MTV announced the plans for its 26th annual Video Music Awards last week, but with the news came the harsh reminder that the network has all but abandoned the videos that gave the event its name.
When was the last time anyone saw a full-length music video on the channel that didn't fill time during the credit roll of "Paris Hilton's My New BFF" or wasn't part of a Michael Jackson tribute?
While it is exciting that MTV will be bringing… Continue
NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal holds a Giant Panda on his lap at the Panda Breeding Research Center in in China. Shaq had earlier visited China's famed Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of Chinese kung fu, and said he was hoping to improve his martial arts skills and bring them to the basketball court.
The guys who sued Common this week for copyright infringement are now taking aim at Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Akon -- accusing them of ripping off the exact same song! In a lawsuit filed the day after Common's, Songster, LLC -- which owns the rights to the song "When Will the Day Come" -- claims Bone, Akon and producer Swizz Beatz jacked their music for the collaboration "I… Continue
FARMINGTON, Conn. — The price of the Connecticut mega-mansion owned by rapper 50 Cent has dropped again – to $10.9 million.
The 50,000-square-foot mansion is in the Hartford metropolitan area suburb Farmington. It was owned by boxer Mike Tyson.
It has 19 bedrooms and 37 bathrooms. It boasts a gym, billiards rooms, racquetball courts and a disco with stripper poles.
The New York City rapper bought it for $4.1 million. He said… Continue
With no ladies in sight, Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson got into it this weekend in Portofino, Italy -- taking their bromance to the next level by wrasslin' on a giant raft. From the looks of it, Wilson's fighting skills pale by comparison.
A callous suicide bomber was caught on tape bringing luggage into a Jakarta luxury hotel restaurant seconds before the device exploded - filling the screen with white smoke.
Blasts at the Ritz-Carlton and the JW Marriott Hotel killed at least nine people and wounded more than 50, including eight Americans.
The security video from the Ritz-Carlton showed the bomber striding past metal detectors pulling a roller bag and wearing a backpack across his chest,… Continue
While it's no "Risky Business" underwear dance, it's good to know Cruise still has some moves.
Tom Cruise was spotted doing the "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" dance at the Beyonce concert at L.A.'s Staples Center, People reports.
"Everyone was laughing and taking pictures," a concertgoer told People.com.
The actor attended the concert without wife Katie Holmes, who is currently in Australia filming her new… Continue
Oprah Winfrey may be the Queen of Daytime TV, but it seems her reign may be slipping.
The ratings for "The Oprah Winfrey Show" during the week ending July 5 were the lowest since the talk show's debut in 1983, averaging only a 3.2 household rating, according to Medialifemagazine.com.
So how did the most popular woman in television have such a change of fortune?
Granted, it was a holiday weekend during the peak of cable… Continue
Sometimes, tragedies bring people closer together. Other times . . .
Less than a month after the death of her brother, Janet Jackson is splitting with her boyfriend of seven years, Us Weekly reports.
According to a source for the magazine, Janet and music exec Jermaine Dupri had been drifting apart well before Michael Jackson's death.
As the world watched, Dupri was noticeably not by Janet's side at the memorial for Michael… Continue
Freddy O:
The altercation took place at Ryan’s Anniversary party 2 weeks ago and was really just a misunderstanding. Frankie wanted to take a picture with Chili cause she’s her biggest fan.
All I am going to say is Frankie had too many drinks and her alter-ego took over. Chili who was doing an interview at the time was caught by surprise when Frankie ran over to give her a hug. Frankie didn’t like Chili’s return hug.
We're not family therapists by any means, but we're pretty sure Brooke Hogan's new song isn't going to help her already strained relationship with her mother Linda.
In a new song titled 'Dear Mom,' 21-year-old Brooke vents about how they've grown apart from each other thanks in part to Linda's divorce from wrestling legend Hulk Hogan. The song opens with the lyric: "It's such a shame when someone you were born to love isn't that person anymore."
"I didn't do… Continue
Ne-Yo is desperately defending his manhood after video surfaced of him crying his eyes out at his London concert on Wednesday -- telling all the nasty bloggers who made fun of him to "go to hell."
Ne-Yo ended up walking off stage after the break down, canceling the rest of the concert due to an "illness." Here are the highlights from his blog on Global Grind:
"Basically, I have an issue with not knowing when to… Continue
New Video Surfaces In Pacman Case: Jermaine Dupri Tells The Strippers "Dont Bend Down Tryin To Get Your Money. Ya Just Keep F*ckin Dancin" (Pacman Throwing 100K).
The amateur video -- taken on Feb. 9, 2007 -- was obtained by ESPN and the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Later that night, Jones was involved in a fight with bouncers inside the club. Moments after Jones and his entourage were tossed out, prosecutors say a lone gunman opened fire outside the club. Two bouncers and… Continue
Walter Cronkite, the legendary newsman dubbed "The Most Trusted Man in America" died Friday night after a long illness, with his family at his side. He was 92.
Cronkite spent 19 years as the anchor of the "CBS Evening News" and was the biggest name in TV news for years.
Nearly three decades after giving up the anchor seat, he remained an icon in the journalism world and a familiar name to most viewers.
Rihanna is all about maintaining her fashion-forward mane.
The Barbadian singer hit the Manhattan streets yesterday showing off her feathery head of hair and a close shave around the base. The daring 'do is just the latest look for the singer, who changes her hairstyles nearly as often as her clothes.
But the 21-year-old fashionista apparently likes to take risks, dangling on the fashion edge with her closest shave… Continue
A motivational speaker from Long Island was found strangled and stabbed in his car in East Harlem Thursday, hours after he was seen buying condoms.
Jeffrey Locker, 52, had his hands tied behind his back and a cord wrapped around his neck and tied to the headrest. He had been stabbed in the chest and robbed, police sources said.
Investigators suspect there were two killers in his 2007 Dodge Magnum in the Wagner Houses - one in the… Continue