Hey, how about some fabulous to wind down today with? Mika... well he's already pretty dynamite in his own right. His album, Life In Cartoon Motion, is full of delightfully inspired pop confections. And now he's made a video for the track "Blame It On The Girls" that matches the buoyant energy of his music.

The video, directed by, Nez Kahmal, is a Busby Berkeley-inspired wonder that perfectly suits the stomping beat and ecstatic chorus of the song. Love the androgyny of the dancers, Mika's moves, and the moving piece of the set. Moar Mika!

+ In one of the awesomest examples of the "pot calling the kettle black" in like the history of EVER, Courtney Love revealed that she thinks Paris Hilton is way too self-involved (BWWWWWAAAHHHHAAAA). (Perez Hilton)

+ Despite the fact that we just elected our 1st African American president, the biggest news from Inauguration Day continues to revolve around Aretha Franklin's show stopping hat. And now the Smithsonian wants it. (Gawker)

+ "I've been attacked for being me, for being bright red in a grey world. I am nuclear energy." More proof that Kanye West's blog is *the* most entertaining read on all of the Interwebs. (D Listed)

+ Everyone was wavin' their cherry Chapstick around in the air like they just didn't care at Katy Perry's sold-out concert this weekend in Los Angeles. Rihanna was there, along with Josh Groban and Mika. (Ross Durham)

+ Lex Luthors 2.0, aka Adnan Ghalib and Sam Lufti were served restraining orders this weekend by their former on-again/off again pop tart muse Britney Spears Apparently Brit Brit is hoping to keep things "off again" ... like all official-n-stuff with both d-bags, er ... guys. (MTV News)

+ Madonna thinks if she can make it here, she can make it anywhere, which works out well since she's now got official permish to bring the kiddies to NYC. (Cover Awards)

+ If you were stuck watching the Super Bowl yesterday, our condolences. For us it was ALL about the Puppy Bowl! PUUPPPIEEEESSSS! (Defamer)

+ History Lesson: Before Tina Fey became the coolest chick on the scene with glasses, Lisa Loeb held that honor. And this weekend, LL decided she wanted to "Stay"... 4evs... with some dude named Roey Hershkovitz. (Evil Beet)

You saw our "Best Female Video" nominee rundown. Now check out some of our favorite of the many videos vying for a "Best Male Video" VMA nom. Then hurry up and vote for the video you think should be nominated! You've only got until 11am ET tomorrow to vote, so get crackalackin'! And watch FNMTV this Friday to see who the final nominees are.

+ Snoop Dogg, "Sensual Seduction" -- '80s cable access, ladies dressed like Apollonia, and Snoop in his pimpinest gear yet! We're still working on a way to work "I'm not gonna rush the stroke" into our daily vernacular.

+ Chris Brown, "Forever" -- It's like he's just showing off at this point, but we're still watching what he can do with his feet.

+ Jesse McCartney, "Leavin'" -- Lil J's all growed up and sounds so sexy singing about G5 that we don't even care about the massive carbon footprint that thing's "leavin'" behind.

+ T-Pain, "Bartender" -- The reason T kept getting all those buy-backs.

+ Albert Hammond Jr., "GFC" -- You're hot, I'm dizzy.

+ Kanye West, "The Good Life," -- Sigh. Kanye back before he was Angry Kanye.

+ Lupe Fiasco, "Superstar" -- That Matthew Santos hook still haunts.

+ Common, "Drivin' Me Wild" -- The sleeper hit of the pack. And Common in a white tux = extra eye-candy appeal.

+ Mika, "Love Today" -- Freddie Mercury lives!

+ Guru, "State of Clarity" -- Hip-hop and cartoon cats! This totally makes up for MC Skat Cat.

+ DJ Khaled, "I'm So Hood (Remix)" -- DJ Khaled yells at us... and we sorta like it.

+ O'Neal McKnight, "Check Your Coat" -- To the DeLorean!

+ Mark Ronson featuring Lily Allen, "Oh My God" -- The obsession continues.

+ Lil Wayne, "A Milli (Live)" -- Ultimate stuntin' = Weezy pulls out this be-all-end-all FNMTV performance the same day he passes the mil mark on the charts. Genius!

More VMAs here.

