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MTV stories: 56 news summaries

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 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 »

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MTV • Nirvana • Spencer Elden • Nevermind • nude photo • album sales

(Newser) - In retrospect, Britney Spears finds her internationally documented downward spiral as mystifying as anyone else does. "I sit there and I look back and I'm like, 'I'm a smart person. What the hell was I thinking?'" Spears says in an interview set to air on MTV next month as... More »

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Britney Spears • MTV • celebrity interview • television interview

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Rock Star Jet Crash Kills 4, Injures 2

Blink-182 ex-drummer
and DJ AM are in
critical condition

Sep 20, 08 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two music stars were the only survivors of a Learjet crash late last night, NBC reports. The small jet crashed while taking off from a South Carolina airport. Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, are in critical condition at a Georgia burn... More »

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MTV • South Carolina • plane crash • Travis Barker • DJ AM • Adam Goldstein

 MTV KOs Aging TRL 

10-year-old countdown show ends in November

Sep 16, 08 11:50 AM CDT
(AP) - Start the countdown clock on MTV's countdown era: Total Request Live will shut down after 10 years on the air, the AP reports. The music video show will conclude with a 2-hour special in November, the executive producer said yesterday. Ten "is the number that RL counted down every... More »

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television • MTV • Total Request Live

 Britney Sweeps 3 VMA Awards

But delivers uninspiring 'performance'

Sep 8, 08 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comeback kid Britney Spears swept three MTV Video Music Awards last night—but delivered an uninspired performance, reports ABC News. Fans had hoped Spears' appearance would redeem her image after the star's last addled MTV performance. But Britney delivered a meek Valley Girl skit with Superbad star Jonah Hill, lamely... More »

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music • Britney Spears • MTV • pop music • music videos • Video Music Awards

(AP) - It's Britney, baby, one more time. Despite her train-wreck performance at the MTV Video Music Awards last year, the network confirms Spears will kick off the show once again. But it won't be a performance. Instead, an MTV honcho said it will be something "fun and unexpected" on Sunday... More »

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Britney Spears • MTV

 Phelps' Agenda: VMAs, 
 Entourage ... LiLo? 

As starlet Lohan pesters for a date, swim star films HBO cameo, preps for MTV show

Aug 29, 08 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps is getting more Hollywood by the day, AP reports: The swimming star yesterday filmed a cameo spot for the show-biz-centric HBO series Entourage, and will be a presenter at MTV’s Video Music Awards on Sept. 7 (six days before he hosts Saturday Night Live). And, the Daily ... More »

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Michael Phelps • MTV • HBO • Lindsay Lohan • Los Angeles • Entourage

Britney Not Planning Encore for MTV Awards Show

"Gimme More" singer will instead focus on next album

Aug 28, 08 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears won’t be doing it again, after all. The singer, whose erratic performance at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards had her critics buzzing, won’t be staging a comeback for this year’s ceremony. Instead, Spears, a nominee for video of the year, will focus on... More »

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music • Britney Spears • MTV • Video Music Awards

MUSIC REVIEW

 Tokio Hotel Rocks
 Screaming
 Tweens

With big hair, big riffs and MTV buzz, Germans threaten to go mainstream in US

Aug 24, 08 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Having dominated Europe, German rockers Tokio Hotel are threatening to go mainstream in the US, if the reception their riff-heavy pop metal earned among screaming preteens in San Francisco this week is any indication. "The best way to describe the glam-metal-emo-pop-tween group," Aidin Vaziri writes in the Chronicle,... More »

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Britney Spears • San Francisco • Germany • MTV • pop music • Tokio Hotel • Miley Cyrus • heavy metal • Jonas Brothers • music review

 The Sexiest
 Music Videos
 Ever Made

Nerve chooses 50 classics that still turn us on

Aug 5, 08 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - From "Love Shack" to "Sexual Healing," sex and music videos have always gone hand in hand. Nerve lists its picks for the 50 sexiest videos of all time:
  1. "Addicted to Love," Robert Palmer: The stone-faced models shimmying behind Palmer exude a cool
... More »

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MTV • sex • list • music videos • Madonna • Prince • Aerosmith

 From Reality TV to Broadway

Real-life sorortiy girl is new 'Elle Woods'

Jul 25, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - In just a year, Bailey Hanks has gone from sorority girl to reality TV star to Broadway star. The 20-year-old preacher’s daughter from South Carolina beat out nine other hopefuls on MTV’s Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods and made her stage debut on Wednesday,... More »

