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My Chemical Romance… in color! We never thought we’d see the day, but our favorite monochrome art punks tossed out their black jeans to wear some sweet primary-colored winter gear for the upcoming holiday episode of "Yo Gabba Gabba!" Gerard Way is even rocking red hair! (Who wore it better: Gerard or Rihanna? We’re kind of feeling Mr. Way.)

The band lightened up to perform "Every Snowflake Is Different (Just Like You)," an upbeat new jam about how everyone's special -– a message we can get behind no matter how many times we watch that mean "Fight Club" scene. (We don't care what Brad Pitt says; we're totally beautiful and unique, if not actually a snowflake.) My Chemical Romance gets an extra member for the performance: a blue-faced yeti that totally crushes his keyboard part. Will Bigfoot join MCR next? Will Gerard dye his hair green for St. Patrick's Day? Can we buy this song on iTunes already? So many questions!

The new video's out now, but the "A Very Awesome Christmas" episode of "Yo Gabba Gabba!" airs Sunday, Dec. 16, on Nick, Jr., and will also feature Tori Spelling, Mark Mothersbaugh, Tony Hawk, Leslie Hall and Cults. You know, in case you needed more reasons to tune in.

+ Watch My Chemical Romance's performance of "Every Snowflake is Different (Just Like You)" on "Yo Gabba Gabba!"

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1.) Rihanna was recently named "Sexiest Woman Alive" by Esquire magazine and to celebrate, she made one of the sexiest videos ever. Drool at your own risk. (Idolator)

2.) Britney Spears is heading to jolly ol' Britain before starting her European tour. The pop princess will be filming her next single's video, "Criminal," on the streets of London. Cheerio! (MTV News)

3.) Dance clubs around the world, rejoice! After two years since being in the studio, Madonna promises a fresh album, slated to drop in 2012. (Entertainment Weekly)

4.) Fans who can't get enough of Katy Perry's "California Dreams" tour can hit replay endlessly on a recently released behind-the-scenes video. Catch a slew of Katy's adorbz outfits and even a few shots of opening act and Buzzworthy fave Robyn. (ArjanWrites)

5.) We would have put major money on "Macarena," but it's official: Aqua's "Barbie Girl" wins the worst song of the '90s. Full disclosure, we still proudly play our cassette tape of the single. (Pop Crush)

6.) Wait, have you guys seen Lindsay Lohan's little sister Ali lately? No, seriously, have you? We can't find her. (TheFABlife)

7.) Those trying to guess if Beyoncé's having a boy or girl can get a glimpse of the baby bump and make some educated guesses. The only proven fact: Bey can wear a bikini pregnant and still WERQUE. (TheYBF)

8.) Seems like there was a bad chemical reaction (puns!) for My Chemical Romance. The drummer was recently fired for stealing. (MTV News)

9.) Justin Bieber has a hot girlfriend, a booming career and nice cars, but he still wants one more thing: to be a "normal" kid. Too late, Biebs, you're pinned on millions of girls' bedroom walls. There's no getting out of this one. (Hollywood Life)

10.) If you're still trying to keep up on the the latest internet photo trend, here's your next assignment: "Batmanning." Expect a bunch of holiday photos with families hanging upside down while wearing elf hats. (BuzzFeed)

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+ Justin Bieber played basketball against Ludacris for charity yesterday. Team Biebs beat Team Luda, but there were no losers in this game. "We made a lot of money for #charity today at the game. Thanks to everyone who supported and to @ludacris for living as an example to others," tweeted Bieber. (Rap-Up)

+ Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong was apparently kicked off a plane for wearing "saggy pants" over the weekend. "Just got kicked off a Southwest flight because my pants sagged to low! What the f***? No joke!" Armstrong tweeted. (E!)

+ While some get kicked off planes, others get kicked out of bands. My Chemical Romance drummer Michael Pedicone was booted from the band for allegedly stealing. Now that's some bad romance. See what I did there? (E!)

