+ A brand-new Britney Spears video, "Radar" leaked online today. One word: boring. (MTV News)

+ On the trashy TV front, Hilary Duff gets to exercise her acting chops once again as she joins the cast of Gossip Girl for the October season premiere. (EW.com)

+ Congratulations to the Photoshop genius behind Madonna's new Louis Vuitton ad campaign for making her look like the Svedka robot (or just herself 30 years ago, made out of marzipan). (PopCrunch)

+ Check out what a bunch of Warped Tour bands had to say as they reflect on the influence Michael Jackson had on their music. (Buzznet)

+ Demi Lovato took quite a spill onstage during a recent concert but got up and laughed it off like a true pro. (Blogamole)

+ Former Destiny's Child member LeToya Luckett had nothing but nice things to say about Beyonce, when the two ran into each other at the BET Awards this past week. (Rap-Up)

Katy Perry inspired today's edition of Buzzworthy's S+++ You Need To Get with her super on-trend CC Skye double-wrap screw bracelet, and while I'm usually a fan of everything Katy Perry wears, no matter how over-the-top, it's nice to say Katy in something not created in the likeness of a watermelon or other suggestive fruit for a change.

If Katy's not enough to convince you, Hilary Duff, Rihanna, and Miley Cyrus also wear CC Skye -- in fact, Miley wore the same wrap bracelet to the premiere of Bolt, but at the time, I was more taken by the chunky beaded necklaces she wore that night.

Get your own CC Skye leather screw bracelet in white -- très été -- and a selection of other colors and finishes for $160 at CC Skye. And, check out the neon yellow version at Chickdowntown.com.

+ Plus: Want Katy Perry's "Waking Up In Vegas" playing card dress? And: Buzzworthy wants fingerless gloves!

+ The new Hannah Montana movie opened last night in Hollywood and the spotlight found a home not on star Miley Cyrus, but on her BFF Taylor Swift. (MTV News)

+ Breaking news at this hour : The Jonas Brothers just shot the cover of their upcoming CD at a diner in small-town Corsicana, TX. (Navarro County Times)

+ And since it's basically Teen Day on Buzz Bites, it's worth noting that Miley Cyrus has since put down her pitch fork in the centuries-old tiff with the Jonas Brothers. She's teaming up with the talented trifecta for an upcoming "We Are The World"-esque Disney single, and even says Nick is one of her best friends. We kind of miss "Mean Miley" who used to make YouTube videos about Demi Lovato and trash talk Nick up and down the Internets. (Jonas Brothers Fan)

+ We are totally digging this "vintage" Lada GaGa article, complete with (gasp) big brunette hair. (W Magazine)

+ So you've already heard that Zac Efron skipped out on his role in Footloose because he wants to keep challenging himself (first climbing those huuuuuuge HSM mountains, then scaling the Mt. Everest of the movie world, 17 Again). We are seriously considering starting an online petition -- not to keep Zac from making any more movies -- but to have our painfully in-tense BuzzCrush Simon Curtis take the part. Holy HELL do we love this guy. And if you say you don't, you're lying to yourself and we hardly know ye. (hi Si, if you're reading this!) (Socialite Life)

+ This ooey gooey morsel about a maaaaaajorly drunk and bitchy Hilary Duff is bringing us the lolz on this godawful rainy Friday. (Gawker)

+ This just in from left field: Gossip Girl star Taylor Momsen's got a band?  What?! Who knew she could even sing?  (Teen Vogue)

+ The Hills resident hottie Audrina Patridge was robbed (and I don't just mean at the Oscars)!  She got burglarized for realz last night at her Hollywood Dell home. Hopefully they only got away with some scrunchies and a tube of Lip Venom. (E! Online)

+ Hilary Duff likes to sit in the stands (not up in VIP) and cheer on her New York Islander boyfriend Mike Comrie.  Hil girl -- pleeeease tell me that you wear a mouth guard (gotta protect the investments -- don't play!). (Us Magazine)

+ Our not-so-baby girl JoJo sings us a sweet bedtime lullaby from her forthcoming third studio album.  Don't you wish she and Joe Jonas were still hanging out??  How fun would THAT be?  Joe and JoJo Jonas.  i think I j-j-just pulled a muscle.  (PopDirt)

