Read more MTV stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1219/mtv.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:30:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74257/ken-ober-host-of-mtvs-remote-control-dead-at-52.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKen Ober, who hosted MTV’s 1980s game show Remote Control , died Sunday at 52; a rep says the cause is still unknown, but that the actor and stand-up comic complained of a headache and flu-like symptoms Saturday. The show—at the time a relative rarity, given that the channel still...http://www.newser.com/story/74257/ken-ober-host-of-mtvs-remote-control-dead-at-52.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 18:38:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71937/mtv-show-may-have-put-dj-am-over-the-edge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNow that MTV is running the DJ AM reality show Gone Too Far —in which the recovering addict helped other addicts get clean—the question is tough to avoid: Did the show bring him too close to his demons and contribute to his death? It "could certainly have been a...http://www.newser.com/story/71937/mtv-show-may-have-put-dj-am-over-the-edge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 17 Oct 2009 14:18:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70214/mtv-will-show-dj-ams-drug-intervention-show.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMTV intends to air a drug-intervention reality show starring the late Adam Goldstein, better known as DJ AM. In Gone Too Far , Goldstein plays sober mentor to addicts. Given Goldstein’s recent death from a drug overdose, MTV was concerned the show could be seen as hypocritical or exploitative, but ultimately...http://www.newser.com/story/70214/mtv-will-show-dj-ams-drug-intervention-show.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 18:09:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69344/kanye-wigs-out-during-taylors-mtv-award.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCrazed hip-hopper Kanye West stormed the stage last night during Taylor Swift's speech accepting her MTV award for Best Female Video to plug Beyoncé's video. Giddy country-music sweetheart Swift was mid-sentence when West, spotted earlier swigging cognac, yanked the mike from her to rant to a stunned audience. West was...http://www.newser.com/story/69344/kanye-wigs-out-during-taylors-mtv-award.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Sep 2009 3:15:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69218/most-controversial-music-videos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith MTV's Video Music Awards set for Sunday (not that you'll see many videos on the channel these days), Oddee.com takes a look at some of the form’s most controversial: Closer , Nine Inch Nails: To go along with the explicitly sexual lyrics, this 1994 piece includes a monkey fixed...http://www.newser.com/story/69218/most-controversial-music-videos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 8:14:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68186/dj-am-talked-of-sobriety-crack-fears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDJ AM boasted of his 11 years of "sobriety"—freed from crack cocaine, his "drug of choice"—on an interview aired on MTV shortly before he was found dead last week of an apparent overdose. But Adam Goldstein also discussed nearly falling off the wagon as he participated in his...http://www.newser.com/story/68186/dj-am-talked-of-sobriety-crack-fears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 3:37:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60801/eminem-approved-bruno-butt-stunt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMake no butts about it: Eminem’s run-in with Sacha Baron Cohen’s derrière was staged, the Los Angeles Times reports. The man who wrote the bit for Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards took to the web to clear up the brouhaha for posterior—er, posterity. “Yes, the Bruno/Eminem incident was staged. They...http://www.newser.com/story/60801/eminem-approved-bruno-butt-stunt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Jun 2009 14:18:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60636/twilight-sweeps-mtv-awards.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTeen fave Twilight swept the MTV Movie Awards last night with five wins—including Best Fight, Best Kiss, and Best Movie—reports Entertainment Weekly . Heath Ledger scored a posthumous Best Villain for Dark Knight , and former Saturday Night Live star Amy Poehler nabbed the inaugural Best WTF Moment for Baby...http://www.newser.com/story/60636/twilight-sweeps-mtv-awards.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 2:19:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56574/mtv-ditches-rich-kid-shows-for-do-good-obama-era.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMTV is hoping to boost its sagging ratings by revamping itself in the image of the do-good Obama Era, reports the New York Times . In a new reality show, The Buried Life , four buddies road trip across the US, checking off the 100 things they hope to do before they...http://www.newser.com/story/56574/mtv-ditches-rich-kid-shows-for-do-good-obama-era.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Apr 2009 6:23:42 CDT