Monthly Archives: May 2009

It’s the day leading up to the MTV Movie Awards, and right now feels like the calm before the storm. I’m sitting here on the side of the red carpet, which is currently empty, except for the crew who are getting ready to rehearse the big preshow. It’s amazing to witness the transformation. In just [...] Continue reading →

MTV Movie Awards Weekend: Are You Ready?

Get pumped up for Sunday’s big show as MTV News takes you behind the scenes with your favorite celebs and Movie Awards insiders.

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Behind The Scenes At The 2009 Movie Awards

Stick with us for an all-access pass to all your favorite celebs at the show.

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2009 MTV Movie Awards | Most Talked-About Moments

Check out the biggest and funniest moments from the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, including Andy Samberg’s naked opening bit with Justin Timberlake!

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Movie Awards 2009: Red-Carpet Moments

Check out interviews with the hottest celebs from this year’s red carpet!

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2009 MTV Movie Awards | Red Carpet Report With Christian Siriano

Christian Siriano (‘Project Runway’) returns to the red carpet to interview celebrities about their impressive (and possibly not-so-impressive) fashion choices for their appearances at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards.

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MTV Movie Awards Confidential

We’re giving you a glimpse at this year’s show, plus the most outrageous moments from years past.

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MTV News RAW: No Doubt

No Doubt is back with new music, a new tour, a performance on ‘Gossip Girl’ and more.

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We found another famous car here at the Universal lot. Actually, it’s more of a van. I had heard rumours from the team that the Mystery Van — complete with a real-life Scooby Doo and a guy dressed as Shaggy — had been driving around, so we had to track it down.

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There are just two days left before the big night on Sunday when the MTV Movie Awards take over the Universal Studios lot here in Universal City, California.
The team of lighting technicians, engineers, stage designers and riggers all worked overtime and well into the night to create what is, in my opinion, the best-looking stage [...] Continue reading →

By Kathleen Newman-Bremang
If you know anything about Rose McGowan, it’s probably that the actress used to date over-the-top rocker Marilyn Manson or that she’s notorious for bad-girl, vixen-esque acting roles.
So when we ran into the star at the Burberry event celebrating the opening of the British company’s new headquarters in New York and asked her [...] Continue reading →

It was a week devoted to heat here at RS: we launched our 2009 Hot List with a steamy Lady Gaga cover story, checked out some photos of her wild style and puzzled over her new video. Get a peek at all the people, places and things in the new issue at our Hot Hub.
Eminem [...] Continue reading →

This morning news broke that Ozzy Osbourne is suing his former Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi to reclaim a stake in the “Black Sabbath” trademark. Now the Blizzard of Ozz himself has issued a statement saying that after years of trying to “resolve the issue amicably,” the lawsuit was regretfully Ozzy’s last course of action.
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Andre 3000 helped T.I. say goodbye to fans before Tip headed off to prison to serve his one-year sentence for weapons charges. Plus, Sting chilled in a park with New York’s mayor, Idol’s Adam Lambert met the cast of Broadway’s Hair, Marilyn Manson and Twiggy Ramirez hit the street, Willie Nelson jammed with Paul [...] Continue reading →

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Tonight marks the end of an era as Jay Leno will host The Tonight Show for the final time. To pay tribute to Leno and his long run as the emcee of NBC’s 11:35 p.m. hour, this weekend’s Rock List is dedicated to “Tonight Songs.” Tell us your favorite songs that have the word [...] Continue reading →

This somehow flew under Rock Daily’s radar, but this week’s Flashback takes us all the way back to two months ago, when some YouTuber named >AvoidantConsumer had the ingenious idea to make Hot Breakthrough band Phoenix’s incredibly catchy new single “Lisztomania” even more infectious by creating a “Brat Pack Mashup” for its video, pairing the [...] Continue reading →

“Stop leaking my motherfucking videos,” Rolling Stone Hot Issue queen Lady Gaga yelled from her Twitter after her newest video for “Paparazzi” found its way onto blogs earlier than expected. Given the “November Rain”-esque scale of Gaga’s epic new eight-minute-long short film, the “Paparazzi” video warranted more than just a simple leak; it [...] Continue reading →

