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Nickelodeon Launches Anti-Bullying Campaign

Mar 28th 2011 – 9:36AM
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Janette Pellegrini, Getty Images

NEW YORK -- The popular children's television network Nickelodeon is the latest voice to raise awareness of digital bullying. Nick, the most-watched TV network among kids ages 2 to 14, will begin an on-air public service campaign Monday featuring some of its stars offering advice on what young people should do when...

Rocker Sammy Hagar Believes He May Have Been Abducted by ETs

By Chris EptingMar 22nd 2011 – 1:13PM
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Chris Epting

Famed rocker Sammy Hagar has been on the road talking about his new, rip-roaring rock 'n' roll memoir, "Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock." He's had a lot of onstage and backstage encounters in his career, but the most bizarre encounter of all may have involved aliens. Hagar's book is a no-holds-barred, bare-knuckle,...

Michaele Salahi Kicked Off 'Celebrity Rehab' for Not Being Addicted to Anything

By Mary Phillips-SandyMar 9th 2011 – 2:57PM

There are just a few key requirements for appearing on "Celebrity Rehab." One: be a celebrity (or at least someone whose name has been in the news for one reason or another). Two: be addicted to something. Three: be able to withstand large doses of Dr. Drew. Seems Michaele Salahi failed to meet the second of these...

Opinion: Democracy Is the New Black

By Will DurstMar 5th 2011 – 7:20AM

Congratulations from the United States of America to all our freedom loving brothers and sisters in Egypt and Yemen and Jordan and Oman and Tunisia and Libya and Iran and Bahrain and Morocco and Algeria, and maybe someday soon Saudi Arabia, for standing up to your dictatorial overlords and clutching at the guano covered...

Abram Boise: 5 Facts on the MTV Star Who Had a Wild Weekend in Jail [VIDEO]

By Mary Phillips-SandyFeb 28th 2011 – 5:06PM

TMZ reports that Abram Boise, of MTV's "Road Rules: South Pacific" and other reality shows, spent a weekend in jail after being arrested in Lunenburg, Mass. Police there charged him with two counts of defacing property and one count of indecent exposure (it seems he was urinating in public). The story gets really real...

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Amazon, Viacom deal brings more TV shows to Prime Instant Video service

By Richard Lawler Feb 08th 2012 - 10:08AM

Amazon.com, Inc. today announced a licensing agreement with Viacom that will allow Amazon Prime members to instantly stream TV shows from MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Spike, VH1, BET, CMT and Logo.

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'Jersey Shore''s Snooki And JWoww On Sexuality, Feminism, And More

By Noah Michelson Feb 07th 2012 - 10:08AM

If you were anywhere near a television or computer or rack of magazines during the last week you probably caught sight of Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jennifer "JWoww" Farley at least once.

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Nick Cave's (Wonderfully) Manic Rejection Letter To MTV

By The Huffington Post Feb 06th 2012 - 11:16AM

Remember that time Nick Cave said no to an MTV award with a pleasantly hysterical letter?

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  • 02/10/12 MTV star to visit Tech SUB Source: The Daily Toreador - Lubbock TX Ryan Kahn, star of the MTV show "Hired!" and a career coach with Dream Careers Inc., will be on campus Tuesday in the Student Union Building to help Tech students get their dream internships and jobs.
  • 02/10/12 411 Music Ten Deep 2.3.12: Top 10 Grammy Album of the... Source: 411 Mania Graceland was Paul Simon's highest charting album in the U.S. in over a decade, reaching #3 in the national Billboard charts, receiving a certification of 5x Platinum by the RIAA and eventually selling over 14 million copies, making it Simon's most commercially successful album.
  • 02/09/12 Amazon Prime Expands Streaming Content With New Deal... Source: Cinema Blend Amazon made a move towards expanding their streaming content for Amazon Prime subscribers with an announcement today on a deal with networks like Comedy Central and Nickelodeon that will bring more than 2000 new titles to the Amazon Instant Video streaming library.
  • 02/09/12 'Jersey Shore' stars Snooki and JWoww spin-off heading... Source: ABC - WABC 7 - New York NY Looks like Snooki and JWoww will be able to make a home in New Jersey after all.
  • 02/09/12 Adele Gets Grammy Advice From Jonas Brothers Source: MTV Three years ago, Adele was an up-and-coming singer who was just beginning bubble on the American pop scene thanks to her 19 single "Chasing Pavements."

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