As Lindsay showed us tonight, being haunted by the ghosts of relationship past is no fun. And since we're all about truth in journalism (er, blogging) here at RC, we're hitting you up with five surefire signs your man's not ready to commit. Read 'em and weep.

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'Tis the season to be coming up with unrealistic New Year's Resolutions! And since the Hills crew has been crazy busy (what with wrapping up Season 4, planning a wedding and moving to NYC and all), we figured we'd give everyone a hand by coming up with their annual affirmations for them! Read on to find out what ch-ch-changes we wanna see, come January 1st.

Stephanie: Stop dating, breaking up with and re-dating boys who make you cry on near-daily basis. Which brings us to #2: Stop crying on a near-daily basis. (Hint: Next season, save the mascara-stained tears for Sweeps Week, for added "oomph.")

Holly: Find new semi-permanent place of residence. We get that you're new(ish) in town, but c'mon, it's been like six months! Time to ditch the perma-houseguest routine, make like Mary Tyler Moore and get yourself a 1-bedroom. And a lopsided beret.

Heidi: Convince boyfriend/roommate/future husband to stop pissing off Everyone You Know. This includes -- but is not limited to -- your boss, your sister, your mother, your stepfather and your ex-best friend.

Spencer: Get back on Stalker Mom's good side by showing her how thoughtful/kind/considerate you are. If that fails, keep childish name-calling to a minimum.

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Sure, we all know the obvious things about 50 Cent. Like the fact that he's been shot 9 times! And that he's got nothing but love (and cash money!) for Vitamin Water! And how he enjoys working out upside down while simultaneously rapping about no-strings-attached sex. (See "In Da Club.")

But we're betting there's a few things even the biggest fans never knew about the guy. So in honor of his new show, 50 Cent: The Money and The Power (which premieres this Thursday, at 10pm) we're hitting you with five fun Fiddy-related factoids.

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Until recently, we only knew three things about Tila Tequila's new-ish squeeze, Courtenay Semel:

1) She's the daughter of former Yahoo! CEO, Terry Semel.
2) She could totally place first in a Sarah Silverman Lookalike Contest
3) She doesn't seem to have any issues with PDA on the red carpet. (See: Every Picture Ever Taken)

And now, thanks to TMZ and WebProNews, we have a fourth item to add to our list:

4) Courtenay is, evidently, the kinda gal who goes around screaming obscenities at poor, defenseless Vegas security guards. According to recent reports, Semel had this to say to Jaroslaw Jarczok (a.k.a. the man working security at PURE nightclub):

“Do you even know who I am, f@#king idiot? . . . Google me, you dumb f@#k.”

Unfortunately for Semel, Jarczok did! And, presumably, he quickly discovered that she was worth oodles and oodles of money. Which would explain why he then slapped her with a lawsuit (That's 5 things!) faster than you can say "Cha-ching!" on the grounds that he is now (and this is a direct quote) "anxious about receiving harassing comments by friends."

Awwwww, tough break, Courtenay. But on the plus side? You can pretty much bet that Jarczok will never, ever forget your name again.

Is it just us, or was last night's Making the Band 4 totally all over the place?? It was like Diddy decide to take a season's worth of plot lines and jam-pack them into a single overflowing episode. From the unlikely injuries to the unexpected drama to the unabashed flirting, we saw it all. And now we're counting down the Three Weirdest Moment's from yesterday's show.

Weird Moment The First: Mike's crazy fan-related knee injury. Who knew street performing was such a dangerous business? Guess when your fans are as boy-crazy as Day 26's, even shopping's an extreme sport. Imagine someone loving you SO MUCH that they just had to smack you on the kneecap when they got close enough to touch you?? Actually, we can! It's kinda like how our dog is so excited to see us walk through the front door that he loses all bladder control and urinates on the linoleum floor. Out of love, people! Pure, unconditional, incontinent love...

