Being a skank-candidate in our end of the year Ho Ho Ho Awards isn’t always a bad thing. Sometimes you need to be recognized on your awesomely sleazy year. Behold Round 6.
Pop divas are some of the most salacious souls in T-town, and with these two newbies who skanked up the scene in 2009, they’ve got enough glitter and gumption to keep them sexing it up well into 2010:

Glam-Shock Ho: Lady Gaga vs. Adam Lambert
Lady Gaga: The shock pop gal refused to wear pants all year—that is, when she decided to wear anything at all. For a babe who mostly dresses fugly on the red carpet, she sure kept us at rapt attention by shedding all her clothes performing onstage and dishing about her bisexuality.
Adam Lambert: He may as well be called Lord Gaga, ’cause this controversial Idol alum knew exactly how to get press: Center everything on your sexuality. Dude’s only gonna get more wild now that he’s a free man—all the power to him when he’s out on the dating scene. But let’s keep our tongues to ourselves while on national TV next time, m’kay?

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Here are a few of the pairings (and rumored romances) that made us swoon this year.
By Jocelyn Vena

Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner

Photo: Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage

Our favorite couples in 2009 met while working on set or working the red carpet. Some flaunted their love and devotion, and some tried to keep it under wraps. But at the end of the day, they made a case for the existence of true love and gave hope to all of us.

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‘They decided they were better as friends,’ a source says.
By Jocelyn Vena

Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift in “Valentine’s Day”

Photo: Warner Bros.

Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner have broken up, according to sources close to the couple that claim they really weren’t that serious to begin with.

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Mariah Carey, Carrie Underwood and more are set to attend the show, airing January 6.
By Jocelyn Vena

Taylor Lautner

Photo: Larry Busacca/ Getty Images

“New Moon” has certainly been a fan favorite since its release in November, so it comes as no surprise that the film’s stars Taylor Lautner and Kellan Lutz will attend the People’s Choice Awards on January 6. According to CBS, the show will air live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, with Queen Latifah hosting and performing at the show.

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Leaked clip features singer’s ‘Today Was a Fairytale’ and castmembers talking about the holiday.
By Jocelyn Vena

Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift in “Valentine’s Day”

Photo: Warner Bros.

While fans wait to see Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner fall in love on the big screen in “Valentine’s Day” when it opens February 12, they can hear a bit of Swift’s new song, “Today Was a Fairytale,” in a leaked featurette for the film.

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‘A bright light that lit the world is forever dimmed,’ family says in statement.
By Gil Kaufman

Brittany Murphy

Photo: Dave Hogan/ Getty Images

Actress Brittany Murphy’s family gathered on Christmas Eve for a private funeral for the “8 Mile” co-star, who died on December 20 of cardiac arrest. According to the Los Angeles Times, Murphy was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills on Thursday in a ceremony in which friends and family recalled the 32-year-old’s work and life.

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From Kim Kardashian’s washboard abs to Kelly Osbourne’s trim “Dancing” physique, check out which stars underwent the most shocking body makeovers of the year.

MTV News’ Jim Cantiello squeezes a year’s worth of WTFs into one minute.
By Gil Kaufman

Lady Gaga at the 2009 Video Music Awards

Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic

Summing up 2009 in one minute is kind of like trying to convince Lady Gaga to go to dinner in flats, jeans, a ratty T-shirt and no makeup: virtually impossible, but so totally worth trying.

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The funeral for Brittany Murphy was held at twilight on Thursday.

The actress’ mother Sharon, husband Simon Monjack and close friends attended the invite-only ceremony at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in L.A. Murphy’s father, Angelo Bertolotti, did not attend the funeral.

In July, a private memorial service for Michael Jackson was also held at Forest Lawn in L.A. Other stars buried there include Bette Davis, Lucille Ball, Freddie Prinze and John Ritter.

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The Twilight sequel was kinda popular. The Transformers sequel was kinda gigantic. Land of the Lost was neither.
But you didn’t need us to tell you that. You needed us to digest the box-office year that was, and spit out: the Nine Things About 2009 You Didn’t Know, but Are About to Learn:
1. New Moon beat Harry Potter. In bang for buck. New Moon made more than 12 times its $50 million budget ($635 million worldwide); Half-Blood Prince “only” made about four times its $250 million price tag.
2. Harry Potter beat everything. The sixth boy-wizard adventure was the year’s overall No. 1 film, with $924 million in the worldwide bank, even if Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was the No. 1 film domestically—and the only one to top $400 milllion stateside.

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And 2009’s Biggest Bomb Was…Not What You Think