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Nearly 25 years after his tragic death, a live recording of folk legend Tim Buckley will finally reach fans’ ears when Live at the Folklore Center, NYC – March 6th, 1967 is released on August 25th on NYC’s Tompkins Square label. Buckley’s performance at the Folklore Center — a gig attended [...] Continue reading →

When Jay Leno hands the keys to “The Tonight Show,” the late night vehicle that’s been his home for the past 17 years, over to Conan O’Brien tonight, he’s not going to toss in any sage wisdom along with them.
“I don’t need to give Conan advice,” Leno told Neil Strauss for our latest issue, on [...] Continue reading →

By Eric Ditzian
With all this gossip about Susan Boyle’s purported meltdown and speculation that she almost quit the show and is now holed up in a safe house away from the prying eyes of the paparazzi, it’s easy to forget one little thing: She hasn’t won anything yet.
The “Britain’s Got Talent” finale isn’t set to [...] Continue reading →

After being found guilty at his second trial for the February 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson, legendary producer Phil Spector was sentenced to 19 years to life in prison today by Judge Larry Fidler, the Los Angeles Times reports. The conviction carried a minimum 15 years-to-life sentence, plus an additional four years for criminal [...] Continue reading →

By Kathleen Newman-Bremang
Ask any reporter who’s had to cover a red-carpet event and they’ll all probably tell you the same thing: Most of the time, it ain’t glamorous.
They’ll tell you to be prepared to check your shame at the door and get ready to throw some ‘bows in order to keep your spot on the [...] Continue reading →

The Beastie Boys, “So Watcha Want” [Live on Jimmy Fallon]
S-M loves that Beastie Boys have now officially evolved into everybody’s cool uncles. Look at Adam Yauch’s trenchcoat! He looks like Mark Wahlberg playing Columbo!
A Tribe Called Quest, Final show in 1991 [Live]
The second track on this brilliant bootleg of the final Tribe Called Quest [...] Continue reading →

Like the battle between Rock Band and Guitar Hero, the competition is heating up between upcoming music video games DJ Hero and Scratch: The Ultimate DJ to stake dominance in the genre. Today, DJ Hero made a major move by hooking up with a pair of the biggest rappers around, Jay-Z and Eminem, to release [...] Continue reading →

By Kathleen Newman-Bremang
Susan Boyle may be having a rough time dealing with her instant fame lately, but we’ve got something that is sure to cheer up everyone’s favorite Scottish sweetheart. Harry Connick Jr is the latest celeb to catch Susan Boyle fever. Yes, the jazz crooner (or Grace’s husband on “Will & Grace,” if you [...] Continue reading →

By Eric Ditzian
Susan! Susan, are you OK? Everyone seems so worried about you. The Associated Press tells me that “Britain and the YouTube-watching world is fretting over the pressure being piled” on you and your lovely voice. “God knows how poor Susan is feeling,” wrote “Britain’s Got Talent” judge Piers Morgan in a fit of [...] Continue reading →

“This album will be the death of me,” groans Killswitch Engage frontman Howard Jones as he sinks into a couch. The Massachusetts-based metal band has just finished work on its fourth album, and Jones is feeling a bit worked-over. “There was nothing comfortable about it for any of us,” he says of making the record, [...] Continue reading →

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Lawyers representing Ozzy Osbourne have filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office against the heavy metal icon’s Black Sabbath bandmate, Tony Iommi, claiming the man responsible for some of the genre’s most memorable riffs illegally assumed sole ownership of the Black Sabbath name.
According to the New York Post, Osbourne’s suit [...] Continue reading →

Akon spoke about the dangers of gun violence and made reference to his fallen protégé Dolla at a meeting with students in Poughkeepsie, New York, yesterday, the Poughkeepsie Journal reports. The event was part of Akon’s community service sentence that he received after throwing a fan off the stage at a 2007 concert, but it [...] Continue reading →

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Cheap Trick tell Billboard their June 23rd album The Latest sounds “like 2009.” The band is selling the disc on their Website and Amazon, and also have plans to do a release documenting its 2007 performance of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band at the Hollywood Bowl.
Doctors have ordered Morrissey not [...] Continue reading →