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Charlize Theron Slams "The Hills"

MTV | Posted 10.25.2008 | Entertainment


In an interview with MTV to promote her film "Battle in Seattle" Charlize Theron slammed MTV's faux reality show "The Hills," which she recently watch...

It's Your Sex Life: MTV Greenlights Dr. Drew Teen Sex Show

Hollywood Reporter | Kimberly Nordyke | Posted 10.22.2008 | Media


MTV has greenlighted a sex-themed series for teens and their parents featuring relationship expert Dr. Drew Pinsky. The show, "Sex ... With Mom and D...

MTV Cuts Down Rainforest For Reality Show

Eco-Chick | Stephanie Rogers | Posted 10.19.2008 | Green


Way to go, MTV. You try to convince us you're dedicated to being green, going so far as to make this year's Real World abode as green as can be and en...

TRL Canceled: MTV's "Total Request Live" To Conclude In November

AP | ERIN CARLSON | Posted 10.16.2008 | Media


NEW YORK — Start the countdown clock on MTV's countdown era: "Total Request Live" will soon shut down after 10 years on the air. The music vide...

MTV Switch: MTV Films PSAs Focusing On Global Warming, Environmental Issues

AdWeek | Eleftheria Parpis | Posted 10.16.2008 | Green


MTV Networks International is rolling out a new "MTV Switch" initiative, a public service campaign that calls on the network's global audience to take...

MTV Video Music Award Ratings: 8.4 Million Tune In To Watch Britney's Comeback

Los Angeles Times | Denise Martin | Posted 10.12.2008 | Media


Even without a performance, Britney Spears worked her magic for the "2008 MTV Video Music Awards." More than 8.4 million viewers tuned in to Sunday's...

The VMAs Need To Call It A Day

Jason Notte | Posted 10.10.2008 | Entertainment


Jason Notte

Sadly, with the advent of antidepressants and the rise of Disney on the Billboard charts, Kid Rock and Tommy Lee's slap fight last year may have provided the show's last unscripted punch.

Britney Spears' Wows MTV Awards, Wins Big

AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 10.09.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES _ No Madonna kiss. No Michael Jackson cameo. No flying Howard Stern. Not even a Kanye tantrum. MTV has set a high standard for the unexpec...

Russell Brand, MTV VMA Host, Begs America To Elect Obama, Rips Bush In Monologue

AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 10.08.2008 | Entertainment


Russell Brand seemed a little out of place as the host at the MTV Video Music Awards. Not because he's British or relatively unknown in America, as m...

Britney Spears To Open MTV Awards

AP | NEKESA MUMBI MOODY | Posted 10.04.2008 | Entertainment


NEW YORK (AP) _ It's Britney, baby, one more time. Despite her train-wreck performance at the MTV Video Music Awards last year, the network confirms S...

Michael Phelps To Present At MTV Awards

AP | Posted 09.28.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — He does comedy, writes books, and mixes it up with the hottest stars in music and Hollywood. With all this, who needs swimming? C...

Britney Spears Will NOT Perform At VMAs

AP | Posted 09.26.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears won't perform on this year's MTV Video Music Awards, according to her manager. "Contrary to media reports, Britney...

Has "The Hills" Jumped The Shark?

Meredith Blake | Posted 09.18.2008 | Entertainment


Meredith Blake

Even though it's nominally a reality show, and more accurately should be called a docu-soap, "The Hills" has been showing all the signs of a struggling sitcom. Consider the evidence I've gathered.

Why I Can Believe Madonna is Turning 50

Pamela Redmond Satran | Posted 09.14.2008 | Entertainment


Pamela Redmond Satran

Madonna's been famous almost as long as I've been an adult. Like many women, I love her and hate her, I admire her and I'm horrified by her.

Madonna Turns 50: Wither Feminism?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 09.13.2008 | Entertainment


Philip N. Cohen

During the first decade of her megastarhood, Madonna perfected not only the arts of pop music, bothering feminists, and arousing boys (and girls), but the ability to use feminism to generate controversy.

Britney Spears' Return To MTV Awards

E! | Posted 09.08.2008 | Entertainment


Britney Spears apparently isn't feeling any ill will toward MTV after her disastrous performance at last year's Video Music Awards. The well-on-her-w...

Bette Midler: MTV Wrecks Singers

NYDN | Posted 09.06.2008 | Entertainment


Bette Midler says she knows why today's youth prefer lip-synching pop tarts over the real thing, but she's not blaming the usual suspects who lowered ...

MoveOn Launches Obama Ad For MTV And Comedy Central

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics


MoveOn.org has launched a new pro-Obama ad targeting young voters that will air on MTV and Comedy Central. The ad is the first campaign advertising ...

MTV, Kanye West Shine Spotlight On 20-Something Iraq Vets

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 08.05.2008 | Media


Lorenzo Zarate sits on a couch and plays an Xbox game while a cameraman films him. Mr. Zarate, an aspiring rapper, thinks he is being featured in an M...

MTV Covering 2008 Vote Through The Eyes Of Young Vets

New York Times | Brian Stetler | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics


Lorenzo Zarate sits on a couch and plays an Xbox game while a cameraman films him. Mr. Zarate, an aspiring rapper, thinks he is being featured in an M...

MTV Developing Show Around Elizabeth Berkeley's "Ask Elizabeth" Self Esteem Workshop

Hollywood Reporter | Kimberly Nordyke | Posted 08.02.2008 | Entertainment


MTV is developing an unscripted project with Elizabeth Berkley and her husband, artist Greg Lauren, that is based on Ask-Elizabeth, the self-esteem wo...

Russell Brand To Host MTV Awards

AP | ERIN CARLSON | Posted 08.01.2008 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — MTV is staking its brand on a lesser-known one: Russell Brand. The British actor and comedian will host this year's Video Music Awar...

I Kissed a Girl

Marissa Moss | Posted 07.22.2008 | Entertainment


Marissa Moss

Apparently, the only place you can see a girl kissing another girl on MTV nowadays is on The Real World after six tequila shots in the hot tub. Certainly not in the video called, um, "I Kissed a Girl."

MTV Political Campaign Ads: The End Of The World

Torey Van Oot | Posted 07.08.2008 | Home


Torey Van Oot

Sandwiched between spots for condoms, video games and the latest CDs, election campaign ads will wash over MTV fans for the first time since the network opened its doors in 1981.

Old Tricks In The Futile Battle Against iTunes

Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business


Rhapsody is set to take on Apple's (AAPL) iTunes, Amazon's (AMZN) MP3 store, and Napster (NAPS) with a new, long-awaited DRM-free music store, launchi...