+ Third Eye Blind are still around, in case you're wondering. And they had a new album coming out, but it leaked all crazy-like on the Internets, forcing them to up the release date and repost the album in its correct format. Messy!! (Tripwire)

+ Here's a clip of Vanessa Hudgens talking about making her new movie Bandslam, though is it just us, or does she seemed completely under the influence of SOMEthing (besides AquaNet fumes)? (People)

+ P.S. in case you didn't already know, we're in love with Nelly Furtado. Here's an interview she did with MTV Tr3s recently, talking about the inspiration behind her brand new Spanish-language album Mi Plan. (Blogamole)

+ Teen trashion show Gossip Girl may just have earned some cool points, with Sonic Youth making a guest appearance in an upcoming episode. Hope they're gettin' paaaaaaaid. (Tripwire)

+ Demi Lovato reveals that Paramore's Hayley Williams (only three years her senior) is one of her biggest inspirations. Sooooo cute. (BuzzNet)

+ Here's Katy Perry being all cute and whatnot, gushing over how much she lurves P!nk (her show, her outfits), via Twitter of course! Amen, lady friend! Amen. (ICYDK)

HUGE It's On With Alexa Chung day for Brits and animal print! Almost everyone on the show today either WAS British (Alexa Chung, Sienna Miller, the AMAZING La Roux. and Rick Edwards) wore animal print, OR BOTH -- -- Alexa Chung, Sienna Miller. Total outlier: Vanessa Hudgens, who looks like a mini Jennifer Lopez.

Okay, here's what Alexa Chung wore today!
Tuesday, August 4
+ Dress: Rebecca Taylor
+ Shoes: Juicy Couture
+ Necklace: J. Crew

This leopard-print Reko dress is really cute in a wild-granny-goes-back-to-school way. It's $80 at Topshop.

SUCH a hot animal print dress by Alexander Wang. It should remind you NOTHING of your grandmother, I hope. It's $524 at LuisaViaRoma.com.

And if I knew how to steal identities and had no morals and hijacked your credit cards, this Matthew Williamson dress would be the first thing I'd buy. It's $1150 at Net-a-porter.com.

+ More photos and Sienna Miller's pants after the jump!

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By watching this video from Tuesday's episode of It's On With Alexa Chung, you hereby consent to being ONE degree closer to MAKING OUT WITH ZAC EFRON. Okay? 'Kay.

Now watch Ashley Tisdale, who MAYBE NEEDS TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND GET HER PULSE CHICCKITY CHECKED because when Alexa asked her if she ever tried to move in on Zac, Ashley ACTUALLY SAID SHE "just never looked at him like that"... So, take a minute and let that sink in. I mean I LOVE The Tiz, but is she cray? She's not cray is she?

Watch Ashley Tisdale talk about making OUT with Zac Efron IN FRONT of her real-life best friend, Vanessa Hudgens. If that doesn't put the AWK in AWKWARD, then I just don't know. Anyway, enjoy being even closer to whatever sort of fantasies may arise from envisioning Ashley Tisdale and Zac Efron kissing while Vanessa Hudgens watches. (Ew. Sicko!)

While Tokio Hotel wasn't at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards (unfortunately), they were there in spirit (kind of) and in song!

Who caught "Ready, Set, Go!" during the reel of Breakthrough Performance Male nominees? Specifically during Robert Pattison's Twilight clip? Oh. You did. Of course. (Spoiler: He won!)

Watch Vanessa Hudgens and Jonah Hill intro the Breakthrough Performance Male Award, and, inadvertently Tokio Hotel! Also, since Robert Pattinson won, that kinda means Tokio Hotel did too, right? Yeaaahhh... Because that's how it works!

+ Plus: Tokio Hotel talks vampires! And Cinema Bizarre talks Twilight! Yay! More Germans who love wampires! And, did you get your Tokio Hotel H&M shirt yet?

Recently, more's been made of Jessica Simpson's weight and denim cut-off short shorts than the fact that Arizona State University denied President Obama an honorary degree. Vanity Fair writer Rich Cohen even managed to use the word "fat" three times in one paragraph in his recent Jessica Simpson profile! Wow. It took him several more PARAGRAPHS to even get to the word "beautiful," which feels like a bit of an oversight, no?)

Seriously, who CARES how much Jessica Simpson weighs? Sure, she should've fired her stylist over the Mom Jeans incident of January 2009, but the girl was born gorgeous and looks great at any weight. And Jessica Simpson in short-shorts? Even better. Hello? She even PLAYED Daisy Duke. Why? Because girl's got legs for months.

