Justin Combs Sweet 16 MTV Episode
February 22nd, 2010
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Justin Combs Sweet 16 MTV Episode- FULL EPISODE
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Sexting In America
February 3rd, 2010
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“When Privates Go Public” Premieres On Valentine’s
Day
MTV News special “Sexting in America: When Privates Go Public” is set to premiere on Valentine’s Day as part of MTV’s A Thin Line campaign to stop the spread of digital abuse. And before the show, Boys Like Girls, Michelle Trachtenberg, All Time Low and Asher Roth have teamed up with MTV to inform people about serious harm sexting, cyberbullying and online harassment can cause.
Trachtenberg and Roth will host an interactive quiz that will launch next week on AThinLine.org. Boys Like Girls and All Time Low will appear in short digital clips about digital abuse that will go live on the site on Wednesday.
The special will take an in-depth look at the recent rise of “sexting” in pop culture, including in the celebrity world. It will also take an in-depth look at the frequency and consequences of sending or forwarding nude, sexually suggestive or explicit pictures on your cell or online. It will explore why some teens and young adults hit “forward” instead of “delete.”
In addition to the celebrity participants in the special, young people will talk openly about sexting. The special will look at real-life stories from people like Ally, whose reputation was destroyed after sexting her ex-boyfriend, and Phillip, who was charged with child pornography after forwarding photos of his underage girlfriend and is slated to remain on the sex-offender registry until he’s 43 years old.
A Thin Line works to stop the spread of digital abuse. A recent MTV and AP study found that three in 10 young people have sent or received nude “sext” messages, and over 60 percent of those who sent a nude photo reporting that they were pressured to do so at least once. Additionally, the research found that those who have sexted are four times more likely to have considered suicide.
Over 75 percent of young people state that digital abuse is a serious problem for people their age. However, few consider the more serious consequences and risks of their behavior, with only 51 percent believing that their digital actions could come back to haunt them, and only 25 percent considering that these actions could have legal consequences.
The MTV News special “Sexting in America: When Privates Go Public,” premieres Sunday, February 14, at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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Paper Tongues Have Randy Jackson To Thank
January 28th, 2010
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Paper Tongues Have Randy Jackson To Thank
Before the Paper Tongues got a record deal from “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson, the guys were just a band with a silly name. And now that they’ve acquired a considerable amount of buzz in the music industry, people can’t help but wonder how they got that silly sounding name.
“It honestly started off as two names in a hat. We couldn’t come up with anything at all, so we just wrote down words that sounded good phonetically, pulled them out, mixed everything around and came up with Paper Tongues,” guitarist Devin Forbes explained.
Forbes also wasn’t ashamed to admit that by sheer coincidence, they almost accidentally named themselves after the Kings of Leon. “It’s really funny. I still laugh about this ’cause one of the band names we were thinking of calling it was Kings of Leoness. And none of us had any idea who the Kings of Leon were,” he explained. “We did not know there was a band called Kings of Leon. It was, like, five years ago, and then we found out they were a huge band.”
So, with a band name and demo all ready to go, it was only a matter of time before the guys got discovered. And unlike many “American Idol” hopefuls, all the guys had to do was just happen to run into Randy Jackson in order to land a record deal. No snippy Simon Cowell moments for these guys.
“Me and my buddies saw him [at a restaurant in Los Angeles]. We walked outside, I got a valet dude to give me a piece of paper, wrote down my MySpace and my cell phone number, took it back over to him, and the rest is history,” lead singer Aswan North explained. “I kind of startled him a little bit. I just got really amped. Two hours later, homeboy called me back. It was amazing when he called in two hours. We were all pretty startled.”
The band’s debut album is due out this March.
-MTV-
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Katy Perry Is Ready To ‘Ditch’ Her Career
January 27th, 2010
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Katy Perry Is Ready To ‘Ditch’ Her Career
As the “American Idol” auditions continue making their way around the country, we’ve seen celebrity guest judges like Mary J. Blige and Shania Twain helping Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi find the next big thing.
On Tuesday night (January 26), Katy Perry and Avril Lavigne sat in on . We caught up with Perry after the audition episodes were taped to see how her guest-judging stint went.
“I make ‘em cry all the time,” Perry joked to MTV News. “The ‘American Idol’ experience was awesome. If I was offered that job as a permanent host, I would ditch my career and take on that career.”
Perry said she didn’t actually cause anyone to tear up, but she did have a great time during the experience. “It’s kind of like judging a talent show,” she said. ” ‘American Idol’ was great fun. It was so easy. I didn’t really make anybody cry, but I did tell the truth to some kids that might have needed to hear it.”
Judging the audition rounds is the easy part, Perry said. She’s just glad she doesn’t have to make the really tough decisions during Hollywood Week and beyond. “I guess the pressure gets really on when you start eliminating the number of people that are going through,” she said. “Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, and then you’ve got the final two. That can be kind of tense and stressful.”
-MTV-
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Mariah Carey’s Album Pushed Back?
January 20th, 2010
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Mariah Carey’s Angels Advocate Release Date Pushed
Back
Mariah Carey’s latest release, Angels Advocate, is being pushed back from February 23 to March 9. The album, a remixed version of Carey’s 2009 LP Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, will feature appearances from Swizz Beatz and Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, as well as Trey Songz, R. Kelly, T-Pain, Gucci Mane and OJ Da Juiceman.
The news first broke on MariahJournal.com. Rapup.com further reports that Ne-Yo will appear on the track “Angels Cry” and Nicki Minaj will be on “Up Out My Face.” This isn’t the first time in recent months that one of Carey’s releases has been pushed back. Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel was originally slated for a September 15 release and later got moved to September 29.
Late last year, Stewart spoke to Rapup.com about the direction of the remix album and the tracks he hoped to work on with Carey. He said, “I’m gonna do a remix to ‘I Want to Know What Love Is’ myself. I’mma raise the tempo up. I’mma try to make it into something else. … Once I get the beat and if it calls for the right person, I can get anybody on the phone I want to right now, so I will be using my Rolodex for that.”
Carey is currently on her Angels Advocate Tour, which is set to wrap up on February 27 at the Pearl Concert Theater in Las Vegas. And she may have won a People’s Choice Award for Favorite R&B Artist, but she recently has been making headlines for her work in “Precious.” She was honored at the Palm Springs International Film Festival gala, and after a tipsy, giggly acceptance speech, she later admitted she had had a bit too many “splashes of champagne.”
-MTV-
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