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By April Richardson

On May 22, 1959, in Davyhulme, a section of Manchester, England, Steven Patrick Morrissey was born and the course of history changed forever.

You see, it's hard for me to avoid hyperbole when talking about Morrissey (I can truthfully say that he's the person who has had the greatest impact on my life, second only to my own mother), but I really feel his influence cannot be overstated. Some say Morrissey pretty much invented indie rock when he formed the Smiths in 1982 (with Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce), his intelligent and articulate lyrics contrasting greatly with what was on the radio at the time. While you might not agree with this and you might not even like him, his influence can be heard far and wide and probably in the music of some of your favorite bands — from Pete Wentz's lyrics to Brandon Flowers' stage presence to Andre 3000's songwriting (yes, dude wishes he'd written "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me").

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About three weeks ago, it appeared that Taylor Lautner and Selena Gomez were embarking on a lovely little romance up in Vancouver, where they are both busy working (Taylor on "New Moon" and Selena on "Ramona and Beezus").

Since then, the two have been seen all over Vancouver hanging out, laughing and snuggling. Now comes word from Life & Style Weekly that the duo are officially romantically involved with one another. On May 4, they reportedly went to dinner at the Keg restaurant, and afterward, "Taylor walked Selena back to her hotel," a source told L&S. "When she didn't think anyone was around, she wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a big kiss!" Afterwards, Lautner was seen sneaking out the back door of the hotel.

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Yesterday, we hypothesized about who was missing from the partially revealed Maxim Hot 100 list of entertainment's most gorgeous female stars.

Upon its full reveal this morning, we were immediately struck by a wave of optimism, having correctly put #10 (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and #9 (Jordana Brewster) on our list of nominees.

From there, however, the whiffs begin. We completely spaced on the lovely Rihanna (#8) and are wearing "Watchmen" flavored egg on our face for forgetting Malin Akerman (#4).

Our triumph continued, however, by hitting their #2 spot-on by predicting "Transformers" star Megan Fox.

Our shame peaked at #1 with Olivia Wilde, who didn't even factor into our snap predictions yesterday. We're sorry, Olivia. We really do like you.

The Maxim Hot 100 list was mostly released today. The annual rundown of famous female eye candy sends men to the Internet each and every year. The top 10 won't be revealed until Wednesday, however. So we got to thinking — and studiously researching — who wasn't included among the first ninety gorgeous ladies.

10: Jordanna Brewster. She's fast, she's furious and she's graced their pages with her hotness before. The dark-haired dark horse makes summer even hotter at #10.

9: Gisele Bundchen. Pros: amazingly gorgeous and successful international lingerie supermodel. Cons: already married to the mister wonderful of the sports world, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Her marital vows keep her held down here at #9.

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Michelle Trachtenberg just isn't able to pick between Zac Efron and Chace Crawford in a dreamy-guy competition — which to us, seems crazy. (We pick both!)

Despite her inability to pick between those two heartthrobs, we do have to respect her taste in men: "That is a fantastic question!" the "17 Again" and "Gossip Girl" star told MTV News when asked to choose between the two, before throwing in a write-in candidate. "I'm going to go with Colin Firth. He is Dreamy McDreamy a lot!"

By Lindsay Wallace

Val Emmich — a.k.a. Jesse from "Ugly Betty" and Liz Lemon's much younger boyfriend in the "Cougars" episode of "30 Rock" — kicked off his concert tour in New York earlier this month, and we caught up with him before the show.

The New Jersey native is a bit of a modern-day renaissance man: He's an actor, musician and recently completed his first novel. He recalled the moment when he felt his musical career was taking hold. "It was when you're not just playing for you and your buddies, and there's people coming to see you who you don't know, and you're like 'Whoa, who's that person?' " Despite the fact that he's been making music for the past 15 years, he said, "It wasn't until I got my first record deal a couple years ago that I said, 'Oh my god, I can call myself a musician!' I can literally say that I make money doing that. So that was the moment." Laughing, he added, "I still feel like a garage band."

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