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+ Justin Bieber made some underprivileged kids' days when he visited Las Vegas' Whitney Elementary School where he performed and donated $100,000 and $100,000 worth of toys. Watch the heartwarming video from "Ellen." (Neon Limelight)

+ Katy Perry is scheduled to appear at the People's Choice Awards on Jan. 11. She's up for seven awards and the PCAs mark her first appearance since husband Russell Brand filed for divorce. (MTV News)

+ She & Him's Zooey Deschanel has officially filed for divorce from Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard. They announced their separation in November. Start lining up, guys. (MTV News)

+ Last night Kanye West weaved stream-of-consciousness tweets about education, fashion development and a new company named after his mom, DONDA. "We want to help simplify and aesthetically improve everything we see hear, touch, taste and feel," read one of 80+ (!!!) tweets. (@kanyewest)

+ Ludacris announced he's opening a "Chicken & Beer" restaurant, named after his third album, at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Luda's also working on his eighth studio album, Ludaversal. (Billboard)

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Tags Ben Gibbard, Buzz Bites, Death Cab For Cutie, justin bieber, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Ludacris, She & Him, Zooey Deschanel

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+ Nick Jonas revealed what that mystery tweet was all about: he'll return to Broadway for the first time since 2003. He'll play J. Pierrepont Finch in "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying." The youngest Jonas brother replaces "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe in the role. Jonas hits the stage in January. (MTV News)

+Middle brother Joe Jonas opens up on and about his solo FastLife album. He says the song "I'm Sorry" is about a relationship, and explains, "To put it all out there and just be that vulnerable is not always easy, but I was really happy with the outcome." (Rolling Stone)

+ Jay Sean released a free mixtape called "The Mistress" and he says the R&B jams are a thank you to his fans. He describes it as "soulful, it's sexy, it's edgy. It's more grown-up." Check out the interview and where to get the mixtape here. (MTV News)

+ She and Him's Zooey Deschanel stars in a new comedy television series, "New Girl." She reveals her character Jesse likes to sing and dance. She adds that She and Him have finished a new album. "We just made a holiday record, and it's coming out later this year." (ONTD)

+ Former Fall Out Boy singer Patrick Stump is readying to drop his solo debut, Soul Punk in October. He just released the album cover artwork, which you can peep here. (Neon Limelight)

+ Black Eyed Peas raised $1.3 million in a charity benefit concert for Josh Duhamel's flood-damaged town, Minot, N.D. Now that's a good, good night. (E!)

+ BEP related, I caught Wilco's Jeff Tweedy live, covering Black Eyed Peas songs, including "I Gotta Feeling" and a spoken-word "My Humps" that's just, seriously, I can't, *laugh-crying* reliving it. You'll just have to watch the videos yourselves. (Pitchfork)

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Tags Black Eyed Peas, Buzz Bites, Celebrity, Fall Out Boy, Jay Sean, Jeff Tweedy, Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas, Patrick-Stump, She and Him, Wilco, Zooey Deschanel

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On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being "meh" and 10 being "I would offer to have her babies like in the movie "Junior," Christina Aguilera was a veritable 11 in her polka-dot dress yesterday at the NBC Upfront event promoting her show, "The Voice."

What's even awesomer is how "The Voice" just got renewed for a second season. The show is based on a Dutch show of the same name and stars Maroon 5's Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green, country music singer Blake Shelton, and, of course, the super-talented Christina Aguilera.

Can we just say that girl, you be lookin' fi-i-i-i-i-ine in that polka-dot dress. Way to get your Zooey Deschanel on! And those shoes! Q'uelle surprise, Ms. Aguilera! This is a far cry from your film noir hat and black hoodie ensemble that you pulled off later in the day on your way to the Letterman show, which kind of made you look like Esteban. Which isn't a bad thing. Dude can SLAY on the guitar.

Tags Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Cee-Lo Green, Christina Aguilera, Star Spotting, Zooey Deschanel

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We wind the week down with a delightful new video from the Zooey Deschanel-fronted indie rock darlings She & Him. We spotted this video on Zooey's Tumblr, of all places, and have been playing it pretty much on repeat ever since.

She & Him is made up of (sometimes-Katy Perry look-alike) Zoeey Deschanel and indie troubadour M. Ward (who makes some stellar records on his own, by the way). "Don't Look Back" is the fourth single of their second full-length, Volume Two. It's a lovely piece of neo-retro gal-group pop, with some ace vintage instrumentation and gorgeous backing vocals.

For the video, directed by Jeremy Konner, the band goes back to the future, in a way. Inspired by an almost "Jetsons"-like sense of wonder about the "future," the "Don't Look Back" video features a robotic piano, some Zooey Deschanel holograms, some snazzy early '60s choreography and all manner of gadgetry.

