Archive for July, 2009

Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy Kick Off America’s Most Wanted Tour With A Bang

Soulja Boy, Drake, Jeremih, Pleasure P and the Young Money crew bring Scranton to its feet.By Shaheem Reid

Lil Wayne performs at the “American’s Most Wanted” tour kickoff on Monday

Photo: MTV News

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania — No lie, no exaggeration. The music at the Young Money Presents: The America’s Most Wanted Music Festival launch at the Toyota Pavilion [...]

Search Of Michael Jackson Doctor’s Office Focused On Documents, Not Propofol

DEA and police officials raided Dr. Conrad Murray’s Las Vegas home and office early Tuesday.By Eric Ditzian

Michael Jackson

Photo: Eamonn McCormack/ WireImage

Following the searches of the Las Vegas home and medical office of Michael Jackson’s personal physician on Tuesday (July 28), a Drug Enforcement Agency investigator said in a press conference that agents were searching for [...]

Heidi Montag Is Not Nude In Playboy, Sister Holly Says

‘She’s not nude,’ Heidi’s sister and ‘Hills’ co-star says.By Jocelyn Vena

Heidi Montag

Photo: M. Tran/ FilmMagic

In just a few short weeks, Heidi Montag’s Playboy issue
will be hitting newsstands. And her sister and occasional “Hills” co-star Holly confirmed earlier reports that Heidi isn’t baring all for the mag.

“She’s not nude,” Holly told UsMagazine.com. “Her Maxim cover was [...]

Blink-182 Explain Why You Won’t Hear ‘Up All Night’ On Reunion Tour

Mark Hoppus says they don’t want people to hear their new song as ‘a YouTube version of us playing it live.’By James Montgomery

Blink-182

Photo: MTV News

LAS VEGAS — There’s a pretty good chance you’ll hear just about every Blink-182 song imaginable on their current reunion tour … and more than a few dirty jokes too.

With a [...]

‘American Idol’ Hopeful Alexis Cohen Remembered In Online Tributes

Paula Abdul and Ryan Seacrest tweet about hit-and-run death, while others post video tributes.By Gil Kaufman

Alexis Cohen

Photo: Fox

Shortly after the hit-and-run death of former “American Idol” auditioner Alexis Cohen on Saturday, tributes to the spunky singer began to pop up around the Web.

One of the first members of the show’s cast to comment was judge [...]

Ashley Tisdale Embraces Her Inner Kelly Clarkson On Guilty Pleasure

Clarkson isn’t only ‘Idol’ influence: Tisdale and Kara DioGuardi collaborated on ‘What If.’By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Christina Garibaldi

Ashley Tisdale

Photo: MTV News

Ashley Tisdale’s new album, Guilty Pleasure, is out Tuesday (July 28) — and from the sounds of things, that guilty pleasure might be “American Idol.” Not only has Tisdale talked about her obsession [...]

Kristinia DeBarge, Britney Spears’ Opening Act, Talks Debut LP

‘Goodbye’ singer hopes to make ‘DeBarge’ a household name again.By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Jayson Rodriguez

Kristinia DeBarge

Photo: MTV News

If you think Kristinia DeBarge’s last name sounds familiar, it’s probably because of the ’80s R&B group of the same name, which featured her father, James. Now the 19-year-old is seeking her own bit of fame [...]

Michael Jackson Doctor’s Las Vegas Home, Office Searched

Police searched Dr. Conrad Murray’s Houston office and storage locker last week.By Gil Kaufman

Michael Jackson

Photo: Evan Agostini/ Getty Images

Less than a week after police searched the Houston, Texas, office and storage locker of Dr. Conrad Murray, they served yet another search warrant on the physician who was present when Michael Jackson died June 25. [...]

Exclusive: Former Panic! At The Disco Members Become The Young Veins

Ryan Ross and Jon Walker’s new retro-leaning band is set to premiere first single.By James Montgomery

Ryan Ross and Jon Walker

Photo: Skip Bolen

Nearly a month after parting ways with Panic! at the Disco “to embark on a musical excursion of their own,” Ryan Ross and Jon Walker have finally decided on a name for that excursion. [...]

Mariah Carey Raves About Working With Timbaland, Jermaine Dupri

Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel marks first time Carey collaborated with Tim.By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Tim Kash

Mariah Carey

Photo: MTV News

For Mariah Carey’s forthcoming album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel,
she tried to mix up her collaborators, working not only with some familiar faces, but also one superproducer she hadn’t had the opportunity to work [...]