know, the whole "being 17" thing. BRIGHT SIDE: Crushable has compiled a list of 25 guys under 25 (Biebs included), and 23 of them are LEGAL EAGLES! (Crushable)

8.) Oh, also at Buzzworthy, we love animated GIFs so much!!!! Maybe you'd noticed. That's why we have a whole category for Favorite Animated GIF in the O Music Awards. While those are mostly funny, these 20 super lifelike animated images really stepped up the GIF game. (DVICE)

9.) Coachella Music and Arts Festival was last weekend. Some people think the event is all about peeping the year's biggest bands, and that's true to an extent, but it's also about peeping super stylish concert-goers in their very best indie fashions. Nylon made a drool-inducing Best Dressed roundup for this express purpose. (Nylon)

10.) It takes a brave woman to let her boyfriend do her makeup. Because, ladies, let's be honest, straight guys, well, most of them just dun get it. Our fave ladies at MTV Style -- who, round these parts, we refer to as the Stylettes -- gathered up all the best "My Boyfriend Does My Makeup" vids in one tidy spot. Hilarity ensues. Enjoy! (MTV Style)

Tags 10 Things To Know Now, Duran Duran, Elton John, GIFS, Glee, justin bieber, Kate Middleton, LOL, Matthew Morrison, Waka Flocka Flame, Weird Al Yankovic

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+ Kanye West, The Strokes, Arcade Fire, Robyn and Duran Duran are just some of the many acts taking their talents to Indio for the Coachella Festival this summer. (Coachella)

+ Lady Gaga's producer, RedOne, can't even get into how he feels about her upcoming album, Born This Way: "It's too precious to talk about," he says. (MTV News)

+ Hilary Duff is the latest celeb to run through the is-she-or-is-she-not pregnant rumor mill. (Star)

+ Watch Kim Kardashian give a strangely muted interview about reality television and working with Kanye West. (TerraTV)

+ All Time Low's Jack Barakat is dating reality star and Hugh Hefner ex Holly Madison. They met, more or less, on Twitter. Awww. (TheFABlife)

Tags Arcade Fire, Duran Duran, Hilary Duff, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga, Robyn, The Strokes

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Mark Ronson is many things: a fashionable young man with a dashing accent (a little bit New York, a little bit London), one of the preeminent producers in pop music, and a multi-instrumentalist and venerated recording artist.

In this Buzzworthy Q&A, Ronson chats about his '80s-pop-inspired new album, Record Collection, his lack of guilty pleasures and how when someone from Duran Duran tells you to buy a rare Italian vintage keyboard, you buy a rare Italian vintage keyboard.

But before hearing Ronson talk about his new album, you'll probably want to listen to his awesome new single from Record Collection, "Bang Bang Bang." To help find the voice for "Bang Bang Bang," Ronson sent the track to an electro-pop duo he's become a fan of: MNDR. (Ellie Goulding and Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters both wrote over the track to "Bang Bang Bang," but neither artists' contributions made the cut.)

If you've seen the "Bang Bang Bang" video, you know it features some pretty outrageous looking keyboards and synthesizers. It should come as no surprise that these are some expensive instruments, with the priciest being the Synthex, which Ronson bought for $5,000 on the recommendation of Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes.

Ronson also chats about his guiltless listening habits, expressing shock that people express shock at his love for Train's sappy, catchy "Drops Of Jupiter."

Check out the whole Buzzworthy Q&A with Mark Ronson below, as well as Train's "Drops Of Jupiter" video, a song to which Ronson owns the sheet music!

Record Collection is out Sept. 28.

Tags Duran Duran, Ellie Goulding, jake-shears, Mark Ronson, MNDR, Scissor Sisters, Train, video

Neon Trees' "Animal" is one of the most incessantly catchy singles of the year. With its lush synths and insistent drumming it evokes an unforgettable night out in, say, London, running for cabs, partying with friends, hoping to stop time.

Which is kind of funny, since Neon Trees are based in Provo, Utah. Such is the charm of their updated New Wave sound, which can recall the great works of Duran Duran and The Psychedelic Furs as well as more modern purveyors of dance-friendly rock like The Killers.

We had to get to know the band behind this incredible song. The foursome, whose debut album, Habits, is in stores now, are an insanely personable bunch.

In this episode of "The 5," the members of Neon Trees — Tyler Glenn, Chris Allen, Branden Campbell and Elaine Bradley — talk about the origin of their band name and how that name unintentionally led to Branden joining the band. Neon Trees also does a quick bit of Lady Gaga-karaoke to explain how Elaine and Chris were once an item (a "Bad Romance" that actually ended OK). They also go into detail about their various hometowns and the roads that led them to Utah.

Check out the interview below as well as their video for "Animal," which is the jam.

Tags Duran Duran, Lady Gaga, Neon Trees, Psychedelic Furs, The 5, The-Killers, video

This clip from the MTV Vault is so cute that it makes Teletubbies look like a horror movie and Macaulay Culkin look like Angela Lansbury. Oh wait, Angela Lansbury is actually super cute. Never mind that one.

In what I assume is an impromptu ad for a 1983 Become-An-MTV-VJ-Contest, human bunny rabbit / kitty cat Martha Quinn interviews a chubby-mini-naughty-baby Drew Barrymore, who is appropriately dressed in polka dots and prom hair. Quinn -- in her pixie cut, button nose and cardigan -- out-adorables Mr. Rogers' whole Neighborhood Of Make-Believe. Drew Barrymore is actually a Peep that came to life. Oh, and she's a Duran Duran fan.

Seriously, get ready to mush your cheeks, half-cover your eyes and say "eeeeeeeee." This is insane. It's too much. That Downy Bear better start looking for a new job.

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Wearing their vintage shirts bright, their skinny jeans tight, and their Ray-Bans even at night (except at photo shoots, apparently), England's Late Of The Pier have forcibly declared themselves the new soundtrack of London's glam teenage vampire scene.

Based in Castle Donington on the edge of the National Forest, the erratic electro-jiving foursome are now far away from home, sharing their retro-futuristic blips and burbles with the States on a world tour that culminates at Coachella.

But no matter how widely they travel, their sound is distinctly British. Their paranoid dance-attack jams are straight out of Manchester circa 1983. The songs explore the screwy intersection of nature and science, a phenomenon particularly evident in the title of their break-out single, "Space And The Woods." In the video, technotronic special effects race across organic cosmic backdrops, matching the sonic juxtaposition of running water and pixelated synths. It's like the music video equivalent of a "magic eye." No surprise, then, that the director, Ian Emes, did visuals for Pink Floyd and Duran Duran in their prime.

Watch as Late Of The Pier add the stars to their list of conquests when "Space And The Woods" touches down on Earth.

Tags Duran Duran, Late Of The Pier, Pink Floyd