When MTV came on the air in 1981, it introduced us not only to a new art form - the music video - but a new kind of TV personality: the VJ. From introducing videos (the VJs' original role) to hosting programs and reporting the news, the music channel's talking heads have entertained and informed us for three decades.…
Three people in Missouri were charged with child endangerment after they left 10 kids in a SUV for hours - while they grabbed a drink.
Cops said that Mackisha Johnson, 25, and Christopher M. Jones, 38, were arrested and another woman, Shacona Johnson was also charged, after the kids - ranging in age from 7 months to 11 years old were spotted in the parking lot while… Continue
July 30, 2011 Press release - ROBE, Australia - A large Shark lunges towards teen girl while swimming in the water off the south Australian coast. This brief video shows the teen running for her life as her father helplessly looks on. Thankfully she was able to evade the sharks jaws of death, but suffered some seriously stubbed toes on the rocks in the… Continue
Snakes alive! A slithering serpent snuck up on a Memphis area family's SUV as they barrelled down a highway.
Rachel Fisher, 26, was at the wheel going about 65 miles an hour as the sizeable snake slid across her windshield. Her husband recorded 2 minutes and 24 seconds of the spectacle as she alternated between girly screams and nervous… Continue
An outdoor Coney Island, Brooklyn gathering turned deadly Saturday night when a shooter killed one young man and wounded another in Kaiser Park.
More than 100 people were partying, rapping and socializing on the park's soccer field a just before 11:30 p.m. when 10 to 15 gunshots rang out and sent parents running for their children, witnesses said.
A crook dressed as cartoon character Spongebob Squarepants, along with another man, held up a 7-11 near Orlando, WPBF-TV reported.
"It's not unusual for criminals to distinguish their identitiy," Osceola County Sheriff's spokesman Twis Lizasuain told the television station.… Continue
A man in Louisiana was arrested after cops pulled over his Chevrolet pick-up truck and found that it was being driven by his 8-year-old son.
Meanwhile, cops told the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Billy Joe Madden, 28, was passed out drunk as his son was driving the family from Mississippi to Texas.
Cops said they received an early morning call from a… Continue
Two days after the Jets lost the Nnamdi Asomugha sweepstakes, Gang Green made a big splash by getting a big target for Mark Sanchez. The team announced that it has agreed in principle to a deal with former Giants wideout Plaxico Burress. The Jets will pay Burress just over $3 million for a one-year deal, a source confirms.
Burress, who has been out of football for… Continue
Shots shattered a night of funk and fun during an outdoor concert Sunday night in Cleveland featuring music legend George Clinton, police said.
Four people - three males and one female - were left with bullet wounds after a fight led to a gunman firing off a handgun, but no arrests have been made, authorities said.
A California news reporter was shot in the hand during a live news broadcast on Saturday.
KABC 7 News' Leanne Suter was struck by a BB gun pellet while reporting on the weather around 6 p.m. in Fontana, a city just west of San Bernardino, according to KABC 7 News.
The veteran newswoman was taken to the hospital, but is doing okay. Her news van… Continue
The nude body of a woman who appeared to be pregnant was found floating facedown in the Bronx River early Saturday, police and witnesses said.
A local resident found the body about 9 a.m. in the murky waters surrounded by parkland in Williamsbridge near E. 226th St. and Bronx Blvd., police said.
A path near the shoreline had bloodstains on it, a witness… Continue
The family of an Xbox addict, who recently died during a marathon session playing video games, is pleading to other parents to protect their kids from excessive gaming.
An autopsy revealed that Chris Staniforth, 20, suffered from deep vein thrombosis, which can be triggered by sitting in one position for long periods of time.
Pippa Middleton is an inspiration to all sorts of people she's never met, just not in a way she might have expected.
While the Sarah Burton dress that Middleton wore to her sister's April 29 wedding to Prince William has been endlessly knocked off, there's another imitation that Duchess Catherine's younger sister has provoked.
The legal battle over a sample used in Jay-Z's hit single “Big Pimpin'” continues in court, as a lawsuit has been filed against the rapper and producer Timbaland.
Ahab Joseph Nafal filed a $5,000,000 lawsuit on July 23rd in United States District Court, Central District of California.
The lawsuit revolves around the use of the song “Khosara,… Continue
Vibe Magazine is honoring the Late Amy Winehouse in the August/September issue. Editor-in-Chief gave tribute to the late singer as well as reached out to some of the people who knew her best. The issue will feature an interview with Winehouse collaborator and friend Salaam Remi. He produced F*** Me Pumps, Tears Dry On Their Own and Just Friends for the singer. They also… Continue
Big Sean returned to “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” for his second appearance, but first as the main musical guest. The lanky rapper was joined on the mic by The Roots’ Black Thought as he performed “I Do It” and “Marvin & Chardonnay” off his debut Finally Famous.… Continue