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The stars turned out on the red carpet — or should we say black carpet? — for the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. Celebs included Justin Bieber, who rocked a pair of scholarly specs, and Jessie J, who rocked a pair of bedazzled crutches and a cast (the singer sprained her foot at a recent live show).

Getty Images The MTV Video Music Awards are pointless. The awards are part popularity contest and part “who is available to show up and perform?” We think the performers, presenters and the audience all know the moon man award is a tacky paperweight worth about as much as, well, a tacky paperweight. The actual ...

The MTV Video Music Awards, which air live on Sunday, will be missing an important part of the traditional award show experience: a host.

VEVO Adele, Katy — it's up to you. Since 2007, the Video of the Year category at MTV's Video Music Awards has been swept by the female set, with Rihanna, Britney Spears, Beyonce and Lady Gaga taking the top honor over the past four years. But, who kno ...

Most reality show participants have to sign extensive waivers and agree to terms not seen since the days of indentured servitude. Recently, the Village Voice got its hands on the 30-page contract required of the people appearing on MTV‘s long-running ‘Real World’ series and, as expected, it’s positively draconian. The extreme stipulations are probably no different than those of other reality shows

On August 1, 1981, television and music shacked up on a little cable channel called MTV, hosted by a collective of video jockeys or “VJs.” MTV has been through countless iterations and format changes ever since and as it shifted its focus to reality fare like ‘Jersey Shore’ and ‘Teen Mom’ in recent years, the VJs became less instrumental to the channel’s brand. As MTV turns 30 today, let’s take a

When something is so entrenched in our daily lives, it’s often hard to remember a time when it wasn’t ubiquitous. Such was the internet in 1995. In this archival clip from MTV — which celebrates its 30th birthday on August 1st — Kurt Loder gives us a primer on what exactly the internet is and how it’s being used, with stars like Sandra Bullock, Dave Matthews and Coolio weighing in.

Amy Lee let MTV sit down with her in the studio while she was working on some new Evanescence stuff. Yes it is heavier than before but there's not enough here to really get a feel for it.

There was a memorial service for "Jackass" star RYAN DUNN at Paramount Pictures last week. Co-star RICK KOSICK put together a tribute video of Ryan's best moments from the show. Of course its a lot sad. But then again you can remember all the laughs he brought over the years. He was always my favorite Jackass.

MTV is debuting a new series called "Teen Wolf' based off the movie that starred Michael J. Fox. I am honestly not sure how I feel about this newer version.

It's official, Beavis and Butthead are coming back. No more wondering about what's cool or what sucks, B & B will let us know. The cast of MTV's Skins made the announce that the duo would return during a MTV function. Other sources are saying that there will be at least 30 episodes that will start airing this summer. Read More after the break.