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Justin Timberlake and Beyoncé Knowles scored seven nominations each for this year's MTV Video Music Awards, it was announced on MTV's Total Request Live Tuesday.

Kanye West and Rihanna, meanwhile, were just shy of the top spots with five nominations each, while newcomer Amy Winehouse received three.

The latest hit for Justin Timberlake, "What Goes Around ... Comes Around," will face off with Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable," West's "Stronger," Rihanna's "Umbrella," Winehouse's "Rehab" and electro duo Justice's "D.A.N.C.E." for the video of year honors.

Kanye West and Rihanna (and sporting a cane) were on TRL Tuesday when the nominations were announced â€" as were fellow scheduled performers Chris Brown, Timbaland and Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz.

MTV also announced that the VMAs will be a one-night stand this year, airing live from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas September 9.

The two-hour show will include eight categories - fan favorites as well as four new slots: Male/female artist of the year, most earthshattering collaboration; monster single of the year and quadruple threat award. No idea what that means, but who cares.

Not nominated for some reason? The amazing Britney Spears. Oh, maybe it's because she hasn't put out in album in like three or four years.

The reason millions are so enraptured by The Hills is that everyone can relate in some form ... in spite of the absurd, Valley Girl aura that hovers over the hit MTV series.

To celebrate the release of Season 2 of The Hills on DVD, MTV and BaM have taken this to heart and created EmotiClips - an easy and fun way for pals, significant others, co-workers and roomies to communicate using scenes of Lauren, Heidi, Audrina, Whitney ... and the infamous Spencer Pratt.

For example, if you want to tell your friend that she's dating a "sucky person" (no better way exists to describe Spencer) you can subtly email her with this clip:

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As always, the wisdom of Lauren Conrad is profound in its simplicity.

And that's not all. You can also send your friends clips of Lauren at work with Whitney Port and at home with Audrina Patridge, as well as Spencer telling off Heidi or lamely threatening some random dude (who gives him a classic look) for no reason.

The clip above and 11 other "EmotiClips" can be viewed and forwarded around via YouTube. Just search for The Hills EmotiClip. Or just click here and check out the related videos.

With no career or anything to dedicate her copious free time to, and having cut ties with pretty much all family members and friends, Britney Spears is a lady of leisure.

And can you think of a better way for a troubled socialite to celebrate a hot August day than by donning a nice, white, see-through sundress and running some errands with droves of celebrity news photographers in tow? This site sure can't!

Britney Spears is dressed to beat the heat. All the holes in that purdy l'il dress leave little to the imagination. Hey, check out my hot pink panties and blue bra, y'all!

Looking reasonably normal (relatively speaking, of course) the former Mrs. K-Fed hit up a local plant store. Nowhere in sight? Former BFF and possible cousin Alli Sims. Pity.

No word on whether Jayden James accompanied his crazy mom, or whether Brit saw last night's finale of Age of Love, in which Mark Philippoussis chose Amanda Salinas.

The captain of Hollywood's Junior Varsity Womanizing Team, Brody Jenner, may be annoying in that he does nothing except go clubbing, but it's hard to stay mad at him.

Even when he was friends with the loathesome Spencer Pratt, Kim Kardashian's step-brother has always seemed like a nice, friendly fellow. It's an image only enhanced by Brody's apparently willingness to help fallen TV stars out with a little extra cash!

While partying at Las Vegas' infamous PURE nightclub (a Spears family favorite) on Friday night, the young Jenner ran into - who else - Mr. Belding of Saved By the Bell fame - and presented him with a crisp $5 bill!

Brody: Meet my pal, Honest Abe! Don't spend it all in one place, Mr. B!

Mr. Belding, a.k.a. actor Dennis Haskins, shouldn't feel too bad - taking handouts from Hollywood brats like Brody Jenner may be humbling, but it could be worse.

After all, at least he's not picking up drunk skanks, taking them home and filming himself giving them the Dirty Sanchez in a hot tub, if you know what we're talkin' 'bout.

We're talking about the Dustin Diamond sex tape.

Embattled rapper Busta Rhymes is in trouble again after allegedly bustin' a fan in the dome during an August 2006 run-in.

Roberto LeBron filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Superior Court, alleging that Rhymes - real name Trevor Smith - and a posse of nine bodyguards roughed him up and kicked him in the head after a concert last summer.

Busta Rhymes' attorney Scott Leemon, said he has yet to see the lawsuit, and has "no comment until I see it."

When asked whether the lawsuit was connected to another pending August 2006 assault suit against Busta Rhymes, Leemon stated that he had "no additional information" at this time.

A regular Jason Wahler, Rhymes currently faces four separate trials for charges, including drunk driving, driving with a suspended license and assaulting a former employee.

That's busted stuff, peeps!

A day after Spencer Pratt fired off an angry tirade against Lauren Conrad and her supporters via his (non-functioning) website, his "fiancee" Heidi Montag begged shamelessly for attention has added her two cents.

When asked in an interview with Philadelphia radio station Q102 how much she hates Lauren Conrad, the always bubbly Heidi Montag answered:

"A lot. I think it's really pathetic that she's so obsessed with my life and my relationship. I really think she needs to concentrate on something else, it's sad. I never could be friends with a low-life like that."

