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Punk'd Returning to MTV —With Host Justin Bieber

New York Magazine says Ashton Kutcher will be executive producer

(Newser) - MTV is ready to bring back Punk'd to the air with Justin Bieber as host, multiple sources tell the Vulture blog at New York magazine. (He's been "all but officially tapped," says the report.) The prank-a-celebrity show created by Ashton Kutcher in 2003 has been off the...

Will.i.am Defends MTV Blackface Performance

'It's not a racial thing,' he tweets

(Newser) - Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am blasted critics who skewered his blackface performance before the MTV Music Video Awards presentation. "It shouldn't be looked at as racial," he tweeted, explaining that he painted his face black "as expression and to emphasize my outfit." To those...

Get STD Tested, Then Check in on Foursquare!

MTV's campaign may not work...but if it does, bravo

(Newser) - If you’re as obsessed with location-based services as most people seem to be, you probably love checking in at restaurants, coffee shops, bars…and STD clinics? Maybe not, but that’s what MTV is hoping you’ll do as it launches its “Get Yourself Tested” Foursquare campaign . The...

Meet MTV's 'Twitter Jockey'
 Meet MTV's 'Twitter Jockey' 
salary: $100K a year
Aug 10, 2010 8:49 AM CDT

Meet MTV's 'Twitter Jockey'

Gabi Gregg won the reality competition for 'TJ' title

(Newser) - College is clearly a waste of time : All you need to do to earn $100,000 a year is be a really, really good tweeter. That's how much Gabi Gregg, a 23-year-old from Detroit, will earn when she officially starts her job as MTV's first "Twitter Jockey" (or "...

Mayor to Snooki: Thanks for the Publicity!

'Jersey Shore' star's arrest puts town back on the map

(Newser) - "Snooki arrested!" screamed the headlines around the world, and the mayor of the town where the Jersey Shore star faces a disorderly conduct charge couldn't be happier, reports the New York Post . "We're getting wonderful publicity!" says Ken Hershey. "We couldn't pay a half-million dollars...

MTV Reality Show Caused Crime Wave: Study
 MTV Reality 
 Show Caused 
 Crime Wave: 
 Study 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Aug 1, 2010 11:02 AM CDT

MTV Reality Show Caused Crime Wave: Study

Laguna Beach led to more robberies, rapes, study says

(Newser) - MTV's Laguna Beach contributed to a rise in crime in the real Laguna Beach, a new study suggests. Researchers from Occidental College analyzed crime statistics from 2004 to 2006, when the popular reality series was on the air—and perhaps turning the ritzy, gated enclave into a tourist hub. The...

Drunk Snooki Arrested While Filming Jersey Shore

Maybe you've heard, Season 2 of MTV hit just started

(Newser) - Nicole Polizzi, aka Snooki, was arrested this afternoon and charged with disorderly conduct, TMZ reports . The Jersey Shore star ran afoul of the law in Seaside Heights, NJ, where the MTV show was filming. She had been seen at the beach earlier in the day drinking Coke out of a...

Hey, Times : Lay Off Snooki
 Hey, Times: 
 Lay Off Snooki 
OPINION
Jul 27, 2010 10:46 AM CDT

Hey, Times: Lay Off Snooki

'Jersey Shore' star doesn't deserve 'condescension'

(Newser) - Snooki probably brushed off Cathy Horyn’s “spectacularly condescending” New York Times profile . But in case she took it to heart, Mary Elizabeth Williams begs her, “do not ever change”—no matter what “that bitch from the paper of record” says. Williams may not be a...

Snooki Mystifies Times Reporter

Dad can't account for 'Jersey Shore' star's popularity, either

(Newser) - With the second season of Jersey Shore mere days away, the Snooki phenomenon comes under the scrutiny of New York Times reporter Cathy Horyn, and no one emerges unscathed. To be fair, Horyn compares the 4-foot-9 Snooki, aka Nicole Polizzi, to Elizabeth Taylor. But she also likens her body to...

MTV to Resurrect Beavis & Butt-head

Maybe now MTV will actually play some music videos

(Newser) - Sensing that there were not enough fart jokes in your life, MTV has decided to resurrect Beavis and Butt-head, network sources confirm for the New York Post . It’s been 13 years since the last new episode of the cartoon aired, but it sounds like children of the ‘90s...