+ Tall glass of sweet tea Ciara popped over to our friends at 106th and Park to chat about, among other things, her upcoming single with Justin Timberlake.  Seriously -- they must be putting some Miracle-Gro in that sweet tea, y'all.  (Neon Limelight)

+ How do we feel about this snippet of PCD covering "Jai Ho," one of the songs from Oscar-winner "Slumdog Millionaire?"  I'm closing my eyes and picturing Britney's circus tent... and lots of midriff.  And sequins.  Ok it's kind of hot.  DO YOU HAVE YOUR TIX YET????? (People)

Earlier this week, the announcement that Hilary Duff will star in a remake of film classic Bonnie & Clyde, ruffled a lot of feathers and raised the argument anew that Hollywood is out of original ideas. The incredibly (i.e. accidentally) timely Mercy Mercedes offer an innovative solution in the form of their video for "The Perfect Scene." In it, the North Carolina pop-punkers borrow heavily from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, but instead of ripping off the '80s John Hughes classic line for line, they combine it with elements of other movies, like Back To The Future and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Take note, Hollywood! Instead of boring us with a live-action remake of All Dogs Go To Heaven, why not get out of the box with something more along the lines of 10 Things I Hate About The Fact That I Can't Hardly Wait, or The Breakfast Club At Tiffany's? THINK ABOUT IT. Watch Mercy Mercedes now. Look for them on the Bamboozle Road Show with We The Kings, Forever The Sickest Kids, The Cab and many others in a couple months!

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.

All's been semi quiet on the Tokio Hotel front. (New blog layouts! A new t-shirt! Yay!) TH fans, you guys have been patiently waiting for their new album to come out, and meanwhile, Tokio Hotel's apparently been flying to points sometimes unknown to work on the album. Well it looks like one of those points has been Los Angeles, where Tokio Hotel's teamed up with The Matrix (the production team, not Neo and Samuel L. Jackson) to work on the follow-up to Scream.

In sum, Matrix members said that Tokio Hotel's new songs will be dark and "anthem-y," and have lots of guitars, that the band is good at playing their own instruments, and that Bill Kaulitz has a lot of star power. So, in other words, they've, uh, heard Scream? In the words of Selena Gomez, tell me something I don't know!

Allow me to break it down here...

+ Dark: "Don't Jump." "Love Is Dead." "Forgotten Children," for God's sake???

+ Anthem-y: "Ready, Set, Go," "Live Every Second," "Monsoon," y'all!

+ Guitar-heavy: FREAKING "Scream"?

+ Star power: THEY RODE INTO THE VMAS ON A MONSTER TRUCK.

OF COURSE IT'S GOING TO HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS. That is SO NOT "grosses kino"-level news! Bill himself said more about the new album in his interview with Dream Up, where he said that the new album will include influences Tokio Hotel hasn't experimented with before.

The most revealing news the Matrix members shared was that Tokio Hotel's experimenting with a Depeche Mode sound, which could be amazing, unless it ends up sounding like Hilary Duff when she disastrously covered their seminal single, "Personal Jesus."

Anyway, OUT WITH THE NEW TOKIO HOTEL ALBUM already! Less "we can't really talk about it" talk, more rock, I say. Except of course for your talk. What do you wanna hear on the new Tokio Hotel album?

+ Amy Winehouse is mourning her impending dee-vorce to Blake Fielder-Civil by strutting around in child-sized t-shirts, boozing, and shacking up with a fitness instructor in St. Lucia. We won't even bother taking a pot shot at the sad, sad irony of that "Going Bananas" shirt. (PopSugar - UK)

+ T.I. and Justin Timberlake join an already-amazing Grammys lineup that includes Katy Perry, Kanye and the Jonas Brothers. Perfection! Now, if only we could get Barack Obama to host... (MTV News)

+ The New Kids On The Block have just announced their spring tour dates! Check 'em out, and find out when the aging boy banders will be coming to a retirement home near you. (Celebuzz)

+ This just in: The ABDCrews are gonna be dancing to the musical stylings of comeback queen Britney Spears! You know, kinda like how you do at home, EXCEPT ON TV! And with a little help from Brit's personal choreographer, Andre Fuentes. (Remote Control)

