Sign of the Apocalypse: Jersey Shore Begins Around The World

The MTV show is taking over the world. Slowly, but surely, and now they're their "talents" to Italy for season 4:

Yes yesss y’all — the rumors...are true. “Jersey Shore” will be shooting its fourth season in ITALY! According to an official hot-off-the-press release from our employer, the entire cast and crew of MTV’s wildly popular hit show will be trading in their shot-filled road trips to Seaside Heights for a sure-to-be mini-bottle laden plane ride to their homeland.
The people who have never seen the Jersey Shore are moaning in anger, while the Jersey Shore die hards are proclaiming "who thought it couldn't get any better? what a brilliant idea." It is a great idea, mainly to see the guido wanna-be Italians are going to be spitting game on girls who probably doesn't speak any English. On second thought, that should work to their advantage.

Token Highlights: The MTV VMA's

As always, MTV laid it all on the line for their annual awards show highlighting the best in music. Granted, MTV doesn't really play that many music videos anymore, but the VMA's aren't really about the music video awards...if that makes any sense. Now that I've thoroughly confused you, here's the Token Awards for the night. On to the real winners.

The "Yep, You're Insane" Award goes to Lady Gaga. She wore shoes that made her as tall as Shaq. She wore a piece of raw meat on her head as a hat. Has somebody told her that this is Planet Earth we live on?

The Lip Syncing Award goes to Justin Bieber. Sorry for the low blow, but I couldn't hold it back.

The "Really? Still?" Award goes to Taylor Swift. Every Taylor Swift song is about her being dumped by a boy, and learning some cheesy teenage lesson. Really? Still? It also sounded like the song she debuted tonight was directed towards Kanye West. That s*** was a year ago. Really? Still?

The Comeback Award goes to Kanye West. Listen, it's no secret that Kanye is a weird, unique guy, but musically the man always brings it. His show-closing performance was also the world premiere of his new single "Runaway" and it's got all the makings of a classic. The always-inventive made the beat live on the stage and then put his touch on the unforgettable vocals "let's have a toast for the douchebags...let's have a toast for the a55holes"...only Kanye can make that into a catchy track.

The Funny Chick Award goes to Chelsea Handler. I used to hate on her big time, but I've finally come full circle on the comedian/talk show host. The Lady-Gaga entrance...the opening satire with Lindsay Lohan...the hot tub party with the Jersey Shore cast...all hilarious. Not to mention she was looking pretty good tonight.

Overall, MTV did it again. Great performances from B.O.B., Eminem, and Drake (amongst others) and a lot of jokes.

The Hills Has Ended...It Was Fake Life All Along

While Mike jumps up and down in joy, I mourn the loss of one of the funniest shows in the history of television. Last night MTV aired the finale of the show about snooty L.A. area 20 somethings that everybody loved to hate...and love.

The lingering question with The Hills was always...is this real or fake? The acting is so unbelievably bad that it's good, so could this possibly be real life? Well, the final 10 seconds of last night's finale revealed to us that the whole thing was fake. Phony. Sham. Scripted. No more blind accusations: the lives of everybody on the MTV show were already written down (at least, what you saw on TV). As Brody Jenner waved goodbye to Kristin, the camera crew pulled down a fake backdrop of the Hollywood Hills and panned to a production studio lot somewhere in La La Land. Brilliant!

What a way to go out for The Hills! The joke really is on us now. Here's an excerpt from an NY Daily News piece:

Fans immediately took to Twitter to express their shock, outrage and awe. "The Hills finale made me feel like what it was like when I found out Santa Clause was not real," wrote SillySarahHilly.

"'The Hills' series finale finally revealed what we've known all along: ITS FAKE. Kudos producers for finally owning up to it," wrote Ericksonvision.

I interpreted that finale scene as a tip of the hat - or a slap to the face - from producers finally confirming to fans what we've suspected all along. That yes, "The Hills" had become much more fiction than fact. More Hollywood than Laguna. On the "After Show," Brody even said it was up to the fans to decide what had been real and what hadn't.