+ How did Beyonc é spend her 30th birthday? Looking Bey-utiful with Jay-Z in Italy, of course. (People)

+ Speaking of 30, Demi Lovato's upcoming concerts sold out in 30 minutes! (MTV News)

+ Nick Jonas and girlfriend Delta Goodrem vacationed in Mexico this weekend. WHY NOT US, NICK? WHY. NOT. US? (NY Daily News)

+ Madonna announced she'll be dropping a new album in the spring, and the first single is expected to hit in February or March. She said she's "started a little work in the studio." (Billboard)

+ During an interview with Ryan Seacrest, Jennifer Lopez revealed she's had her first tiff with the other judges on "American Idol." She also explained her forthcoming single, "Papi," is a "celebration of being with somebody you really love." (MTV News)

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Hey party people. Allow me to introduce myself: I'm Leslie Simon. In addition to being an editor at MTV.com, I'm also the author of two books -- Everybody Hurts: The Essential Guide To Emo Culture and Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide To Your Favorite Music Scenes -- and I'm currently putting the finishing touches on my third. It's called Geek Girls Unite: How Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks, And Other Misfits Are Taking Over The World and it comes out this fall! Before I came to MTV, I spent a bunch of years at Alternative Press magazine, covering everyone from Paramore to Brand New to My Chemical Romance. In other words, I'm your garden variety music geek.

When I was asked if I'd be interested in writing a column for Buzzworthy, I immediately jumped at the chance. (Actually, I think I did the Dougie and then ended with the Bernie. Even I can admit it wasn't cute.) Regardless, each week I'll be offering up a themed music playlist. For you podcast lovers, think of it as "This American Life" but without all the talking... and no Ira Glass. OK, you get the point.

Some weeks, I might be inspired by what highly glamorous thing I did over the weekend (i.e. Songs You Should Practice Yoga To That Don't Involve Weird Chanting). Other weeks, my inspiration could stem from a trip to the grocery store (i.e. Songs I Wish Had Muzak Remixes). Just like a stop on Charlie Sheen's Violent Torpedo Of Truth Tour, you never know what you're gonna get!

This week, I'm kicking off my inaugural column with a theme I'm particularly smitten by: dudes in suits. As far as I'm concerned, there's nothing in life that can't be fixed by listening to a cute guy in a blazer play an electric guitar and sing with a British accent. (American accents are OK, too. I'm an equal opportunity dudes-in-suits supporter.) Get ready for music from The Wombats, OK Go, Patrick Stump and Death Cab For Cutie.

Finally, if you'd like to keep up with all my musings, please visit my website and follow me on Twitter (@redpatterndress).

1. The Wombats' "Anti D": I'm sorry but how can you not fall in love with a tune that opens with lyrics like, "Please allow me to be your antidepressant/I, too, am prescribed as freely as any decongestant." Brilliant! I've been a fan of The Wombats ever since I heard their first single, "Let's Dance To Joy Division," and my obsession for this British trio has only gotten more intense with time. Poppy yet perverse, indie yet accessible, The Wombats provide the perfect soundtrack to everything from a debaucherous evening to a lonely morning and everything in between.

Watch The Wombats' "Anti D" video.

2. OK Go's "This Will Be Our Year": This classic jam appears at the end of The Romantics, which I wasted two hours watching last weekend. The movie is just mediocre, but the song is fantastic. Originally recorded by The Zombies in 1968, "This Will Be Our Year" is a supersweet power-pop ballad that barely shows its age, especially when carted out over the ending credits of a St. Elmo's Fire-esque romantic comedy. OK Go re-recorded the song a couple years ago, and their version appeared in the flick John Tucker Must Die, which I actually enjoyed a bunch. (Yes, I just admitted that.)

Listen to "This Will Be Our Year"

3. Patrick Stump's "Spotlight (Oh Nostalgia)": I was lucky enough to catch Patrick perform this past weekend at Joe's Pub here in New York, and he totally blew me away, especially when he played "Spotlight"... twice. Honestly, he could've played it 10 more times, and it still wouldn't have been enough. This song is musical Prozac: Play it when you see storm clouds on the horizon, the skies will part instantly and you'll feel like you can conquer the world. If that doesn't work, watch this video.