MTV Seeks 'Twitter Jockey'
 MTV Seeks 'Twitter Jockey'
Jun 14, 2010 5:24 PM CDT

MTV Seeks 'Twitter Jockey'

Social network coordinator will command 6-figure salary

(Newser) - MTV is looking for its first TJ—Twitter Jockey—and is soliciting nominations for two more candidates. Much like the VJ, a position the network created some 20 years ago, the TJ will represent MTV in the domain of social networking. "The TJ will be your voice, and the...

Sorry for All That Cussing: MTV
 Sorry for All That Cussing: MTV 
mtv movie awards
Jun 8, 2010 12:16 PM CDT

Sorry for All That Cussing: MTV

Movie Awards clocked almost one profanity per minute

(Newser) - The censors were extremely busy during Sunday night's MTV Movie Awards—the pro-"traditional values" Culture and Media Institute clocked " at least 100 bleep-worthy words " in 122 minutes—and the network is very, very sorry. Sort of. "While we aired the live broadcast with a delay, we...

Bullock Pleads for Normal,' Makes Out With Scarlett,
 Sandra Makes Out With Scarlett 
MTV movie Awards
Jun 7, 2010 5:23 AM CDT

Sandra Makes Out With Scarlett

'Everybody has cellulite,' deadpans Bullock

(Newser) - Sandra Bullock wants everyone to know she's not dead—and to prove it, she planted a hot smooch right on Scarlett Johansson's kisser at the MTV Movie Awards last night. "I love what I do. I'm not going anywhere," the Oscar-winning actress vowed after collecting the Generation Award...

Are You're a Cyberbully? Try MTV's 'Morality Meter'

Teens invited to share, rate tales of dubious online actions

(Newser) - Teens wondering whether their online behavior has crossed the line into sexting or cyberbullying will be able to get an answer from a new MTV "morality meter" app. Over the Line? lets young people share stories about what they're up to online and invites users to rate those stories...

Spencer Pratt Ditches Hills to Fight Cyber Crime

MTV reality villain in talks with LA firearms-training firm

(Newser) - Spencer Pratt aims to remove both the “reality-TV” and “villain” facets of his character, as he’s planning a break from MTV’s The Hills to focus on fighting cyber crime. Pratt, 26, is studying software engineering, and, inspired by President Obama’s recent pronouncement that online threats...

Gaga Puts Mixed-Gender Rumors to Bed in Steamy Vid

G, Beyoncé in a lather in prison babes video

(Newser) - Lady Gaga lays to rest rumors that she's mixed gender and replaces them with visions of masochistic lesbian love in her latest eye-popping music video. "I told you she didn't have a dick," one buff female prison guard tells another after stripping Lady G in a cell in...

16 and Pregnant: Prevention, but at What Cost?

MTV runs 'unvarnished' truth—at girls' expense

(Newser) - MTV's hit show 16 and Pregnant may well prevent pregnancy, but its no-holds-barred approach can hurt the young moms who make it great TV. The show details the lives of pregnant teens with intimate, cringe-inducing swearing, fights, and tears—which MTV and its partners hope will make teens think twice....

MTV Tunes Recession Chic With New 16 and Pregnant

Down-to-earth shows much more in tune than 'Hills' et al.

(Newser) - MTV is definitely hip to the recession, with the proof no further than the new season of 16 and Pregnant , airing tonight. That show, plus others like Jersey Shore, show that “audiences seem to have tired of the contrived dramas” of The Hills or The City, “and the...

MTV Yanks South Park Mexico Episode

Channel says it needs permit to show Mexican flag

(Newser) - Mexican South Park fans suspect their president was responsible for MTV's last-minute decision to pull an episode of the popular program. The episode, Pinewood Derby, features a caricature of Felipe Calderon—portrayed as a spendthrift who blows cash on water parks—in front of a Mexican flag, the BBC reports....

MTV Loses 'Music Television' From Its Logo
MTV Loses 'Music
Television' From Its Logo
TRUTH IN BRANDING
Feb 9, 2010 6:16 PM CST

MTV Loses 'Music Television' From Its Logo

After all, music videos aren't even an afterthought now

(Newser) - In a move likely only to surprise anyone just out of a 25-year coma, MTV is dropping the words “Music Television” from the channel’s logo. MTV has been mostly music-video-free for some years now, giving over its airwaves to reality standbys like The Hills, The Osbournes, and its...

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