Archive for May, 2009

‘Hills’ Stars To Report From MTV Movie Awards

‘Hills’ season finale airs Sunday at 8 p.m. ET, before the live awards show.By Jocelyn Vena

Lo Bosworth

Photo: Miranda Penn Turin

Just in time for the “Hills” season finale on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET, Lo Bosworth, Frankie Delgado and Stephanie Pratt will join MTV News’ Sway and Tim Kash as guest correspondents, bringing you all the [...]

Britney Spears Shoots Fake Perfume Ad For Logo’s NewNowNext Awards

‘She’s having fun with her gay audience, because she’s an official gay icon,’ Logo’s Christopher Willey says.By Eric Ditzian

Britney Spears in Logo’s “Mo Perfume” ad

Photo: Logo

Britney Spears already has a popular perfume line, but sales might skyrocket if her newest scent makes it into stores: a fragrance called ‘Mo that carries the tantalizing tagline “One [...]

Chris Brown Says ‘I Ain’t A Monster’ In New Video

Singer also plugs forthcoming album, Graffiti.By Jayson Rodriguez

Chris Brown

Photo: Robyn Beck/ Getty Images

Embattled R&B singer Chris Brown has taken to the Web to comment briefly on his alleged altercation with Rihanna and plug his forthcoming new album.

In a grainy YouTube video made with Bow Wow at NBA star Shaquille O’Neal’s house, Brown addresses the camera [...]

Pitbull On Punching Disruptive Fan: ‘Natural Instinct Kicked In’

‘Any time I see anything moving onstage, I’m cautious about it,’ rapper says of incident.By Shaheem Reid

Pitbull

Photo: Johnny Nunez/ Getty Images

When making it rain goes wrong, Pitbull reacts. Amateur video of Pit onstage in Colorado recently hit the Net, showing the rapper punching out a fan. The scene starts with Pit entertaining the audience, when [...]

Mike Tyson Was Focused On Keeping His Life Together In April Interview

MTV Movies Editor Josh Horowitz recalls a sometimes devastating chat with the complicated public figure, before his daughter’s death.By Josh Horowitz

Mike Tyson speaks to MTV News in April

Photo: MTV News

No one would have called it a storybook ending, but a month ago, at the very least, it seemed like Mike Tyson’s bizarre life had taken [...]

Eminem’s Relapse Notches Biggest Billboard Debut Of 2009

New albums from Method Man and Redman, Busta Rhymes and Dane Cook also make top 10.By Gil Kaufman

Eminem’s <i>Relapse</i>

Photo: Interscope Records

Guess who’s back? As if there were any question of whether Eminem could dominate the charts again after a near four-year absence, the rapper’s return-to-form, Relapse, will crush the competition next week to take the [...]

David Cook Says ‘American Idol’ Didn’t Change His Musical Goals

‘I just want to write music that is therapeutic for me, because that’s why I started writing music,’ he tells MTV News.By Adam Murphy, with reporting by Garth Bardsley

David Cook

Photo: MTV News

Since winning “American Idol” last season, David Cook has been finding his own way in the music world. But in the midst of his [...]

Eminem Collaborator Talks About Relapse

Dawaun Parker has been Dr. Dre’s right-hand man for years.By Jayson Rodriguez

Dawaun Parker

Photo: Larissa Underwood of Larissa Underwood Photography

When upstart producer Dawaun Parker got word that the recording of Eminem’s Relapse was moving to Orlando, Florida, the New England native knew exactly what it meant.

“With Em, I been around for a little bit, so I [...]

Kristen Stewart, Angelina Jolie Lead The Pack For Best Female Performance

Anne Hathaway, Kate Winslet, Taraji P. Henson also up for the trophy at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET.By Jocelyn Vena

Angelina Jolie in “Wanted”

Photo: Universal Studios

What happens when you take five women who gave five very different performances in five very different movies? Well, you get the five ladies nominated for [...]

Andy Samberg Gets Revenge For Being Cut From 2007 MTV Movie Awards

The 2009 host says this will be the best show ever if ’something goes horribly, horribly wrong.’By Larry Carroll

Andy Samberg

Photo: MTV News

In 2007, fast-rising “Saturday Night Live” star Andy Samberg was scheduled to present a Golden Popcorn at the MTV Movie Awards and do a brief routine with Kevin James. But because the show was [...]