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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Sex is the brand

Entertainment | By Ann Powers | September 10, 2008
RUSSELL BRAND is a bad, bad boy. Read more
 

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

VMAs have no rhythm

Entertainment | By Ann Powers | September 11, 2007
On Sunday, as television’s family hour gave way to raunchy prime time, a strange thing happened in living rooms across America. Read more
 

A comeback for the pop queen? Oops, not quite

Entertainment | By Ann Powers | September 11, 2007
BRITNEY, you are no Elvis. Read more
 

Friday, September 7, 2007

Entertainment | September 7, 2007
NEW YORK – Britney Spears will be the opening act at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. Read more
 

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

QUICK TAKES - BeyoncĂ© ties for most MTV nods

Entertainment | August 8, 2007
Justin Timberlake and BeyoncĂ© lead the pop parade of nominees for the MTV Video Music Awards with seven nods apiece. Read more
 

Saturday, September 2, 2006

Quips, poses and cheers all around

Entertainment | By Ann Powers | September 2, 2006
The 2006 MTV Video Music Awards are over, and I feel a little dirty, as one does after a party that seemed pretty fun the night before. Read more
 

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

MTV offers VMA viewers a virtual backstage pass

Entertainment | August 22, 2006
For fans who want to see more of Beyonce or Ludacris at next week’s Video Music Awards, MTV is offering a trip backstage at Radio City Music Hall. Read more
 

Tuesday, August 1, 2006

Chili Peppers spice up MTV nods

Entertainment | August 1, 2006
The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Shakira are front and center at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. Read more
 

Saturday, November 5, 2005

Madonna rocks Lisbon at MTV awards

Entertainment | November 5, 2005
Madonna stole the show at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday with a live televised performance of her new single “Hung Up,” emerging from a giant glitter ball wearing purple leather boots and matching leotard. Read more
 

Tuesday, August 30, 2005

It’s about Knight and Green Day

Entertainment | By Geoff Boucher | August 30, 2005
The 2005 MTV Video Music Awards held here Sunday will be remembered as an exercise in survival – and not just because Hurricane Katrina swirled through on the eve of the show and left the city a dazed, swampy mess. Read more
 

Friday, August 26, 2005

MTV fans can go broadband

Entertainment | August 26, 2005
MTV’s Video Music Awards are going broadband, expanding beyond television for a new take on the typically raucous ceremony along with “bonus” performances and other online coverage, the channel said Thursday. Read more
 

Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Green Day tops MTV nominees

Entertainment | July 26, 2005
Punk-pop band Green Day captured eight nominations for “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” and “American Idiot” Monday to lead nominees for the MTV Video Music Awards. Read more
 

Wednesday, June 1, 2005

Band pulls out of MTV show

Entertainment | June 1, 2005
Nine Inch Nails dropped out of the MTV Movie Awards after clashing with the network over an image of President Bush that the band planned as a performance backdrop. Read more
 

Monday, August 30, 2004

In Tamer Show, MTV Gives OutKast a Big ‘Hey Ya!’

National | August 30, 2004
Holding its festivities here for the first time in its 21-year history, Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards was energetic and colorful – yet tame, by MTV standards. Read more
 

Thursday, August 26, 2004

MTV drops gay-bashing act

News | August 26, 2004
Dancehall star Beenie Man, who has recorded anti-gay songs in the past, was yanked from a concert associated with the MTV Video Music Awards this weekend after gay groups planned a protest, the network said Wednesday. Read more
 

Saturday, August 21, 2004

Directing a hip-hop breakthrough

Entertainment | By Tommy Nguyen | August 21, 2004
At MTV’s Video Music Awards next weekend, four of the five productions competing for the top prize will be from the world of hip-hop and R&B. That’s no biggie, considering that for years mainstream hip-hop music videos have been barreling through popular culture, influencing fashion and clueing in Madison Avenue. Read more
 

Wednesday, July 28, 2004

MTV picks its award nominees

Entertainment | By Geoff Boucher | July 28, 2004
Hip-hop and R&B are the strongest backbeat of MTV at the moment, and that was evident Tuesday with the naming of the 2004 nominees for the channel’s annual Video Music Awards. Read more
 

Saturday, April 17, 2004

MTV Awards head to Miami

Entertainment | April 17, 2004
MTV will take its irreverent Video Music Awards to Miami this year. Read more
 

Saturday, August 30, 2003

MTV awards: like kissing your sister

Entertainment | By Richard Cromelin | August 30, 2003
A kiss is still a kiss, but when it takes place on the MTV Video Music Awards show it can shoot into pop lore, as with Michael Jackson’s epic “I’m a man” smooch with Lisa Marie Presley, a literally in-your-face challenge in 1994 to those who doubted the viability of that marriage. Read more
 

Friday, August 29, 2003

Missy Elliott Takes Top Honor at MTV Awards

National | August 29, 2003
Rapper Missy Elliott, teen heartthrob Justin Timberlake, singer Beyonce Knowles and rapper 50 Cent were the big winners at the MTV Video Music Awards. Read more
 
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