by Ayana Allen

As three of the world’s most beloved chipmunks — Alvin, Simon and Theodore — prepare to take the big stage again for "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel," set to premiere on Christmas day, the MTV intern newsroom is swirling with ideas for the opening song in their second outing. The 2007 original drew viewers in when the pint-sized mammals laid down some high-pitched harmonizing to Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day” while gathering nuts for the winter season.

It's a tough opening to beat. Powter’s #1 hit has echoed across radios and televisions internationally since its release in 2005. Some might even argue that season five of Fox’s "American Idol" overused the song. Well now we have a few suggestions of our own to share. Take a look at what we came up with... Read more...

Recently, we broke the news that Anna Faris, Christina Applegate and Amy Poehler would be voicing the Chipettes in December’s “Alvin and the Chipmunks” sequel. So naturally when we caught up with Faris recently, we got the “House Bunny” star to squeal on all the details.

“I’m a Chipette!” she said excitedly. “And they make my voice sound even more annoying than it already is.” Read more...

Ever since we broke the news that the sequel to the smash flick “Alvin and the Chipmunks” would be introducing the Chipettes, we’ve been working to uncover the top-secret identities of the girlfriend trio that will make sweet music alongside Alvin, Simon and Theodore. Recently, Justin Long revealed to us that two of the gals will be voiced by Anna Faris and Christina Applegate. Now, we finally know the identity of that mysterious third Chipette.

Number three is Amy Poehler, as revealed to us by “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel” star Zachary Levi when we caught up with him on the red carpet at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday. Read more...

I'm a big fan of "Chuck." I love me some fine film of course, but I've been playing video games and computer games for as long as I can remember. "Chuck" the TV series speaks to gamers like few other shows on TV do, and that's largely because star Zachary Levi is himself quite the gamer. How fitting then that Levi will join the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" sequel cast as Dave Seville's (Jason Lee) "burnout cousin... who really just wants to play video games all day."

The news comes from Levi's exclusive interview with SCI FI Wire. "I play kind of like the new Dave," Levi said. "Dave is still in it -- Jason Lee is still in it -- but something happens that prevents him from being able to take care of the Chipmunks the way he normally does, so I have to step in...." Read more...

When we first broke the news back in January 2008 that the follow-up to the smash film “Alvin and The Chipmunks” would feature the Chipettes, hundreds of fans weighed in with their eagerness to see Brittany, Jeanette and Eleanor. In the months since, rumors have run amok with various female names who could be providing their high-pitched voices, including Miley Cyrus, Joanna “JoJo” Levesque and Drew Barrymore.

Yesterday, we caught up with Alvin himself: Mr. Justin Long. And he gave us some big news on two of the famous females who’ll be loaning their vocal talents to the December follow-up. Read more...