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Ex-MTV VJ Rues Decision to 'Keep My Tumor'
Ex-MTV VJ
Rues Decision
to 'Keep My
Tumor'
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Oct 20, 2024 7:01 AM CDT

Ex-MTV VJ Rues Decision to 'Keep My Tumor'

Ananda Lewis, 51, says she has Stage 4 breast cancer, regrets not getting mastectomy

(Newser) - At a CNN roundtable that aired this week, former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis nonchalantly made a shocking announcement: Her breast cancer, which she'd first revealed in 2020, has metastasized and sent her into Stage 4 of the disease, reports People . Lewis made the reveal in a discussion with CNN...

Taylor Swift Beats a Record at MTV VMAs
Here Are Your
MTV VMA
Winners
Sep 12, 2024 12:00 AM CDT

Here Are Your MTV VMA Winners

Taylor Swift wins the night's biggest award

(Newser) - Taylor Swift's dominance continued at the MTV Video Music Awards, where she took home seven awards—including the night's biggest, the trophy for video of the year, the AP reports. In her speech Wednesday night, Swift thanked her "boyfriend, Travis" for being on set of the "...

Check Out the Red Carpet Looks From MTV Video Music Awards

Though the 'red carpet' was actually black

(Newser) - Four decades ago, at the first-ever MTV Video Music Awards in 1984, Madonna wore a wedding dress to perform "Like a Virgin." Wednesday night, at this year's VMAs, two artists appeared to channel the Material Girl in their own bridal-esque outfits—Addison Rae and Anitta—while another,...

16 and Pregnant Star Dead at 27
16 and Pregnant
Star Dead at 27
Jul 26, 2024 1:15 AM CDT

16 and Pregnant Star Dead at 27

Autumn Crittendon had 3 children

(Newser) - A former 16 and Pregnant star died unexpectedly Saturday in Virginia. Police were called to a residence in the afternoon and arrived to find Autumn Crittendon (sometimes also referred to as Autumn Oxley) unresponsive; the 27-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, USA Today reports. The medical examiner is still...

Emmys Pick 10 Biggest Moments in TV History

From Beatles and MLK Jr., all the way through 9/11 coverage, these moments made an impression

(Newser) - The Emmys take place Monday, and it's the awards ceremony's 75th anniversary of celebrating the best on the boob tube. To honor that milestone, the Television Academy assembled members and academics who sifted through more than seven decades of TV gold, including news reports, sitcoms, dramas, variety shows,...

MTV News, Which Broke News of Cobain's Death, Shuts Down

First show, anchored by Kurt Loder, launched in 1987

(Newser) - MTV News, an iconic presence on the small screen in the 1990s and early 2000s, is shutting down after 36 years. The Los Angeles Times calls it "a mainstay of '90s music culture" in one of many pieces bidding it farewell after Paramount Global's Tuesday announcement of...

Amid Strike, It Was a Strange MTV Awards

Pre-taped event looked a little different with no host, a lot of recycled live clips

(Newser) - A host-less, pre-taped and muted MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday became the first big awards show to air during the screenwriters' strike, offering a commercial-heavy broadcast featuring lots of past recycled live clips, the AP reports. Scream VI won the trophy for best movie, holding back competition from...

You Could Be the Proud Owner of the MTV Gong

One of two that were created for the network is up for auction

(Newser) - MTV's iconic gong, one of two made for the music network and used on it in the 1980s, is up for auction and available to bid on until 3pm Eastern time Friday at Bonhams . The gong "was famously used by Tina Turner when she appeared as a guest...

Surprise 'Bizarre' Guest at VMAs: Johnny Depp

'I needed the work,' he jokes

(Newser) - Almost three months after the conclusion of his defamation trial against Amber Heard, Johnny Depp made a high-profile surprise cameo. At Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards, the actor appeared as MTV's iconic moonman (recently renamed moonperson, per TMZ ) in what E! Online called a "bizarre"...

Here Are Your MTV Video Music Award Winners

Lil Nas X, Justin Bieber take top prizes

(Newser) - Lil Nas X won video of the year at Sundays MTV VMAs on a night that Justin Bieber triumphantly returned to the stage as a performer and as winner of the artist of the year, the AP reports. “I do not take this for granted,” Lil Nas X...

