When I first glanced at the photos, I actually gasped out loud. But then after I looked at some of the other pictures in the set (gotta love those intrusive photo agencies), it didn’t come over as bad as what I initially thought. I mean, it’s not awful, it could be worse, but it’s definitely more appropriate for a six-week-long tropical beach vacation on various islands in the Caribbean than schlepping around NYC and LA in December wearing gym clothes.

Way to bring the island flava, girlfriend, but please. Unless you plan on leaving on a jet plane in the next twelve hours, take the shit out.

If these photos of Paris Hilton frolicking on a beach in Cabo are any indication, girlfriend’s carrying a bun in the oven. Or, because her below-the-belt region has been contaminated to the point of radioactivity, maybe it’s the Toxic Avenger. They brought back Transformers and Tron, I think it’s high time for a Toxie revival, don’t you? And who better to usher him into this world than the Queen of All Biological Funk herself, Paris Hilton?

Hugh Hefner, if you’ve been under a rock for the past week, recently popped the question to his latest Playmate girlfriend, Crystal Harris. The couple took to their Twitter accounts to show off the ring, and by virtue, their odd bondage-fantasy-grandpa relationship.

The couple has been dating for some time now, and by ‘dating,’ I mean Harris has been solely in charge of keeping Hef’s penis in an airtight box.  Things do, you know, start to disintegrate and break down after they hit a certain age.

The moral of this story? Don’t let the dream die, guys. You, too, can build an entire empire on twentysomethings with low self-esteem and high plastic surgery rates who are just dying to take their clothes off for men way past their prime. All you need is a little drive, a lot of square footage, and a funky porn star-style robe. You got this.

Billboard did a list of their top 25 songs of the year (you can see it on the original YouTube page), and here they all are in five and a half minutes of pure woe.  You can have your Ke$ha with your Rihanna, your Jason Derulo with your Train.  But at what price?

I don’t know about you guys, but I only like maybe two and a half of these songs in a non-ironic way (Taio Cruz’s “Dynamite” gets me every single time, and I won’t apologize for that), and the rest are just upsetting.  I get physically uncomfortable listening to “Tik Tok” and “Imma Be,” but the kids are all over it these days.  Down at the gay bar, everyone goes crazy when “California Gurls” comes on, and I’m always like “you guys, they’re not talking about us.”  I don’t get it.

That being said, this mashup is super well done.  It probably helps that most of the songs sound really similar to begin with. Do you guys like it?   Ironically or not, I’m just curious.  If you genuinely like it, I’m curious as to why, and if you share my opinion, I’d like to commiserate and hear your opinion on good music.  All is not lost, you guys.

Former Backstreet Boy Nick Carter is trying his hand at a solo career again and the video for his new single, “Just One Kiss”, has hit the nets. The clip is boring (nothing cheaper looking than a seaside video, if you ask me), but the single actually isn’t half bad. As in, I maybe wouldn’t change the station if I heard it come on the radio.

Nick’s always been the cutest BSB in my opinion, but after watching his reality show on E! a few years back, I was convinced thyat we’d never see a real comeback. Now I’m thinking that Nick may be able to stay at the Joey McIntyre level of “not totally successful but not a compete joke” level of fame.

What do you think of the new song? Have you been holding out for a Nick Carter comeback, or is this just as big of a surprise to you as it is to me?

I watched this entire thing in stunned silence with my hand over my mouth.

Starr Andrews, a young and talented figure skater, recently KILLED IT with her performance to the Nicki Minaj remix of Willow Smith’s “Whip My Hair” and now the video is popping up everywhere online.

Why is this video so great? Starr has definitely got the whole Willow look down pat and all the spunk in the world, but more than that, this video feels like a celebration of bad ass females. It seems like being a strong woman/girl who doesn’t let anyone tell her what to do is finally being widely accepted as the cool thing to do, and I’m all about that notion. Especially for young girls.

Starr Andrews is indeed a star. Love her. Love this video.