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Real World Contract: You Could Die, Get AIDS
Real World Contract:
You Could Die, Get AIDS
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Aug 7, 2011 7:25 AM CDT

Real World Contract: You Could Die, Get AIDS

'Village Voice' highlights the frighteningly specific warnings

(Newser) - Want to appear on MTV's Real World? First you might want to take a look at the contract, an "amusingly specific ... 30-page spectacular" the Village Voice got its hands on. Highlights, as interpreted by Camille Dodero:
  • "You may die, lose limbs, and suffer nervous breakdowns."
  • "
...

MTV News Explains 'Internet' in 1995

Old news clip goes viral

(Newser) - To be fair, it could've just as easily been Better Than Ezra that would go on to change the world. A clip of MTV News from 1995 in which Kurt Loder investigates the influence of the fledgling internet went viral this week, notes the Huffington Post . In the piece,...

Adele 'Flabbergasted' by 7 VMA Nods

British songstress up for 'Video of the Year,' 'Best Pop Video,' more

(Newser) - If you're shocked Adele is up for seven MTV Video Music Awards this year, you're probably less surprised than she is. "Flabbergasted about the VMA nominations," the British singer blogged today . Her hit "Rolling In The Deep" helped her tie Kanye West with the second-most...

Beavis and Butt-Head Return to MTV in October

Creator Mike Judge makes announcement at Comic-Con

(Newser) - Nearly two decades after their heyday, Beavis and Butt-Head are coming back. Creator Mike Judge says the ever adolescent, trash-talking duo will return to MTV in the fall. Judge came to Comic-Con to talk about the reboot of his beloved animated characters and offer a peek at the new season...

Vinny Ditches Jersey Shore
 Vinny Ditches 
 Jersey Shore 
Jul 4, 2011 3:45 AM CDT

Vinny Ditches Jersey Shore

And no one wants him back: TMZ

(Newser) - A furious Vinny "Sea Biscuit" Guadagnino stormed out of the Jersey Shore crew's current house, jumped into a cab, and headed home—for good, reports TMZ . The big breakup occurred after Vinny had a major fight with another cast mate, sources say. He's holed up in his...

Jackass Star Ryan Dunn Dies in Fiery Car Crash

Police: Speed may have been a factor in crash

(Newser) - It wasn’t the crazy Jackass stunts that killed him, but rather a fiery car crash after a night of drinking with friends . Jackass cast member Ryan Dunn and an unidentified passenger riding in his 2007 Porsche died after the car left the roadway and burst into flames around 3am...

Skins Canceled by MTV
 MTV Cancels Skins 
Jun 10, 2011 2:00 AM CDT

MTV Cancels Skins

Advertisers shunned show that depicted teens having sex, taking drugs

(Newser) - MTV has pulled the plug on controversial sexed-up teen drama Skins after just one season. The much-talked-about US adaptation of the British hit, deserted by advertisers under pressure from the Parents Television Council , never attracted a huge audience, although it outperformed MTV's other scripted show, The Hard Times of ...

Robert Pattinson Sweeps MTV Awards

(Newser) - Not a bad night for the undead. Pale hunk Robert Pattinson scooped up three big MTV movie awards last night for Best Male Drama Performance, Best Fight, and Best Kiss. He also managed to slip the F-word past censors when presenting Reese Witherspoon with a special MTV Generation Award, quipping:...

Duo Busted in MTV Producer's Murder

Gabriel Ben-Meir was shot dead in apparent robbery

(Newser) - A man and a woman have been busted in the shotgun murder of MTV producer Gabriel Ben-Meir, 30, outside his Los Angeles home earlier this week. Another man killed a week earlier has also been linked to the pair. Ben-Meir's wallet was missing when police examined his body, raising...

Teen Mom Files for Divorce
 Teen Mom Files for Divorce 
Apr 19, 2011 12:07 AM CDT

Teen Mom Files for Divorce

Leah Messer dumps Corey Simms 6 months after wedding

(Newser) - The young mom who seemed to have the best hopes of a normal family life on the latest season of MTV's Teen Mom has filed for divorce, reports E! Online . Leah Messer, mom of twin 18-month-old daughters, is divorcing Corey Simms just six months after their wedding for cheating...

