The third year of the Budweiser Made In America Festival was filled with 95 degree sunshine, a set-delaying lightening storm and some epic amounts of rain. (Not to mention new J. Cole music and a wild Kanye West performance.)

But the schizophrenic weather didn’t stop kids from stepping up their style game. As flower crowns are to Coachella, Stars and Stripes are to MIA Fest. Concert goers rocked their best American flag-inspired outfits at the Philadelphia edition of the festival in a variety of unique ways.

Below, some of the best.

Sweater vest game strong.

The bathing-suit-as-top look.

Ready to rage in tie dye and a feather boa.

Squad.

With the Ninja Turtle cup, too.

Casual with khaki.

This guy is doing it right.

Starred and striped shorts at YG.

Undercover flag fashion.

Flower crowns aren’t just for Coachella.

Love this bucket hat look.

This one, too.

Lovin’ the crew.

*Emoji clapping hands*

Butt identification by way of red, white and blue ribbon.

“America! F–K Yeah!”

Also, this:

Great work, Made In America. You look good.

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The only movie that can trump our anticipation level for “Fifty Shades of Grey” is the sequel to 2012′s “Magic Mike.” The cheekily (get it? Ha!) titled “Magic Mike XXL” is being co-written by star Channing Tatum and directed by Gregory Jacobs, but original “Magic Mike” director Steven Soderbergh is clearly still heavily involved.

Soderbergh tweeted an image of a production slate yesterday, exclaiming, “It’s ON!”

We’ll just presume that – by “it” – Soderbergh means Tatum gyrating to a remix of Ginuwine’s “Pony” for 90 minutes. Does the movie really need anything beyond that?

There’s already a call for extras in Savannah, GA next month, so our interest is piqued regarding what these initial Myrtle Beach shots entail. Sure, the helicopter in the background suggests second unit shots, but we also know Tatum has recently become well-versed in the art of backflipping from above and stripping down, so…dare to dream.

“Magic Mike XXL” hits theaters July 1, 2015.

Katie Calautti @katieisms

With audiences flocking to “Guardians of the Galaxy” like there’s no tomorrow, it should come as no real surprise that more Marvel franchises are in the works — but it’s still pretty Groot (err, great) to hear Stan Lee confirm that the Black Panther movie is definitely happening.

After months of speculation, Lee cleared up the rumors at the “Marvel Presents: The Legendary Stan Lee” panel at Fan Expo Canada on Friday (August 29), noting that Marvel Studios was “already working” on the film. He also addressed the even bigger elephant in the room, saying that a Black Widow spin-off from “The Avengers” franchise was likely.

“The chances are she will have her own movie because eventually all the superheroes are going to have their own movies,” he said. “They are already working on Ant-Man, Doctor Strange and the Black Panther, and there are others I am not allowed to talk about.”

According to Comic Book Resources, Lee also said that Scarlett Johansson’s character would be featured “more prominently” going forward, which is understandable given her well-received turn in “Captain America: The Winter Solider.”

Now excuse us as we weep for lady-asskicking joy.

Shaunna Murphy

A real go-getter.

@ShaunnaLMurphy

Zoe Saldana went full green for “Guardians of the Galaxy,” Chris Pratt gained a six-pack, and Vin Diesel even turned into a tree, but no one was braver when it came to changing their signature look for the movie than Karen Gillan, who shaved off her famous red locks to play the bald villainess Nebula.

Until today (September 1) we were only able to guess what this process was like for the erstwhile “Doctor Who” star, but now a video has emerged of Gillan bravely going where no Companion has ever gone before — to bald-lady land.

“Oh, it’s happening! It’s really happening to me!” the Scottish actress says as her anonymous hairdresser takes the first snip. “Everything’s looking a little… tufty on top.”

Pretty soon after the buzzer comes out, and Gillan basically goes through every stage of hair-grief as her gorgeous tresses hit the floor.

“That’s how easy it is, just to get rid of all your hair!” she exclaims.

Check out the full video of Gillan losing her hair — and maybe her mind a little, as she sings Sinéad O’Connor to the Internet — below!

Shaunna Murphy

A real go-getter.

@ShaunnaLMurphy

The flagrant violation of privacy committed by hackers after a purported iCloud leak of private photos belonging to Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton and others has us all talking – and fretting – about what we’d do if we were in their position.

As the various celebrities whose personal photos have been acquired and released by Internet community 4chan release their own statements, we think it’s important to begin by making a few things clear. We’ll let the inimitable Lena Dunham take this one.

Got it? Good. Now that it’s obvious this can happen to even the most security-minded members of the public, we’d like to suggest some tips for upping the privacy quotient of your data so the same fate doesn’t befall your most intimate snapshots.

• Know how iCloud works. We’re partial to this Digital Trends guide.

• Disable sharing from iCloud. Simply go to settings/iCloud on your phone or system preferences/iCloud on your Mac and turn off anything you don’t want shared, including photos, contacts, mail, etc. Just make sure you back up all your data onto your computer or an external hard drive first – turning off your photo stream will delete all automatically stored photos from iCloud.

