Every day a multitude of stars wanders through the halls of MTV News to talk about their latest projects and goof around with our intrepid correspondents. But sometimes we catch stars elsewhere, and that's why we put together Spotted!, a daily compendium of stars in the wild.

There's something about a star in an airport that is always sort of appealing. Perhaps it's the one true thing that equalizes celebs with everybody else, because even if an actor or musician is booked in first class, that person still has to pass through security and wait by the gate until boarding. And as Rihanna showed the world yesterday, she has the same philosophy as a lot of people when it comes to flight attire, erring on the side of comfortable and casual. The singer made her way through the security checkpoint at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York yesterday, dressed in an giant gray zip hoodie and comfortable-looking jeans. It's a far cry from her usual fashion-forward outlook (and miles from the get-ups in her new video "Wait Your Turn (The Wait is Ova)"), but it's refreshing to know that she doesn't feel the need to go over-the-top all the time, especially when the unpleasantness of air travel is involved.

Rihanna wasn't the only jet-setter yesterday, as Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz made his way through Tegel Airport in Berlin, Germany, on his way to the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards, and Carrie Underwood found herself in New York performing on "Good Morning America." Click here for these pictures plus the entire "Spotted!" archive, which features nearly 400 candid shots of stars like Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Adam Lambert, Justin Timberlake, the Jonas Brothers, Katy Perry and Mariah Carey!

The Newsroom is clearing out for the weekend, and if you're like us, you're either headed to a screening of "Where the Wild Things Are," dinner at your favorite Mexican restaurant or drinks at the local tavern. But before you let yourself get mesmerized by Spike Jonze or order another quesadilla, check out everything you might have missed this week in the Newsroom. There were plenty of birthdays, big interviews and bucks hunted — something for everybody!

» There are still a few more days before "Michael Jackson's This Is It" opens, but the new song "This Is It" has already been unleashed. Though Paul Anka had some qualms, it seems like the public approved.

» The wrestling and music worlds lost a crossover icon this week, as Captain Lou Albano passed away. He'll be remembered for his great promos, his nose for television and his strange group of friends, including Hulk Hogan and Andy Warhol.

» I apologized to Miley Cyrus for driving her away from Twitter, but it didn't change her mind. Bummer.

» The soundtrack to "New Moon" is out in stores right now, so be sure to stay caught up with some great videos from the artists on the album.

» Jim Cantiello weighed in on Adam Lambert's new song "Time for Miracles," calling the "American Idol" runner-up's voice "brizzonculent" (whatever that means).
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A few months ago, Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz talked to MTV News correspondent James Montgomery about wanting to play a reunion show on Sealand, a decommissioned oil rig in the middle of the ocean that acts as a sovereign nation for His Royal Highness Prince Regent Michael. That led to an actual response from Prince Michael, who wrote to Montgomery about his excitement over the idea. After that, we never got an update. But luckily, MTV News' Jocelyn Vena caught up with Wentz at the introduction event for the Dow Live Earth Run for Water Campaign and asked him about the latest exchange between his band and His Royal Highness.

"We got an e-mail back," Wentz said. "He's not on Sealand right now. He's on the beaches in France basking in the sun and was open to the possibility of [a show]. That's the one concert that Fall Out Boy could possibly play this year."

Wentz's enthusiasm for Sealand hasn't waned at all — in fact, he's quite interested in getting in on the same sort of deal himself. "Some people call it absurd, but I think it's actually brilliant. The guy has passports, his own currency, he fires flares if the royal navy gets too close. I want my own island powered by electric eels, Brando style. It's going to be crazy there. You don't even know."

Since "Sealand" is already taken, what would Wentz call his own island? "The Island of Awesome," he said. "It would just be rad. We would just have fun all the time."

The MTV Video Music Awards are just a few short days away, and though there is all sorts of buzz surrounding the performances, the parties and the New York-centric stunts that will be happening all this week into Sunday's broadcast, it's important to remember that the reason the biggest stars in music will gather in Radio City Music Hall is to see who wins the coveted Moonman in each of the 15 categories. We'll be taking a look at each of the top categories, continuing today with the Best Rock Video award. The nominees are Coldplay's "Viva la Vida," Fall Out Boy's "I Don't Care," Green Day's "21 Guns," Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody" and Paramore's "Decode."

Strangely, the Best Rock Video category has only been around since 1997 (in years prior, the top rock clip tended to get lumped into categories like Best Hard Rock, Best Metal, Best Alternative or Best Group Video). Of this year's nominees, only Green Day have taken home this prize before (they scored a Moonman for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" in 2005). The punk trio cleaned up in 2005 — they took home seven statuettes total, including Video of the Year and a Viewer's Choice Award. Their career total is eight (including a nod for Best Alternative Video in 1995 for "Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)"), and they've also got three performances under their belt, having played in 1994 ("Basket Case"), 1995 ("Stuck With You") and 2005 ("Boulevard of Broken Dreams"). "21 Guns," from their latest album 21st Century Breakdown, has a total of three nominations, bringing Green Day's career total to a whopping 28.

