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The Real Situation for ‘Jersey Shore’

Well congrats is definitely in order for the young stars of MTV’s “Jersey Shore”. They held out for raises, which they so rightfully deserved, and are coming back for a second season of the bizarre pop culture hit. MTV announced this weekend that indeed the cast members will once again be fist pumpin’ and apparently [...]

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Please Watch “Hope for Haiti Now” Telethon Tonight

Before you watch Conan O’Brien signing off from “The Tonight Show” one last time, please spend your TV watching hours doing some good. The much anticipated “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon, which was orchestrated by George Clooney and sponsored by MTV Networks, will begin broadcasting this evening at 8PM EST. Similar to the telethons that [...]

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“Jersey Shore” Finale Preparations….

Tonight could be one of the saddest nights for me. This is because we will be saying goodbye to the bizarre runaway hit, “Jersey Shore”. Well goodbye until MTV pays these guys enough to come back for another season at Seaside Heights. The season finale is on MTV tonight at 10PM, followed by the reunion [...]

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“The Hills” Returns and With Bigger Salaries Than Imagined

Wanna lose your lunch? Well have I got the perfect story to help. Last year, The Spielster looked at the surprisingly high salaries of the cast of “The Hills” and boy was it a shock. Gawker had released the specifics coincidentally the a week after Viacom, MTV’s parent company, had laid off nearly 800 [...]

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I Hate Myself For Being Stoked for “The Hills”

When it comes to “The Hill”s, I feel like Al Pacino in the Godfather II because every time I think I’m over this show “they pull me back in”. And the “they” I’m speaking of are the magical elves who edit a season worth of eye rolling, back stabbing, dramaz and chic LA eateries [...]

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Beavis & Butthead Review “Extract”

My love for Mike Judge began early on, like most of my generation, with his animated duo “Beavis & Butthead”. You might remember them from back in the day when MTV was all about being on the cutting edge, alternative media and rockers? Well anyways, the two metal heads haven’t been heard from in [...]

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Why Grizzly Bear Can Save Rap????

Why is it shocking that a black hip hop star stopped by a free indie rock show in Brooklyn? I’m not sure, but it seemed to throw the world in a tizzy when Jay-Z and his wife, Beyonce, attended the final Jelly NYC Pool Party yesterday. Now I understand the idea of standing [...]

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Please Stop Giving Heidi and Spencer Coverage

I usually avoid Heidi and Spencer like the plague, but after yesterdays full on assault by these two through various media outlets I cannot hold back! Yesterday the two sores appeared on various talk show programs to promote who knows what to who knows what audience. Their first stop was at “The Today [...]

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Oh Happy Day – “The State” is FINALLY coming to DVD!!!!!!

The State – MTV Shows

Yesiree that’s right. It only took like a bazillion years and a few hit movies for the cast of “The State” for MTV to finally get their collective heads out of their asses and ACTUALLY release the revolutionary comedy/sketch series on DVD. The indie rock of sketch shows, which helped [...]

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While Viacom was busy laying off nearly 1,000 employees….

The ladies and gents from “The Hills”, MTV’s hit reality program were pulling in up to $75,000 per episode for batting eyelashes, pretending to work and go to school and unplanned fights in “hip” nightclubs all over the city scapes of Los Angeles.  And while Heidi and Spencer were tricking the media into paying more [...]

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