Tight band, stylish set, and a wealth of impressive songs. Kanye West’s Storytellers show was a series highpoint. We didn’t have room for all the performances in the show, so here’s an extra, Web-only glide through “Love Lockdown,” one of the most addictive tunes from West’s recent 808s & Heartbreak. It’s all about the emotions that erupted after a recent breakup, and it’s obvious the singer is pouring his heart out. “Thank you for being my shrink today, and the stage is my couch,” he tells the audience, “Thank you for allowing me to get some things off of my chest and out of my mind. My pain shall be your pleasure.” Kanye goes the whole way, as usual.

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Sad news: Joseph Verzella III, the boyfriend of Flavor of Love 2/Charm School/I Love Money star Jennifer “Toasteee” Toof, was found dead in his house on Friday morning. Toasteee tells us that she was the one who found him and the cause of his death is as yet unknown.

Joe had a small but memorable role in Toasteee’s on-air dealings — he could be heard via phone in the I Love Money clips show giving his girl a tongue-lashing after she and Heather confessed to him on Valentine’s Day that they made out. They thought it would be funny, he didn’t see the humor and the result was a hilarious clip:

Toasteee reached out to us in the hope of keeping Joe’s memory alive. She wrote:

“He was only 30-years-old. He was my best friend and the love
of my life. He was such a sweet guy and so many people are going to
miss him. I miss him so much because he meant everything to me. I know
it sounds like we fought a lot from the phone booth extras, but it was
hard for him to deal with me being away from him for so long when I was
filming the shows. He was so proud of everything I’ve accomplished and
loved all the VH1 shows. He would have done anything in the world for
me and he stuck by me through thick and thin.”

She is in our thoughts and prayers.

Tool Academy’s resident therapist Trina Dolenz isn’t only helping the couples on the show. Each week she answers relationship questions from VH1.com users as well. Got a problem with your significant other? Is your partner a tool? Write in and tell Dolenz the one thing that most irritates you about your mate. She can help. Write her at toolacademy@gmail.com. Your note may just be one of those answered.

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Hi Trina, I have faithfully been watching Tool Academy since the series began and it has become my new favorite show. I feel for the girls and understand what they are going through; I live it every day. My boyfriend and I are going on 4 years now and I love him like he’s my other half, but I feel that I may not be strong enough to stay in a relationship like ours anymore. I’m going to tell you my story in hopes that you can help us because I’m worried that no one can and the end for us is coming near.

My boyfriend’s name is Jared, he is 23 and I am 20. Jared is 6′4 weighs about 230, buff and is the “tall dark and hansome” type. But he has issues with keeping jobs and treating me like a dog. He enjoys going to the bar and never calling me, since I’m not 21 and can’t go out with him, he rather go out by himself and party with his “friends.” I have always kept a steady job and took care of him and yet I’m the only one that gets treated like I’m the one that made his life so hard. I’m here for him no matter what, what he does what he says, everything.

The names he calls me are so degrading and disrespectful all I can do is cry. I don’t want to say mean things back to him because that just makes things worse. I try to ignore it so that the situation doesn’t get out of hand. He cheated numerous times but accuses me of always cheating.

There are so many small details of course and I would like the opportunity to sit with you and talk to you about the unhealthy relationship that we are in. As I said before, I am a loyal fan of the show and I do sincerely believe that myself and Jared are the same type of couple that you have on the show, we meet the criteria 100%.
Thank you for talking the time to read my letter and I hope to here from you soon. – CF

Hi CF,
Oh dear, your relationship does sound as if it is in a lot of trouble! One of the things you may have noticed on the show is that the girls have been waiting around hoping for some sort of change, receiving bad behavior from their boyfriends, but still “being there” for them at the same time. What you are really doing is being a substitute mother for your “adolescent” boyfriend, disapproving, but allowing him to continue disrespecting you.

It will be very important for you, especially as you are so young, to concentrate on yourself, what you want out of life and stop acting like a middle-aged housewife! Sometimes it is hard to discern between love and attachment, but when a relationship is as yours is described, it is usually a strong need to find yourself in the other that is keeping you together, rather than a healthy love.

