August 27 – The night before MTV’s Video Music Awards show, New York was party central for industry heavyweights. The big bash this evening was Stuff magazine’s party hosted by Missy Elliott and hotshot video director Dave Meyers at the nightclub Show. An endless stream of stretch Hummers brought the likes of Pink, Simple Plan, Fabolous, Carmen Electra, Victoria Beckham, Damon Dash, tennis champ Serena Williams and too many others to list. Kelly Osbourne, wearing jeans and tiara, casually mentioned that she and Avril Lavigne will be co-presenting at the VMAs, and that the two are friends. Missy Elliott, who’s never won a VMA despite more nominations than any other artist – some two dozen – said with a big smile, “Winning any award would be great with me!” She’s got eight nominations this year, so we wish her luck. Missy was dressed head to toe in Adidas gear, despite her recent Gap advertisements with Madonna. Did Madonna teach her yoga? “No. But even if she had, I could never get my legs as high as hers”, she said, laughing.

Justin Timberlake partied downtown at the club Suede. His girlfriend, Cameron Diaz, hid from cameras; we'd bet it was because of her tacky red hat.