No, Pete Wentz doesn't *necessarily* die in Fall Out Boy's highly hush-hush new video "What A Catch Donnie" and no, "What A Catch, Donnie" isn't *necessarily* their last video.

"What A Catch, Donnie" is all Patrick Stump's Elton John-ian vocal acrobatics (and Elvis Costello's guest vox, don't hurt), set against a misty, wistful Hemingway/ Decemberists backdrop of nautical metaphors. It's kind of like the movie Castaway but with 100 percent better art direction and no volleyball or whatever that busted thing was.

The "What A Catch Donnie" video was shot off the waters of Los Angeles by Alan Ferguson. Speaking of cameos, watch for Panic! At The Disco's (SO... hard to remember whether or not to use the "!") Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith.

Okay, watch "What A Catch, Donnie" now because I don't wanna spoil anything else for you and get thrown overboard.

+ It's Pete Wentz's birthday today! He just turned dirty 30! May he drink Bacardi... and Caprisun... like it's his birthday. (Twitter)

+ Electrik Red assure you that they're not corny, like the Spice Girls. That'd better be a promise. (Bossip)

+ Soulja Boy Tell' Em is JUST NOW getting around to "getting" Jay-Z. Better late than never, I guess. (MTV News)

+ Method Man and Redman have some choice words for Kanye West. (Buzzworthy)

+ Toronto Raptors' Chris Bosh will be releasing a CD compilation of his favorite songs and music by new artists. Ballin'! (Baller Status)

+ British Band the Horrors blame blogs and Facebook and everything else FUN for ruining EVERYTHING. You know what? SCREW 'EM. It's not like they're reading this anyway! (Independent)

+ Pour some out for polka -- the Recording Academy pulled polka from its list of Grammy categories. We hardly knew ye! (New York Times)

+ Poison, Dolly Parton, AND Elton John will all be performing at the Tony Awards this Sunday. And LAAAAAAYYYYDIES, keep your eyes a-peeled for Constantine Maroulis, who's up for Best Actor in a Musical. Best. Tonys. Ever? (Billboard)

+  Eminem did a lot of reaching out when he was addicted to drugs. Reaching out to people he has things in common with. People who understand the lifestyle he leads. People like Elton John. (MTV News)

+ There has been a lot of good buzz about Depeche Mode's new album "Sounds Of The Universe" and the subsequent world tour this summer. Sucks that singer Dave Gahan is having really bad stomach problems, forcing them to cancel tons of shows. (The Tripwire)

+ Looks like that Rihanna and Lady GaGa track we told you about Tuesday was a fakity fake. Ugh... it's always too good to be true. (Singersroom)

+ Our favorite feline Kitty Purry (Katy Perry) brought the lolz on last night's American Idol when she managed to piss off anyone from middle America who is not voting for little "Lamchop" (Adam Lambert). What didn't bring the lolz, however, was how flat she was. Give a girl an earpiece! (Neon Limelight)

+ Speaking of things that AREN'T flat (and no, we're not talking about Katy Perry's boobs) -- have you seen her new video for "Waking Up In Vegas?" She took us behind the scenes as only KP can do. (Buzzworthy)

+ DMX has evidently found Jesus (by Jesus, we mean the Son of God, not Madonna's love sponge Jesus Luz) and you'll never guess where -- in jail of course, while the rapper was doing time for animal cruelty and sundry other indiscretions. (NME)

+ If it's really true that actress Bette Midler wants to collabo with 50 Cent, then we really WILL be able to eat Dippin' Dots in hell. (The Hip Hop Chronicle UK)

Today our mission is to rewrite the list of the cheesiest, most ridiculous prom songs ever. Some of them will be wonderful. Others, just plain terrible. But none of them will be Chris DeBurgh's "Lady In Red." Why in the world are they still playing that slop at prom? It's the romantic equivalent of "The Hokey Pokey." And while we're at it, are you familiar with the mind-boggling lyrics of Eric Clapton's unkillable prom wrecker, "Wonderful Tonight"? Read them and weep:

We go a party/ And everyone turns to see/ This beautiful lady/ Thats walking around with me/ And then she asks me/ Do you feel alright?/ And I say, Yes. I feel wonderful tonight.

Unreal, right? Are prom DJs living underground?? Do they work for your parents?!? It's appalling. But, bad as cheesy prom ballads can be, they play an important role in our culture. Without "Lady In Red," can you imagine how many boring old people would never have fallen in love? That is why I offer you the following cheeseballs. So that maybe we can get through our lives and still fall in love, without ever hearing "Lady In Red" or "Wonderful Tonight," ever again.