Spencer Pratt, whose beef with Conrad is no secret, joined in on the LC-bashing session, offering a derisive "Haha" when the radio hosts made mention of her fashion line and called LC's designs "stupid."

Pratt derided his co-star on The Hills even further when asked if he was waiting for a tabloid to pay him for the dirt on Lauren.

"I'm just trying to see if I even want to waste my breath talking about this stupid girl anymore," said the slimy one.

Heidi Montag also told listeners that if it weren't for favorable editing, "the world would hate [Lauren Conrad]."

As for their engagement, the couple explained that they were too busy currently to plan a wedding. Montag, however, told a caller that living with Pratt is like "living with your best friend."

Gag. Oh well. Misery loves company.

Apologies to Derek Jeter for lumping him in with these two. It was just for laughs. Derek Jeter has dated the likes of Jordanna Brewster, Mariah Carey and Jessica Biel - and won four World Series rings. He is in a (hunky) league of his own.

To be most fair, we should just say that three of the richest, handsomest, most talked about men in sports got together yesterday.

L.A. Galaxy "star" David Beckham posed for photos with New York Yankees greats Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez - just before the Yanks faced the Toronto Blue Jays.

Rumor has it that David Beckham's L.A. Galaxy teammates were there too, but who knows. Or cares. No one gives a rat's behind about soccer here anyway.

For some reason, David Beckham was on hand before the game and chatted it up with Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, manager Joe Torre, and hitting coach Don Mattingly.

No word on whether Beckham discussed strip clubs with A-Rod or shared the fact that he may have had his own, well-publicized Joslyn Noel Morse style affair years ago.

Mr. Victoria Beckham and the Galaxy stuck around for the game - the Yanks won, 5-4. As he's gotten accustomed to, David was nothing more than a spectator.

Charlie Sheen's sperm has always been in high demand... so to speak.

But never quite like this, or so the actor claims. Sheen is taking his custody battle with Denise Richards to the airwaves, telling ET that his ex-wife asked him for a sperm donation.

In an interview set to air today, the Two and a Half Men star says reports that Richards wants more children fathered by him are true.

"There is documentation that I'll show in court revealing the request for my 'donation,'" Sheen says.

On Monday, the New York Post's Page Six reported that Charlie Sheen is seeking to amend his custody pact with Richards in a Los Angeles Family Court.

According to the Post, he'd like a looser custody agreement that would allow him to visit with his daughters Sam, 3, and Lola, 2, without the supervision of Denise Richards' nanny.

The actor tells ET, "I can't be monitored anymore. The type of household that [fiancee Brooke Mueller] and I provide, we should be able to decide if we need help or not."

In addition to unsupervised visits, Sheen said he'd like, "an extra weekend per month, the ability to hire my own nanny or child care provider and no phone calls to the house unless there is a medical emergency... I don't want to interrupt my time with the girls."

Of his ex-wife's seemingly contradictory actions, Sheen pointedly asks ET, "I'm good enough to provide DNA but I'm not good enough to hire my own child care provider?"

As for whether he'll grant Richards' "request," Sheen adds, "I would sooner walk on the surface of the moon in exactly what I'm wearing."

Alright then. Well, Denise, if you get desperate, you can always hit up Kevin Federline. His boys can swim, let us tell ya.

With a new movie coming out (Becoming Jane), Anne Hathaway is all over the place. And given the actress' considerable talents, deservedly so.

This month she's on the cover of Teen Vogue (taking the baton from cover girls / interns Lauren Conrad and Whitney Port), as well in Marie Claire. See below.

We love Anne Hathaway. Apparently magazines do too.

Given that Anne Hathaway's career started with wholesome roles in The Princess Diaries and the like, her decision to go topless in Brokeback Mountain ignited even more controversy than the fact that the lead characters are actually sheep herders - and the film is ubiquitously known as a "cowboy movie." Amazing.

After following that up with a brilliant turn as Andy Sachs in The Devil Wears Prada, it's clear that Hathaway has earned her place among Hollywood's elite.

Raffaello Follieri, you are one lucky man.

Believe it or not, the amazing Britney Spears has actually done something sane, according to celebrity news site Just Jared - she's hired new management!

Spears hired Jeff Kwatinez (right) of The Firm to help aid her comeback into the music biz. Her former manager, Larry Rudolph, was the one that "forced" Britney into rehab.

Of course, the gauntlet fell this spring as a bitter Britney axed Rudolph for his betrayal and indiscretions (trying to help her get her act together, what a jerk).

Kwatinetz also got the boot earlier this year as American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson fired his ass and replaced him with Reba McEntire's manager and husband, Narvel Blackstock.

We hope this new manager can help steer Britney Spears' career and life back on the right track.

But don't hold your breath. Really, who has high hopes for someone named Jeff Kwatinez? Not this celebrity gossip site.

Anyway. Below is a cute picture of Britney grabbing dinner at Cravings, an Italian restaurant in W. Hollywood, with her youngest son, Jayden James Federline.

Aww. We love you, Jayden James Federline!! Our favorite little tyke is wearing a hat that resembles some kind of furry animal. Like a bear, maybe. Or Seth Rogen.