"If you like it, you like it. And if you don't, stay home. Go see something else."

-Quentin Tarantino on violence in his films

[Photo by Jeanine Onischuck]

"No shirt, no shades!" shouts a middle-aged female as rapper Flo Rida takes the stage at the Today Show concert series Friday morning.

Flo, 30, was donning his signature look: a pair of shiny, oversized sunglasses, a patched-up gray muscle tee and facial hair so impeccably manicured it could make Orlando Bloom weep. If you didn't recognize him as a multi-platinum rapper, you might think the dude was a professional wrestler.

But the crowd wanted it all off.

"You have the best abs in Hollywood!" a teenage girl in the front row chimed in.

Appearances aside, Flo Rida knows how to capture a crowd. After performing a fist-fueled "Low," the song Matt Lauer claimed "took [Flo] around the world," and a version of "Right Round" that had his parents beaming (bottom photo), Flo ripped through his newest hit "Jump," sans Nelly Furtado.

Check out a clip of the action, which includes a hilarious dance by Flo, below.


[Photos by Jeanine Onischuck]

If you missed them during their summer trek with No Doubt, don't fret!

Paramore has just announced a string of U.S. concert dates this fall, including an intimate show at Hammerstein Ballroom October 21 in NYC!

Woohoo!

"...We want to do something that's really intimate and that our fans can be right up there and don't have to break their banks [for tickets]," says frontlady Hayley Williams. "It will just be really fun. I'm stoked."

As are we!

"12:14pm, up and at em! Coffee, jazzercise and then killing a homeless man. What are your plans today?"

-John Mayer cryptically Tweets

Lady GaGa and Jay-Z have officially been added to the already superb list of artists performing at the MTV Video Music Awards September 13!

The list currently includes Taylor Swift, Green Day, Muse and Pink.

Can't wait!

Tricky, tricky!

Country pop tart Taylor Swift surprised Keith Urban during his Kansas City concert Saturday night by joining him onstage decked out in full KISS gear!!

Urban and Swift then performed a duet of "Kiss a Girl."

KISS outfit for "Kiss a Girl!"

Hah!

Shakira and fiance Antonio de la Rua have a moment in their hotel room in Paris last week.

We can't wait for her new record SheWolf October 5!!!

"Just succesfully parallel parked maybe for the first time in my life. I'd like to thank god, my family, and most of all you for your support."

-Ryan Ross Tweets