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+ Calling all cavedwellers: married "Chairman of the Bored" Kris Allen somehow managed to beat truly truly truly glamrageous M.A.C. board member Adam Lambert on last night's American Idol results show. Watch the hilarious 60-second recap! (MTV News)

+ Green Day potentially lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales for refusing to censor their new album so that retail giant Wal-Mart would stock it. Good work, boys. Way to fight "the man." (NME)

+ Speaking of sticking it to "the man," Coldplay announced that they were releasing a FREE 9-song live album as a thank-you to their fans. We know, right? Download it. (Coldplay.com)

+ Bidding has started on a pink dress that was Inspired by Mariah Carey's new fragrance "Luscious Pink" (the dress was also worn by Carey while out to anniversary dinner with hubster Nick Cannon). Good news is that ALL proceeds benefit cancer research foundation Susan G. Komen For The Cure.  (eBay)

+ Making The Band''s D. Woods wasted no time setting the record straight about her feelings toward Diddy and Danity Kane ex-bandmate Dawn Richards. (Bossip)

+ Beyonce is still working her tired "Single Ladies" steez in her new video "Ego." Regardless, she looks hot. (BeyonceOnline)

+ In case you were completely and disgustingly sucked into the America's Next Top Model Cycle 12 marathon this weekend like we were and missed it, Justin Timberlake and 2009 MTV Movie Awards host Andy Samberg blew our minds on SNL with a Mother's Day treat that picked up in the same raunchy place where "D*** In A Box" left off. (MTV News)

+ So, we told you last week Friday that Amy Winehouse was going to be performing. Well, she made it to the stage and there was no fainting involved, but we don't know if you can really call it "performing." Judge for yourself (spoiler alert: it sucks). (Perez Hilton)

+ Beyonce is thinking about taking some time off after she finishes touring. Time off as in two. years. (Seriously? OMG! WTF?)

+ Much to the chagrin (LOVE that word) of our Senior Editor, it seems not a day goes by that we don't talk about Lady GaGa and her silly (and sexy) antics. This time, however, we're not just talking about our "Lady" in waiting, we're talking about rap's Royal Highness Queen Latifah, who recently laid down a verse or two on top of GaGa's radio-saturating hit "Poker Face." Whaddaya think? (Popbytes)

+ Finally, some Rihanna news that doesn't involve leaked photos (police file, nudie, or otherwise). At last Friday's 3rd Annual DKMS Gala, uber-hottie RiRi honored a five-year-old girl named Isabelle whose mission it was to save her best friend Jasmina from leukemia. Rihanna was genuinely moved to tears and helped shed light on Jasmina's fight, ultimately helping to find two bone marrow donors for the little girl. (Access Hollywood)

+ Nick Cannon was apparently more than wild n' out about a leaked record from Eminem's forthcoming album. (Em namechecks Nick and Mariah Carey, along with a few choice expletives). We can't tell what's worse: Nick trying to be a tough guy or Eminem's cheesy lyrics.  (MTV News)

No matter how much we love Mariah Carey -- and we love us some Mariah Carey -- it must be said -- Mimi's um, eccentric? But you would be too if you were larger than life and had a Hello Kitty bathroom. Us normal people just can't relate to stars that big. But this week the MTV Vault reminds us that Mariah wasn't always an unreachable diva.

Back in 1993, the year that Music Box solidified her super-big-deal status with standards like "Dreamlover" and "Hero," Mariah came in for an MTV News interview. You won't even recognize her. When anchor Tabitha Soren pulls a fast one and confronts Mariah with a quote from her high school yearbook, her embarrassment (or her "Emotions," if you will) is so real and easy to relate to that you forget for a moment that she's one of the music world's biggest stars. You also find out that hubby Nick Cannon is not exactly what she was looking for at 18.

Hop into the MTV time machine for a talk with a very down-to-earth Mariah Carey -- she was wearing TRACK PANTS for crap's sake! Then hear about the Glitter-y years that followed, in a 2005 MTV News interview after the jump.

+ More vintage Mariah videos after the jump!

