This year's VMAs were all about Lady Gaga's three ensembles. Really wish she had performed as well because the opening number was painful to watch.

• Newcomer Bruno Da Gama from Florianópolis gets a nod from Models.com today.
• Shakira's new single Loca is out, and I like it a lot. Cannot wait for new album Sale El Sol to be released on October 19.
• The Wilderness Downtown. Brilliant.
• Shirley Mallmann in the new issue of Pop.
• Lanvin for H&M?
• Vote for Rio de Janeiro as the Sexiest Place On Earth in this year's TripOut Gay Travel Awards. The city already won the award for Best Gay Destination in 2009. The Week is nominated again this year for Best Gay Bar In The World. Make sure to cast your vote in favor of the club.
• This was New York's hottest summer ever.
• It is Restaurant Week in São Paulo. 210 restaurants are participating in the event.
• Watch the entire third episode of Katylene TV.
• Vote for your favorite candidate to the title of Mister Diversidade Brasil 2010 here. The finals will take place in São Paulo on September 6.

• Love the pinups story photographed by Sølve Sundsbø for the latest Vogue Nippon featuring Ana Beatriz Barros and Alessandra Ambrósio.
• Brazilian blog Katylene has branched into a weekly TV show. Watch the two parts of the second episode which aired this week here (in Portuguese only).
• Super cute teen blogger Federico Devito got two new tattoos, and posted pictures of both online.
• Producers of Breaking Dawn are concerned with filming the movie in Rio later this year after the shootings at InterContinental hotel last weekend.
• StyleCaster interviews model Indiamara.
• The line up for the 2010 Chemical Music Festival in Rio has been released. The event will take place on September 25 at Marina da Glória, headlined by Joachim Garraud, Gustavo Bravetti, Stephan Bodzin, DJ Yoda, Kaskade, Claude VonStroke, and Azari & III.
• Watch the Fashion's Night Out commercial, and Robbie Williams' Brokeback Mountain-themed video for Shame.

• Evandro Soldati by Massimo Pamparana for Slurp.
• Alessandra Ambrósio in motion for Russh magazine.
• At home with designer Alexandre Herchcovitch.
  
• Shirley Mallmann stars in the spring ad campaign for beachwear label Adriana Degreas.
• The chicest iPad case I've seen so far.
• Lady Gaga covers UK Vanity Fair.
• Fashionista lists the ten most influential street style bloggers.
• Lance Bass is allegedly stalking Lorenzo Martone.
• Totally genius: Andy Cohen and Stephen Colbert re-enact a fight between Bethenny and Kelly in The Real Housewives.
• See photos and videos of Robyn's private showcase in New York.
• Download three new music sets by DJ and reader Ru Bhatt: Hang With Me is a chill mix, Hot 'N Fun is a pop mix with an urban edge, and Elastic Love is summer realness (meaning songs to get you dancing at the beach or by the pool). And fyi, a brand new continuous Ru-Mix especially for Made In Brazil is on the way.

• Isabeli Fontana is cashing in with a line of clothes, accessories, and lingerie, developed in partnership with mass retailer C&A in Brazil. The collection is already in stores.
• Gisele Bündchen is turning 30 today, and you can leave a message for her on her official website. To view pictures of her in the new Roberto Cavalli fall 2010 ad campaign, head over to Fashiontography.
• Evandro Soldati hits the pool in the August issue of German GQ.
• Brazilian transgender Lea T., the face of Givenchy for fall, poses naked for Vogue Paris. (nsfw)
• Alejandro meets Holiday.
• A video teaser for 2(x)ist with André Ziehe.
• New pictures of newcomer Samuel Salvio.
• Alicia Kuczman in the new edition of U+Mag.
• A super hot look into the new A&F Quarterly, which I seriously can't wait to get my hands on.
• The remake of the 80s soap Ti Ti Ti premiered last night. Click here to watch the scene featuring the gay couple played by André Arteche and Gustavo Leão.

• Meet 16-year-old newcomer João Zavaski, who booked six shows in São Paulo this season.
• The new issue of Sepp magazine celebrates the 2010 World Cup with a spread featuring several Brazilian bombshells naked, and Luciana Curtis pregnant on the cover.
• Francisco Lachowski for Feld Hommes.
• A little dose of Mateus Verdelho.
• Veteran models reign supreme in the fall campaigns.
• Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot will be shooting model Natalia Vodianova for the Forum Tufi Duek spring 2011 ad campaign in New York this coming Tuesday. Patti Wilson will be the stylist.
• Penn Badgley attended the Havaianas World Cup launch at Barneys New York last night.
• Jesus Luz spinned at the NewNowNext Awards this week, and thanked Madonna for taking good care of his body when he took home the  "Cause You're Hot" award. The show airs on June 17 on Logo.
• Steven Klein explains inspirations for Lady Gaga's latest video.
• Sony releases the world's smallest SLR camera.
• If you are in São Paulo tonight, don't miss the third edition of the Buati party at Lions nightclub, with DJs Nepal, Djgo, and Gustavo Tatá.