Russell Brand

Russell Brand and Katy Perry are apparently an item now.

Watch out, ladies of New York. There's a wild man on the loose and he may very well charm you to death and straight into his bedroom.

That's right, Russell Brand is in town. The hilarious and lovely Brit was photographed filming his upcoming film Get Him to the Greek, the sequel to Forgetting Sarah Marshall, in Central Park yesterday.

Russell Brand says he cannot wait to see the Jonas Brothers again after he was named the host of the MTV Video Music Awards for the second year in a row.

Brand caused controversy last year when he cracked jokes about the purity rings worn by the teenage band.

The British comic told Ryan Seacrest that he hoped the band would one day play at his wedding – which could even be to one of the brothers.

MTV appears to be smitten with hosts imported from the UK. Alexa Chung moved across the pond to host It's On during weekdays, and now Russell Brand has been invited to host the Video Music Awards again, making him the first to do so two consecutive years.

Last year, the controversial comedian raised a big ol' hoopla by repeatedly making jabs at the Jonas Brothers and mocking their purity rings.

Drop Dead Fred is being resurrected with Russell Brand in the title role. 

Russell Brand was snapped leaving Akon's after party at Number 5 Cavendish Club in London last night with two major butterfaces who forgot their pants.

Is it just us, or do these two look like the kind of "girls" who know their way around a strategic tuck?

Maybe that’s how Russell rolls.

We don’t judge.

—Sasha Perl-Raver

Russell Brand is reportedly in talks to reprise Dudley Moore’s iconic alcoholic, philanderer Arthur in a remake of the 1981 hit about a fun-loving playboy who has to choose between his family fortune and his working-class girlfriend.

The late Moore won a Best Actor Oscar nomination for the original.

We’re not a huge fan of remakes, especially when the original is so damn good, but Russell could really let his freak flag fly with the role and create an homage that Moore would be both pleased with and proud of.

We approve.

This is NOT a trend we support!

We hoped men in black leather calf boots went out with the plaid tide that Nirvana and Pearl Jam washed in, but apparently some a-hole has decided to revive the hideousness.

Bad call!

This afternoon Russell Brand, wearing Mary-Kate Olsen’s hand-me-downs, was spotted in Beverly Hills wearing the lace up version of this fashion travesty while, on Saturday, John Legend pulled on the high sheen Gestapo version to goose-step down the CNN Heroes tribute red carpet at the Kodak Theater.

Not only did Russell Brand’s performance at the MTV Video Music Awards straight up suck; the fallout from his George W. Bush jokes got some crazed, backwoods red-necks so up in arms he received death threats.

All that because he called Dubya a "retard" during the ceremony?

Ummm, Junior is a retard…but we feel bad saying that because it gives retards a bad name.

Russell Brand was sweating like a whore in church from the first moment he took the VMA stage and was greeted with crickets. Unlike previous years where the front rows are stars and the rest of the crowd is comprised of rabid, screaming, boisterous fans, 2008 was Bring-Your-Dad-to-the-VMAs-Day. Every time the camera panned the audience it was like a trip to an LL Bean outlet in the suburbs. They treated the show like a trip to Nordstrom with their trophy wives; half-asleep, holding the bags by the guy tickling “Unforgettable” on the piano. What gives?