Michelle Williams isn't just a former choir girl, a not-so-secret Katy Perry fan or an all grown up Destiny's Child alum. She's also a smokin' hot soloist whose new video, "The Greatest," (the fourth single off her latest LP, Unexpected) shows off her new 'do, her bangin' yogalicious figure (someone's been practicing her downward dog pose!) and her ability to nail a slightly sappy love ballad.

Check out Williams' tribute to all the great men in her life (Go U.S.A.!) and compare it with classic power ballads like "Wind Beneath My Wings" (Bette Midler, w00t!) and Celine "Fist-Pump" Dion's Titanic smash hit, "My Heart Will Go On."

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+ Holy withholding! Beyonce has pushed the release date on her two new singles -- "If I Were a Boy" and "Single Ladies" -- back one week, thereby depriving the world of her latest bootylicious offerings until October 14th. Rumor has it Michelle Williams' new album, Unexpected, is to blame for the delay. (That Grape Juice)

+ Jonas Brothers scoop! Their new-ish song, "Lovebug," was reportedly inspired by a bizarre combo of Miley Cyrus, The Beatles, and Juno's illegitimate child. (MTV News)

+ Is Diddy un-making the band?? We're traumatized by whispers that Danity Kane is thisclose to breaking up. (Remote Control)

+ The Game is ordered to attend 36 anger management classes before February of 2009. Which is kinda funny in a "Seriously, don't f--- with him" sorta way. (HipHopDX)

+ Britney Spears' former assistant, Alli Sims, yearns for the glory days when she was mooching off of Brit and living vicariously through her boss' fame. (Scandalist)

+ T.I.'s "Whatever You Like" (off his new LP, The Paper Trail) continues to dominate the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Meanwhile, Metallica and Demi Lovato lead off the albums charts respectively with the first and second top-sellers. (Billboard)

+ Outkast's Big Boi to become the new poster-boy for Coca Cola. Classic! (The Boombox)

+ American Idol's David Archuleta to guest star as a "reality contestant" on Nickelodeon's iCarly. TOTAL stretch. (MTV News)

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First we discovered that Michelle Williams is secretly haw-larious and is basically a walking iPod shuffle. And now we've discovered that she's officially the most photogenic person in the world. Check out these exclusive shots of Michelle vamping it up in a shiny, cleavage-bearing black top. Oh, and for all you Seinfeld fans out there? As far as we know, they're real -- and they're spectacular.

+ Check out the rest of Michelle's steamy photo shoot and re-watch our video interviews with the Destiny's Child alum.

You're not the only one with the chorus of Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" stuck in your head on repeat -- it's even lodged in Michelle Williams' pretty little head too. Find out what else she's listening to this summer, besides Usher's "Love In This Club" ode to PDA, Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown's "No Air," and Rufus Wainwright (a Buzzworthy favorite!)... again, more "unexpectedness" from Michelle Williams, who is a human iPod Shuffle.

+ Plus, watch Michelle reveal the naughty bits you won't see in her "We Break the Dawn" video, and check out Katy Perry backstage at TRL and on FNMTV (in a panda dress, no less!)

We discovered something we didn't know about Michelle Williams, who, appropriately, named her upcoming album Unexpected: the girl is hilarious. We knew she was talented, but -- shame on us -- we had no clue how funny she is. "People are surprised to find out I'm funny" she confirmed.

Even in the green room, before we started the interview, the attitude-neg singer had us cracking up, talking about teeth-whitening strips and meat vendors on the streets of New York. Maybe you had to be there. Still, it's worth mentioning that Michelle Williams possesses an uncanny ability to immediately disarm a perfect stranger with her down-to-earth good nature and wicked sense of humor. Michelle, we stand corrected.

Check out our exclusive interview with the unexpectedly funny Michelle Williams, who told us about the not-so-family-friendly scene that didn't make it into the final version of her "We Break the Dawn" video.

Why do stars like Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan always give the paparazzi such a bad rep? Sure, they always come across as a frenzied mob on TMZ, but in "We Break the Dawn," the first video off Michelle Williams' (the Destinys Child singer-turned-soloist, not Heath Ledger's grieving widow) new LP, Unexpected, they seem like a well-adjusted, well-dressed and extremely well-coordinated bunch.

And that's not the only surprise from Williams' aptly named album. In addition to dancing with photogs, Michelle spends the better part of her video glamming it up on the red carpet and sexily sliding down bathroom walls (BTW, she totally learned that move from watching ANTM reruns!) The "unexpected" result? Williams proves this former choir girl -- her first solo album was a gospel record -- has been worshiping at the feet of Janet Jackson. Looks like her prayers have been answered.