Katy Perry was ready to rumble when she released her new single, “Roar,” but her battle wasn’t against any other artists, it was against her toughest opponent, herself. “I started the record in November, but things were really flowing by the spring and it’s a song about standing up for yourself,” Perry … Read more
When we saw that Lady Gaga gave One Direction a little pep talk Sunday night at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, there were a ton of questions on our minds. Did 1D see her butt? How can we meet her? But perhaps the most pressing question we had: What was Mother … Read more
The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards provided us with plenty of memorable on-screen moments — Miley, we’re looking at you — but, as is often the case with a show this massive, some of the best moments actually happen off camera, when the stars let their guard down and prove that, yes, … Read more
Since it came at the tail end of his epic, career-spanning Video Music Awards performance — and subsequent ‘NSync reunion (!!!) — it’s kind of difficult to remember that Justin Timberlake also won the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at Sunday night’s show. Which is saying something, considering it’s the VMAs’ highest … Read more
The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards brought out the biggest stars in the business … and one of the biggest audiences in the show’s history. Sunday night’s show garnered a total audience of 10.1 million viewers — a 66-percent increase over last year’s show — making it cable’s top-rated entertainment telecast of … Read more
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
