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As the MTV Video Music Awards started Thursday night at the Staples Center, the expected parade of beautifully groomed celebrities, the gleam of bright lights and the buzz surrounding the ceremony’s anticipated winners were all present.
Administration responds to controversial web series based on USC
By DAVID LOWENSTEIN
8 Comments/in CampusNow, Featured
James Franco’s new web series “Undergrads,” which the video says will air Thursday at 8 p.m. on www.jamesfrancotv.com, follows the lives of several USC students. In an interview with MTV, Dave Franco, James Franco’s brother, said he helped film, direct and produce the web series. “This past semester, I was working more behind the camera, […]
Internet on its way to supplant cable TV
By MAYA ITAH
in Columns, Featured, Opinion
Think of an iconic television series. Shows like Seinfeld, Star Trek and I Love Lucy probably come to mind. Now, think of an iconic YouTube video — like that one where a panda sneezes. For some, it’s hard to see YouTube as a source of quality entertainment. Nevertheless, YouTube has a very different vision for […]
USC trails in mtvU’s first ‘Student Bodies’ episode
By CLAIRE PREISING
in Blogs, CampusNow
In mtvU’s newest season of Student Bodies, a team of two from USC faces a team from UCLA in various fitness-oriented challenges. The winner of the competiton will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to MTV’s Spring Break in Las Vegas, as well as a yearlong bottomless supply of Gatorade G-Series products. This week’s episode, a seven-minute […]
USC v. UCLA fitness competition to air on MTV
By CLAIRE PREISING
1 Comment/in Blogs, CampusNow
USC will go head to head with UCLA in this semester’s edition of mtvU’s “Student Bodies.” The competition will be aired in a series of installments starting Oct. 31 on mtvU and mtvU.com. The winning team of the competition will earn an all-expenses-paid trip to mtvU’s Spring Break 2012, held in Las Vegas. Two participants […]
T.I. released from prison, signs reality TV deal
By WILLIAM LAWS
1 Comment/in Blogs, Open Mic
Clifford Harris Jr., known as T.I. or T.I.P. in the music world, was released from prison Wednesday, a month earlier than scheduled, and will spend the remainder of his sentence in a halfway house in his home state of Georgia. “The storm is over & da sun back out. IT’S OUR TIME TO SHINE SHAWTY!!!!! […]
MTV: Network on the prowl
By LOUIS LUCERO II
1 Comment/in Featured, Lifestyle
In what might be the finest instance of audience targeting ever orchestrated, MTV debuted its new supernatural thriller Teen Wolf Sunday night, immediately following the conclusion of the network’s two-hour Movie Awards telecast. After the 120-minute Twilight lovefest ran its course (the stars of Eclipse, the latest installment in the still-unfolding franchise, accepted awards for […]
Change is all the rage
By AMIR KABIRI
in Blogs, That's What We Said
MTV logo loses "music," keeps the television.
Fist pumpers, fear not
By SARAH BENNETT
in Blogs, That's What We Said
Jersey Shore fanatics can still channel their inner guidos and guidettes, despite the end of the season.
Recent celebrity behavior is sobering
By CHRISTOPHER AGUTOS
3 Comments/in Columns, Featured, Opinion
Oh, the joys of being young and in college: the lifelong friends we meet, the endless opportunities at our feet, the valuable access to knowledge and the places to go for advanced higher learning. And of course, there’s the partying to the wee hours of the morning, reckless nights we can barely remember and the […]