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1.) Natalia Kills' new video "Kill My Boyfriend" may be super sexy, but we really don't recommend taking the song title as a suggested way to break it off with your boo. (Pop On And On)

2.) New Kids On The Block hunk Jordan Knight goes solo again and hits the road for a tour to promote his new album, Unfinished, due out May 31. (Entertainment One)

3.) You must be straight up trippin' if you thought Beyoncé and Jay-Z would get anything less than a toy collection worth $1.5 million for their new baby girl, Blue Ivy. (ONTD)

4.) Miley Cyrus may have retired from playing her mischievous "Hannah Montana" character, but she's still causing silly mayhem as Lola in her new flick, "LOL." (Neon Limelight)

5.) What's cuter than Ryan Gosling making a sexy lip curl? How about a photo of the equally adorbz Emma Stone imitating him. (BuzzFeed)

6.) Madonna fans, freak your ish out: Madge officially released the title for her upcoming 12th studio album: MDNA. (Idolator)

7.) The always sweet-as-pie Demi Lovato has joined forces with Teens For Jeans, an organization that donates your old denim to the homeless. (MTV Style)

8.) Justin Timberlake's serious about reviving Myspace -- the newly engaged pop star recently launched Myspace TV, a social TV service. No word on if shows will have to fend for "Top 10" friend spots. (Just Jared)

9.) Justin Beiber's coolness must have rubbed off on President Obama after their bro hug, because now he's "singing" Lady Gaga's "Born This Way." Something tells us Abraham Lincoln would have done the same thing if he knew this song. (BuzzFeed)

10.) Diplo will release a photo book in April, "128 Beats Per Minute: Diplo's Visual Guide to Music, Culture and Everything in Between." It documents the DJ's experiences around the world. (Exclaim)

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We know WE'VE been dying to ask Jordan Knight our various and sundry burning questions since we rocked scrunched-up socks paired with brightly colored high-top Reeboks and Hypercolor shirts. (So in other words, back when all actually looked like Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" video.)

Said questions have evolved from 1988's "WILL YOU BE OUR BOYFRIEND, JORDAN KNIGHT?" to our curiosity of 2011: "How do you maintain that sexy head of hair?" In short, we've begrudgingly learned to use our inside voice when speaking to him (digitally, anyway), as we're now adults. (DUH!!!) But some of Jordan's Twitter followers recently went all out -- getting quite risque with the former boy bander and current NKOTBSBer for an "Ask Me Anything" video session on the VH1 Blog.

And some of the questions even bordered on FRESH, you guys! Like the fan who asked Jordan at what age he lost his virginity and whether he's a "smush in the morning or at night guy." Though he's been known to Hang Tough, Jordan politely refrained from sharing his V-card story, thank you much. But he did confess he's down for a little morning smushing.

Our favorite moment from the interview? When Jordan disclosed that those cool jackets from the 1990 AMAs are likely establishing residency at his mom's house. Last, he did confess to not being a frequenter of nightclubs (but we know that's because anywhere Jordan is, his mere presence makes it a KNIGHT club on the spot) and we'd totally pay cover AND rock a super-hard-to-wash-off hand stamp to go to one of THOSE. Watch the video below to see Jordan answer a ton of Qs (Step By Step, of course) and check out the VH1 Blog to see part 2 of the "Ask Jordan Knight Anything" video.

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We love it when former boy banders go solo. Justin Timberlake is the obvious success story here, but we'd like to take a quick minute to highlight the underdogs. J.C. Chasez' "Some Girls" is still on our workout mix, Nick Carter's "Help Me" brings us right back to sophomore year in high school, and no matter how harshly we're judged, we'll always love Jordan Knight's "Give It To You."

Though we won't list him as an underdog quite yet (give him a minute... GOSH!) former Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough (aka Howie D), who's also one-ninth of NKOTBSB, has just released the video for his new solo single,"100," off his forthcoming album, Back To Me.

