Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: MTV

MTV stories: 55 news summaries

1 - 20 of 55 Stories | 1 2 3 Next >>

Switch to grid view »

OBITUARY

Ken Ober, Host of MTV's Remote Control, Dead at 52

Cause of death still uncertain

Nov 17, 09 6:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Ken Ober, who hosted MTV’s 1980s game show Remote Control, died Sunday at 52; a rep says the cause is still unknown, but that the actor and stand-up comic complained of a headache and flu-like symptoms Saturday. The show—at the time a relative rarity, given that the channel... More »

MORE ABOUT:
entertainment • MTV • game show • music videos • game show hosts • Ken Ober • Remote Control • flu-like symptoms

MTV Show May Have Put DJ AM Over the Edge

Ex-addict got into close contact with drugs

Oct 17, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that MTV is running the DJ AM reality show Gone Too Far—in which the recovering addict helped other addicts get clean—the question is tough to avoid: Did the show bring him too close to his demons and contribute to his death? It "could certainly have been... More »

MORE ABOUT:
reality TV • MTV • DJ AM • Adam Goldstein • celebrity death • drug overdose

MTV Will Show DJ AM's Drug-Intervention Show

Gone Too Far features Goldstein as mentor to drug addicts

Sep 24, 09 6:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - MTV intends to air a drug-intervention reality show starring the late Adam Goldstein, better known as DJ AM. In Gone Too Far, Goldstein plays sober mentor to addicts. Given Goldstein’s recent death from a drug overdose, MTV was concerned the show could be seen as hypocritical or exploitative, but... More »

MORE ABOUT:
entertainment • television • music • drugs • drug addiction • MTV • overdose • addiction • DJ AM • Adam Goldstein • drug overdose • Gone Too Far

 Kanye Wigs Out 
 During Taylor's 
 MTV Award 

'I'm sooooo sorry,' he writes on blog after crazy rant

Sep 14, 09 3:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Crazed hip-hopper Kanye West stormed the stage last night during Taylor Swift's speech accepting her MTV award for Best Female Video to plug Beyoncé's video. Giddy country-music sweetheart Swift was mid-sentence when West, spotted earlier swigging cognac, yanked the mike from her to rant to a stunned audience. West... More »

MORE ABOUT:
music • MTV • Kanye West • music videos • Beyonce • Taylor Swift • MTV Video Music Awards

OPINION

 Most Controversial 
 Music Videos 

Nine Inch Nails, Pearl Jam, incestuous Gainsbourgs make list

Sep 12, 09 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - With MTV's Video Music Awards set for Sunday (not that you'll see many videos on the channel these days), Oddee.com takes a look at some of the form’s most controversial:
  • Closer, Nine Inch Nails: To go along with the explicitly sexual lyrics, this 1994 piece includes
... More »

MORE ABOUT:
entertainment • MTV • Vatican • domestic violence • Pearl Jam • Museum of Modern Art • music videos • Madonna • Nine Inch Nails • Columbine school massacre • Trent Reznor • Garth Brooks • Jay-ZTV • Charlotte Gainsbourg • Serge Gainsbourg • Closer • Jeremy • Lemon Incest • Like A Prayer • MTV Video Music Awards • The Thunder Rolls

 DJ AM 
 Talked of 
 Sobriety, 
 Crack Fears 

He hoped MTV reality program would help other addicts

Aug 31, 09 3:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - DJ AM boasted of his 11 years of "sobriety"—freed from crack cocaine, his "drug of choice"—on an interview aired on MTV shortly before he was found dead last week of an apparent overdose. But Adam Goldstein also discussed nearly falling off the wagon as... More »

MORE ABOUT:
reality TV • drug addiction • MTV • crack cocaine • DJ AM • Adam Goldstein • drug overdose • crack pipe

 Eminem Approved 
 Bruno Butt Stunt 

Comedy writer comes clean on web

Jun 2, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Make no butts about it: Eminem’s run-in with Sacha Baron Cohen’s derrière was staged, the Los Angeles Times reports. The man who wrote the bit for Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards took to the web to clear up the brouhaha for posterior—er, posterity. “Yes, the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
entertainment • MTV • MTV Movie Awards • Eminem • prank • Sacha Baron Cohen • Bruno • Scott Aukerman

 Twilight Sweeps MTV Awards 

Eminen and "Bruno" tangle at pop culture fete

Jun 1, 09 2:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Teen fave Twilight swept the MTV Movie Awards last night with five wins—including Best Fight, Best Kiss, and Best Movie—reports Entertainment Weekly. Heath Ledger scored a posthumous Best Villain for Dark Knight, and former Saturday Night Live star Amy Poehler nabbed the inaugural Best WTF Moment for Baby ... More »

MORE ABOUT:
MTV • MTV Movie Awards • Eminem • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Amy Poehler • Bruno • Twilight

(Newser) - MTV is hoping to boost its sagging ratings by revamping itself in the image of the do-good Obama Era, reports the New York Times. In a new reality show, The Buried Life, four buddies road trip across the US, checking off the 100 things they hope to do before they... More »

MORE ABOUT:
reality TV • MTV • programming • T.I. • Nick Lachey • Age of Obama

(Newser) - It’s been 20 years since self-described “1 Hit Wonder” Young MC released Bust a Move, but the rapper is happy the song has held up as well as it has, he tells Rolling Stone. People aren’t “going to get a babysitter to go to a club... More »

MORE ABOUT:
music industry • MTV • Ari Fleischer • hip-hop • rapper • rap music • Young MC • Bust a Move • Tone Loc • Sir Mix-A-Lot

