Until we started writing this week's Framed, we had no idea that Paris Hilton's first album, Paris, hit #6 on the U.S. Billboard chart in 2006. #6! She must be the most talented whatever-she-is in the whole world!

Of course, we're quite happy for her chart success, 'cause our video this week is the second single from that LP, "Nothing In This World." You probably know that Paris is also a very successful actress--we really enjoyed that one hamburger commercial she did--so it's no surprise that the ambitious Ms. Hilton brought her well-known cinematic and satiric chops to this video project.

The video is based on the 2004 movie, The Girl Next Door, a teen comedy about a high school boy falling in love with the porno start next door. In fact, Elisha Cuthbert, the star of Girl Next Door, has a cameo in the video. Paris, of course, fits comfortably into the porno star role.

Is Paris Hilton our most multi-talented multi-talented star? Only you, the readers of Framed, can decide that, so

Few musical acts have resumes as varied as that of the Pussycat Dolls. In addition to a "Stardoll" website, where kids can create their own Pussycat Doll ("Aimed at girls aged seven to 17")...and the Pussycat Dolls Lounge in Las Vegas ("Sin City's sexiest spot!")...and a reality TV show on the CW network ("Canceled due to low ratings")...well, in addition to all of that and more, the PCD are also a real, live recording group. You know, sort of.

Naysayers claim the PCD are, in reality, little more than lead singer Nicole Scherzinger and some great marketing. At Framed, of course, our focus is on music videos, so we really don't want to say too much about the music itself. Other than, whenever you get a bunch of really hot girls to dress and pose suggestively: well, heck, that's a song in itself.

'Nuff said!

Our video this week is "I Hate This Part," from PCD's recent Doll Domination album. It shows Nicole pretending to play the piano while the rest of the PCD troupe looks good in

Well, readers, 2008 was one heckuva year. Between the aliens landing in Kansas, George Bush launching a preemptive war against Greenland, and Framed winning another Pulitzer, things were sure hectic! And that's not even to mention Simon Cowell's stunning revelation that American Idol 's been fixed since day one!

Can 2009 be even better? Perhaps! After President-Elect Palin takes the oath of office and follows through on her campaign promise to personally hunt down and kill the last living wolf, we expect she'll turn her attention to wisely investing the massive budget surplus she's inherited. Good times are here again!

To help usher in the new year we're featuring Jason Mraz's Grammy-nominated single, "I'm Yours." Mraz is a gifted singer-songwriter from Virginia whose reggae-flavored tune was the big hit off his 2008 LP, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things., which hit #3 on Billboard this year. The song is now nominated for Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal

Getting into Framed more than once isn't easy. To date, the only ones to do it have been Justin Timberlake, Michael Jackson, Miley Cyrus, Daughtry and Britney Spears, and they're probably the most talented people on Earth, along with Framed. And now, this week--surprisingly!--Rascal Flatts joins this heady group.

We'd like to say that it's because RF makes videos that are so compelling that we simply have no choice in the matter. But that would be ridiculous and no one would believe us. 

No, the real reason is that we were looking at various Christmas-themed videos and, when we heard their version of "I'll Be Home For Christmas," decided that its seasonal excellence needed to be shared. The song appears on their latest album, Greatest Hits Vol. 1, and, rendered a capella, delivers the sense of wistfulness inherent in the Christmas classic. The video itself, shot at New York City's Roosevelt Hotel in November, is as straightforward as the song, and also evocative of the warmth of the