Articles tagged "mtv"

Film DVD Review

Jackass: The Lost Tapes

by Chris Robé

[29.Oct.09] :. The Jackass Boys embody a forward momentum that teeters towards the eradication of all that they can't stand: hypocrisy, condescension, and perhaps worst of all, the dull throbbing boredom of routine.

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TV DVD Review

The Hills: Season Five

by Alistair Dickinson

[9.Oct.09] :. At the end of the day it's all about the bodies, the cars and the clothes, as well as the incredible things that occasionally come out of the cast-members' mouths.

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News

Live from New York … it’s (again) the MTV Video Music Awards

by Glenn Gamboa [Newsday (MCT)]

[11.Sep.09] :. NEW YORK — After two years in Las Vegas, the MTV Video Music Awards are back home Sunday night in Manhattan at Radio City Music Hall, where they debuted 25 years ago. But MTV isn’t big...

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Sound Affects

Gaga for Fame

by Omar Kholeif

[28.Jul.09] :. Recently dubbed the new “princess of Pop”, Rolling Stone has said that Lady Gaga is on the verge of being the “defining Pop Star of the year”, and earlier offered her...

Sound Affects

TV Review

Bromance

by Todd R. Ramlow

[27.Jan.09] :. While most of it is typical MTV reality fare, Bromance's cultivation of male drama queens makes this show especially queer.

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MTV, stars bid farewell to ‘Total Request Live’

by Chuck Barney [Contra Costa Times (MCT)]

[12.Nov.08] :. The screaming kids. The red-hot stars. The chart-topping hits. For its devoted viewers, MTV’s “Total Request Live” - or “TRL” - was a generational touchstone. For former...

Coming to Wherever You Are - Muchmusic, MTV and Youth Identities by Kip Pegley

by Christel Loar

[17.Jul.08] :. A comparative study of MuchMusic and MTV that examines how each relates to issues and perceptions of gender and nationality, racial diversity, and an overall sense of cultural identity.

MTV premieres ‘From G’s to Gents’

by Katrina-Kasey Wheeler [PopMatters.com]

[15.Jul.08] :. On Tuesday July 15, MTV will premiere their new show, From G’s to Gents. The show is executive produced by Jamie Foxx and Cris Abrego known for his shows, The Surreal Life, Flavor of...

MTV Gets Political

by Lucy Barber [PopMatters.com]

[7.Jul.08] :. Obama and McCain get their MTV! Since it’s conception in 1981, the network has refused political advertising, even turning away Obama’s offer for an ad earlier this year during the...

MTV partners with Rhapsody to launch digital MP3 sales

by Katrina-Kasey Wheeler [PopMatters.com]

[1.Jul.08] :. On June 30, Rhapsody entered into exclusive iTunes territory as it launched its new MP3 store with MTV. Rhapsody will spend $50 million marketing the service over the next year, including more than...

MTV launches new interactive music video program

by Katrina-Kasey Wheeler [PopMatters.com]

[26.Jun.08] :. At long last MTV has created one of the freshest shows of the summer upon the launch of FNMTV Premieres, which showcases new music videos every Friday night this summer. FNMTV promises to be...

Here’s hoping MTV can help make newspapers cool again

by Chuck Barney [Contra Costa Times (MCT)]

[8.May.08] :. God bless Amanda Lorber, a senior at Cypress Bay High School in Weston, Fla., who says “Journalists are the most important part of the world.” Oh, a woman after my own heart. Say it loud...

High school journalists make headlines on MTV series ‘The Paper’

by Tom Jicha [South Florida Sun-Sentinel (MCT)]

[14.Apr.08] :. There still are people with an affection for newspapers. Some are actually young people. Perhaps “The Paper,” a new reality series on youth-oriented MTV, will expand this base. Set at...

Musical offspring compete for recording deal in new MTV series ‘Rock the Cradle’

by Rafer Guzmán [Newsday (MCT)]

[2.Apr.08] :. What do Jesse Blaze Snider, Lucy Walsh and Landon Brown have in common? Check those surnames - they’re all the children of famous musical talents. Snider, son of Twisted Sister singer Dee,...

The Comebacks, The Cut-Ups, and All Cut Too Short: The 2007 VMAs

by Evan Sawdey

[11.Sep.07] :. Isn't it ironic how the 2007 installment of MTV's celebration of music videos was, in fact, a telling death knell for music videos?

MTV Awards desert New York for Las Vegas

by Richard Huff [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[3.May.07] :. The MTV Video Music Awards are ditching New York for Sin City. After holding the event at Radio City Music Hall in 2006, MTV is moving it to Las Vegas’ Palms Casino Resort. “We really...

Adventures in Hollyhood

by Noah Davis

[11.Apr.07] :. The members of Three 6 ogled girls ("Hey ladies, can I have your number?" Project Pat hollered at some joggers from the window of the Rolls), and pronounced that L.A. is "nothing like Memphis."

Nirvana Unseen

by Kevin Devine

['Nirvana Unseen' is] a head-trip because MTV would never let a band do something like that now.

PopMatters - Television - Reviews - Making the Band

by Fred Kovey

Yes, their fame is being 'handed' to them, but only if they commit to a whole lot of work. Is that really any worse than someone who gets to be a star because his brother needed a bass player?