NEW YORK — Filled to capacity with aspiring songwriters, the students at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU were on their feet to welcome Alicia Keys. The event, moderated by MTV News correspondent Sway Calloway, was an opportunity for the school to showcase Keys' humanitarian and philanthropic efforts and also a chance for the songstress to share details about her creative process. The New York City native talked how she came up with… Continue
MIAMI (AP)—Hall of Fame players Isiah Thomas and Magic Johnson famously kissed moments before tip-off of Game 1 of the 1988 NBA finals.
Today, the relationship clearly isn’t anywhere near as close.
Thomas told SI.com earlier this week that he is “really hurt” over criticisms levied by Johnson in a new book chronicling the careers of Johnson and Larry Bird. According to Thursday’s SI.com report, Johnson said Thomas questioned his… Continue
On Thursday morning, Lil Wayne pleaded guilty on a felony gun-possession charge and is expected to be sentenced to a year in prison (although a shorter term of eight-to-10 months on good behavior appears likely). Several hip-hop artists MTV News spoke with in the hours after the news broke were extremely saddened by the development.
"Lil Wayne is a great friend of mine," said DJ Khaled, who had just heard the news. "He's a brother and he's helped… Continue
Grammy Award-winning singer Robin Thicke may be practicing his lullabies.
Thicke and his wife, actress Paula Patton – who began dating in high school – are expecting their first child, Usmagazine.com reports.
The parents-to-be attended the 2009 Angel Ball in Manhattan on Tuesday, and Thicke gushed about his wife of four years.
"She could make a marriage work with a chair," he told the magazine of Patton, 33. "She's an incredible… Continue
Add Amy Winehouse's father to the growing list of creepy celebrity dads.
Mitch Winehouse recently boasted that his troubled daughter's new breast enhancements were "fantastic."
"Fantastic, fantastic. Her boobs are great as well," Mitch said Wednesday on British TV show "This Morning." "I shouldn't have said that should I? She looks absolutely fantastic."
Though the Daily Mail reported that Amy's surgery cost $56,000, her dad… Continue
Chris Brown again relived beating Rihanna in a chat with a New York radio host, but revealed little details.
He tried to excuse his behavior by repeatedly saying, "I'm human," in Wednesday's interview with Angie Martinez on New York radio station Hot 97.
The 20-year-old singer, who kicks off his "fan appreciation" tour Nov. 14, says he feels that he let a lot of people down, especially kids that looked up to him.
Here's what pop singer Tiffany Evans posted online about Rihanna, and her new album Russian Roulette:
Russian Roulette= Suicidal Rate gon sky rocket!
You gotta watch what u say. Because there are a lot of weak people in the world. They are susceptible to anything so anything you say or do some people actually do listen. So make sure its nothing bad. Its okay to be deep,but not murder… Continue
While hosting a children's health fair, Michelle Obama worked a hula hoop on the White House lawn yesterday. The 45-year-old First Lady knows how to put her back into it.
Lil Wayne is headed to the big house.
The troubled rapper pleaded guilty to felony gun possession charges Thursday, agreeing to spend a year behind bars.
Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, 27, was hit with a pair of charges after a loaded 9-mm. gun was discovered in his tour bus two years ago.
He pleaded guilty to attempted possession of a weapon in the second degree, sparing him a possible 3 1/2-to-7-year prison… Continue
Rosie O'Donnell and longtime partner Kelli Carpenter are having "issues."
The 47-year-old actress responded to questions about the status of her five-year marriage in an interview Tuesday with USA Today, saying "We are a family. We will remain a family forever. And we are working on our issues."
Rumors that the relationship was on the rocks began after O'Donnell posted cryptic messages on her personal blog about the difficulties of… Continue
Blood may be thicker than water, but mean green rules this reality star.
"The Hills'" Heidi Montag refused to attend her sister Holly's 26th birthday party at Empire Hollywood in Los Angeles Saturday night when the venue didn't offer her an appearance fee, FoxNews.com reports.
"Holly was really wishing that her sister could just be a sister and stop by her birthday party, but Heidi only goes places if she is getting paid," an insider… Continue
The lengthy trial of two people accused of trying to extort $25 million from John Travolta ended in mistrial Wednesday after a Bahamian legislator mysteriously announced at a political convention that one of them had been acquitted.
Supreme Court Justice Anita Allen declared a mistrial because she suspected an unauthorized "communication" had come from deliberating jurors.
Former Sen. Pleasant Bridgewater and ambulance driver Tarino… Continue
"Dreamgirls" star Jennifer Hudson showed off her bump at Michael Jackson's memorial service in Los Angeles in June. The Grammy Award-winning singer, who was eight-months pregnant at the time, gave birth to son David Daniel Otunga less than two months later on Aug. 10. But Jennifer, who's engaged to pro-wrestler David Otunga, brought her trademark curves back at the Whitney Museum Gala on Oct.… Continue
California's 40 Glocc is no stranger to controversy. As a native of Colton, in California's Inland Empire and a neighborhood affectionately know as "the zoo", it kind of comes with the territory. You can choose either to eat, or be eaten and 40 Glocc stays well fed. Using his experience as a solo artist under Empire Records/BMG, for whom he dropped 2003's "The Jackal", and the knowledge gained from his close association with 50 Cent… Continue
WASHINGTON – Nicole Kidman conceded Wednesday that Hollywood has probably contributed to violence against women by portraying them as weak sex objects.
The Oscar-winning actress said she is not interested in those kinds of demeaning roles, adding that the movie industry also has made an effort to contribute to solutions for ending the violence.
Kidman testified before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee that is considering legislation… Continue
NEW YORK – Lil Wayne's gun possession case is putting a leading edge of DNA science under a microscope.
As the Grammy-winning rapper sat in a Manhattan court on Wednesday, a hearing began on a debated, highly sensitive DNA profiling technique used to tie him to a gun found on his tour bus in 2007.
Proponents see the process, sometimes called low copy number DNA profiling, as a powerful tool for closing cases by identifying people from… Continue
One of the stars of "Smallville" was arrested this morning -- after cops say he was part of a conspiracy to deal more than 10,000 pills of oxycodone.
TMZ has learned Sam Jones, who played Clark Kent's best friend on the show, was taken into custody by DEA agents who claim Jones was a "co-conspirator" in a series of major drug deals in 2008.
According to documents filed in federal court, the DEA claims Jones was the "Hollywood… Continue
Chris Brown's highly anticipated ballad "Crawl" has landed on the Internet just one day after his ex-girlfriend Rihanna's new single, the slow burning "Russian Roulette" debuted
"Crawl" is slated to be Browns' second single from his forthcoming album Graffiti. The singer recently tweeted that the song would be premiering on Wednesday (October 21) and the accompanying video would feature Bad Boy artist Cassie in the clip. The album's first single,… Continue