Editor’s note: Welcome to The Fug Report! Each week our fashion blogger friends Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, the sartorial geniuses behind Go Fug Yourself, will feature some of their favorite looks of the week in this space. We hope you enjoy it!

This week, on Go Fug Yourself, we were worked into a little bit of a rage by one of the Kardashians (you know which one). We worried that George Clooney might be a wee bit tanorexic. We fell for Diane Kruger, and confused someone from So You Think You Can Dance with Ross Gellar. We were horrified by what Taylor Dayne decided to wear to tell it to our hearts, and worried that SJP might secretly be a vampire. And, of course, we covered the VMAs from stem to stern, especially Lady Gaga’s new man-self, Beyonce’s bump, and the Return of Britney. What a way to close out the summer.

1. Patti Smith and the Kronos Quartet accepted the 2011 Polar Music Prize at a ceremony in Stockholm yesterday. The annual award — which is Sweden’s highest music honor — was founded by Stig Anderson (aka ABBA’s manager), back in 1989. [via BBC]

2. Hopping on board the ’90s nostalgia bandwagon, ABC is taking on a new comedy from writers Jennifer Crittenden (Seinfeld) and Gabrielle Allan (Scrubs) that will “revolve around a ‘super cool’ 1990s all-girl band who, after 20 years of bad blood, tries to reunite though they’re no longer girls and no longer cool.” Hmm… [via THR]

3. Did you realize that Lady Gaga was wearing a prosthetic penis at the VMAs? [via Vulture]

4. “With Fleetwood Mac, there’s a lot of landmines out there politically and it’s hard to get everybody on the same page at the same time – but I think this might be one of those years where everyone will want to do the same thing.” – Lindsey Buckingham tells Rolling Stone that Fleetwood Mac will return next year

5. Here’s an even better look at Henry Cavill in his Superman costume from the set of Man of Steel. It’s much more alien-like than previous incarnations of the famed suit.

Bonus Buzz: Terrifying Images From “Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark”

We have an unhealthy relationship with MTV’s Video Music Awards. While we’re never exactly what you’d call excited to sit down and watch the show each year, thanks to precious pop culture moments — like Michael Jackson smooching Lisa Marie Presley or Britney Spears dancing with a gigantic snake — we feel obligated to tune in. So you can only imagine how intrigued we were to read that MTV couldn’t find anyone to host this weekend’s ceremony. Maybe most comedians feel just as ambivalent about the VMAs as we do?

This will only be the third time that the VMAs have been host-free since launching back in 1984. Before making the decision, Amy Doyle, the awards show’s executive producer, told Billboard, “We feel we got it right by putting new talent on the stage like Chelsea [Handler] and Russell [Brand]. We’re really challenging ourselves to find the right person so that the show feels complete.” We wonder what happened with that. We’re also curious: Do you think it really matters? [via Vulture]

1. Listen to a new track called “I Could Be Wrong” featuring Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig and Chromeo’s Dave 1. It’s available on the digital version of Chromeo’s new album, Business Casual, which drops today. [via P4K]
2. Here’s a high-quality version of Kanye’s new song “Runaway” — which he debuted at the VMAs on Sunday to the delight of douchebags everywhere — for you to download. [via Vulture]
3. Joaquin Phoenix will appear on the Late Show with David Letterman on September 22. Wouldn’t it be shocking if he just acted like a normal person? [via TV Guide]
4. Reliable sources tell MobyLives that in spite of their past history, Oprah has selected Jonathan Franzen‘s newest book, Freedom, for her revived book club.
5. Al Pacino and Joe Pesci could be joining Robert De Niro in the cast The Irishman, Martin Scorsese’s forthcoming mob drama based on the exploits of hitman Frank Sheeran. [via Deadline]

Bonus link: 25 Mario facts for the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros

We’d suggest less Hennessy this year…

The biggest scandal of last night’s MTV Video Music Awards was the Kanye West/Taylor Swift controversy. Madonna’s opening tribute to Michael Jackson, and Janet’s live performance, were arguably the most “historic” moments of the show. But it was Lady Gaga’s number, and her multiple outfit changes — not to mention her Best New Artist acceptance speech, where she dedicated her award to “God and the gays” — that we considered the most entertaining parts of the evening. (Sorry Jay-Z. Showing up in a town car five minutes before you perform and having the cameras follow as you slowly walk the halls of Radio City Music Hall can’t match the drama of a dangling Gaga covered in faux blood.) After the jump, we decode the pop culture references secretly lurking in her sartorial choices.

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