It’s hard to imagine a world in which MTV viewers didn’t know who ‘NSYNC is, but it’s even harder to imagine a world in which iPhones don’t exist. But an iPhone-less world was indeed reality back in 1999 when ‘NSYNC first took the VMA stage in their debut performance. Picture it: August … Read more
When we saw Miley Cyrus‘ new Bangerz album cover for the first time Saturday, we couldn’t help but wonder what other artists might look like in the same pink-neon, South Beach scene. Inspired by Sunday (August 25) night’s MTV Video Music Awards, we woke up the interns and, a few hours of … Read more
It’s the kind of dilemma most artists would kill to have. Actually, it’s one that no other artist has ever had before: what song to play when you’re performing on your third MTV awards show of the year. After rocking the MTV Movie Awards and mtvU Woodie Awards, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis … Read more
The rehearsals for Sunday night’s 2013 MTV Video Music Awards at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center are on total lockdown. (Hell, we work here and we can’t even get into them!) While we count down the hours until Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Robin Thicke, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Miley Cyrus, … Read more
Miley Cyrus had a pre-VMA message on Saturday night (August 24). With just 24 hours to go before she’s set to perform at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, the singer decided to gift her Smilers with something she’s been teasing all week: the cover of her upcoming album, Bangerz. The artwork … Read more
For all of the “Vampire Academy” fans who have watched and rewatched the trailer for the YA adaptation, you know there’s lots of fighting, lots of partying and a sultry bit of sex. With all the lust and the charm going on in our first glimpse of the movie, MTV News thought … Read more
A week after Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Brandlin signed off on an order of 1,000 additional hours of community labor as a condition of re-instating Chris Brown‘s probation, the singer went on a fiery Twitter rant against the legal system. “[N—a] done 6 months community service wit police and … Read more
The ladies of Fifth Harmony have a big weekend ahead of them. In addition to releasing their new music video for their single, “Me and My Girls,” on Saturday, they will be some of the many stars attending the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday. The first-time VMA attendees stopped by … Read more
In the summer of 2015, Ben Affleck will be able to say “I’m Batman,” when he faces off against Henry Cavill’s Superman in the upcoming “Man of Steel” sequel. Warner Bros. announced Thursday night that the Academy Award winner, who was once rumored to direct a “Justice League” film for the studio … Read more
With only days left until the VMAs, Miley Cyrus is teasing fans with tiny pieces of her Bangerz album cover before she’s slated to take the stage at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Sunday. To get her fans voting for her Best Song of the Summer nod, she has promised that … Read more
Pusha T stepped into the “RapFix Live” realm Thursday (August 22) to speak publicly about being named by Kendrick Lamar in the young Compton’s rapper’s frenzied “Control” verse. Having previously tweeted about it, Pusha told host Sway that he felt Kendrick’s comments were designed to maintain the “sport” element of hip-hop. He … Read more
On his VMA-nominated “Started From the Bottom” Drake boasted: “I could turn your boy into the man” and on the cover to his upcoming album Nothing was the Same Drizzy illustrates that very lyric — literally. It was a busy Wednesday (August 21) for Drake, who announced on Twitter that he will … Read more
Multiplatinum producer Scott Storch has a warning for all of the celebrities: make sure your security team is “right” or you’ll get robbed for your bejeweled chains and watches like he did. “It’s a setup thing,” Storch said during his visit to the special set of “RapFix Live” Wednesday (August 21) at … Read more
When Big Sean signed with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music, the Detroit kid got a very special signing bonus. “For me, when I got my first chain, Kanye gave me my first Jesus piece,” he told Sway on Wednesday (August 21) in the kick-off to MTV’s four days of livestreaming leading up to … Read more
Over the past three decades, there has been the odd installment of the MTV Video Music Awards where an underdog shocks the world by winning Video of the Year … think Panic! at the Disco in 2006, or Jamiroquai in 1997. Though it’s safe to say that won’t happen at this year’s … Read more