So, while ASU skipped over Obama, we're giving Jessica Simpson Buzzworthy's all-time favorite short-shorter award. And she's also the official inspiration behind some of our all-time favorite short-shorts videos by Katy Perry, Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, Vanessa Hudgens, Gwen Stefani, Aerosmith and more...

Jessica Simpson -- "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" -- True, The Dukes of Hazzard movie was a total flop (or a box office smash if you're measuring it against the Glitter yardstick!) but Jessica did get in absolutely bananas shape to play Daisy Duke in the movie and its resultant video, which was so overtly sexy (duh -- Brett Ratner directed it) that it ended up banned in several countries. And true, the remake doesn't do the original much justice (I'm fairly confident the Nancy Sinatra version doesn't mention anything about "double Ds"), but sharing a set with Willie Nelson and the General Lee is still worth something, right? (Right?)

Katy Perry -- "Hot 'N' Cold" -- Katy Perry pulled off an impressive feat in her "Hot 'N" Cold" video; she managed to wear short-shorts in just about EVERY scene, including the scene where she tears off her wedding dress to reveal a hidden pair of white short-shorts -- which wind up being the perfect thing to wear while chasing her wayward groom down the street. And walking a zebra, obvs.

Britney Spears -- "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know" -- I won't let YOU be the last to know that at NO point in her 2001 "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know" beach video, directed by the late Herb Ritts (he also directed Madonna's "Cherish" and Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" videos) does Britney wear pants at ALL. In just a bikini top and a pair of I-can't-believe-they're-not-drawers cut-off shorts, Britney rolls around in the sand with French model Brice Durand. The video resulted in a TRL #1 hit for Britney, as well as what was probably a LOT of sand stuck inside dark, uncomfortable places.

Christina Aguilera -- "Can't Hold Us Down" -- Christina Aguilera rocked an extreme... ly short pair of pink ones in her 2003 video, "Can't Hold Us Down." But what Christina lacked in shorts she made up for with old-school knee-high tube socks. True to the named Stripped -- Christina's 2002 album which featured "Can't Hold Us Down" -- Lil' Kim, who guested on the track and co-stars in the video -- puts Christina's short-shorts to shame when she throws open her robe and reveals little more than a teeny weeny bikini. And a superfluous belt. She's subtle, that Kim!

Beyonce -- "Crazy In Love" -- In her 2003 "Crazy In Love" video, featuring Jay-Z, Beyonce wears a pair of barely there denim short-shorts. And my guess is that her choreographer stuffed the pockets of said shorts with fire ants because Beyonce writhes around on the ground, spazzes out, and almost twerks her way out of those shorts for nearly the entire duration of the time she spends in them. "Crazy In Love" won three 2003 VMAs (the VMAs where Britney and Madonna made out!) by the way -- Best R&B Video, Best Choreography, and Best Female Video.

Keri Hilson -- "Knock You Down" -- Keri Hilson looks like she frequently skips dessert and never skips a workout. Plus, if you've seen her "Energy" video, then you're fully aware that she's a lady boxer. (Plus, she shleps around a CRAPload of nail polish everywhere she goes.) Therefore her short-shorts are practically a necessity.

Vanessa Hudgens -- "Sneakernight" -- Which did you notice first in Vanessa Hudgens' "Sneakernight" video? Vanessa's light-up sneakers, or her micro-mini super-duper short-shorts? Or the fact that "Sneakernight" sounds exactly like Nikka Costa's "Like A Feather"?

++ Check out more celebs in short-shorts and classic short-shorts videos after the jump!

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With naked photos of Cassie that leaked online (twice in one WEEK!), and now, what may be photos of Rihanna naked, we're starting to wonder if taking naked photos of yourself (and having your naked photos leak onto the Internet) is the new Lost?

According to a study by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy (they get PAID to study sexting!) one in every five teenagers has sent or posted naked photos of themselves. Combine the inexplicable popularity of sending naked photos of yourself (what ever happened to giving your love a lock of your hair? So much more romantic!), using your dog's name as your password for everything, and a gnarly break-up, plus a few easy peasy keystrokes, and you've got an unfortunate recipe for public humiliation in the form everyone seeing your naughty bits and birthmarks. (Including your teachers and parents! GROSS!) And if you're famous, you've got even more to lose. Just ask pop stars like Miley Cyrus, Pete Wentz, Lily Allen, and more, who've had their naked or naughty photos accidentally shared with the world -- and fortunately recovered from the fall out to pull off career comebacks.

And remember -- if you're gonna take naked pictures of yourself... don't.

Cassie: Not only did Cassie make headlines recently for shaving half her head bald, but this week not one but two naked photos of her leaked online after they were stolen from her personal computer. Cassie admitted that the photos were hers, referred to the person who leaked the naked photos as "evil," and told the world that we all basically need to get over her boobies and get on with our lives.

