Kicking off the "2008 MTV Movie Awards" with an over-the-top dance battle, host Mike Myers set the tone for a fun-filled extravaganza with first time winners, unforgettable acceptance speeches and cutting edge short films. For the first time in over a decade, the rock star wannabes from Wayne's World reunited for a pop culture moment that garnered a standing ovation in the house. Bringing a little "sex" to the show, stars from this weekend's #1 movie sensation, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jennifer Hudson presented Will Smith with "Best Male Performance." Adding to the memorable moments, Coldplay and The Pussycat Dolls gave heart stopping and eye-popping performances. The who's who of young Hollywood and established superstars united to celebrate our audience's favorite movies at the seventeenth annual ceremony.
On Sunday, June 1st at 8 p.m. ET, Coldplay performed "Viva La Vida" live at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards. A shower of confetti fluttered down onto the band and audience in an almost magical way. What fun!
With music that keeps the heart safe and a voice that keeps your soul searching, this British band is incredible. If you missed it, it's alright, we have the video right here (read more to see video).
Can't get enough? Well no worries, the Viva la Vida album will be released on June 17th.
"Hell Yeah", the new hit single by Rev Theory, will premiere in video exclusively through the Xbox LIVE Video Store. The music video features the World Wrestling Entertainment Diva, Ashley Massaro, and lead singer Rich Luzzi, going head-to-head in a metal bending car chase. Rev Theory can also be seen in an airplane graveyard in the California desert in the video. Their new album Light it Up will release June 10.
The hard rock act debuted the single May 28, 2008 to the 12 million
Xbox LIVE members around the world. This video marks a new age in
getting music out there to music lovers. Interscope Geffen A&M
Records and Xbox 360 will go on to sell music videos and graphics from
a diverse roster of artists to members of Xbox LIVE.
The Walt Disney Studios has just added another thing to their long list of mediums: graphic novels. Disney has just signed a deal with Ahmet Zappa, Harris Katleman, and Christian Beranek to form Kingdom Comics.
Kingdom Comics will develop graphic novels with hopes to adapt them into future Disney films, as well as reach back into the Disney Vault and turn classic live-action Disney films into graphic novels.
What will the music industry look like in the future?
Today you can
leverage the power of the Internet to distribute music around the world
for free. Social networks can help you reach out to millions of people
to tell them who you are and what you sound like.
While no one
can say for sure what the music industry of the future will look like,
two things remain certain: it will be the musicians and the fans who
decide where we go next. From now on, D:U:M will also be there to help young musicians every step of the way.
Low vs. Diamond announced a co-headlining tour with Nikolai Fraiture of The Strokes (Nickel Eye), beginning January 18th in Philadelphia, Pa.
Spending most of 2008 winning over fans and critics with their intoxicating mix of big notes and melodies, this Los Angeles-based quintet had an incredibly rewarding year that included Rolling Stone Magazine hailing the band as an "Artist To Watch" and the band's upcoming single "Don't Forget Sister" as "one of the top singles ...
Interviews - General Spill.com's Korey Coleman Jenna Bensoussan - Tuesday, 23 December 2008 Have you ever been to a movie that you just absolutely hated? Do tell - and then maybe you'll get your money back! Spill.com's Korey Coleman tells us about their new feature to help poor defenseless movie-goers defend themselves from the big bad production studios.
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ACED Bloggers - Pop Culture Blog What the Flip? Daniel Sargeant - Tuesday, 06 January 2009 MTV has their own little campaign going on for college students right now.
They gave 100 Flip camcorders to 100 college students around the country and told them to get inspired and surprise us with some video footage of their own design.
Different themes guided them, some were open-ended, others were scavenger hunts and others were questions only they could answer.
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Feature Articles
Feature Articles - Seasonal 2008, a Brief Retrospect Jenna Bensoussan - Wednesday, 31 December 2008
A lot has happened in 2008. Of course, it will go down in history as the year America elected Obama into office, the first African-American President. And, thankfully, the last year Bush has to ruin what's left of the country he has polluted for so many years.
Many people have mixed feelings about what our future holds as a people in this ...
An impossibly cute, but impossible-to-live-with yellow Labrador retriever named Marley teaches his newlywed owners a thing or two about patience and parenthood.
Benjamin Button (Pitt) was born under unusual circumstances. As everyone around him grew older, he aged backwards, making the challenges of life such as creating friendships, finding a job and falling in love all the more difficult and heartbreaking.
Near the end of WWII, Claus von Stauffenberg (Cruise) leads to group of fellow German army colonels in an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler; the event would later be called the July 20 Plot of 1944.
What happens when you agree with everyone and say "yes" to everything? Carl (Carrey) is about to find out when he chooses to become overly agreeable for an entire year.
It is the new craze in multi-media -- slotMusic. SanDisk introduced the first slotMusic player. They are small, light-weight and can play all those wonderful little 1 GB slot cards from your favorite artists. The great ...
Reviews - Music Mini Civalias, Worth the Time Daniel W. Butler - Tuesday, 06 January 2009 The multi-talented songwriter, Adam Stidham, brought the members of Civalias together in Southern California to form this interesting band from such influences as Coldplay and Radiohead.
Civalias has a very strong and forward strength to their music.
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While most average cooks are content to follow a recipe and create a limitless array of healthy, fresh meals; the process is not without its problems. Some recipes can be hard to follow, missing key ingredients or lack important detail altogether.
For those of you content to heat boxes of heavily processed foods in
the microwave or empty cans into pots, the process ...