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.
From the annals of absurdity in consumerism, let us know turn our attention to the forthcoming super deluxe edition of Lady Gaga's The Fame: Monster.
What's super about it? Well, there are eight new jams included, including the new single, "Bad Romance." That would go under the definition of super, I suppose. But what's deluxe?
Last week, Buzzworthy Bestie Justin Tranter of Semi Precious Weapons had pretty much the BEST week ever! After Kate Moss personally invited him to a Topshop VIP party, where he danced with Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony (I. SWEAR!), he got invited to a Stevie Nicks listening party at Greenhouse in New York, where he MET the legendary woman herself. And if you DON'T know who Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac are, let's both please take a moment to feel sorry for you. Go on... I'll wait...
Okay. Read what Justin Tranter emailed me about meeting the unparalleled Stevie Nicks!
I get invited to a lot of cool things 'cus I've been pounding the pavement of New York City in four-inch heels for a LONG time. But when I got invited to meet STEVIE NICKS at her Sound Stage Sessions listening party I almost died. She is truly one of my biggest inspirations ever. I have every Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks record and DVD. It's almost an issue! Haha.
I called my girl CariDee English from America's Next Top Model, Marc Jacobs model and actor Jimmy Knehans, and my girls Krista and Jen and said 'We HAVE to go!' Me, Caridee and Jimmy schwerked the red carpet while waiting for the gold dust queen of rock 'n' roll to arrive. She made a grand but VERY loving entrance.
After she took photos and signed some things for charity I got to meet her. She was SO sweet and actually wanted to chat. She told me that I looked gorgeous, and that 'the world is going to want to hear real rock 'n' roll soon, so keep on fighting the good fight. Take whatever comes your way in such a weird time in the industry, economy and world.'
Whoa! Stevie Nicks. F**ing Stevie Nicks! My mom is going to be so mad she wasn't with me!
Justin Tranter is extremely hard to miss, and not just because he's like a zillion and a half feet tall (and not just because he was on Made). But his electric yellow hair, perfectly smudged eyeliner, and those spike-heeled boots help too. So, when I saw the Semi Precious Weapons frontman in the front row at Richie Rich's show at Fashion Week this past February, I introduced myself (I have no shame) and asked him to come to MTV and talk about his edgy-yet-achievable style and how anyone who's not even anyone can go glam. Justin agreed, and -- bonus! -- we're now BlackBerry buddies!
Check out Justin Tranter's video guide to the five things every girl -- or guy -- needs to go glam and stay there! (Please... once you get there, stay there!)
Some of you may not remember MTV's 1990s heritage show House of Style, which blended fashion, music, pop culture, catwalk cattiness, and supermodels during their "We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day" heydey, back when Christian Sirano was still in diapers -- although I imagine those diapers to be very fierce, feathery, possibly ruffled, at times architectural, and not at all afraid to take risks.
Anyway, it's been 20 years since MTV's iconic House of Style first debuted (Todd Oldham slipcovers, anyone?), and this Saturday, March 21 at 3pm ET, House of Style is getting a makeover and a fresh coat of nail polish when the show makes its re-debut with its new hosts, models Bar Refaeli and Chanel Iman.
Don't miss trend reports, street style round-ups, DIY accessory lessons, an up-close-and-personal look at tastemaker Taylor Swift and all the gorgeous glitterygowns she loves, a behind-the-scenes look at Justin Timberlake at his William Rast Fall 2009 fashion show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, techie tips, shopping trips, and more. Or, if you just wanna see Bar Refaeli in some bonkers bikinis, there's that too.
Catch Bar, Chanel, Justin Timberlake, and Taylor Swift on MTV's all-new House of Style this Saturday, March 21 at 3pm ET.
+ FINALLY! After being shelved multiple times, Keri Hilson's new album. In a Perfect World is set to drop on March 24th. Special K's lookin' hot-to-def on the album cover, as usual. (Neon Limelight)
+ Just a few questions for you this Friday afternoon: Does Kristen Stewart wash her hair? Can her friends recommend a better stylist? DOES SHE KNOW SHE'S STANDING IN A STEAMING HOT MEATBALL SUB THAT IS ROBERT PATTINSON AND TAYLOR LAUTNER?????? Maybe she needs lasik. (PopSugar)
+ Imagine being on stage in six-inch heels and having Rachael Ray spewing at you like a broken sewer main, telling you how attractive you are. This is a recurring dream of mine. And it really happened to Justin Tranter of Semi Precious Weapons. (Page Six)
+ MGMT is laying the smack down on music stealer French President Nicolas Sarkozy for using their song "Kids" in online videos and elsewhere, without permish. What a loser... (E! Online)
+ If performing is therapy, then she must have maxed out her copay! Jennifer Hudson visited Oprah and let everyone know she's "in a very good place." We're pullin' for you, lady. (People)
+ UPDATE: Check out video from Richie Rich's show below, courtesy of Sarah Conley! And yes, that IS Pam Anderson at the end...
Oh hai! So, I was illin' like a villain all day, but I got an invite to Richie Rich's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week show -- Richie Rich is half of what was (weep! RIP!) Heatherette, who were part of the original New York club kids when you were still in diapers, and they made Teyana Taylor's dress for her Super Sweet 16 debut, and they were the also the reason (besides Dolly Parton) that sequins and rhinestones were invented -- and realized I'd be a complete idiot to pass that up. (For reference, that's Richie in the photo all the way at the bottom, me [hi!], and Traver Rains of Heatherette at the Heatherette for MAC event last year.)
So I rallied for the cause and headed up to the Waldorf-Astoria (ridick and kinda gross), where a prissy lady in the lobby raised a brow when I walked by in my vintage '80s bicycle sweater. Um, apparently she hadn't noticed the drag queen deluge pouring in. It was total and absolute gayhem, which is a super-fun term I just made up! Anyway, the Richie Rich show was '90s amazing!
Even though it was his Fall '09 line, that didn't stop him from sending a model down the runway in a teensy weeny animal print bikini. Or sending Aubrey O'Day out in a hot pink frock. (And if you've been keeping up with Fashion Week, neons are back back back! Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors and Narciso, oh my! Not to mention, the Stephen Sprouse windows lighting up the Louis Vuitton store on Fifth Ave... ) Or opening the show with a live performance by Kat DeLuna! Or closing the show with Pamela Anderson in a gold lamé thong after Amanda Lepore ripped the runway. Yes. That happened. Anyway, the Richie Rich touch always = the most fashion fun in the world, so thanks, Richie (indirectly at least) for having me! Oh yeah, and I met Justin Tranter of Semi Precious Weapons (and he was on MADE -- the one where Michelle becomes a bassist) before the show started, and he was a gorgeous doll.
And for you keeping track on the Buzzworthy Twitter, here's a shot of Teyana Taylor, who was there in a bad-ass sequined majorette hat! (@Sk8Boardsqueez -- sorry, I was wrong -- when she first walked by I thought it was a little porkpie hat, but it was definitely no T-Pain hat!) She was so excited when I told her MTV fans on Twitter were excited that she was there in a suh-weet hat, and she was rocking the Wonder Woman hair again like she was at the MAC x Hello Kitty event the other week. And below that, though it's self-explanatory, that's Ice-T and wife Coco, who also attended the show. Coco was wearing a lot of clothes! For her.
Anyway, I'm the sure The Cut blog will have pix of Richie Rich's show. The Cut has been killing it, BTW -- they even got a severe close-up of Kanye's nub at the Alexandre Herchcovitch show. Thanks, guys!