+ "Truly Madly Deeply," by Savage Garden
One of the first questions I ask when judging a prom song is, "Does this amazing love ballad inspire me to ball both of my hands into fists, hold them out in front of my face and sing along with my eyes closed really tight?" Savage Garden is a major "YES." This means that it packs the emotional wallop of a Creed video without bumming you out by being a Creed video.

+ "Thunder," by Boys Like Girls
Your voiiiiiiice! Oh MAN! If you're already slow-dancing face-to-face when the epic chorus of this new-school tear-jerker hits and you don't make out, check your chest for a heart.

+ "Kiss From A Rose," by Seal
This song was meant to be heard outside in the pouring rain. For chicks, it's the ultimate, because all of them dream of making out with Batman. Bonus points for including "Kiss" in the title.

+ "Imma Put It On Her," by Day26
Subtlety is great, but sometimes you gotta just cut right to the chase. Day26 pull no punches on this prom-ready, perv-out, egging on the shiest of dancers with lines like, "Booty bumpin’ like the sounds in my car (she should)/ Let me take it up a notch/ Get her off the block/ Take her to my spot and it’s on!"

+ "Can You Feel The Love Tonight?" by Timon, Pumbaa, Simba, Nala and Jungle Chorus
As a prom ballad, "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" is interchangeable with any Disney love theme of the past 20 years ("Did you ever hear the wolf cry at the blue corn moon?," anyone?). This one's only downfall is that it's not sung by Peabo Bryson, who, if cheesy love songs had their own country, would be a shoo-in for President. Its greatest asset: inclusion of the word "vagabond," which, let's face it, is one of the world's most romantic words.

+ "Let Me Love You," by Mario
Dudes. No matter how bad of a scrub you are, when Mario's bumping hard out of the PA, you become righteous just by association (although if you're really bad it may have the opposite effect). Look: "If I was your man, baby you'd/ Never worry 'bout what I do/ I be comin' home back to you/ Every night, doing you right." On top of that, this beat could make a corpse do a neckpop. See also: The Remix.

+ Get more cheesy prom songs after the jump!

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Major news! With Eminem's sixth album, Relapse, around the corner (it's due May 19), and the accompanying single, "We Made You," just days from release, we nabbed a super-exclusive interview with the man who has become hip-hop's most notorious living spitter.

We catch up with Em after a five-year hiatus from the spotlight -- a hiatus during which he's battled addiction, lost Kim to a second divorce and lost his best friend, DeShaun "Proof" Holton to gun violence. But Marshall Mathers is a survivor. We've known that from day one, when he broke out of the obscurity portrayed in 8 Mile to establish himself as a force to be reckoned with in the rap game. In other words, he's seen too much in this life to let tragedy disrupt his flow.

In the clip below, that same force -- now a flat-out legend -- checks in from the set of "We Made You," the Relapse single slated for an MTV premiere on Tuesday (April 7). From the comfort of a chair next to a console that looks like it could be part of the Star Trek set, what looks like a brown-haired (!!!) Em, minus the baby fat, fills us in on his choice to re-enlist the services of video director Joseph Kahn (Britney Spears, Chris Brown, 50 Cent, U2). Apparently the "Without Me" director is particularly attuned to the essence of Eminem, making him the perfect choice to guide Em out of hiatus and into a fresh video incarnation of his trademark sound.

Em also gets into the psychology of "We Made You," revealing it to be a mind game designed to seduce every woman alive. Watch, love and get hyped for Eminem's exclusive MTV video premiere of "We Made You" on Tuesday!

Kid Cudi tells a story in his exclusive MTV Spring Break video about being invited to an Christmas dinner in Atlanta by the mother of his dream collaborator, Andre 3000. It's a shame he never married Erykah Badu, because if he had, it would mean that Kid Cudi had technically been in contact with Andre 3000's baby's mama's mama-in-law, which would be a great segue into a "Ms. Jackson" remix.

Aside from flagging down collaborators, Kid Cudi uses the interview to hype up his debut album, Man On The Moon, and to get down to basics about the hottest thing on the beach: the girls. He also manages to bash one of music's biggest names, only to declare him "the best," seconds later. Only in Panama City Beach ... Click play below to see who he disses and to get the inside scoop on how Kid Cudi gets down when Kanye's not around.

