Obsessively blogging about pop music, pop videos, pop stars, and pop culture from inside the MTV headquarters in Times Square. We also have a slight Jonas Brothers problem. And a little fixation with Tokio Hotel.
Rob Dyrdek is a man of many talents; skateboarder, captain of industry, reality television show star. Now he can add R&B singer to his sparkling resume.
One thing you can say is that when Rob does something, he goes big (no pun intended). So when he created the R&B crooner Bobby Light as an alter-ego and made the video for "Dirty Girl," you had to expect a sequel.
And here it is: Light strikes back. Check out Bobby Light performing "Lights Out" with Blink-182's Travis Barker, live on stage at Blink's recent stop in Las Vegas. Feel the love.
Watch Stix Zadinia, Satchel, Michael Starr, and Lexxi Foxxx reveal five never-before-revealed things about Steal Panther -- including the unspeakable, peanut-butter-based things they'd like to your lady area -- in this groundbreaking episode of "The 5." (It's the first one we've ever had to age-restrict! RAWK!)
+ This one has me LOLzing. "Back-in-school-cause-I'm-a-serious-writer" James Franco passed the eff out in one of his classes. (TMZ)
+ Kelly Clarkson and I have something in common (besides both of us having real boobs): she won't be crapping out any kids. P.S. her new album dropped today and you really REALLY should go get it. It's All I Ever Wanted. Buh dum dum. (Contact Music)
+ HOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW is Gavin Rossdale 43 years of age and STILL SO HOTTTTTTTTT?????????? SHIRTLESS!!!!! Again. 43, people. (Popbytes)
+ Spice GirlMel C just released the first official photo of newborn Scarlet Starr (what's up with celebrities naming their children like they hate them??). Mel C looks good -- ScarStarr looks a little ... young? Ish? (MySpace Celebrity)
+ Um. Did I miss the memo that desk girl Chanel from Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory looks like she could book an appointment and then kick your ass, all while looking a perfect 10? Triple threat, indeedy. (Remote Control)
+ Martha Stewart's Chow Chow went kaPOW POW! Makes me wanna frow frow and do a triple salchow. (People)
Pharrell, Chad Hugo, and Shay's latest N.E.R.D. joint is so of-the-now fresh that they could've made it like five seconds ago.
Their "Sooner Or Later," video, which takes place in a downtown L.A. monster bank tricked out to look like Ye Olde stock exchange, is directed by the famous Malloys (Avril Lavigne, Metallica) who didn't have to look far for inspiration. They found it on the nightly news! Hearts seize up, suits are dragged off in cuffs, and it rains worthless, bottomed-out dollar bills. The video even features a hilarious, last-second cameo from MTV skate hero, Rob Dyrdek. Look close...
Finally, this is unconfirmed, but does anybody else hear a piano line borrowed from Crosby Stills Nash & Young's "Our House" in there? It would make sense. That old '70s Kraft Single about the so-called American Dream ("Our house is a very, very, very fine house, with two cats in the yard...") would make the perfect backdrop for this sarcastic but hopeful look at the undoing of our economy.
Watch N.E.R.D.'s downer video, and then see how they made it (c/o Rap-Up). Not to be a bummer or anything... Right. Have a great weekend!
We'll admit, we thought Rob & Big star Rob Dyrdek, while dressed the part of the perennial skater, was more than a bit dressed down on the red carpet at the VMAs:
Um, that is, until we noticed his obscenely amazing Tetris watch. As if owning an old-school Tetris watch weren't mind-blowingly rad enough, the fact that he's tricked it out (we're gonna assume it's custom-made) with several engagement rings' worth of diamonds (very Vegas apropos, by the way) pushes it over the edge to a level of awesome we barely knew existed until now.