Weird Moment The Second: Aubrey and D. Woods' pseudo-serious attempt at seducing a sailor. Listen girls, we totally get the whole "Ooh!-I-love-a-man-in-uniform" thing. But then why the sudden change of heart? As Blair Waldorf would say (if she were here and, inexplicably, friends with us) sailors are a lot like Kleenex -- use once and throw away. And if you're not-so-much into balled-up tissues? You probably shouldn't spend all day ogling them on the street.

Weird Moment The Third: The bizarre dance-fight between Brian and Laurie Ann Gibson. Okay, so this wasn't totally out of the blue -- after all, we did see it coming on yesterday's sneak-peek. And yet, the level of emotion completely caught us off guard. Jeez, man up, Brian! You're a celebrity, not a twelve year-old girl who just lost her lunch money. You were right to take one for the team, but next time? Maybe try not to let Laurie Ann bring out the waterworks.

+ Any weird moments that should've made it into the top 3? Tell us what you surprised you about last night's episode.

With MTV's Top Pop Group kicking off in less than two weeks, we figured it was time to round up a list of our all-time favorite pop princes and princesses. So here, in no particular order, is a list of the six musical acts who once had us shelling out our hard-earned allowances for a newfangled technological marvel commonly known as the "CD."

New Kids on the Block - These guys were the first -- and, some say, the best -- boy band racket in town. They had it all: the moves, the girls and, of course, the over-the-top merchandising (NKOTB lunch boxes, action figures and onesie pajamas? Seriously??) Yeah, we're gonna ignore their unsolicited comeback and focus on the happier times instead. As in, the days when Donnie Wahlberg was actually considered "the famous one."

Backstreet Boys - Remember when Paris Hilton had her heart broken by Nick Carter? Neither do we! But it, like, totally happened. That said, we'll best remember the Backstreet Boys for embodying all the classic b-band characteristics: the matching outfits, the cheesy choreography, and the requisite "edgy" one (who wore weird hats and had crazy highlights and appeared to the pseudo-rebellious mainstream teenybopper).

The Spice Girls - Before she was the lovely/robotic Victoria Beckham, you knew her as Posh Spice, the girl best known for never smiling, wearing ridiculous clothes and mugging for the camera. (Apparently, some things never change). And despite embracing "girl power," you never did figure out what the hell "Wannabe" was really about. Although you did (eventually) stop coveting Scary Spice's abs...around the same time you found out she got knocked up by professional babymaker Eddie Murphy.

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Coming soon to a small screen near you: Paris Hilton's televised search for a new best friend. And since we can't wait to see which lucky lady will follow in the illustrious footsteps of Kim Kardashian, Nicole Richie and Kimberly Stewart, we've come up with the top eight reasons for Why It Pays To Be Paris Hilton's New BFF.

+ She's been a V.I.P. since she was in diapers
+ It's the fastest/easiest way to market that sex tape you accidentally-on-purpose leaked to the press
+ You'll never have to worry about bad hair days again (Um, hello?? When you're rolling with Paris, you could be wearing a plastic bag on your head and no one would notice!)
+ She dated Rick Hamilton, so you know she has a soft spot for charity cases
+ It's like they always say: Keep your friends close and your chihuahua-toting heiresses closer.
+ It'll give you an excuse to break out that trashy Pucci halter dress you bought at a sample sale
+ She's the only person in the world who won't make fun of you for saying "That's hot."
+ You're secretly only using her to get closer to Tinkerbell

Anything we left out? Tell us why you'd give anything to join Paris' inner circle -- including your Prada backpack. (Oh wait, you don't have a Prada backpack? Boo, sucks to be you).

After watching (and re-watching) the new Island trailer, it suddenly struck us that we aren't really cut out for life as a castaway. Sure, Ginger makes it look totes glam on those Gilligan's Island reruns, but trust us, after six weeks with no hairdryer, eyebrow waxer or pilates class, we wouldn't look like gorge Hollywood starlets so much as something the Loch Ness monster dragged in.

Plus with no tv, no iPods, no high-speed internet connections and an all-coconut diet, we'd start to go a little, well, bananas. And since we'd be completely and utterly reliant on our fellow islanders for all sources of entertainment, we've taken the liberty of listing the individuals we'd most like to take with us -- and the ones we'd most like to leave behind.

