I'm just going to go ahead and say it. I'm not a fan of Green Day.  I liked Dookie, but anything beyond that just never reached my radar. But who am I to argue with legions of Broadway fans who turned up to see American Idiot?  Apparently they are still as relevant and beloved as ever and even picked up a modeling gig with John Varvatos.  The ads are up now, along with a Man On Wire-styled video.

Self-proclaimed music fiend John Varvatos has turned artists like Iggy Pop, The Roots, Cheap Trick, and Alice Cooper into models for his previous campaigns, so it was only a matter of time before he asked Green Day to rep his brand. For the American menswear designer's spring ad campaign captured by photographer Danny Clinch, band members Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool, and Mike Dirnt are found chilling on an iron beam against the Manhattan skyline—completely unfazed by the fact that they're dangerously up high—because that's just what punk rockers do.

● Soulja Boy has drawn the ire of a group of actual soldier boys with his new song "Let's Be Real," wherein he sings "Fuck the FBI and fuck all the army troops," and now they're petitioning to get his music banned from army bases. [TMZ] ● Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong was kicked of a Southwest flight for letting his pants sag too low. [ABC] ● Jay-Z, Gwenyth Paltrow, Beyoncé, and baby spent the weekend celebrating Bey's 30th birthday in Venice on an enormous yacht. It was surely the envy of all the gondoliers. [DailyMail]

For those of you not in the loop, The Rolling Stones, "The Greatest Rock 'n Roll Band In The World," are re-releasing the greatest rock 'n roll album of all time (I will brook no contention on this point) Exile on Main St. next week on May 18. To celebrate/promote the Exile re-release, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is hosting a series of contemporary artists performing classic songs from Exile every night this week. Last night's artist was Green Day, and they tore the roof off the 30 Rock studio with an electric performance of "Rip This Joint."

● Billy Joe Armstrong at the Broadway opening of Green Day's American Idiot: I don't have any favorites. I like anywhere and everywhere. I went to go see "Everyday Rapture" last night, and then I went to punk-rock karaoke down on the Lower East Side, it was at Arlene's Grocery. ● Mike Dirnt: Honestly, I like to meet friends for a nice pint at McSorley's, the oldest pub in New York. ● Tre Cool: I like to go to Gray's Papaya at 72nd Street and get cheap hot dogs.

● Director Robert Rodriguez says his remake of Barbarella, with fiancé Rose McGowan taking over the lead, is officially dead. [MTV] ● Green Day are getting down with their fans by playing a free show for a small group that will then be put on Myspace. [NME] ● Lindsay Lohan was seen evoking her idol Marilyn Monroe, yet again, for a Spanish Vogue photo shoot. [CelebGossip]

● Miley Cyrus has beaten Britney Spears' record as the youngest teeny-bopper to amass three #1 albums on the Billboard 200. [Yahoo] ● Fergie was out and about yesterday channeling Geordi La Forge in a pair of Star Trek-esque glasses. [Daily Mail] ● In response to Lindsay Lohan’s relationship post-mortem on Ellen, Samantha Ronson has taken to Facebook to change her relationship status to "It’s Complicated." [US]

Green Day will soon be joining the ranks of big-ticket acts to make the jump from CD to stage, when their new musical American Idiot debuts this fall at the Berkeley Repertory Theater in California. Adapted from their Grammy-winning album of the same title, American Idiot is slated to open the theater’s 2009-2010 season, running from September 4th to October 11th. According to Green Day’s website, “the musical is a collaboration between Green Day — the Bay Area rock trio consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool — and Michael Mayer, the Tony Award-winning director of Spring Awakening.