Jersey Shore Moving to Italy
 Jersey Shore Moving to Italy 
Jan 25, 2011 4:36 PM CST

Jersey Shore Moving to Italy

Season 4 taking a road trip

(Newser) - Looks like we'll find out if "guido" really is offensive to Italians—MTV has decided to move the cast of Jersey Shore to Italy for the upcoming fourth season, the New York Daily News reports. Maybe sensing that America has had a bit much of the cast, the network...

Advertisers Ditching Too-Hot Skins

Wrigley joins Taco Bell and GM

(Newser) - The new barrier-busting MTV series Skins might not be child porn , but a mounting list of squeamish advertisers are deserting the popular show. The Wrigley Company has become the third sponsor to ditch the show, following the lead of GM and Taco Bell, reports the Hollywood Reporter . "Wrigley has...

Skins Isn't Kiddie Porn, It's Just Lame

Critic: Controversy detracts from bigger problem: 'lack of quality'

(Newser) - First things first: The MTV teen drama Skins doesn't dabble in child pornography, writes Jace Lacob in the Daily Beast. The scene in question featuring a teen boy's naked butt isn't even "remotely sexually suggestive," he writes, and thus doesn't meet the criteria for breaking indecency rules. (See...

MTV Fears Skins May Break Child Porn Statutes

Execs order scenes to be toned down

(Newser) - As creators bust boundaries with a raunchy view of teen sex and substance abuse in MTV's new program Skins , network executives are now worried they may be close to violating federal child porn laws. MTV executives have already ordered that some scenes involving underage teens be toned down, reports the...

MTV's Skins Sees Teens as 'Monsters'
  MTV's Skins Sees 
 Teens as 'Monsters' 
TV review
Jan 18, 2011 3:03 PM CST

MTV's Skins Sees Teens as 'Monsters'

Critics: New drama is heavy on sex and drugs, little else

(Newser) - MTV debuted its new series Skins last night, an American version of a British teen drama rife with sex and drugs. Not everybody's a fan:
  • Richard Lawson, Gawker : It goes even further than the Brit version in pushing the idea that teens are "messy jumbles of extremes with very
...

Teen Mom Star Pleads Not Guilty in Filmed Assault

Amber Portwood roughed up her boyfriend on camera, faces felonies

(Newser) - Teen Mom star Amber Portwood has pleaded not guilty to beating baby daddy Gary Shirley. The altercation that was captured by MTV during the filming of the reality program shows Portwood slapping and hitting her then-boyfriend during a heated argument. All of it took place in front of the couple's...

Teen Mom Jailed for Felony Domestic Abuse

Amber Portwood could get 3 years in stir

(Newser) - A star of the Teen Mom reality series is in an Indiana jail today after being busted for felony domestic abuse. Amber Portwood, 20, was videotaped in scenes for the MTV program viciously smacking and kicking the father of her toddler daughter, boyfriend Gary Shirley, as the little girl watched,...

Punk'd Returning to MTV —With Host Justin Bieber

New York Magazine says Ashton Kutcher will be executive producer

(Newser) - MTV is ready to bring back Punk'd to the air with Justin Bieber as host, multiple sources tell the Vulture blog at New York magazine. (He's been "all but officially tapped," says the report.) The prank-a-celebrity show created by Ashton Kutcher in 2003 has been off the...

Will.i.am Defends MTV Blackface Performance

'It's not a racial thing,' he tweets

(Newser) - Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am blasted critics who skewered his blackface performance before the MTV Music Video Awards presentation. "It shouldn't be looked at as racial," he tweeted, explaining that he painted his face black "as expression and to emphasize my outfit." To those...

Get STD Tested, Then Check in on Foursquare!

MTV's campaign may not work...but if it does, bravo

(Newser) - If you’re as obsessed with location-based services as most people seem to be, you probably love checking in at restaurants, coffee shops, bars…and STD clinics? Maybe not, but that’s what MTV is hoping you’ll do as it launches its “Get Yourself Tested” Foursquare campaign . The...

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