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+ After battling cancer for eleven long years, Adam Cook (brother of American Idol winner David Cook) lost the fight on Saturday. Our thoughts are with the entire Cook family during this time. (People)

+ A morsel of (un)shocking news "came out" this weekend:  P!nk is -- wait for it -- BISEXUAL! <GASP!> (News Of The World)

+ If you ever thought your parents were weird, we guarantee that your mom wasn't playing "Naked Twister" while you had your friends over after school. Hot/Dirty Transformers star Shia LaBeouf's mom, however, was. P.S. and if he could marry his mother, he would! How 'bout THEM coconuts?? (Gabby Babble)

+ While her record label gets its s*** together, we applaud singer JoJo for deciding to take the bull by the horns and enroll at Boston's Northeastern University. She's double majoring in International Affairs and Anthropology, and no, she's not putting her career on hold. (Singersroom)

+ O.M.G. if you haven't already heard, some fanboy rushed the stage at Britney's concert at Mohegan Sun Arena in CT this weekend and tried to dance with her! We secretly applaud his valiant effort but remind everyone that what she does up there can't really be classified as dancing. It's more "softshoe." (IDLYITW)

+ Amy Winehouse was rushed to an emergency room in St. Lucia, where it was determined she was suffering from "dehydration." She doesn't seem to be a person that was ever "hydrated," does she? (PopCrunch)

+ Happy One Year Grossiversary, Mariah and Nick! Here's to hoping someone went "traditional" and gave you some paper masks while we ride this Piggy Flu out. (Seriously? OMG! WTF?)

+ Madonna and daughter Lourdes were among the celebs in attendance at Lady GaGa's NYC concert at Terminal 5 this past Friday. We're not sure how it could have topped her recent Philly show where she showed her cha-cha to the crowd, but... (PopCrunch)

Usually celebrities turn on the lights of the Empire State Building. But just the morning, to honor Earth Day and Nickelodeon's Big Green Help, Nick Cannon (sorry, Jonas Brothers fans, this is about Nick Cannon, and not Nick Jonas) and everyone's favorite pineapple-dwelling, porous kitchen tool SpongeBob, took a field trip to the Empire State Building. Both Nick and SpongeBob pretended to turn OFF the lights atop the tallest building in New York. The lights on the Empire State Building will go off for-real for-real for 60 seconds tonight at 9pm.

Now everybody, make like Nelly Furtado and "Turn Off The Light." Or, listen to Lights in the dark. AND, walk to the mailbox instead of driving there! See, Earth-friendly is easy!

+ Even while dressed like she's going to a Jazzercize class taught by Helena Bonham Carter, Lady GaGa's managed to take a ride on some guy named "Speedy's" disco stick. Seriously, what is UP with those LIPS?? (Socialite Life)

+ Kylie Minogue meets Kanye West in the new video for The Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow." Fergie looks hot-tastic and almost like she's a living Viva Glam M.A.C. ad. We're not mad at it. (Rap-Up.com)

+ In real life, however, Fergie Fergs looks like she needs to hit the Nioxin bottle a little harder than she has been. Get you a Topsy Tail, girl! WORTH. IT. (Star Magazine)

+ Tuesday LOLz courtesy of card-carrying Mensa member Kim Kardashian, who fell asleep in the sun with ski goggles on. See for yourself. (The Blemish)

+ Eminem's new album Relapse features a likeness of the rapper from pills doled out by Dr. Dre.  Sweet. (XXL)

+ Happy anniversary to Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey? Okasies. (E! Online)

+ Back on May 5th with more "teaches," far-from-moldy Peaches discusses her new album (aptly titled I Feel Cream) and the electro-clash movement she helped to build. (Pop.nography)

+ What's the first thing any kid does when their parents go out of town? PIG OUT! Maybe that's the real reason Britney Spears is so concerned about her father getting too involved in her life. (Star / Just Jared)

+ Is Mariah Carey smothering Nick Cannon? Did the future America's Got Talent host buy his boo a Jack Russell Terrier for their anniversary because he's had enough of her petting? Nahhhhh. (MTV News)

+ After seeing that steam-fest Ciara video, "Love Sex Magic," it's no great shocker that Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are on the outs. That or JB found out about Tamar... (I Don't Like You In That Way)