+ Janet Jackson has indefinitely postponed the rest of her international Rock Witchu tour, citing migraines, laziness the "economic crisis." (Usmagazine.com)

+ Hilary Duff to star in a new Bonnie & Clyde remake! Allure, you totally called that Faye Dunaway connex. (E! Online)

+ Thank you, Mischa Barton, for reminding us that one black cape + your grandpa's suit AND TIE + one crazy, floppy sunhat = an unforgivable crime of fashion. (Scandalist)

+ Pete Wentz says Who Framed Roger Rabbit? -- the inspiration for FOB's "I Don't Care" video -- is one of the "most overlooked" flicks in movie history. Also? It's, like, a metaphor for LIFE! "When you're throwing people in the goo," explains Professor Wentz, "you have to realize that you are the person who is scared to get in it." Hey, thanks for ruining the ending, brah! (MTV News)

+ Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell has just gotten engaged to her boyfriend of one month! Now, we ain't sayin' she's a gold diggah ... but dude owns an ENTIRE YACHTING COMPANY -- and gave her a $310,000 engagement ring. (Access Hollywood)

... Take it away, 'Ye...

The beginning of 2009 is already crazy hectic for the Jonas Brothers: they're presenting at the Golden Globes, this Sunday, their new video, "Tonight," comes out January 19, they're hard at work on their new show, J.O.N.A.S., Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience premieres February 27, and somehow they're gonna have to find time to make it to the Grammys on Sunday, February 8, because they could be bringing home an award for Best New Artist.

The Jonas Brothers told People Mag that they're super nervous about the big night and almost didn't make it to the nominee ceremony on time. AND SO, I propose three tactics to insure that the JBs have their bums in their seats with plenty of time to spare on Grammy night!

1.) Send the Jonas Brothers alarm clocks set to go off February 8. You probably have an old one in a junk drawer. Or "borrow" one from your parents. Tell 'em it's for a good cause. (Because it is!) I'm sure they won't mind. Or, pool your pennies and get a Cubissimo. After I accidentally plugged a North American alarm clock into a socket in Paris, causing the alarm clock to melt (whoopsers!), I bought one red. It's lasted for years, and TRUST ME, Nick, Kevin, and Joe (and anyone else within a five-mile radius) will WAKE THE HECK UP when it goes off. The sound still haunts me.

2.) Synchronicity! The Jonas Brothers clear their schedule that day, and Big Rob and/or Mama Denise set all of your alarm clocks throughout the house to make sure the guys get plenty up rest and wake up on time.

3.) WAKE! UP! The JBs re-watch this footage of themselves groggily waking up in New York this past August during "Jonas Brothers: Live & Mobile" (eee! I was in the room!) and start practicing WAKING UP!

Appropriately, Hilary Duff, "Wake Up"

+ Lily Allen to Katy Perry: Don't f--- with me, or I'll post your unlisted cell number on a non-elitist social networking site. (The Sun - UK)

+ Meanwhile, not only are Katy Perry and Travis McCoy not engaged — they’re not even together anymore! At least, that's what EVERYBODY's saying. (MTV News)

+ Beyonce gets a Golden Globe nomination for her uncanny portrayal of Etta James in Cadillac Records original song, “Once in a Lifetime.” (MTV News)

+ Lindsay Lohan denies splitting with her (finally confirmed!) gal pal, Samantha Ronson. (MySpace Celebrity)

+ We're not saying Aubrey O'Day took off her clothes and posed for Playboy. But hypothetically, IF she did, she allegedly took home $500K in exchange for the photos. Cha-ching! (Remote Control)

+ British singer/PETA enthusiast Leona Lewis is reportedly penning her memoirs. (Billboard)

+ Despite tearing Corey Hart to shreds in "So What," Pink says she's willing to "give him away at his next wedding." That is, assuming he hasn't sworn off marriage by then. (Seventeen, via Usmagazine.com)

+ Either some perv hacked into Britney Spears' Twitter account, or else she's the biggest oversharer since Jenna Jameson. (The Hollywood Gossip)

+ Today is both Hilary Duff Download Day AND the day Nancy Kerrigan got whacked in the knees at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit back in 1994! Ah memories! (Oh-Hilary.com)