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By Kathleen Newman-Bremang

R&B combo Pretty Ricky are pretty renowned for their shamelessness, but their latest video just might take the (beef) cake. In what appears to be a shameless plug for the group's new single "Tipsy in Dis Club," band member Spectacular has released a viral challenge to his musically inclined peers — and he forgot his clothes.

Spectacular put on his best barely-there red undies (and nothing else) to call out pretty much every young R&B star in what he's pegged the "Tipsy in Dis Club Challenge."

"This right here is a challenge to all them boys who be grinding out there," Spectacular says in the video. "I want to know [who's] number one!" He then name-checks Bow Wow, Chris Brown, Omarion, Trey Songz and Day26, and promises he can wiggle his midsection better then all of the above.

Channeling his inner "Risky Business"-era Tom Cruise and hailing his band as the "kings of the grind," Spectacular goes on to move his hips in ways that would make Shakira proud — or jealous. Seriously, homeboy can wind and grind with the best of them. But combined with the minimal clothing, let's just say there's a little more air-humping than we're comfortable with — certainly more than we're willing to link to here — but it shouldn't be hard to find ... if you dare!

FROM SPLASH PAGE: We've seen some next-level lists in our day, but we have to give it up for Alan Kistler, who contributed the following list to our Splash Page: Five comic-book heroes who would do their utmost to oppose California's controversial Proposition 8!

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First Kris Allen, now Stephanie Pratt.

Last week while I was in Los Angeles covering the "Idol" finale (and getting props from the recent winner), a familiar face from "The Hills" left me a message on my Facebook wall praising my other recap endeavor for MTV, "MTV Detox: The Hills." Keeping the punctuation intact, Spencer's sister wrote: "great show! great job! i love to laugh at myself- i hate when people take the show so damn serious... give me a break people! Lauren conrads job is being Lauren Conrad. i am in no way 'ruining her internship at peoples revolution' so everyone needs to calm down! thanks for making the show funny! xoxoxoxo."

First of all, I love how the only thing she capitalizes is Lauren's name, as if LC were a deity. Amazing. Second of all, how awesome is that message?! It says a lot that she has a sense of humor about herself.

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Tags Interview, jim cantiello, MTV Detox: The Hills, Stephanie Pratt, The Hills

In a decision that I find disappointing, California's Supreme Court decided to uphold Proposition 8, thus continuing California's ban on same-sex marriage. The one positive caveat to the decision was that the 18,000 marriages already completed in the state would remain in tact. 18,000 of the millions of gay people in California have equal rights. Yay? Oh well.

The decision ratifying Prop 8 runs in stark contrast to the apparent temperature of much of the United States, with what seems to be a domino effect of same-sex marriage legalization: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts and Iowa have all legalized same-sex marriage, Vermont's law will take effect in September, and New York is (hopefully) not far behind.

The bright side of this dark decision comes twofold today. One, Judge Sonia Sotomayor was nominated by President Barack Obama to the highest court in the land, the United States Supreme Court. A month ago, I wrote a piece for Fox Forum predicting Sotomayor to be the best choice for the position. I argued that she fulfilled Obama's call for change, as her appointment would be a historical one (she'd be the first Latino on the Court), and her experience with community building and pro-socal work is extensive. Further, she was named a U.S. District Court judge by George H.W. Bush in 1992 and elevated to her current seat on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by Bill Clinton, giving her a bi-partisan background. She's a liberal judge, but Obama claims that she will "interpret" laws rather than make them.
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By Jayson Rodriguez

LeBron James and company might have left Orlando on Sunday night with their heads down after losing to the Magic, leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers down 2-1 in the Eastern Conference Finals.

But Cavaliers minority owner Usher was in good spirits as he took in the NBA playoff series from his courtside seat, and he even brought a friend — embattled R&B singer Chris Brown — with him to Game 3. Of course, earlier this year Usher courted controversy by telling Brown, on a video posted on Jermaine Dupri's Web site, to "have a little remorse" over his alleged altercation with Rihanna; photos had emerged of Brown gleefully riding a jet ski that week. Usher later apologized for the remark.

The two singers chatted it up throughout the game, which may have provided Brown with some distraction from his upcoming court appearance later this week.

By Rya Backer

Fellow Beastie Boys superfans, have you had an extra spring in your step lately? Noticed the birds are chirping a little louder, a little more melodically? Is there silver lining on everything that comes in your path? That's because it's lead-up season: the all-encompassing promotional blitz (remember the infomercials and paper cups for Hello Nasty?) that takes effect before the drop of a new, long-awaited album by our favorite band.