+ Jamie Kennedy and Jennifer Love Hewitt : Ghost Whisperers :: Madonna : Baby Snatcher (NY Daily News)

+ Look out, Avenue Q... Here comes Boulevard Of Broken Dreams! Apparently plans are underway to adapt Green Day's American Idiot into... brace yourself ... a musical! WEIRD. (Perez Hilton)

+ Remember that super controversial sculpture of Britney giving birth on a bearskin rug that made headlines a few years ago? Well, it turns out that was actually super tasteful compared to this Rihanna "art." (Y! News)

These days, everyone who's anyone is partying over in the Twitterverse (bonus -- you don't even have to leave your couch!), and celebs are no exception. Also, if you don't know what Twitter is, a.) Seriously?!, and b.) Watch this.

Anyway, we here at Buzzworthy love Twitter because, well, we Tweet! But also, we love Twitter because the sheer entertainment value of following your favorite celeb CANNOT be overlooked. We've laughed, we've cried, we've poked our eyes out (after reading John Mayer's penis-falling-asleep Tweet) and attempted to set our keyboards on fire (ENERGY!). But we always come back for more.

So, herewith is our roundup of our favorite, must-follow celebrities who Twitter.

CLASS A CRAZIES: This group includes the "must-follows" -- the celebrities whose Tweets are so friggin' BANOODLES you simply cannot miss them.
+ Diddy (@iamdiddy) -- If you follow NO ONE else on this list, please, please, please follow Diddy. (LET'S GO, PEOPLE!)
+ MC Hammer (@MCHammer) -- Apparently he was hiding an early adopter in those glittery Hammer pants!
+ Shaqille O'Neill (@THE_REAL_SHAQ) -- Shaq lives in Twitteronia.
+ Snoop Dogg (@snoopdogg) -- His "izzle" talk just slays me every time. Occassionally Tweets while toking.
+ Steve Buscemi (@steve_buscemi) -- He hates penguins!
+ Solange Knowles (@solangeknowles) -- Love Solange, but when is she NOT Twittering. I think she's the sole reason Twitter keeps crashing.
+ Xzibit (@mrxtothaz)
+ Ryan Seacrest (@RyanSeacrest) -- Dude Tweets DURING COMMERCIAL BREAKS of American Idol! HOW IS THAT EVEN ALLOWED?
+ Lily Allen (@lilyroseallen) -- Lily still kinda hates Perez Hilton, and they are FOREVER back-and-forthing forever on Twitter.
+ Heidi Montag (@montagheidi) -- I swear to the Lord, you will S--T when you see how many of Heidi's Tweets are about Jesus!
+ Spencer Pratt (@prattspencer) -- Sometimes he's on the Bible train too, and he once even compared himself to Jesus. Epic.

FAMOUS BUT KINDA BORING: This group is dependable though almost never shocking. But they're all famous, so they've usually got somewhat interesting things to say. Just don't expect ALL CAPS Diddy rants or Lily Allen vs. Perez Hilton feuds):
+ Britney Spears (@britneyspears) -- Sometimes Britney's team posts for her, but this is still a good one.
+ Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) -- Yay, Selena!
+ Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) -- Demi and Selena leave each other little Twitter notes. 'Scute!
+ Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) -- W00t Taylor! Predictably, Taylor Swift's Tweets are sweet.
+ Dave Matthews (@davejmatthews)
+ Soulja Boy Tell 'Em (@souljaboytellem) -- Mostly Soulja wants you to click on shiz for him and make him more famous. Soulja Boy also Tweets his beef with 50 Cent. (That was one of the weirdest sentences I've ever typed.)
+ Dave Navarro (@davenavarro6767) -- Tweets about being bored and playing video games. Fair enough, we say!
+ John Mayer (@johncmayer) -- He's become a bit of a mad Twitterer lately, and I'm actually a little tempted to move him to the above category. He once Tweeted about his penis falling asleep.
+ Sara Bareilles (@SaraBareilles) -- Sara Bareilles really needs to Twitter more.
+ Mark Hoppus (@markhoppus) -- He's been Tweeting about blink's new album a lot.
+ A Cursive Memory (@acursivememory) -- They really need to Tweet more.
+ Simon Curtis (@simoncurtis) -- Yay! We LOVE Simon Curtis! Posts fun pix of his trips.
+ Regina Spektor (@reginaspektor)
+ Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) -- Surprisingly, this feed is not so crazy. Bummer.
+ LeAnn Rimes (@leannrimes)
+ DJ AM (@DJ_AM)
+ REM (@remhq)
+ Duran Duran (@duranduran) -- Yes, they ARE still around!
+ Nick Cannon (@nickcannon4real) -- Mr. Mariah Carey is livin' large in the Twitterverse too.
+ William Beckett (@billbeckett)
+ Bjork (@bjork) -- Hers are crappy, unfortunately.
+ Four Year Strong (@fys)
+ Janelle Monae (@janellemonae)
+ Katy Perry (@katyperry) -- More exciting IRL than on Twitter. Oh wells.
+ Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) -- Ditto. Lady Gaga's Twitter sorta reeks of label Tweeting.
+ Ingrid Michaelson (@ingridmusic) -- Hers are cool and make me wanna hang out with her even more than I already do.
+ Cinema Bizarre (@cinemabizarre) -- Lady Gaga's German tourmates are also Twittering!