Top 5 People We Would HATE To Be Trapped With On A Desert Island
1. Carrot Top
2. Bill O'Reilly
3. That chick from True Life: I'm a Jersey Shore Girl
4. Kim Jong-Il
5. Flava Flav

Top 5 People We Would LOVE To Be Trapped With On A Desert Island
1. Jack Bauer
2. Ryan Gosling
3. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
4. Madonna
5. MacGyver

+ Feel like making your own top five? Tell us who you'd most/least like to get trapped with on a desert island, plus stay tuned for the premiere of The Island on Wednesday, September 10th.

Season 3 of Making the Band 4 is only just underway, but it's already shaping up to be one of the best seasons yet. Here's what we like about it so far:

• The return of Laurie Ann Gibson. Keep the sass coming, girl! LOVE that Que had a 30 second "sick pass" and then, BAM! It was all, "You need to spit out that gum and then learn these steps, like, yesterday." She and Diddy may have had their problems, but if anyone can whip these boys into shape, it's Laurie Ann.

• The shameless plugging. Speaking of Diddy, glad to see his shameless self-promotional skills are better than ever. It's like this dude spent the entire filming hiatus hanging out with Donald Trump and Joe Francis. For realz, y'all, he's already name-dropped Donnie's new album more times than we can count. And, need we remind you, it's only been one episode.

• The totes still-there chemistry between Aubrey O'Day and Donnie Klang. Are these two kidding themselves or what?? (Seriously, how many platonic friends do you know who call each other "Pumpkin" and "Hubby?")

• Watching everyone learn their choreography. Okay, we admit it, we're slightly dance-obsessed. (Which is to say, we watch So You Think You Can Dance, ABDC and Dancing With The Stars to overcompensate for having two left feet). And so far, we've loved watching the guys and girls bust a move. Especially when the music stops.

• Everyone looks AMAZING. Did the entire cast take gorgeous pills in the off season or something? We've never seen Danity Kane, Day26 or Donnie look so damn attractive. No wonder it looks as though love is in the air again this season! And no, we're not just talking about you, "Pumpkin." (Hint, hint: Que and Dawn).

Earlier, we brought your five new(ish) pieces of information about Lauren Conrad, Heidi Montag and Audrina Patridge. So to even up the playing field (and refresh your Hills‘ knowledge in light of Monday’s premiere!) we figured we’d hit you with five factoids about the remaining principle players. Next up: it’s the one, the only, Lo.

Her real name is a lot more than two letters
Although she goes by "Lo" on The Hills, LC's high school bestie was actually christened Lauren Olivia Ogilvie Bosworth. (Yeah, we would have shortened that, too.)

She's not just another dumb blonde
While her dream job is hosting her own style show, this educated Hills broad recently graduated from UCLA (she transferred there from UC Santa Barbara) with a bachelor's degree in art history. Translation: She could totally kick your ass in a discussion about the evolution of abstract impressionism.

She's not as single as she appears on The Hills
Judging by this season's trailer, there's love in the air for Whitney, Lauren, Stephanie and Audrina. So what about Lo? Well, although her on-screen action has been limited to smooching Brody's sidekick, Frankie Delgado, in a Vegas freeforall, word has it Lo is currently dating a quiet, finance-y guy who just happens to be a wee bit camera-shy.

She is not, nor has she ever been, related to Kate Bosworth
C'mon, if she was, don't you think the show would have exploited it by now?

She's always thought Lauren and Stephen should end up together.
Awwwww, remember on Laguna Beach when everyone thought Lauren and Stephen would end up happily ever after? (Swing and a miss!) Well, apparently Lo's still convinced. As recently as this past March, she told Usmagazine.com that she thinks the two are the perfect couple. But before that, she helped give us one of our all-time favorite Laguna quotes.

Lauren Conrad: I don't wanna marry Stephen.
Lo Bosworth: Why? He's cute, you'd have pretty babies.
Jen Bunney : You would have pretty babies, your babies would be like the popular people at school.
Lauren Conrad: That's sweet.