Watch She & Him's video for "Don't Look Back," below. She & Him's Volume Two is out now.

She & Him - Don't Look Back from Merge Records on Vimeo.

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The worst Katy Perry picture is still better than 99.9 percent of all other pictures of anyone else. She can take goofy photos, silly photos, wacky photos, candid photos, and she always looks pretty awesome. And pretty and awesome. And we have proof of this thoroughly scientific proclamation in this Best Of Katy Perry photo gallery.

In this all-Katy gallery you'll see the many faces and phases of Katy Perry. From her early days as a Zooey Deschanel look-alike, popping up at this 2005 Paper Magazine party:

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To a totally fresh-faced teenaged dream at a Nintendo launch party back in 2004.

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To her rise to international pop icon, with onstage stunts like the above cake-dive from the MTV Latin America Awards to her appearance in a neon-lit dress at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Gala:

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They're all here in Buzzworthy's Best of Katy Perry photo gallery. Check out all of our favorite photos of Katy Perry. We dare you to find a clunker!

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As she proved during her stint hosting the Teen Choice Awards, Katy Perry knows a thing or two about costume changes. Thing is, the "Teenage Dream" singer doesn't need an award show hosting gig to make wild costume changes; she does so in real life.

You never really know what you're going to get with Katy, and few could have expected her to show up in Paris, wearing a demure and classy sweater and skirt ensemble, mixing cream and purple.

The singer was in the city of lights yesterday to promote her new album Teenage Dream. Perry's looks are often compared to actress Zooey Deschanel, but I have to say she bares a striking resemblance to Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard in the above shot.

Perry has been seen dining out at Champs Elysee restaurants and hitting up radio stations to drum up support for her new album.

Check out Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" video below for a decidedly sweater-free Katy.

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Watch out, Zac Efron, because there's a new guy in town and he might just invade your high-school heartthrob territory.

In the new She And Him video for the song "In The Sun," off the duo's upcoming album Volume Two, singer Zooey Deschanel literally dances circles around her cooler-than-cool musical counterpart M. Ward, while he struts and skulks through the halls like a modern-day James Dean. Swoon!

Truth be told, I'm not a huge fan of Ward's soul patch, but when he breaks into a guitar solo amid a sea of hula hoops, it's like nothing else matters.

Watch the video for "In The Sun" by She And Him below. The band's second album, appropriately titled Volume Two, comes out March 23.

Tags M. Ward, She and Him, Zac Efron, Zooey Deschanel

The 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards are happening now in New York City -- a mash-up of music's famous faces, and on-point performances. And we're liveblogging it all on the MTV Buzzworthy blog. Stay here for the backstage, birdseye, and middle-of-it-all 2009 mtvU Woodies report. And watch the 2009 mtvU Woodies Friday, December 4, at 10 p.m. ET on mtvU, MTV, MTV2, and Palladia.

10:51pm -- We're off to the after party, see ya, it's been a blast! For more Woodies gossip, party reports and general madness check in with Buzzworthy tomorrow or check out highlights from the show on the Woodies site right now. We have tons of photos, red-carpet looks, rehearsal performances (some of which you saw here earlier today) and more. PEACE!

10:23pm -- Matt & Kim can't go anywhere without throngs of admirers following them. They're pretty much the Brangelina of the Woodies. Except they don't own several kids and possibly hate each other.

10:14pm -- Alexa Chung is swaying along to "Treat Me Like Your Mother." Jack White looks like a cross between a pissed-off vampire and The Crow. In a way that works, though.

10:09pm -- The Dead Weather is taking the Woodies to the church of bad news on all-white instruments. Allison Mosshart's on a square guitar, and I'm pretty sure it's got the devil inside.

10:04pm --Mary-Louise Parker drops an eff-bomb while intro-ing the Dead Weather! RAWK!!!!!!

10:02pm -- Kid Sister and Kim (of Matt & Kim) are exchanging phone numbers on the floor, David Cross is catching up with Matt Pinfield, and Leighton Meester and Cyndi Lauper, present, and they're each dressed totally future-forward. They're dropping Woodie of the Year.

9:51pm -- Jamie Tworkowski wins the Good Woodie for To Write Love On Her Arms, and dedicates the award to people battling depression and drug addiction.

9:43pm -- Cam'ron drops some knowledge on the Clipse. The vibe is straight-up old-school -- no tricks, no autotune, no stunts. Just hype hip-hop. And RICK ROSS , bossin' behind shades, centerstage. Appropriately the crowd is dancing on barstools.

