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Happy day-after-hump-day! In this week's roundup, we have sooo much to talk about, so let's get right down to it.

1.) The Super Bowl isn't until next week, not that sports are anything we here at Buzzworthy are excited about (except for the performances, natch). But you know what we ARE excited about, though? The Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet! Check out their starting lineup of adorable baby dogs that YOU CAN ADOPT! We'll take one of each, please. (Animal Planet)

2.) This is a picture of Justin Timberlake shaving Britney Spears' head. Just kidding! Those are actually their super-convincing celebrity look-alikes. But for a second there... (BuzzFeed)

3.) Do you like really attractive male models and also The Dandy Warhols? If yes, you should click on this. (Vimeo)

4.) A terrible grocery store in Arkansas covered up issues of Us Weekly featuring Sir Elton John, his partner and their adorable adopted son, because their customers found it "offensive." To which we say: STOP THE H8! (Joe. My. God.)

5.) MUST WATCH: In four minutes, this beatboxer puts the entire music industry to shame with his jaw-dropping rendition of the history of hip-hop. (NYmag.com)

SEE ALSO: Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake perform the history of rap.

6.) Hey, did you hear? My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way and Rihanna now have the same haircut. (MTV Style)

7.) Now you can make mini Lady Gaga meat dresses for your Barbies! Step 1: Purchase ample portions of prosciutto, the delicious cured Italian meat. Step 2: Watch this tutorial. Step 3: Lunch! (YouTube)

8.) Everyone is talking about this tearjerker of an "American Idol" audition from last night's Milwaukee episode. Contestant-hopeful Chris Medina's beautiful voice is topped only by his beautiful heart. Seriously, you'll cry more than you did at the end of 'Toy Story 3.' (Gawker)

9.) Using the most incredible iPad app ever, Cat Piano, someone perfectly covered Katy Perry (Purry?)'s "Teenage Dream." Of course, all the lyrics have been replaced with squeetastic mews. An improvement, methinks. (Gizmodo)

10.) Nicki Minaj is about to debut her new "Moment 4 Life" video tonight at 7:54 p.m. ET on MTV. And she may even KISS DRAKE!! (MTV News)

Tags 10 Things To Know Now, American Idol, Britney Spears, Chris Medina, Elton John, Gerard Way, Hip-Hop, Jimmy Fallon, Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Meat Dress, My-Chemical-Romance, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Super Bowl, The Dandy Warhols

Russell Simmons wants his Argyleculture clothing collection to become as big as Phat Farm one day. "I like the idea of my Argyleculture right now because there is no men's brand for all the people who grew up on Phat Farm," the hip-hop mogul and Phat Farm founder told us of his latest fashion venture last night at the National Arts Club in New York, where he accepted the club's Gold Medal of Honor for Lifetime Achievement in music. "Adam Sandler is still wearing Phat Farm. He grew up on it. He needs something different, right?"

Although Simmons gave lip service to the collection, we're still not sure what's going on behind the scenes. The official Argyleculture website is under construction, the Facebook page hasn't been updated since last October and the Twitter page hasn't been touched since November. Even if Adam Sandler wanted new clothes, we're not sure he'd be able to find them.

Simmons also said he's got a lot more to give to his many projects, from designing to hip hop to philanthropy. "There is no finishing line," he told us, reflecting on getting an award a lifetime in the making. "Honoring hip-hop shows that we've reached all ends of society. It's really not about me. It's about what Kanye is doing and what Lil Wayne is doing and about the ongoing growth of the cultural movement." So what's next? "I'm just going to keep doing it," he explained. "There's an ongoing process of finding out how you're useful to the world. And I want to keep being relevant and useful. I'm glad to be part of a spinning wheel that's actually moving. And I think the way it speeds up is that you give more."

+ Do you still wear Phat Farm? Would you wear his new line Argyleculture?

(Credit: The National Arts Club/Ben Gabbe Photography)

Tags Argyleculture, Hip-Hop, Russell Simmons

In hip-hop ... aww hell, in popular music terms, LL Cool J is a veteran. Now, that's just a polite way of insinuating that he's old. C'mon, dude is 40! He's been rockin' a mic since the 1980s, when he took rap mainstream with cuts like "I Can't Live Without My Radio" and the more bombastic "Rock the Bells."

Sure, he was born James Todd Smith, but we all know him as LL Cool J, which we all know stands for "Ladies Love Cool James." Face it, you've had to be smooth, be able to walk with cool confidence and rhyme with swagger to pull off a hip-hop handle like that back in the day. And he did. And, more importantly, he still does.

When you've been around a while, people try to position you as part of the past, not in line with the future. People have tried to call LL a has-been before, but he's too agile, too talented, to fall into that trap. Maybe you do, or maybe you don't remember 1990, when LL opened the title track of his then-new album Mama Said Knock You Out with the immortal line, "Don't call it a comeback / I've been here for years / rockin' my peers and puttin' suckas in fear." He proceeded to blow his critics out of the water and to blow more minds than ever with his lyrical deftness, his pacing, his flow, his power.

And no one has ever doubted him since.
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Tags Celebrity, Hip-Hop, LL Cool J, MTV Featured Artist, Videos, VMAs