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● Lil Wayne revealed in an interview with MTV that he's got a record full of love songs, written mostly during his stint at Rikers, ready for an album that he calls DEVOL, "'cause that's 'loved' spelled backwards." But, as "How To Love" Weezy will have you know, "what I mean by 'my version of love songs' is meaning, they're not saying 'I love you,' they're saying, you know?" [NahRight]

● Anne Hathaway's drastic new haircut, shorn short in preparation for her role in Les Miserables, matches her drastic new diet. [Us]

The fissure between Axl Rose and his original Guns N' Roses bandmates -- Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagen, and Steven Adler -- is a well-recorded one, fraught with the ego showdowns and cocaine blowouts only found in hair metal lore. But could it be healed in time for the band's April 14 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? That's what GNR keyboardist Dizzy Reed thinks, telling Billboard, "I know that all the original band is going to be there." Reed isn't a founding member, but he's played with the band since 1990 making him the longest tenured non-Axl player. "I don't know exactly what's going to go down," he added. "It's one of those things I'm sure will all come together and be really cool. I'm just going to go in with a good attitude and a clear head and a grateful heart."

● Esquire's list of the Best Dressed Men of All Time failed to include Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga Penis Conspiracy Theorists everywhere cry foul. [Esquire] ● Your vagina has things to say. Well, someone else's vagina has things to say. And that vagina thinks your vagina should listen to it talk about your vagina and vaginae everywhere, and what everyone's respective vaginae has to say to their respective owners. [Crushable] ● Axl Rose took time out of his busy schedule to un-invite people who weren't going to show up to his concerts in the first place. Paradise City, Population: Axl Rose. [Village Voice]

Jason Baron, owner of two of the Lower East Side’s finest music dens, has all the makings of a rising nightlife macher: great timing, the party bug, plus tons of famous music-making pals. Five years down the road, the Annex and Darkroom owner reveals what it takes to stay current in the ever-shifting LES.