Maybe I will see you in the next series!  - Trina

Just a heads up: if you’ve been hot on Kelly Clarkson’s “My Life Would Suck Without You,” and you’re dying to hear what the rest of her new All I Ever Wanted disc sounds like, you’re in the right place. Next Tuesday, March 3, we’re streaming Ms. Clarkson’s latest opus in its entirety. That means you can hear it a week before it hits the racks. You’re definitely going to need to find out why one tune is called “I Do Not Hook Up.” See you Tuesday.

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Find out why All I Ever Wanted is Clarkson’s rebound, her ill-advised trip to Cancun with her girlfriends, and her fling with an underwear model (metaphorically speaking).

Make the jump for the new disc’s song titles and clips of Kelly doing a show and tell about her favorite music videos.

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Ray J’s making new pals all over the place. Watch him befriend Paul F. Tompkins at the VH1 corporate picnic. No wonder the current Celebreality kingpin is a guest on Best Week Ever tonight. The show airs early this evening, at 10 pm ET.

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Jennifer Gimenez’s Sober House commentary continues! Below, the house mother talks about allowing Seth back into the house, her reservations regarding Mary’s gig at Swingfest, her own one-woman show and what it was like, as a recovering cocaine addict, to be given crack rock to hold in her hand.

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Dr. Drew’s weekly commentary on Sober House continues! Below, the hardest working doctor in showbiz talks about Seth’s relapse, the revolving-door policies of sober-living houses, Mary’s lifestyle and his constant battles with insurance companies on behalf of addicts. (Seriously, it’s more interesting than it sounds — Dr. Drew’s a radical, even though he’d claim otherwise!)

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Below, this week’s booted For the Love of Ray J contestant talks her quest for exposure, Ray J’s height and Chicago Larry, Cocktail’s backstabbing and her photographer/manager who is not, we repeat not, her pimp.

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If you care enough about VH1 programming to be reading this blog in the first place, this should come as no shock: Stallionaires Real and Chance are gearing up for another season of their staggeringly succesful dating show Real Chance of Love. It’s over between Cornfed and Real, and Chance never picked anyone to be over with anyway, so hey, why not, right? Details on the upcoming season via 51 Minds and VH1’s press department are below:

Another Real Chance of Love?

If you watched Real Chance of Love, you know the road to love is a treacherous one where furry chinned Rabbits and Stalking Yetis lurk at every turn. You also know that Chance ended his journey alone and Real found the girl of his dreams. Or did he?

What you don’t know is that Corn Fed’s promise to “take it slow” lasted until she found out that Real had proposed to Hoops on Season One of I Love Money. After that, declarations like, “I love you,” turned to questions like “Why don’t you love me like that?” and “Where’s MY friggin’ ring?” Needless to say, Real ran for the hills.

Since that time Real and Chance have turned their backs on romance, and have holed up in the studio devoting their time to their music. But a man can live without love only so long.

Now Real and Chance are back to give love another chance. 20 new women will move into the Stallionaire Ranch and compete for the brother of their choice. Will Real and Chance finally find the girls of their dreams? Who knows? But one thing is certain, it will be fun to watch them try.

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Where can you go this summer to hear “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” “Every Rose Has Its Thorn,” and “I Want You To Want Me” coming from one single stage? Plenty of places. Dates for 40-city North American romp that features Def Leppard, Poison, and Cheap Trick were just announced today. The action kicks off in Camden, New Jersey on June 23.

Def Leppard front man Joe Elliott is calling it the “rock tour of the summer,” and Poison singer Bret Michaels says each stop will be “a night of a 1000 hits.” Something tells us that there are tons of hard rock fans who are going to agree.

Live Nation produces the tour, and tickets go on sale March 6 at the Live Nation Website.

Make the jump to see all the specific cities and performance dates.

Watch a playlist of music videos that contains the best songs by Def Leppard, Poison, and Cheap Trick.

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Melissa Rauch does her best to celebrate the start of Mardi Gras, but really, no one’s buying. But she’s got info seeing into Lauren Conrad’s past,  and explains while Hillary Duff probably needs to hang out with a few less rock bands.

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