Fall Out Boy did win Best Group in 2007 when Best Rock Video was absent. Read more...

Every day a multitude of stars wanders through the halls of MTV News to talk about their latest projects and goof around with staff members. But sometimes we catch stars elsewhere, and that's why we put together Spotted!, a daily compendium of stars in the wild.

Whitney Houston's comeback continued this morning, when she performed in New York City's Central Park on "Good Morning America." Houston sang four songs at the mini-concert, including two tracks from her just-released new album I Look to You as well as the past hits "My Love Is Your Love" and "I'm Every Woman." The 44-year-old diva told co-host Diane Sawyer that what got her through the tough times in her life was "My faith and the love and support of my family which I do have. The support of my friends in the good, bad and indifferent times." She also said that the "You" in her album's title referred to her devoted fans (which got a big pop from the crowd).

Houston wasn't the only performer on the promo tip, as Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz turned up in Los Angeles to sign copies of the new comic book "Fall Out Toy Works," and "Entourage" star Jeremy Piven showed up to talk to David Letterman about mercury poisoning and his latest film "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard." Click here for these photos plus over 200 more shots of Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Kanye West and the casts of "New Moon" and "Gossip Girl."

Last week, I received an e-mail from royalty ... and not of the Nigerian Prince variety.

No, this e-mail came from His Royal Highness Prince Regent Michael, the heir to the throne of Sealand, a sovereign sorta-nation located six miles off the southeast coast of England, on a seafort abandoned by the British navy after World War II. There was no accompanying fanfare in his note, nothing official or monarchical, or even remotely formal about the email — and no, he wasn't asking for $50 million, either. Basically, he wanted to talk to me about Fall Out Boy.

See, this was a few days after I had written a story about FOB wanting to play a comeback show on Sealand. (As long as, according to Pete Wentz, "passports, safe entry and a lot of Sealand bucks are guaranteed.") And needless to say, Prince Michael was interested in making it happen.

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"Absolutely, we're gonna be there. We're like Jack [Nicholson] at the Oscars. We're always at the VMAs. Plus, the last time the VMAs were in New York was when I met my wife [Ashlee Simpson], so I've got great memories."

-Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz on his band's plans for this year's Video Music Awards. The group's "I Don't Care" is up for Best Rock Video, though Wentz is skeptical of the band's chances at victory. "Any one of those bands — besides us — could win that award." This is the fifth consecutive year that Fall Out Boy have been nominated for a Moonman, and they have four in their possession already.

Pete Wentz is getting into the cereal business. This seems rather odd, considering I have witnessed firsthand the fact that Wentz is not exactly a breakfast person, as he usually does not wake up until noon.

Still, I suppose one could eat cereal at any time of the day, which might explain why he's launched Clandestine Crunch, an enterprise that combines two of his passions: breakfast cereal and ultra-limited-edition designer T-shirts.

There are three different shirt/cereal combos available, each featuring a character lovingly lifted from the General Mills roster: Barely Awake, a sleepy-eyed vaguely emo-ish bear (basically, Wentz himself); Choco-Bot, a cocoa-powered cyborg; and Space Monkey, a monkey from, uh, outer space.

The shirts cost $30 a pop, and are limited to just 267 pieces. Each comes packaged in a Clandestine Crunch cereal box (complete with puzzles and games on the back). If you're a completist, feel free to order all three shirts, because Wentz is promising to throw in a free Clandestine cereal bowl, a move that is both thoughtful and enticing. There's also a Barely Awake dog tag (if you're into that sort of thing) and a Clandestine Crunch logo T-shirt (which does not come packaged in a cereal box). And if you buy anything from the line, Wentz will throw in a free MP3 of the Clandestine Crunch theme song, as recorded by the brain trust at hip-hop comedy site ItsTheReal.com.

It's all another example of Pete Wentz's deliciously brilliant brand of enterprise, so we've got to give him props — even if the dude hasn't had an actual breakfast since sometime around 2002.

By Nicole Tahan

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By Melanie Wolfson

There's a lot going on in the world that doesn't necessarily get addressed in our Newsroom blog. Here's a look at some top stories making headlines today.

The progress of certain "American Idol" contestants — we're looking at you, Bikini Girl, and not for the reasons you might hope — has some wondering why they're making it to Hollywood.

Joaquin Phoenix literally threw away — as in crumpled them up and threw them over his shoulder — any hopes celebrity DJ/ former Fall Out Boy tour manager Dan Suh had of being his DJ. Check out Dan's response!
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