Throw the Doobie Brothers, the Clash, the Thompson Twins, pre-1985 Elton John, the Scissor Sisters, Electric Six, Mika, and an eyeliner pencil into the dryer and in about an hour, out will tumble Jean, an electrifying, genre-ambiguous Brit dance-rock band that makes us want to do backflips down the hall (in theory), shoot spiderwebs out of our wrists (also in theory), and punch our computer screen just to see which colors come out.

As of now, it looks like they still don't have an album in stores (or a label or even a website), so you gotta listen at their MySpace. Unmissable tracks: "Dirty Old Bed" and "Chelsea Girl." More love for Jean here. You're welcome.

And, just because:

Yelle (the last "e" is silent) is not just another hipster chick in leg warmers and lamé (even though she's partial both). The French electro hip-pop tart's got the blogosphere appropriately atwitter over her spazzy live performances, aerobics-inspired videos and intentionally low-budget (think cable-access) '80s steez, despite the fact that she hasn't even released an album in the States yet.

When, like us, you don't speak French, Yelle -- think Lily Allen's snark meets M.I.A.'s wardrobe meets Nelly Furtado's flirt factor -- who's got the makings of a modern-day European Blondie, sounds like she's just engaging in universal boy-issue lament set to hyper computerized blips and beeps and Casio beats.

But beneath the retro patina and language barrier lay raunchy, NC-17 lyrics about matters of… "size," (zut alors!), sex toys, and girl-on-girl action, coated with a sweet gloss of poppy saccharine.

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It's almost too bad Mika already named his debut album Life In Cartoon Motion (unless of course you're Mika -- dude sold 5 MILLION copies of that piece!), because that title totally applies to Kid Sister -- the Chicago rapper known for her electro-dance track, "Pro Nails." Girl's more animated -- and exponentially more entertaining -- than both Garfield movies combined.

Now, don't get it twisted: in person, Kid Sister is straight smokin'. But she isn't just easy on the eyes. Kid Sister (born Melissa Young) is also sharper than one of those scary metal nail files and has more style than the latest issue of V.

We hit her up backstage while she was getting in make-up for her Spankin' New Ladies Week TRL appearance today and talked nail polish (of course), wrestling and classic Chicago hot dogs... you know -- the usual. In short, we wanted her to be our IBFL (Instant Bestie Fa Lyf).

Here's why:

Buzzworthy: You just finished a tour. Tell us about the best show you played.

Kid Sister: Sydney! Sydney was really great! There were so many people! I wish I could show you the pictures! Just people for miles. It was the Good Vibrations festival. It was a blast. I couldn't have asked for a better turnout. We were there with Sinden -- he does the "Beeper" song. Kanye was there. It just felt like a family. Like a traveling Partridge family. Except we're a little bit ghetto.

BW: The Partridge Family was a little ghetto too! That bus!

KS: There were so many conversations about like the industry, man! "The industry is over!" Why downloading is bad. It was so ghetto. It was so ridiculous. It was really fun though.

BW: What's going on with your album?

KS: It's being finished! I'm almost done! So, summertime! Summertime, summertime, ohhhh yeah!

BW: And the name?

KS: KoKo B. Ware!

BW: Can you provide some insight into KoKo B. Ware for the unfamiliar?

KS: Well my brother Josh (J2K of Chicago remix masters Flosstradamus) and I, we used to watch a lot of wrestling when I was little. He was more into it, but I really wanted to have something to relate to him on, so we watched it together. It was the one thing we could do that didn't entail me kicking his ass. Or him screaming at my mom to help and bring in some assistance. So, KoKo B. Ware, that was one of our favorite wrestlers. We have a whole slew. Sounds so baaad! Mm! KoKo B. Ware!

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Well, she at least showed up to last night's 2008 Brit Awards. And at this point, showing up is half the battle. She didn't walk away with any awards, but she did perform two songs -- "Love Is a Losing Game" and "Valerie" -- with Mark Ronson, who picked up an award for Best Male Solo Artist (an award second in importance only to the unofficial MTV Buzzworthy Obsession of the Year award), but unfortunately he did not strip on stage to celebrate his win. (Boo!) Instead, he accepted the award by saying "I've never felt so British or so male before in my life."

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