Pete Wentz: Pete Wentz was sending naked Sidekick photos of himself back before it was all the rage -- and back when people still used Sidekicks. His naked photo incident went down in 2006, when Pete proved to the world, once and for all, that he really likes Morrissey. Pete himself summed up the penisgate incident quite succinctly when he told MTV News, "If you really don't want pictures of yourself to end up on the Internet, don't take the pictures." Wise words from the now-family man.

Vanessa Hudgens: Disney darling and "Sneakernight" singer Vanessa Hudgens suffered her own sex scandal when several naked and nearly-naked photos found their way to the Internet in 2007. Vanessa apologized to her fans, made four movies (including High School Musical 3) following the incident, and scrubbed away the scandal by continuing her stint as the face of Neutrogena. Vanessa was named one of People's most beautiful people in 2009, plus, she dates Zac Efron, so she wins.

+ Lily Allen, Miley, and Britney after the jump!

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You can't have Miley's actual sweatpants (they come with a restraining order and possibly a visit to jail), but you can get your own earth-inspired sweats by Country Love. (No, not Courtney Love. Country Love.)

Blake Lively, Jessica Alba (AKA Tom Kaulitz's baby mama), Rihanna, Vanessa Hudgens and, of course, Miley Cyrus -- she wore hers in New York City while doing press for her box-office smash, Hannah Montana: The Movie -- are all fans of the comfy/casual line of tanks, sweats, tees and hoodies in sherbet-y colors, designed with subtle earth-friendly messages and cute little seagulls and suns.

And now would be the perfect opportunity for me to editorialize and point out that Country Love is FAR more acceptable than that garish, p0rn-y Ed Hardy/ Christian Audigier crap that's so heinous to look at that it almost makes me wish I was born without eyes. Almost. (I mean seriously... can we PLEASE stop with Ed Hardy?? PLEASE? And yes, I know Miley's worn Ed Hardy in the past, but we all make mistakes.)

+ Get Country Love at Bloomingdale's and Fred Segal Fun, and check out more photos after the jump. Plus, more country love: TAYLOR SWIFT!

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Okay, remember how TRL ended? Okay, well yesterday I was downstairs in the MTV Studios yesterday waiting to ask Soulja Boy Tell 'Em your questions, and I noticed a sad, sad thing: the iconic, legendary TRL photo booth -- where famous butts of ballers like Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus and Fergie, *NSYNC, Usher, No Doubt, Tokio Hotel, Vanessa Hudgens, and even John McCain and, um, Poo Baby and the Scream mask guy once perched to have their photos taken -- is broken! Weep! That's a little piece of history right there... I'll keep you posted if I see it's back and up and running. Until then, check out these bazillion photos taken in the legendary booth.

Zac. Dude. Buddy. You've got so much going for you: the lead in the remake of Footloose, a role in 17 Again, a gorgeous girlfriend, a well-healed scar where your poisonous appendix once was, sapphires for eyes, all this, and chiseled facial features like that of a Greek god.

So why did you not pick up a Bic or a Schick before last night's Golden Globes? You could PAY someone to shave you. Why no shavey? Furthermore, how come no shower?

You looked like a freaking STALLION at the 2008 VMAs with just a little scruff and a LOT less grease:

See what a difference a shower makes?

So, to recap: Zac Efron? Less grease, more groom. Thx.

+ Stop the presses! The presidential election's already over, according to Good Charlotte's Joel Madden. (E! Online)

+ And speaking of Joel, Nicole Richie (and, presumably, her rocker hubby) are reportedly looking into adoption agencies. (Scandalist)

+ For what it's worth, Selena Gomez thinks Miley Cyrus' model boyfriend (get it??) Justin Glaston is "really cute." (Usmagazine.com)

+ Meanwhile, Miley's pop/manager Billy Ray has a friendly stern reminder for his daughter: she should be focused on her career, not on boys. Yeeesh, no wonder she's supposedly moving out. (The Sun - UK)

+ If oft-shot rapper 50 Cent finds you intimidating, you're probably something right. (MTV News)

+ Omigod, you guys, it's High School Musical superlatives! Find out why Zac Efron's the most likely to raid the craft services table and Vanessa Hudgens should start practicing for her collabo with Lil Wayne. (MTV Movies)

+ Are Chris Brown and Rihanna part of some evil, diabolical takeover scheme? Eh, probably not but, hey, conspiracy theories are fun! (Madatoms)

+ With all this talk about Madonna/Guy Ritchie not having a prenup, we almost forgot he's, like, a totally famous director who hangs with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. Guy, be like Kanye and holla "We want prenup." (E! Online)