Perez Hilton — Taylor Swift ruled the country charts with her self-titled debut album. She tasted a bit of crossover success with her hit Teardrops on My Guitar. Now, the crooner, who writes all her songs, is hoping to crack the mainstream with her new album. Swift... more info

Rolling Stone — Kid Rock gets ready to party (”I can feel a good time coming on”), Linkin Park spill details on their next LP (”We’ve created a new designer drug”) and Taylor Swift gets ready to be catty as a fashion correspondant, plus Paramore, Panic at ... more info

PopSugar — The ladies hit the VMAs red carpet and managed to look cool under the blazing LA sun yesterday afternoon and we were there to get a peek at the action. Lindsay Lohan turned heads in her skintight black dress though I spotted her changed into pants an... more info

MTV.com News — Also: Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens lose smiles when cameras appear; Lil Wayne's Shirt Vanishes.By Tamar Anitai, James Montgomery, Shaheem Reid and Jennifer Vineyard Chris Brown and Rihanna at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards Photo: Kevin Mazur/... more info

VH1 News — At the 2008 MTV VMAs, Katy Perry, T-Pain, Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus were glittery and daring on the red carpet more info

Idolator — Oh HI! It's dickdogfood. I welcome you to Idolator's liveblog of the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. Now before I became a quasi-anonymous commentator legend, I was known as Michael Daddino. (I still am, in certain obscure circles.) Once, during that lo... more info

MTV.com News — Taylor Swift brought the gold, Ashlee Simpson embraced her bump, and lots of guys were digging tweed this year.By Jocelyn Vena Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus arrive at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards Photo: AP Photo/Matt Sayles Short, sweet an... more info

VH1 News — Taylor Swift has been tapped to be MTV News' fashion correspondent during the Video Music Awards preshow at 8 p.m. Sunday. more info

VH1 News — Taylor Swift has been tapped to be MTV News' fashion correspondent during the Video Music Awards preshow at 8 p.m. Sunday. more info

Idolator — I don't know if I'm the only one who's alarmed by fresh-faced teenage country singer Taylor Swift's latest semi-incongruous cover, in which she apparently tries to muddy up her image by covering Amy Winehouse's ode-to-inebriation "Rehab." Sure, one c... more info