Prepare Yourself for the NewNowNext Awards!

If anyone can pick a pop culture winner it's the gays, right? Tonight at 10:00pm the Logo channel (our parent company) is airing the 2010 NewNowNext Awards. For those few people left on the planet who aren't familiar with them, these awards are about finding today what will be trending tomorrow. While other awards honor those who have already made it, NNN Awards sets its sights on brink of fame up-and-comers who are just beginning to be buzzed about.

Logo's NNN Awards have earned a reputation for calling the trends long before they hit the mainstream. Lady Gaga gave her first televised performance here, a year before she won at the VMAs and wowed the world. True Blood was showered with kudos long before it won an Emmy. And Twilight was nominated for an NNN Award before it even hit the silver screen.

This year's ceremony, hosted by über hot Cheyenne Jackson and Niecy Nash actually took place last Tuesday in Los Angeles. In the pages to follow we've assembled the hottest red carpet photos, video interviews, and a list of this year's nominees to get you up to speed for tonight's broadcast which will also stream here on AfterElton.com.

To find out who wins 'Most Addictive Reality Show Star," "Brink of Fame: Actor," "OMFG Internet Award" and many other categories you'll just have to tune in, but to get you in the mood, here's the show's hilarious pre-credit dressing room tease featuring Cheyenne, Niecy and Ru Paul as well as Cheyenne's opening musical number. Neil Patrick Harris has nothing on him!

So who showed up for this year's ceremony? Check out the hot red carpet photos and video interviews on the following pages. Some heavy duty star power was on hand but, curiously, the red carpet photographers devoted the most coverage to The Situation's abs! 

Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino and Nicole 'Snookie' Polizzi arrives at Logo's 3rd annual "NewNowNext Awards" held at The Edison on June 8, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.  (All photos: Getty Images)