9:37pm -- The men of Passion Pit are launching tiny burgers into each other's mouths and ordering extra whiskey shots. A saucer-eyed, autotuned Janelle Monae intros the Clipse as the crowd yells out "You're beautiful!"

9:33pm -- Matt & Kim win Video Of The Year, and as their friends in the crowd toss their drink about 40 feet in the air, M&K bypass the stairs, crawl on top of the crowd, and rush the stage. They accept the award, thank pretty much everyone in one swoop, and Kim takes another dive off the stage.

9:27pm -- Death Cab just performed meet "Meet Me On The Equinox" to a mesmerized crowd but pretty much got the U2 reception when they did "Sound of Settling"

9:23pm -- MTV alumni Jon Norris and Matt Pinfield are catching up on the floor.

9:18pm -- David Cross has crown shoved into his pocket, and he's telling a Tom Cruise Scientology joke, for those of you who don't know what Dianetics is.

9:12pm -- Overheard, P.O.S telling someone "I just hope I looked cool," after someone congratulated him on his performance.

9:10pm -- P.O.S.just rapped over live flipcup percussion.

9:06pm -- Asher Roth gives out the Best Performing Woodie to Green Day. They're not here to accept so Asher stagedives instead.

9:04pm -- I'm down on the floor where all of the talent's seated, not at tables but at dozens of narrow glittery bars. There's a 1:2 ratio of kegs to celeb bar, and Oh The Story has their own personal shot waiter. Wisely, one member of Oh The Story cut himself off and ordered a diet coke.

9:00pm -- A production assistant carrying the next Woodie just rushed the award backstage.

8:59pm -- David Cross and the Clipse are having a heart-to-heart. Intense!

8:57pm -- Just walked by David Cross, who's dressed like he's going to a Superbowl party.

8:55pm --  Alexa Chung gives out the Best Music On Campus Woodie -- an award she promises will lead to getting laid more -- to an ecstatic Hotel Of The Laughing Tree whose friends are freaking out on the floor behind me.

8:46pm -- Amber Tamblyn intros Passion Pit via Twitter. Passion Pit is clearly a crowd favorite -- we've got people on top of people's shoulders, air drumming (like the Rush scene in "I Love You, Man," but far far cooler...)

8:42pm -- 3Oh3! is presenting the Left Field Woodie... DRESSED AS LADY GAGA AT THE VMAS!!!! The red dress and the white bird's nest mask thing! Reference was made to soiled panties! :O  Tech N9ne wins it and makes a Woodie joke and drops a KRS-One lyric!!!

8:28pm -- Never Shout Never has the shortest acceptance speech ever: "Power to the people!" Talks least, says most!

8:26pm -- Zooey Deschanel, darling as always in a darling dress, cracked a joke about not taking off her clothes as they swept up Matt & Kim's castoffs. She's presenting the Breaking Woodie Award, which goes to Never Shout Never!

8:23pm -- Pete Wentz, red solo cup in hand, is going rogue. Give that guy a mic and he'll take a mile. He just cracked a swine flu joke and dropped the "douchebag" bomb as he kicked off the 2009 Woodies!

8:21pm -- How'd do you get to college parties? BIKE there! Matt & Kim just biked here from Brooklyn straight into the lobby of the Woodies. They brought some friends who aren't just singing backup, they're stripping down to their skivvies for lessons learned. Undies party!!! Extra points to Kim -- she jumped up onto the drumkit and WALKED ON TOP of the crowd!!!!

8:15pm -- Jack White and the Dead Weather didn't walk the red carpet -- they basically ran it. Jack White needs a role in "Eclipse." Dude is whiter than a natural-born Cullen.

8:10pm -- Never Shout Never's Christofer Drew wins Best Dressed at the Woodies. Hands down. That Mickey Mouse sweater deserves its own award.

8:03pm -- Woah... Nick Cannon just ran down the red carpet! No sign of Mariah Carey...

8:01pm -- What's a college party without flipcup! The mtvU Woodies have their very own flipcup game going on at one of the bars. Kenna, just took aim. Isn't that how you get swine flu?

6:58pm -- The red carpet is under way, and I just caught up with breaking band Sparks The Rescue, who informed me that votes aliens are the new vampires.

Tags 3OH!3, Alexa Chung, Asher Roth, Cyndi-Lauper, David Cross, Dead Weather, Green Day, Hotel The Laughing Tree, Jack White, Kenna, Kid Sister, Leighton Meester, Mariah Carey, Matt And Kim, mtvU-Woodie-Awards, Never Shout Never, Nick Cannon, P.O.S., Passion Pit, Pete Wentz, Sparks The Rescue, Tech N9ne, The Clipse, Woodie Awards, Woodies, Zooey Deschanel

Alex Greenwald -- Phantom Planet frontman, Mark Ronson collaborator, and former model -- used to be so freaking hot it was almost impossible to look at him without thinking "nasty thoughts," as Janet Jackson once said. But not long ago, a paparazzi photo popped up in which the once-smokin' Alex looked like a straight-up hobo. Still, who'd he have hanging on his arm? British supermodel and Met Ball belle Agyness Deyn.

