Celebrity Hip

· Say what you want about this act from last night’s America’s Got Talent—we’re just thrilled to see the Gay Man’s Chorus of Los Angeles keeping themselves busy in the chorus off-season. [AGT]
· So those two “two sharp young writers” Dan Aykroyd mentioned are hard at work on Ghostbusters 3 are The Office co-EPs Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky. Pam + Slimer 4ever! [Variety]
· Sarah Palin attended five colleges in six years before graduating from the University of Idaho in 1987. Also, she burned down a library after she found out the Moosewood Cookbook was vegetarian commie propaganda. [AP, Boston Herald]
· Howie Mandel earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today, which came with a smaller matching star in an aluminum briefcase. Because he’s made his biggest impact on a popular game show featuring people screaming at briefcases, you see. Oh… never mind. [Getty Images]
· Attention all drug addicts currently loitering near or around Kirsten Dunst’s hotel room: your days of villainy are numbered! [Yahoo]
· And the same goes for you, female strippers in Australia accused of sexually penetrating the bachelor! [news.com.au]

VMA FYI: In news that will surely please his favorite white girl Scarlett Johansson, Kanye West has been picked to close out this year’s VMAs (which will be opened — in some fashion — by Britney Spears). Since it’s the ceremony’s 25th anniversary, the network says we can expect winks to MTV’s past including Christina Aguilera returning to reprise “Genie in a Bottle,” and Katy Perry essaying Madonna’s “Like a Virgin.” And just like at this year’s MTV Movie Awards, we’ll be live on the red carpet Sunday evening causing havoc and liveblogging our hearts out. But unlike the ‘07 VMAs, this year’s event looks like it might actually be able to hold our interest, thanks to the addition of the unpredictable Russell Brand as host. Let’s just hope they don’t let Eva Longoria Parker near him — MTV couldn’t afford the FCC fine if those two got into water sports again. [MTV]

Anyone who’s been watching Molly McAleer’s nightly To Do videos during the last few months knows that her soundtrack for the summer has been Girl Talk’s Feed The Animals. At least, that’s what we thought. Turns out she’s been riding around town all summer pumping an entirely different jam, Beyonce’s “Get Me Bodied.” So what if the song is two years old this week, it’s Beyonce’s birthday. Join Molls as she leads you through the best things to do in LA tonight (and watch as she and Edward cut loose in what looks to be a Circle-K parking lot). Enjoy!

· Alice Cooper @ The Wiltern.
· Billy Bob Thornton and David Allen Coe @ Crash Mansion.
· 9 to 5: The Musical @ the Ahmanson Theater.

Last night’s premiere of the latest cycle of America’s Next Top Model unveiled this season’s epic theme—”As sci fi as we can possibly make this using things found at a dollar store”—to much squealy delight from the carefully selected pool of regular- and plus-sized replicants. While the audience seems to be dwindling for such catwalk-crawling minstrel shows (the ratings hit an all-time low), the series is to be commended for never failing to adapt and innovate. Take, for example, the introduction of exciting Glamonator 11.0 technology: A more sophisticated descendant of the Sleeper Orgasmatron, it’s capable of producing an amazingly convincing hologram of a completely-over-it reality hostess who wishes she could fold up shop on this ghetto-ass exercise in model-search futility to spend more time on her Emmy-winning talk show. Smile with your circuits, ladies!

• America’s Next Top Model [The CW]