  LC Prepares to Flee Hills 

Fifth season is all that she can do "and stay sane"

Feb 25, 09 2:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Even Lauren Conrad has had enough of Lauren Conrad. The Hills star says the upcoming fifth season of the MTV reality show will be her last. "This is as long as I can do it and stay sane," LC tells Seventeen. The wannabe fashion designer, whose past public... More »

MORE ABOUT:
television • reality TV • MTV • The Hills • Lauren Conrad • Kyle Howard

Dudes Get Paid to Goof Off in Recession

CollegeHumor.com brings sophomoric
fun to MTV

Feb 7, 09 4:09 PM CST
(Newser) - High above the streets of Manhattan, where recession fears and Madoff angst prevail, a horde of twentysomethings are filling an office with 40,000 plastic balls—or counting how many bags of Doritos a colleague can eat. Meet the folks behind CollegeHumor.com, the popular, if puerile, website whose TV... More »

MORE ABOUT:
television • MTV • website • CollegeHumor.com • what recession?

Time Warner, Viacom Reach Zero-Hour Deal

Cable provider keeps grip on Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV

Jan 1, 09 9:57 AM CST
(Newser) - The countdown to the New Year was a frantic one for Viacom and Time Warner. The companies had set a midnight deadline in their tense negotiations to keep Viacom’s networks—which include MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon—on the massive cable provider. As the ball dropped, Viacom granted a... More »

MORE ABOUT:
television • Viacom • Time Warner • cable TV • MTV • Comedy Central • Nickelodeon • Time Warner Cable • Dora the Explorer

 Sobbing 
 SpongeBob 
 Joins Viacom 
 Fee Dispute 

Ads aimed at winning support in Time Warner feud feature a sobbing Spongebob

Dec 31, 08 5:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Viacom is enlisting some of its best-known kid cartoon characters in a contract renewal battle with Time Warner, the Wall Street Journal reports. Viacom wants higher fees from the cable carrier for its channels, which could disappear from Time Warner's service at midnight tonight if no new deal is reached.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
television • Viacom • Time Warner • cable TV • MTV • cartoon • SpongeBob • Nickelodeon • Time Warner Cable • Dora the Explorer

OPINION


 Hollywood Acts 
 That Could
 Use a
 Bailout 

MTV, Paris Hilton, the Oscars among franchises needing a makeover

Nov 26, 08 12:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Like Wall Street and Detroit, Hollywood is sinking under stagnant numbers and outdated business plans. The Los Angeles Times runs down some Tinseltown properties in need of a bailout.
  • MTV: The once counter-culture juggernaut should take a hint and develop edgy new dramas a la Gossip Girl.
... More »

MORE ABOUT:
entertainment • Hollywood • Heroes • Academy Awards • MTV • Paris Hilton • Los Angeles • Law and Order • Jennifer Aniston • bailout • 90210

Hills Stars Heidi and Spencer Marry in Mexico

Villainous camera-hounds hitched on beach near Cabo

Nov 24, 08 2:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, the villainous couple many fans of MTV’s The Hills love to hate, got married in a spur-of-the moment ceremony in Mexico last week, PerezHilton.com reports. Montag, 22, and Pratt, 25, tied the knot in a 15-minute ceremony on a beach near Cabo San... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Mexico • MTV • marriage • Spencer Pratt • The Hills • Heidi Montag • Cabo San Lucas • elopement

 Britney Regrets 
 Her Embrace 
 of Fame 

Star waxes honest about breakup with Timberlake, '07 meltdown

Nov 20, 08 4:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Britney Spears bares all in a documentary set to air Nov. 30 on MTV, Entertainment Weekly reports. Fans will be interested to know that she ate cheese grits—cooked by her father—before the Video Music Awards, and that she envies Jessica Alba’s relative anonymity. “Do I know... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Britney Spears • film • Kevin Federline • MTV • celebrity • Justin Timberlake • documentary

 Brit: 'My Life Is Worse Than Jail' 

Pop princess complains in documentary

Nov 18, 08 7:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Britney Spears thinks her post-breakdown life might be more enjoyable behind bars, the Daily Telegraph reports. In a new documentary airing on MTV on November 30, Spears says her life is “too in control.” The singer, whose dad was granted post-meltdown control of her affairs, believes she’s... More »

MORE ABOUT:
music • Britney Spears • Kevin Federline • MTV • celebrity • documentary • Sean Preston Federline • Jayden James Federline • Jamie Spears

 TRL Going Out With a Bang 


Nov 15, 08 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - After 10 years of screaming fans, frantic voting, and celebrity appearances, MTV’s Total Request Live is finally going off the air. A star-studded 2-hour finale will air tomorrow, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sinking ratings for the music video show are behind its demise—about 322,000 watch... More »

MORE ABOUT:
television • music • MTV • music videos • Total Request Live • TRL

 Nevermind Baby 
 Recreates 
 Classic Cover 

17 years later, Calif. teen hits same pool where he shot pic for Nirvana album

Nov 11, 08 5:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Spencer Elden, instantly recognizable from a photo snapped 17 years ago for the cover of Nirvana’s seminal album Nevermind, got back into the same California pool recently to update the shot, Chris Vinnicombe reports for MusicRadar.com. “For reasons known only to himself,” and wearing a swimsuit,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
MTV • Nirvana • Spencer Elden • Nevermind • nude photo • album sales

1 - 20 of 55 Stories | 1 2 3 Next >>


from our news partners