While we've got no problem with some slight shagginess, Alex Greenwald has seen better days, and his unkempt hair looks gnarlier than ever. (A tip: lather, rinse, repeat... repeat... repeat...) Still, Alex bagged a supermodel, so maybe the joke's on us.

Anyway, the shaggy/smoldering combo of Alex Greenwald and Agyness Deyn reminded us of some more hot chicks and the mangy men they love. So check out more of Buzzworthy's favorite guys who look like they live in boxcars and the beautiful babes who love them anyway.

Ryan Adams: Alt-country musician Ryan Adams won the heart of pop-folk singer Mandy Moore, who's had high-profile romances with tennis hunk Andy Roddick as well as Wilmer Valderrama and Zach Braff, while Ryan dated pretty Parker Posey. But it was ultra-shaggy Ryan who swept Mandy off her feet: Ryan and Mandy got married just last month. Hopefully the groom, uh, groomed for the big day.

Alex DeLeon: Okay, Alex DeLeon -- who's been linked to the radiant Demi Lovato -- used to be way more polished, but when he came to MTV for The Cab's Buzzworthy interview in March 2009, his broken-ended hair, fuzzy facial hair and leather accessories kinda made him look like he was running from the law. Bring back unquestionably hot Alex!

Ben Gibbard: Indie superstar Ben Gibbard's sensitive vocals are the perfect match for Zooey Deschanel. Zooey, dubbed "the rich man's Katy Perry" -- oh snap! -- by one site, has had leading roles in a slew of movies like Elf, where she showed off her vocal cords and her adorablility. Even though the oft-unshaven Ben's been featured on UglyMales.com (to the objection of many commenters, to be fair), he and Zooey matched up not only musically, but they're also engaged. Aww! Indie romance!

Joe Trohman: It's clear that Pete Wentz-ian man-glam is not Joe Trohman's style. But there are other ways to stand out besides looking like a homeless man who wandered off the street and onto the stage. His disheveled, mountain-man look has still been described as "wonderfully hobo-esque meets Jesus." True! We're not saying Joe's not hot. We just miss his From Under The Cork Tree-era/ "Dance Dance" short hair. Still, he nabbed a super-cute girl and put a ring on dat; he and Marie (above) are engaged.

+ More hobo guys and hot girls after the jump.

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Tags Agyness Deyn, Alex DeLeon, Alex Greenwald, Ben Gibbard, Cisco-Adler, Death Cab For Cutie, Demi Lovato, Devendra Banhart, Fall Out Boy, Joe Trohman, Mandy Moore, Phantom Planet, Ryan Adams, The Cab, The Postal Service, Zooey Deschanel

+ The (real) NYPD has reportedly beefed up security here in Times Square to prevent a scheduled Jonas Brothers appearance from turning into a veritable "tween mob scene." Ha! Good luck with THAT, coppahs. (Gothamist)

+ And speaking of Jonas Fever, here's a totally tween-mobworthy interview with Frankie (a.k.a. Bonus Jonas) himself! OMFJ, right!? (Jonas Brothers Fan)

+ Fresh of the heels of (false!) rumors that Katy Perry and Travis McCoy are wedding-bound come (true!) reports that Katy's twinsie, Zooey Deschanel, is engaged to Death Cab's Ben Gibbard. (MTV News)

+ One-time Shot at Love star Tila Tequila wages one-sided war against Rihanna. Discuss. (Remote Control)

+ Meanwhile, Beyonce inadvertently(?) picks a fight with Janet Jackson, calling her family upbringing a "bad situation." Yep, it's about to get Nasty, folks. (National Enquirer)

+ Britney Spears tops USA Today's annual "Celebrity Heat Index" (a.k.a. list of Most Overexposed Celebs) for the second straight year. And they said this was a comeback! (Usmagazine.com)

+ Fact: Bjork to singlehandedly save Iceland from total financial ruin. (Scandalist)

+ American Idol rewind! MTV's resident recapper, Jim Cantiello, recounts the best moments of '08. (MTV News)

Tags Ben Gibbard, Beyonce, Bjork, Britney Spears, Death Cab For Cutie, Frankie Jonas, Janet Jackson, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Tila-Tequila, Travis McCoy, Zooey Deschanel