We'll admit we had our doubts (like, within the first five seconds when we were confronted by some pretty intense dance moves by the female lead in the video). But, as we pressed on, we were actually pleased with our findings. In direct contrast to his sugary pop days, Howie's gone down a more freestyle R&B throwback path, and frankly we think it suits him.

In his "100" video, Howie convincingly promises his highly enthusiastic female friend that he's "giving you 100/I hope that's enough/ I'll never give any less girl/you're worth that much." And, despite his dancing -- let's just say he's no J.C. Chasez, OK? -- we actually believe he's gonna try to be good to his gal, so we're in complete support of his foray into solo stardom. Get it, Howie D.

+ Watch Howie D's "100" video.

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Jordan Knight is busy selling out arenas with New Kids On The Block and Backstreet Boys on their NKOTBSB tour, promoting their companion album, AND he just released his solo album, Unfinished. Multitask much?

Last night at New York City's Canal Room, Jordan sang hits from Unfinished -- his first solo album since 2006's Love Songs -- which you can listen to here, by the way.

To our younger readers: Jordan was one of the members of early '90s boy band New Kids On The Block, a merry band of young dudes from Massachusetts, and our pal Jordan was (arguably) the group's biggest heartthrob, the Justin Bieber of his day one might say. Jordan's 41 these days, and it's great to see him still making music and remaining heartthrob-ish.

New Kids On The Block will be performing live on tour this summer with the Backstreet Boys and Jordin Sparks and Ashlyne Huff. As for Jordan, hopefully he's got a few more albums up his sleeve. It's always good to see him hangin' tough.

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HOLD THE [SWATCH] PHONE! Jordan Knight has a new album out! The "Giving It To You" singer is truly "giving it to us" from a musical standpoint -- he's touring with fellow New Kids On The Block and the Backstreet Boys (NKOTBSB, for the uninvolved) beginning June 2 (have you bought your tickets?!) AND has been flying solo on his latest side hustle, his new album Unfinished. It'll be out May 31 on iTunes and features the easy yet up-tempo dancey beat of The New Kids On The Block's newer albums while clearly influenced by Jordan's 1999 solo debut, "Give It To You."

Listen to Jordan's solo songs, and it's clear that Jordan's boy-bander-all-grown-up hotness and ability to create dance-pop is ALSO "Unfinished." We envision it's a lifelong work in progress, actually. "Let's Go Higher" directly references DJs and dance floors -- a good indication that that's exactly where you'll hear his new songs. The overall flavor is grown-up NKOTB with shades of Enrique Iglesias. And even though Jordan's talking about things like "texting you right now" ("Like A Wave"), it's a more modern twist on NKOTB's chivalrous-yet-vulnerable tone that '80s fans (myself included) know and love. Jordan Girls will remember WHY we hightailed it to their concerts among screaming fans wearing 13 pieces of NKOTB paraphernalia/flair, including but not limited to a supersize button pin with Jordan Knight's face. We did it because we really FELT that he'd be loving us forever.

On "One More Night," a hip-hop inspired ballad, Knight teamed up with songwriter Nasri Atweh, who's worked with Justin Bieber and Chris Brown. "You have to let go and let the flow and the emotion take you instead of always following trends because if you think too much with your head it's not heartfelt," Jordan Knight told Billboard.com.

Unfinished is available now for preorder on iTunes and Amazon. Listen to it now on Billboard.com.

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In the fourth and final segment of Buzzworthy's exclusive interview with Donnie Wahlberg and Jordan Knight, Donnie gets really real about the reasons the New Kids on the Block (finally!) made their big comeback, and then shares his own unique version of American history; cut him slack! He's been touring his ass off and probably very busy signing all those New Kids' fan boobies!

Watch it below, and catch up on part 1, part 2 and part 3.

Also, that unwrapping sound you hear in the background is Joe McIntyre making a sandwich. Yums!

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For vocab-nerd reasons, I love that Donnie says "hearkens" in part 3 of Buzzworthy's New Kids on the Block interview.

