Archive for October, 2009

Alicia Keys Performs New Single For NYU Students

Along with a live performance of ‘Doesn’t Mean Anything,’ Keys also fielded songwriting questions from the crowd.By Joel Hanek

Alicia Keys at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU on Wednesday

Photo: MTV News

NEW YORK — Filled to capacity with aspiring songwriters, the students at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU were [...]

Chris Brown On Rihanna Altercation: ‘I’m Learning From My Mistakes’

Singer speaks with Angie Martinez on New York’s Hot 97.By Jayson Rodriguez

Chris Brown

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Chris Brown sported a bow tie for his appearance with Angie Martinez on New York’s Hot 97 on Wednesday (October 21) just like he did during his interview with Larry King last month, but the singer wasn’t nearly as choked [...]

Rihanna, Chris Brown Singles Dropping Within Same 24 Hours: Coincidence?

Source close to Brown calls timing ‘purely coincidence.’By Gil Kaufman

Rihanna and Chris Brown

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Chris Brown is under a court order that requires him to stay from former girlfriend Rihanna. And while that order — one part of his sentence for an assault on Rihanna in February on the eve of the Grammy [...]

Adam Lambert’s ‘Time For Miracles’: A Fiery Video For A Classic Power Ballad

Lambert’s song, from ‘2012,’ has all the time-tested power-ballad ingredients.By James Montgomery

Adam Lambert in his “Time for Miracles” music video

Photo: RCA Records

Every so often — OK, quite often — Hollywood decides to makes a movie about stuff blowing up. In this case, it’s the apocalyptic “2012,” which is about the extinction of humanity in general. [...]

Is Shyne’s Deportation To Belize Imminent?

Immigration officials detained the rapper immediately after his release from prison.By Jayson Rodriguez

Shyne

Photo: MTV News

Shyne’s deportation appears imminent, according to a conversation Hot 97’s Angie Martinez recently had with the detained rapper off-air.

The Belize-born former Bad Boy recording artist has been held in custody by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement since completing his prison [...]

Chris Brown Talks Oprah, Jay-Z In Hot 97 Interview

‘I don’t got anything against homie,’ Brown says of Hov.By Jayson Rodriguez

Chris Brown

Photo: James Devaney/ WireImage

Chris Brown and Oprah Winfrey went back and forth earlier this year commenting on the singer’s altercation with Rihanna.

Oprah used her popular show to educate viewers about domestic violence,
and in the process warned her viewers that most abusers repeat their [...]

Chris Brown Fans React To His New Single, ‘Crawl’

Fans reaction is generally positive to song from Brown’s forthcoming Graffiti LP.By James Dinh

Chris Brown

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NEW YORK — Since his first single, “I Can Transform Ya,” is an upbeat Swizz Beatz-produced track, it’s not surprising that Chris Brown is slowing things down for his second single, “Crawl.” The song, which marks the [...]

‘Michael Jackson’s This Is It’ Dancers Call Him ‘The Greatest’

‘Michael is one of the most amazing improvisational artists I’ve ever seen in my life,’ one dancer says.By Eric Ditzian

Michael Jackson in “Michael Jackson’s This Is It”

Photo: AEG/ Sony

On October 27 at 8:30 p.m, just hours before “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” opens in theaters, MTV will air a live red-carpet special from the [...]

Mark Hoppus Pens Health-Care Op-Ed Piece To Help A Friend

Ali Vatter had an appendectomy while working on Blink-182’s reunion tour.By James Montgomery

Mark Hoppus

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Mark Hoppus first met Ali Vatter during this summer’s Blink-182 reunion tour, where she worked as a member of the catering crew. Not surprisingly, it was one of the toughest jobs you could have on a traveling rock-and-roll [...]

Brianna Taylor Takes The Good With The Bad On Debut

‘Real World: Hollywood’ castmember released Fireworks at the Fairground last week.By Jim Cantiello

Brianna Taylor

Photo: Big Machine Media

“The Real World: Hollywood” castmember and Universal recording artist Brianna Taylor is all about the yin and the yang. When things in her life get bad, something totally awesome is waiting just around the corner.

“When I auditioned for ‘The [...]