Teen Choice Awards will keep you company

If there is such a thing as a summer slowdown anymore, we'd like to think it's happening right about now, when Hollywood starts to dump its lowered-expectations product onto the market (all aboard the "Midnight Meat Train!" -- or not), the paps struggle to feed their Escalade habits with the pittance they're making these days on Britney photos, and we take a much needed vacation.

Don't be surprised if we come back in a week or so touting "Mamma Mia!" as the hands-down best movie of the year with Oscar potential written all over it. A trip to a Greek island could have just that effect.

While we're gone, you could always busy yourself with our scintillating archives, going back nine continuous months without a breather (did we mention we really need a break?). Better yet, check out our favorite list of blog-tastic destinations, like Vulture, Defamer, and our siblings Live Feed and Risky Biz.

On your to-do-when-bored-out-of-mind list (after you've already seen "The Dark Knight" a fourth time): Watch the "Teen Choice Awards" on Monday because we won't be able to, and report back on decibel level and trouser tightness. The Jonas Brothers are showing up, right? So, presumably, is Shia LaBeouf and his hurt paw, as well as host Miley Cyrus' No. 1 frenemy Demi Lovato. Could be entertaining? With earplugs and a fifth of something really potent?

By the time you read this, we'll be winging our way to sun and fun (love that slightly dishonest "publish later" button). At any rate, have a great week and be ready to talk Emmys, very seriously, when we get back.

Opah!