But even better is Jordan Knight's reference to "yumilicious," "mumilicious" fans and the hand gesture he uses to illustrate invisible pheromones wafting their way into Donnie's nasal passages. You can decide for yourself how to feel about bloody, tatted-up boobies.

Check out part 3 of Buzzworthy's New Kids on the Block four-part interview (part 4's coming tomorrow!), watch Donnie and Jordan discuss life on the road in part 2, and watch part 1 to see Donnie and Jordan reveal their favorite shows of the New Kids' comeback tour.

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Yesterday, Donnie Wahlberg and Jordan Knight ranked the top five shows of their New Kids on the Block comeback tour.

In part 2 of Buzzworthy's exclusive New Kids on the Block dressing room interview, Donnie and Jordan discuss the realities of life on the road and talk touring today and how it differs from their back-in-the-day tours.

Watch it below, watch part 1 here, read my review of last Monday night's Madison Square Garden show, and peek inside the New Kids’ New York dressing room!

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You waited 15 years for New Kids on the Block's big comeback. Far be it from me to make you wait another minute for part one of Buzzworthy's exclusive interview with Donnie Wahlberg and Jordan Knight, whom I met up with in their dressing room just hours before their New York City show last Monday.

Watch part one below to see Donnie rank his top five shows of the tour thus far (spoiler: Boston ruled!), plus read my epic review of that night's Madison Square Garden concert, and peep photos of the New Kids' dressing room, extensive hat collection, and more. Oh, and by the way, I got an email from a New Kids fan who told me she gave Donnie the Detroit Tigers hat in that photo -- see! They hold onto your stuff!

Stay tuned for more from Buzzworthy's exclusive interview with Donnie and Jordan, coming soon!

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I JUST got back from one of the most enviable spots in all of New York. No, not the set of Gossip Girl. I was just backstage at Madison Square Garden (which brought back major mems from my time spent back there with the Jonas Brothers -- I half expected to see Kevin Jonas zoom by on a Segway), where I interviewed Donnie Wahlberg and Jordan Knight, of past and present New Kids on the Block fame, IN THEIR DRESSING ROOM, surrounded by their button-down shirts, tube socks, other wardrobe staples, and cough drops. I EVEN SAW THE PASSWORD TO THEIR WIRELESS INTERNET! ZOMGZ!

But first, let me back up and provide you, the die-hard New Kids/ NKOTB/ The Block fan with a few more selections from the scene.

Highlights of this opportunity of a lifetime included:
+ Jordan jumping on a couch, laying down, and jokingly declaring it was time for a nap.

+ ... At which point Joey then jumped on top of him.

+ Joey expressing shock when he found out TRL was canceled (we're sad too!) and declaring that they should've had him host.

+ A brief discussion between Jordan, Donnie, Joe and myself about the rise and fall of the music video. I told them that between "Thriller" and "Hangin' Tough," videos pretty much peaked. LOLs ensued, and I about died from making New Kids LOL!

+ Jordan asking me where catering was. BECAUSE WE'RE SUPERHARDCORE FRIENDS NOW! I got back to work and saw that he'd Facebooked me... Okay, we're neither superhardcore besties nor Facebook friends (relax, he didn't Facebook me, so break yourself!), but Jordan and Donnie were extremely down-to-earth, and they were unbelievably grounded, friendly, and we talked just like a few friends having a beer. Except now I'm legally of drinking age, and 12-year-old me wasn't, and 12-year-old me would NOT have been capable of carrying on any sort of conversation with, like, Jordan Knight's fourth cousin or anyone that proximate to New Kids on the Block, let alone the guys themselves. But talking to Donnie and Jordan was totally not stuffy or pretentious or showbizzy at all. YAY, NKOTB/ New Kids/ The Block, et al.

Ok, so, I'll post the interview later this week (there are a few uh-oh dirty wordies that got through -- shame on you, Donnie! -- so we've gotta magically remove those), so instead, check out these wardrobe photos we snapped while we were waiting for Donnie and Jordan.

Talk to you soon -- I've got a New Kids concert to see! No shame in this girl's game!

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