More celebrities on Twitter after the jump!

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(Credit: Michael Buckner/Getty)

(Credit: Michael Buckner/Getty)

As reported earlier today on the world's best news site, allegations are flying around the blogosphere (let's please invent a new word for that -- Blogaria? Blogoslavia?) that buying Mariah Carey's wedding ring broke Nick Cannon's bank. Here's what our favorite stuntin' little punk had to say about that (via his blog):

"Ridiculous! I just got like 3 new major multi-million dollar deals in the last 2 months. And I ain't even finish yet... But now I'm broke, okay! Where do these people get this stuff? First off, I wish my wife's ring did only cost $500,000, that would have been a deal!

But one thing that is true, I would spend every last dime that I have ever made on my wife, she deserves to be showered with extraordinary gifts and as long as I live I will spend all my money on her and never touch a dime of hers."

Well, as everybody knows, the tattooed newlyweds are coming up on their one year anniversary and now Nick's gotta put his money where his mouth is. BUT WHAT IN THE HELL IS HE GONNA BUY HER?!?! I imagine that by now our boy is in an all-out panic, so let's all take a deep breath and help a neighbor out. First of all, Nick, here is a link to a valuable website. And now, a list!

1. The World's Most Expensive Computer Mouse: The best thing about this gift is that it's romantic. Another thing about it is that it's under $21,000, so you can get a few of them, because the #1 thing that all computer mouses (mice?) do is break. Ugh, so annoying.

2. The World's Most Expensive Nuts: They're called "Macadamia Nuts" and if you haven't tried them in a cookie yet, well, you deserve to be on the show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition with your host, Ty Pennington. These nuts cost about $36/pound, so prepare to cough up before you choke down, Nick Cannon.

3. The World's Most Expensive Bicycle: Can you hear this golden bike laughing at you, Nick Cannon? That's because it costs $102,418.60 and you can only fit one person on it. But if you think about it, this photograph would look much nicer if it included a gold bike.

4. The World's Most Expensive Particle Collider: At $6 billion, the Hadron is easily the nicest particle collider to own.

5. A New Ring. And A Baby: Make a girl happy, Nick Cannon.

GOOD LUCK, NICK CANNON! And happy anniversary to you.

For years now, The-Dream's been quietly helping some of music's biggest and brightest female stars make and break records, climb to the top of the charts, and stay there -- Britney, Rihanna, Mary J. Blige, Ciara, and Mariah, to name a few.

Now, on the eve of the release of his new album, Love vs. Money, Mariah's repaying the producer/ singer/songwriter by appearing on his brand-new single, "My Love." And Mimi's nott afraid to take it all the way back to the days of dumping a sweet pound of sugar into that Kool-Aid mix either.

Watch The-Dream and Mariah retrace their steps from front stoop to penthouse suite in The-Dream's new video, "My Love," directed by Mariah's love, Nick Cannon.