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reality TV • MTV • Broadway • Legally Blonde: The Musical • Bailey Hanks

 MTV to Remake Rocky Horror 

May add new tunes to cult classic

Jul 24, 08 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - MTV will remake the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Variety reports. Lou Adler, the executive producer of the original film, will stick to the original screenplay, but the new rendition may include additional songs. There’ve been no casting or directing decisions yet, but Adler wants to... More »

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MTV • movie industry • movie remakes • The Rocky Horror Picture Show

 Janet Plans Her Own
 Talent Show for TV 

She will seek out aspiring singers and dancers from obscure locales

Jun 19, 08 6:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Move over "American Idol:" Janet Jackson is headed for reality TV, reports Variety. The pop icon plans to mentor aspiring singers and dancers as she prepares for her world tour—participation in which could be the grand prize. Drawing contestants from YMCAs and church groups, the show’... More »

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television • music • reality TV • MTV • Janet Jackson • celebrity • Justin Timberlake • television news

ANALYSIS

Internet Killed the Video Star That Killed the Radio Star

One-time trendsetter can't connect with wired youth

Jun 7, 08 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The MTV generation is pushing middle age, and its favored video-delivery system is falling victim to YouTube, the Independent reports. Younger audiences–those key 16- to 24-year-olds–turn to the Internet for the hottest new music, and MTV's attempts to reconnect have failed. They include stabs at social networking... More »

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television • social networking • YouTube • music industry • MTV • business

Brits Fine Foul-Mouthed MTV Europe

Network pays $485K, promises to tone
down language

Jun 6, 08 8:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - A UK media watchdog has fined MTV Europe $484,500 for having a potty mouth, Variety reports. The network repeatedly uses “highly offensive language and material” in its videos and shows, often before 9pm, the family-viewing cutoff point. An MTV rep said the firm “takes this sanction and... More »

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television • music • homophobia • MTV • censorship • racism • profanity

 Kid Sister:
 Success at Her Fingertips 

'Pro Nails' rapper gets nod from Kanye

May 29, 08 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - With her manicure anthem "Pro Nails," Chicago rapper Kid Sister (aka Melisa Young) managed to parlay a penchant for mile-long acrylic talons into a hot career. The single caught the ear of hip-hop golden boy Kanye West, who added vocals on the track and cameoed in the video,... More »

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MTV • Kanye West • rap music • female artists • urban Midwest • Kid Sister

Rap Anti-Gay? Try Oh-So-Gay, Claims Exposé

Former MTV exec reveals rap's gay scene in new memoir

May 11, 08 7:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many rappers tout anti-gay attitude, but some are secretly gay too—or so claims a former MTV exec in his upcoming memoir. “The book is not about outing people,” said Terrence Dean, author of Hiding in Hip Hop. “I wrote it so that people realize the industry... More »

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homophobia • MTV • discrimination • memoir • hip-hop • bigotry • rap music

 When Dumb Lawsuits Attack 

Damages claimed for mistaken impressions, aggressive toilet seat

Mar 23, 08 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Emotional trauma because she used the men’s restroom? Surfer in pain after losing his wave? The Daily Mirror digs up the silliest lawsuits ever filed:
  1. Whale tale: After their 27-year-old son was found dead on the back of an orca, parents sued SeaWorld for depicting killer whales as
... More »

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Starbucks • MTV • list • lawsuit • SeaWorld • frivolous lawsuits • civil lawsuits • Jackass • litigation

Paris Returning to Reality TV

She will pick her
'new best friend' from
20 hopefuls on MTV
 

Mar 15, 08 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - She may have loads of money, impeccable fashion sense, and the world's eyes upon her, but what Paris Hilton really need is a best friend. So says MTV, anyway, and the network  plans to air a reality show later this year in which the hotel heiress picks her new "... More »

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reality TV • MTV • Paris Hilton • Nicole Ritchie • celebrity • Michael Hirschorn

Jackass Star Steve-O Hit With Coke Charge, Hospitalized

Daredevil emailed pals he's 'ready to die'

Mar 14, 08 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jackass daredevil Steve-O was charged with felony cocaine possession yesterday just days after he was hospitalized when friends became alarmed by his destructive behavior, reports E! Online. Stunt-addicted Steve-O—real name Stephen Glover—entered the psychiatric wing of a Los Angeles hospital as he was planning a 25-foot fall onto... More »

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MTV • cocaine • Los Angeles • Jackass • Steve-O • Stephen Glover

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