Listen to "Spotlight (Oh Nostalgia)"

4. Death Cab For Cutie's "You Are A Tourist": Frontman Ben Gibbard wears a mean suit and writes an even meaner rock song. From the tune's galloping guitars to lyrics like, "If you feel just like a tourist in the city you were born/Then, it's time to go/And you find your destination with so many different places to call home," "Tourist" encourages you to stop being a spectator in your own life. Get out there and live it! Oh, and it also didn't hurt that the Death Cab cuties cleaned up real good for the song's live one-take video, which was a visual spectacle of neon lights and kaleidoscopic choreography. Seeing is believing.

Listen to "You Are A Tourist"

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You know those really awesome (beautifully-tailored) jackets that looked like they're from the future and/or a really expensive European store (same thing) in the My Chemical Romance video for "Sing"? Well, Killjoys, now you can get your hands on your very own. And it's not even Christmastime or another major retail shopping period!

The jackets were designed by MCR frontman Gerard Way and inspired by the same ones that the boys wore in the promo material for Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys. "We looked so good in the jackets that we wanted to spread the love," said My Chemical Romance. JK, they didn't say that.

The coolest thing about My Chemical Romance making their own jackets (besides My Chemical Romance making their own jackets) is that they don't look like "merch." "My Chemical Romance" isn't splattered all over the sleeves or anything -- they're just cool jackets that happen to be a kind of quiet homage to the group, which by the way, is working on a charity version of "Sing," which will proceed the relief efforts in Japan.

Check out the "Sing"-inspired jackets below and head to My Chemical Romance's website for more info.

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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)

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Recently we asked you, faithful Buzzworthy readers, to vote in our first-ever Buzzworthy Music Fan Favorites year-end polls. We wanted to know which artists, videos, albums and songs you were most obsessed with over the course of this crazy and unforgettable year.

Well, the votes have all been tallied, and the results are in! More than 2 million (!!!) votes were cast in the Buzzworthy Music Fan Favorites polls. And now we have the results.

+ MTV Buzzworthy Blog's Music Fan Favorites Of 2010: Which Was The Most Epically Unforgettable Video Of 2010: We asked you to vote on the Most Epically Unforgettable Video of 2010. And you picked 30 SECONDS TO MARS' "HURRICANE." The Echelon came out in force, with the incredibly, erotically charged  "Hurricane" grabbing 53 percent of the vote! Coming in at a respectable second place was My Chemical Romance's "Na Na Na" video.

+ MTV Buzzworthy Blog's Music Fan Favorites Of 2010: Which Was The Song You Couldn't Stop Listening To In 2010? Your pick for the song you couldn't stop listening to over all other songs in 2010 is FAR EAST MOVEMENT'S "LIKE A G6." This dance-pop track beat out Kanye West's "Power" by almost 50 percent!

+ MTV Buzzworthy Blog's Music Fan Favorites Of 2010: Who Was The Artist You Couldn't Stop Obsessing Over In 2010? You picked DEMI LOVATO as the Artist You Couldn't Stop Obsessing Over in 2010. Despite having a pretty rough end of the year, you couldn't keep your mind off the "Remember December" singer. Demi beat out Nicki Minaj by almost double the votes!

+ MTV Buzzworthy Blog's Music Fan Favorites Of 2010: Which Was The Album You Couldn't Stop Playing In 2010: Your pick for the Album You Couldn't Stop Listening To In 2010 is THE READY SET'S I'M ALIVE I'M DREAMING. It was a close race, but Jordan Witzigreuter's full-length beat out Nick Jonas & The Administration's Who I Am.

+ MTV Buzzworthy Blog's Music Fan Favorites Of 2010: What Was The Most OMG Music Moment Of 2010? There were plenty of OMG moments in music this year, but your pick for the MOST OMG Music Moment of 2010 was BACKSTREET BOYS AND NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK'S JOINT TOUR announcement! This partnership of two of the biggest boy bands ever created received almost double the amount of votes as Lady Gaga's meat dress heard round the world.

+ Watch 30 Seconds To Mars' Buzzworthy fan favorite short film, "Hurricane," and tell us what you think of the fan favorites in the comments!

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When you get a few minutes to interview My Chemical Romance, you want to cover as much ground as possible. So that's what we did in this exclusive Buzzworthy interview.