Dive into the soft and smoky vocals of up-and-coming R&B force, Skye Taylor. The Brooklyn prodigy, whose bio boasts that she's been singing longer than she's been walking, has been a professional singer since age 11. She's shared stages with Michael Jackson and Elton John, which is just insane. I mean, think about it. That puts her on a very short list. Is Macaulay Culkin on that list? Think so...

Listen to "Blessed" -- a ballad dedicated to all the ladies who've been cheated on -- and see if you can pick out that undeniable spark of soul genius in between the whispers. Highly recommended for fans of Teairra Mari, Jazmine Sullivan, and Rihanna.

Any good Lily Allen fan will tell you -- 2007 and 2008 were crap years for Lily. There was the O.O.M.W.H.A.F.D. incident (Oversharing On Myspace While Having A Fat Day), her miscarriage in early 2008, the demise of her relationship with the Chemical Brothers' Ed Simons, and her catfight with Elton John, which was actually pretty great, because Elton needs to be taken down a few pegs every now and again.

That her first single, "The Fear," off her upcoming album, It's Not Me, It's You (out February 10 in America), is a pensive, paranoid reflection on overinflated celebrity culture and super-human expectations is far from surprising. Nor is it surprising that the finally-all-grown-up Alice In Wonderland-themed clip is Lily Allen's best -- and most mature -- video to date.

It's directed by Nez, who's also worked with The Streets and British rapper Kano, and shot "The Fear" in Bedfordshire, England.

+ Watch "The Fear" below, find out more about "The Fear"'s video shoot, and get more on the cute PPQ bow dress Lily wears in the video.

As "the voice of his generation," a prolific blogger, self-proclaimed religious figure, and Pee Wee Herman impersonator, we wondered when the hull Kanye West ever finds time to make any music. But then we saw this video mashie of every single song Kanye's ever sampled in the history of ever, and we finally figured it all out: like a girly-girl at the makeup counter at the mall, the dude is addicted to samples.

So, here are the top 5 reasons why Kanye CANNOT stop sampling other people's goods:

5. What's old is new again: Kanye recognizes that you've got look back in order to look forward. And the best way to do this is to, you know, not reinvent the wheel. So he likes to channel the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix and Curtis Mayfield, since he sampled the hell out of "Move On Up" for "Touch the Sky."

4. Girls, girls, girls: Sampling songs helps you get in with a whoooole lotta model chicks (and if there's one thing we know about Kanye West, it's that he lurves model chicks). For ex, he sampled Marvin Gaye's "Distant Lover" (Marvin Gaye = instant panty-droppin' "in" with the femmes) for his "Spaceship" jam, probs in the hopes that it would help him track down "the right girl" (or maybe other scantily clothed hunnies for his blawg or amazin' asses for his videos).

3. If award ceremonies are "fixed," you may as well up your chances of winning by sampling songs that have already gotten some metal, right?

2. It doesn't hurt the whole legend status thing: when you're laying down beats by Chaka Khan -- he parlayed "Through the Fire" into "Through the Wire" -- or Elton John -- Kanye used "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" on "Good Morning" -- over your own music, it's a pretty good way to remind everyone that you're a legend in your own mind. So, in case anyone missed it: Jesus walks ... and poses for the cover of Rolling Stone.

1. The more songs he samples, the more superstars he meets = WAY more stuff to blog about.

In summary, if sampling works for Costco (did you ever try those little eggrolls the old ladies hand out with the little toothpicks!? TDF!), it works for the Louis Vuitton don.

Also, sampling leaves loads more time for "normal people stuff" like Twittering ... and interning.

(Credit: Gregg Delman)

True confession time: I haven't paid a ton of attention to Brandy since the "The Boy Is Mine" -- her 1998 dueling duet with Monica. And allow me to tangent for a second and declare that aside from Elton John and George Michael's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me," Warren G and Nate Dogg's "Regulate," and Mariah Carey and Jay-Z's "Heartbreaker," "The Boy Is Mine" is one of the finest duets of the 1990s.

Anyway, shame on me for sleeping on Brandy, because she's hilarious, has a passion for Skittles akin to that of Tokio Hotel's most hardcore fans, and is as addicted to "World of Warcraft" as your ex-boyfriend. For realsies.

Watch this exclusive MTV interview with Brandy to find out more about her upcoming album, Human, out December 9, check out some brand-new photos of the model-turned-singer-turned-gamer -- and watch her latest video, "Right Here (Departed)," after the jump.

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