And no, I'm not talking about their next re-release (but that's happening, too — 1994's Ill Communication will receive the same deluxe, remastered treatment on July 14 that 1988's Paul's Boutique and 1992's Check Your Head got earlier this year).

Rather, the trio announced last night on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" that their new album will be titled Hot Sauce Committee, refuting initial reports (likely the byproduct of a joke gone too far) that it would be called Tadlock's Glasses. They also mentioned that the album is completely finished and awaiting a September release.

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By Eric Ditzian

Lily Allen learned an important lesson this weekend when she took to Twitter to question Boyle's singing chops and to respond to fans who angrily disagreed with Allen's sentiment. Granted, it's a lesson Allen probably should have learned already, having feuded publically with Amy Winehouse, Kylie Minogue and Katy Perry, among others. But apparently Allen hadn't — nor did she seem to take into account the hallowed ground upon which laughingstock-turned-superstar Boyle now treads — and she took the Scottish singer to task after her somewhat shaky "Britain's Got Talent" rendition of the "Cats" musical number, "Memory," this past weekend.

Allen started off by writing, "Susan Boyle is so overrated."

An hour passed before she offered a French-ish addendum in an attempt to backpedal — "Je suis overrated aussi" — that roughly translates to, "I am overrated too."

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Monday night's season premiere of the TLC hit "Jon & Kate Plus Eight" should have been retitled “Jon & Kate Plus Eight Divided by a Cheating Scandal Multiplied by Paparazzi = A Depressing Clusterf---.” And, sadly, I couldn't stop watching it. It was like the second-half of "Boogie Nights," when the perverse pleasure of watching a bunch of porn stars turned into a harrowing claustrophobic nightmare, with characters desperately trying to escape their life situation, yet completely stuck in the path they've chosen for themselves (but, you know, with less cocaine and giant ... well, you know ...).

For those of you who have somehow avoided the newsstands or the gossip blogs (or have never been hung over and caught a marathon of the show), Jon and Kate Gosselin are the parents of eight children — a pair of twins and a set of sextuplets. Their lives have been documented since the sextuplets' birth in various TV specials, and eventually, a popular TV series on the cable network that gets off on airing shows that feature unorthodox families, rare medical conditions and makeovers where cat ladies learn how to hide their cankles. Audiences loved watching how Jon and Kate handled the stress of raising eight children, and the warts-and-all depiction of their relationship was endearing. (If you had a nickel for every time Jon rolled his eyes at his demanding wife, you'd be as richer than hollandaise.) In the past several months, however, once stories started to bubble up that Jon might be less-than-faithful to his partner, Jon and Kate's rocky relationship wasn't charming or funny anymore. It was eye-opening and sad. Read more...

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By Rahman Dukes

The self-proclaimed King of the South might be headed off to a federal penitentiary next week, but he's still got his mind steadily focused on where it all started: the music.

In addition to the swan song "Don't Forget," featuring the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul Mary J. Blige, Tip just shot a clip for another record, "Hell of a Life," from his upcoming Paper Trail re-release. What, you thought Clifford would leave us hanging?

Flanked by members of his Grand Hustle team, including Young Dro and Big Kuntry, not to mention a bevy of beauties, T.I. shot the video in his hometown of Atlanta in a club atmosphere, with additional scenes filmed in one of his many shiny toys.

Earlier today, "Hell of a Life" leaked, courtesy of Evil Empire's Interstate Trafficking 8.0. The bouncy, radio-friendly track is reminiscent of past T.I. singles ("Whatever You Like" and "Live Your Life," for instance) with the King adding his signature vocals.

Check out our T.I.'s "Hell Of A Life" Video Shoot photo gallery

"Hit the dealership and give him every dime he ask for/ Just so I can see 260 on the dashboard/ Pimpin' 101 just come and see me, wanna a crash course/ You wanna see my money, go to college, need a math course."

It appears Tip is leaving fans something to salivate over until he plants his feet back on the streets of Bankhead after his sentence. It's safe bet to say he'll pick up right where he left off.

By Rya Backer

The stars (and Paris Hilton and her boyfriend) were very much out last night in Cannes at the legendary Hotel du Cap for amFAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2009 benefit.

Taking a break from shooting "Twelve" in New York alongside Chace Crawford, 50 Cent was on hand for the night's activities and for the film festival. So what does Fif think about the small French Riviera city? "So far, so good," he said. "I've been worse places."

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