Now since it's nearly Christmas in Harlem, Hollis and everywhere else, we thought we'd ask My Chemical Romance for some gift-giving tips. Guitarist Frank Iero has been reading "The Book Thief" and thinks it would make a good present. Bassist Mikey Way would give the deluxe reissue of Weezer's Pinkerton. We're partial, however, to guitarist Ray Toro's idea of giving someone "Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom," which is crazy underrated and features this guy.

The band members also talk about their new album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, and the thinking behind the album's concept. They also touch on their own origins in the New Jersey punk and hard-core scene and coming up with bands like Thursday, Saves The Day, and Midtown. Finally, My Chemical Romance speculate on Mikey making an appearance on the critically acclaimed show, "Breaking Bad." Meth-cooking jokes (JUST a joke!) and much merry are made!

Watch Buzzworthy's holiday Q&A with My Chemical Romance below, and watch My Chemical Romance answer Buzzworthy fan questions.Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is out now.

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Who cares what a bunch of critics, writers, and music experts think about the music they loved this year? We wanna know what music YOU loved this year! Buzzworthy wants you, our loyal readers, to pick your favorite music, musicians, and music moments of 2010. From the most unbelievable videos to the songs you played over and over again, to the artists you obsessed over and the albums your year wouldn’t have been complete without. Buzzworthy obsessed about music all year long. Now it’s time for you to pick your favorites.

2010 was a HUGE year for music videos. In her "Telephone" video, Lady Gaga gave us an inside look at the prison for bitches, where inmates fashion cigarette rations into eyewear. And she taught us to never take her to a diner. Katy Perry made us look at board games (and whipped cream) in a whole new way in her "California Gurls" video, featuring Snoop Dogg. My Chemical Romance's "Na Na Na..." video was a wild goose chase through a Technicolor desert, Eminem and Rihanna burned the house down (literally) in their "Love The Way You Lie" video. And Beyonce also burned the house down too as an extremely desperate housewife in her "Why Don't You Love Me" video. Kanye West shattered our conventional notions of music videos when he released his 35-minute short film, "Runaway," inspired by such music-movie greats as the The Wall and the works of Picasso, Fellini and Greek mythology.  We The Kings' "We'll Be A Dream" video, featuring Demi Lovato, made us feel like we were living in the ultimate teenage dream. 30 Seconds To Mars' "Hurricane" video, a late entry, took us into a dark, mysterious underworld of New York City... and the mind of Jared Leto. Vampire Weekend's "Giving Up The Gun" put Joe Jonas, RZA, Daft Punk Jake Gyllenhaal and Lil Jon all in the same video (finally!). The Rube Goldberg machine and OK Go rigged up in their "This Too Shall Pass" video featured over 700 household objects expertly aligned and timed in their jaw-dropping science fair winner of a video.

So which video of 2010 was the most epically unforgettable, most Buzzworthy, most mind-blowing video that shocked you and rocked you, and was like no other video you’d ever seen before?

Vote now for the Most Epically Unforgettable Video of 2010! Voting ends Sunday, Dec. 26 at 11:59PM. We'll announce the video you picked as the Most Epically Unforgettable Video of 2010 on Tuesday, Dec. 28!

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Last week, the New Jersey arena punks of My Chemical Romance released their dazzling new full-length album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. And this week, My Chemical Romance is MTV's PUSH Artist of the Week.

It's one of the great pleasures of being a music fan to watch a band evolve. And nothing has given fans more pleasure than witnessing My Chemical Romance grow from ferocious emo-punks, playing basement shows in New Jersey, to glam-rock titans, playing arenas all over the world.

Danger Days takes the grandeur of their previous work, The Black Parade, and tightens the reins, creating a laser-focused, Technicolor punk-rock opera about a dystopian future that sounds a lot like our present.

Below we have an almost embarrassing amount of awesome MCR stuff for you to take in. You can watch live performance videos from the band's recent gig at Los Angeles' House Of Blues, which was streamed live on MTV.com. You can also check out the My Chemical Romance's Buzzworthy fan interview, which was filmed at the House Of Blues.

+ Watch on-demand videos of My Chemical Romance performing "Helena" and "SING," live at L.A.'s House Of Blues, as well as My Chemical Romance's fan interview and behind-the-scenes clips all below. And see more video from the show here.

+ Check out images from My Chemical Romance's incredible performance at L.A.'s House Of Blues.

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