Quincy Jones-Michael Jackson "Thriller" Record Hit

Celebrity music producer Quincy Jones tells of his historic collaboration with Michael Jackson when "we made history together".In a special eulogy in the Los Angeles Times today,Quincy,my friend on...

'Twilight' at the MTV Movie Awards '09: 'New Moon' Trailer Debuts

The 2009 MTV Movie Awards was, not-too-shockingly, all about Twilight. One of the most hyped moments of the event came with the debut of the New Moon trailer. The fan-frenzied film, how's that for alliteration,...

What You're Watching: MTV's New Show with Facebook and Twitter

Social media is all the rage and traditional music television formats are dead in the water. So why not bring these two worlds together to try something new? That's exactly what MTV's latest show proposes to do. ...

Are Rihanna and Frankie Delgado More Than Just Friends?

Oh the Rihanna rumours were bound to keep coming. Here's the latest: Rihanna has been linked to Frankie Delgado, star of The Hills. Are they really "just friends" or is there more to it? " Witnesses spied Rihanna...

Snoop Dogg Signs Multi-Rights '360 Deal' with MTV

Snoop Dogg has signed a '360 mega-deal' that goes well beyond the scope of a regular record label contract, only he hasn't signed with Live Nation as other big name artists have done, he's signed with MTV.In...

MTV to Host Inaugural Ball for Obama

"NEW YORK -- MTV is throwing an inaugural ball for President-elect Barack Obama. The network announced Tuesday that it will host the "Be the Change Inaugural Ball" at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington on Jan. 20. The event will be...

MTV Plans Obama 'Be the Change' Inaugural Ball

MTV is planning a huge celebration to coincide with the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama in January.The event will feature “leading artists, celebrities and government officials”, however, no...

Ashutosh Kaushik is the Bigg Boss

" Ashutosh Kaushik has been named as the winner of Bigg Boss season 2. Ashutosh Kaushik Zulfi Sayed and Raja Chaudhary were the three finalist who were in rece for the title. Now Ashu will be a rags to riches story, who is from a small town saharanpur, in Uttar Pradesh...

Britney Spears: 'What the hell was I thinking?'

MTV will showcase a documentary about the Pop singer where she tells her side of the story."Britney has joined forces with MTV for a 90-minute documentary about her return to the pop-music spotlight.""The...

Pop stars, fans say goodbye to MTV's 'TRL'

" "If it wasn't for 'TRL,' I don't think I would have this launching pad for my career," said a cigar-smoking Kid Rock, who came to prominence as a raucous rap-rocker on "TRL" with his baudy hit "Bawitdaba" but...

Stars and Fans Say Goodbye to ‘TRL’ - Total Request Live on MTV

MTV went on air in 1981 with the aptly titled hit number " Video Killed the Radio Star", and became a strong cultural force with numerous scholars terming its content as cultural imperialism for the not so western...

Reminder: TRL Ends Tonight (Sunday)

November 16, 2008 marks the final episode of MTV's long-running countdown program, TRL. At the start of the decade it was one of the most popular shows on television. It was also an important promotional/press...

MySpace and MTV Bring Ads to Piracy

Why go after the pirates directly when you can advertise on their copyright infringements?Instead of asking users to take down copyrighted content that's been posted to MySpace, MTV is proposing to overlay ads on...

Beatles video game announced

MTV, Apple, and Harmonix are releasing a Beatles video game for an undetermined number of console systems. As it's going to be designed by the 'Rock Band' guys, it should be a fun ride!The only thing that seems to...

MTV Pulls the Plug on Flagship ‘TRL’ Show

MTV is saying goodbye to Total Request Live, its flagship daily series that has dominated music television airwaves for a solid decade.But times have changed and, these days, artists are getting a bigger boost...
 

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