10 Best Videos From MTV's First Day

Stereogum marks the 40th anniversary with an interesting list

(Newser) - Exactly 40 years ago—Aug. 1, 1981—a new station called MTV played its very first video, the appropriately titled "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. Stereogum pays tribute to the industry-changing moment by ranking the 40 best videos from MTV's very first day. As it...

MTV Adds New VMAs for the Coronavirus Era

'Best Quarantine Performance' and 'Best Music Video From Home'

(Newser) - The MTV Video Music Awards will have two new categories this year, as fitting for the coronavirus era: "Best Music Video from Home" and "Best Quarantine Performance." Among the nominees for the latter is DJ D-Nice, who, back in March at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic,...

NYC Mayor on New MTV Show: 'Shameless Ratings Grab'

Staten Island residents aren't happy about 'Made in Staten Island' for its Italian-American 'stereotypes'

(Newser) - If a neighborhood was featured on a new reality show, one would think locals would be pretty excited. But for Staten Island residents, MTV's new series debuting Monday is nothing but a "shameless ratings grab" full of "stereotypes." That's per a recent tweet from NYC...

Michael B. Jordan Burns Roseanne at MTV Awards

'Best hero' winner gave award to a real hero

(Newser) - Michael B. Jordan picked up the "best villain" prize at the MTV Movie and TV Awards, but he joked that it could have gone to someone more villainous than Black Panther bad guy Erik Killmonger: Roseanne Barr. "I'm shocked that I won this award for best villain,...

Catfish Host Nev Schulman Accused of Sexual Misconduct

Production on reality show temporarily suspended

(Newser) - Production of Catfish: The TV Show has been temporarily suspended as MTV probes sexual misconduct allegations against host and executive producer Nev Schulman. "We take these allegations very seriously," an MTV rep says in a statement obtained by the Daily Beast . "We’re working with Critical Content,...

Road Rules Star Dead at 43
Road Rules Star
Dead at 43
Apr 5, 2018 4:10 PM CDT

Road Rules Star Dead at 43

Brian Lancaster's family believes he died of heart failure

(Newser) - A 43-year-old former Road Rules star was found dead at his Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, home last Thursday, the local coroner's office confirms to Us . Brian Lancaster, who competed on the seventh season of the MTV reality show in 1999—Road Rules: Latin America—had a history of arrhythmia, his family...

Man Who Co-Created an MTV Staple Is Killed by Taxi

Jim Burns helped come up with 'MTV Unplugged,' which debuted in 1989

(Newser) - The co-creator of MTV Unplugged was struck by a taxi while crossing Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and later died. Jim Burns was struck Saturday, the AP reports. The taxi turned onto the avenue and accidentally struck the 65-year-old, who had been walking with his seeing-eye dog near his Upper East...

Former Road Rules Star Dead
MTV Reality
Star Found
Dead
Jun 7, 2017 11:31 AM CDT

MTV Reality Star Found Dead

Danny Dias appeared on 'Road Rules' in 2004

(Newser) - A former star of MTV's Road Rules reality show has been found dead, the New York Daily News reports. Sources tell TMZ a friend was with Danny Dias at his Brooklyn apartment Saturday when he saw Dias take what he believes was LSD and mushrooms, start "freaking out,...

MTV Star Dies of Apparent Heart Attack

Christopher 'Big Black' Boykin of 'Rob & Big' was 45

(Newser) - Christopher "Big Black" Boykin, star of MTV reality show Rob & Big, died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack at the age of 45, TMZ reports. “He was a long time and beloved member of the MTV family and will be greatly missed," Variety quotes MTV as...

MTV Announces Major Change to Awards Show

Goodbye, gender-specific categories

(Newser) - MTV has scrapped gender-specific categories for its upcoming Movie & TV Awards, dubbed the MTV Movie Awards in previous years, reports the AP . In place of the Best Actress and Best Actor categories, this year's awards will honor a non-gendered Best Actor in a Movie and Best Actor in...

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