• Set up separate passwords for separate accounts. All the complicated encryption services in the world are only as strong as your password. We get that it seems impossible to keep a different password in mind for every account you own, but the scary fact is, if one account bearing ...

Blood, New Jersey and the possibility of Lena Dunham behind the lens? Bleachers‘ Jack Antonoff has us way intrigued with his plan for the band’s second music video, which he says will be shot “really soon.”

Antonoff sat down with MTV’s Christina Garibaldi right before the VMAs at the Taco Bell & MTV Artist To Watch concert in L.A., where he teased us with some details about his upcoming video. On whether or not his girlfriend Dunham will return to direct the next effort — she directed the therapy-themed “I Wanna Get Better” — Antonoff joked, “I can’t get a hold of her.”

Dig for clues in Jack’s new interview, and check out Jack Antonoff’s Jersey road trip mix tape:

Related: Jack Antonoff Talks ‘Strange Desire’ And Yoko Ono In This Exclusive Interview

Brenna Ehrlich

Brenna Ehrlich is a reporter for MTV News as well as the senior writer/editor for the O Music Awards. In the past, she served as associate editor at Mashable, penned a netiquette column for CNN and co-authored the blog and book "Stuff Hipsters Hate." She likes trying not to die in moshpits and listening to songs on repeat. Follow her on Twitter @BrennaEhrlich for news on cats and punk bands.

Congratulations are in order for Ashlee Simpson — the singer and actress married Evan Ross in an intimate ceremony at his mother Diana Ross’ Connecticut estate on Sunday (August 31).

According to People, Simpson, 29, married Ross, 26, in the company of family and friends like her sister, Jessica, and her 5-year-old son with Pete Wentz, Bronx. Proud papa Joe Simpson also confirmed the nuptials in an Instagam post later in the evening.

“Ashlee got married tonight,” he wrote.

The happy couple were first spotted together in the summer of 2013, and they confirmed their engagement in January on Twitter.

In the months between the engagement and the “I do,” the couple’s celebrations were heavily documented by the likes of the groom and maid of honor:

Mazel!

Shaunna Murphy

A real go-getter.

@ShaunnaLMurphy

On Sunday, August 31, a user of the website 4chan posted a list of more than 100 female stars who had supposedly been hacked in what is now being called the biggest celebrity hacking scandal in history. Throughout the remainder of the day, alleged photos of A-listers such as Kate Upton, Ariana Grande, Kirsten Dunst and — perhaps most famously — Jennifer Lawrence hit the site in droves, supposedly via an iCloud security leak that allowed a hacker to access their phones.

While the authenticity of many of the photos is yet to be addressed, some reps for the stars have already spoken out about their clients’ violated privacy, thus confirming the seriousness of this hack.

“This is a flagrant violation of privacy,” a spokesperson for Lawrence told The Hollywood Reporter. “The authorities have been contacted and will prosecute anyone who posts the stolen photos of Jennifer Lawrence.”

“This is obviously an outrageous violation of our client Kate Upton’s privacy,” Upton’s lawyer Lawrence Shire said in a statement. “We intend to pursue anyone disseminating or duplicating these illegally obtained images to the fullest extent possible.”

Meanwhile, a spokesman for Grande told Buzzfeed that the leaked photos of his client are fake — and some stars, like Mary Elizabeth Winstead, “Glee”‘s Becca Tobin, Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney, and Victoria Justice, took to Twitter to address the hack:

Winstead said the photos had long since been deleted from her phone.

Today being Labor Day and all, you are pretty much federally required to take the day off under penalty of death — or something. (Pretty sure that’s in the Constitution.) Don’t worry, this GIF wall of Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga and more of your favorite pop divas has your work werk covered.

John Walker

Bad at filling out bios seeks same.

“Well, by now everyone knows my boyfriend cheated on me.”

Britney Spears took a rare moment out of her Las Vegas Piece Of Me show Sunday night to address her recent split from boyfriend David Lucado.

Thousands of lusty boos (the encouraging kind, if that’s possible) rained down from the 5,000 attendees at Planet Hollywood’s Axis Theater. Britney’s fans were eager to show her they had her back over Lucado’s alleged infidelity.

“But the best part of breaking up,” the singer continued as she leaped forward toward the front of the stage, “is going on first dates. OMG, OMG, I need a hot guy. Where are the hot guys here tonight?”

The lusty boos rapidly turned to outright lust as the crowd rapidly sensed an unusual opportunity for participation in the tightly choreographed, highly produced show.

The pop princess stuck out her hand and singled out a lone individual in the crowd, whom her backup dancers rapidly scooped up and pulled onstage.

“What’s your name?” She asked the captive.

“Perez,” he replied. As in Hilton. And no sooner had the celebrity gossip blogger replied than an elaborate prop outfit of leather and chains was produced and clapped onto him.

Karen Hsu Sheelen

Without any further discussion, Spears launched into her performance of “Freakshow” while she lead Hilton around the stage on all fours like a dog, to the delight of both the crowd and Hilton himself.

Karen Hsu Sheelen

Upon returning to his front ...