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  MTV Kills 'Headbangers Ball,' Host Says Network Neglects Rock [UPDATED]

  September 13, 2012 – Twenty-five years after it was founded, MTV's once flagship heavy metal show Headbangers Ball is apparently being terminated, according to host Jose Mangin. In a video interview on metal blog Horns Up Rocks (via Blabbermouth), Mangin claims the decision to kill the currently web-only series isn't about saving money. …
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  MTV's 'House of Style' Returns in Blaze of Hairspray

  July 24, 2012 – With '90s nostalgia in full swing it's no wonder MTV's bringing back its iconic fashion news show, House of Style — what's more emblematic of the era than alpha supermodel (ponder that) Cindy Crawford flossing mole and mane while frolicking backstage and spot-interviewing her cohorts, Naomi, Linda, and Yasmin. …
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  See Johnny Depp Complete Transformation Into Keith Richards at MTV Movie Awards

  June 4, 2012 – Last night's installment of MTV's Movie Awards was the network's 11th, though it surely felt like the 55th Annual Twilight Awards. In truth, The Hunger Games stole most of the vampires' thunder, as our full recap in Wide Angle explains. But let's check out how MTV reminded us this show was airing on MTV, the network (formerly) known as Music Television: fun. …
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  MTV Defers to President Obama, Moves VMAs Up an Hour

  May 17, 2012 – The MTV Video Music Awards have always been far more about the spectacle of ceremony than the awards. As SPIN editor Steve Kandell has put it, the network "doesn't pretend that Video Music Awards themselves are worth much more than the pewter they're molded from. …
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  MTV Revives Avant-Garde 1985 'ArtBreaks' Series

  March 30, 2012 – On April 2, thousands of 16 and Pregnant loyals will emit a collective "WTF?" — that is, unless they were also watching MTV 27 years ago, in which case they might say, "Oh, good, this arty thing is back!" That's because the network recently announced that they would be reviving its "Art Breaks" series in line with a slew of similarly retro decisions. For the confused: Back in '85, a four-year-old MTV launched a collection of shor …
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  MTV and Vevo Kiss and Make Up: Welcome Back, Lady Gaga!

  March 6, 2012 – MTV has spent the past few years trying to remind us they're no longer "Music Television," a campaign that was aided by the fact that the channel and its associated websites haven't been able to play videos from Universal Music Group since August 2010, when the label yanked its clips from Viacom's networks so they could air exclusively on Vevo (UMG is a co-owner of the video service). …
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  Timewarp! See an Awesomely Awkward 1994 Thurston Moore and Beck MTV Interview

  January 4, 2012 – Buzzfeed recently dug up a grainy 1994 segment ofMTV's 120 Minutes featuring guest host Thurston Moore interviewing an extremely awkward and baby-faced Beck back when the latter was on the cusp of "Loser" stardom. The slackadaisacal vocal tones! The ironic enthusiasm! The '90s were a magical time. Highlights: Moore mentions the "Loser" video: "You must be really happy that people are watching it and getting the Beck vibe," he says. …
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  MTV Plans to Play More Music, Sort Of

  November 18, 2011 – MTV just took a tiny bite out of the old punch line about how the network formerly known as "Music" television doesn't even play music anymore. After bringing back late-night alternative music show 120 Minutes earlier this year, MTV2 is bumping it and host Matt Pinfield up from a monthly 1 a.m. slot to a weekly Friday 6 a.m. position, reports Variety. …
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  Robyn Headlined MTV's (Mostly Pointless) O Awards

  November 1, 2011 – At last year's MTV Video Music Awards, Robyn was left serenading the live audience during commercial breaks — a thankless role filled this year by broken-legged U.K. pop phenom Jessie J.MTV made up for the poor billing Monday night at its digital-oriented O Music Awards in West Hollywood, California, tapping the Swedish pop singer to perform several songs from for the assembled Halloween throngs. …
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  MTV's VMAs: The Best and Worst Moments

  August 29, 2011 – To their credit, I suppose, MTV doesn't pretend that Video Music Awards themselves are worth much more than the pewter they're molded from. The show has always been about the balance of unscripted -- or unscripted-seeming -- moments popping out of a carefully choreographed marketing extravaganza, little daisies springing out of a morass of mud. …
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