Yes, you are reading it right! This year’s MTV Video Music Awards will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada! But there’s a catch .. it will only be shown on tv ONCE! That’s right, this particular show will not re-air on television. Read more below:

This year’s MTV Video Music Awards are moving cross country to the city of sin to try to pump up a show that has grown tame for its wild reputation. If any city can make you wild again, it’s Vegas. The MTV Video Music Awards have been in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami, but they’re taking the show to Vegas this year, airing live from the Palms Casino Resort on September 9th, it was announced today. Unlike past years, the show from the Palms will air once and only once live from Vegas. In past years, MTV has aired the MTV Video Music Awards repeatedly after the first airing, so the “one time only” move is a new addition as well and should make for higher ratings than usual.

In an attempt to make everything on the network interactive, after the MTV Video Music Awards air, viewers will be able to build their own versions of the show with an interactive online customization. Details about that process along with who will perform, what videos are nominated, and who will present, should all come soon. MTV reports that several days of performances, appearance, and events are being planned for Las Vegas in the days leading up to the MTV Video Music Awards. They also report that when they say that the MTV Video Music Awards will take place at the Palms, they’re not kidding. The Pearl Concert Theater will house most of the show, but some of the performances on the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards will take place all over the hotel and casino.

This year marks the 24th annual MTV Video Music Awards. The show was broadcast for Miami for two years but returned to New York last year. Los Angeles also hosted some years of the MTV Video Music Awards and, now, Las Vegas marks the fourth city to be taken over by MTV. Last year Shakira, Fall Out Boy, AFI, Danity Kane, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Jack White, Pharrell Williams, Beyonce Knowles, Paris Hilton, Christina Aguilera, John Legend, Rihanna, Pink, Jessica Simpson and many more appeared at the MTV Video Music Awards and you can expect just as many celebrities to make the trip to Vegas this year. As for nominees, you never know, but you can expect the list for the nominations for the 24th annual MTV Video Music Awards to be announced soon.

Ya’know? I wanna get excited, but then again I don’t! The last .. I dunno, 5 years have been extremely boring and they’ve been trying to “revamp” it ever since, and so far, it hasn’t been working. Maybe moving the VMAs to Vegas will work this time around .. and maybe it won’t. The only way we’ll find it is to catch the one-time airing on SEPTEMBER 9, 2007!

WHO IS YUNG BERG? He has a style that is undeniably fresh, surrounded by a crew that emulates HBO’s Entourage quad. At 21 years old, this Chi-town native is quietly plotting his take over of the phenomenon we know as Hip Hop. Possessing a flow that sounds as classic as a Marvin Gaye tune, with charisma more contagious then the common cold, Yung Berg is the definition of what happens when skills and swagger are pooled into one powerhouse. Below you can listen to his single “Sexy Lady” and also read more about him after the cut!

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The NAACP held a symbolic funeral in Detroit 63 years ago for Jim Crow. The civil rights organization will do the same this summer for the “N” word, the Rev. Wendell Anthony said Sunday. Anthony, president of the civil rights organization’s Detroit branch, said members and supporters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will conduct services and a “eulogy” for the racial slur. The mock funeral will be held during the NAACP national convention July 7-12 in Detroit, he said.

“We are committed to ending hate – word and talk,” Anthony said. “It doesn’t do anyone any good, whether it’s a journalist on TV or a rapper on the radio.” The announcement comes after a renewed discussion nationally about racial insensitivity, brought on by Don Imus’ derogatory comments about black members of the Rutgers University women’s basketball team. Imus didn’t use the “N” word in those comments, but was fired in early April by CBS Radio and NBC after major companies including General Motors pulled their advertising spots. “Now that corporate America has caught up, maybe something will happen,” Anthony said. “We have to stop investing in stuff that is killing us.” Jim Crow was the systematic, mostly Southern practice of discrimination against and segregation of blacks from the end of post-Civil War reconstruction into the mid-20th century.

Hmm, I don’t know about this. It’s a lot easier for people to erradicate something like Jim Crow laws, but the use of a word? I’ll have to see this to believe it. Will people REALLY go along with this? Just think about it for a minute…

 

The “This is Why I’m Hot” superstar Mims is coming out with a second single, Like This! Check out the new video from the Washington Heights native by selecting a format below.

VIDEO: MIMS – LIKE THIS
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How many of y’all are anticipating the release of Bobby Valentino’s sophomore album Special Occasion? I know I am! Hopefully he won’t disappoint, because when “Slow Down” dropped I was really feeling him, and then that second single just shut everything down. This time around, he’s hitting hard with “Anonymous” – one of the hottest tracks on my iPod at the moment (well over 50 plays within the last week or so), so I’m really pulling for him this time around! Anyhow, if you didn’t know, the album drops next Tuesday, May 8, and it is said to feature Ludacris and Fabolous with production from Tim & Bob, Timbaland, Dre & Vidal, Brian Cox and Rodney Jerkins. Check out the official tracklist, find out what’s gonna be the next single, AND check out some promo pics after the cut! CONTINUE READING

    

You know it’s sad when you look at photos of Baby Daniel with Solange and the first thing that comes to mind is “Where’s Beyonce??” Haha, I honestly forget that he is Solange’s child from time-to-time because I’ve seen him in more candids with Bey & Jay than with her. But I’m sure Baby D loves his mommy. Anyhow, these two were in New York for Monday’s taping of TRL. Real quick! Who do you think would win in a fight between Baby Daniel and Monica’s son Lil Rock???

   

Urgh! I can’t stand looking at her. I hate when people intentionally abuse their bodies. She looks so horrible! You see that HUGE gap in between her breasts? If you look really closely you can see a mile marker on the left tit … no really, you can! But yeah, I just felt obligated to post this and let you all know how much I hate strongly dislike this trick.

I didn’t get to catch Monday’s episode of Run’s House, but I hear it was pretty funny! I’ll definitely have to check out the re-run sometime this week. Anyhow, the family dropped by MTV Studios on Monday to make an appearance on TRL. Check out the pics after the cut. CONTINUE READING

Her spokesman says no offers been made, but Roseanne Barr’s name pops up when talk turns to who’ll go to New York to replace Rosie O’Donnell on The View. “It’s almost like that rumor that spread last month about how she was going to be on Desperate Housewives,” Barr’s spokesperson was quoted as saying in the New York Post Tuesday. Barr didn’t flat-out say she wouldn’t join the show when she was interviewed on Larry King last week. “I’m not looking for the job,” she said and then joked: “Well, I want $10 million, like Rosie.”

The Post said a source with knowledge of ABC`s search for the next ‘View’ co-host says Barr has the strong personality the show will be missing once O`Donnell exits in June. “She`s a piece of work, she’s a character, she says what’s on her mind and she`s funny,” the source said. Other possible co-host names floating around include Joan Rivers, Whoopi Goldberg, Kathie Lee Gifford, Connie Chung, Bette Midler and Kathy Griffin.

Oh, goody! Another fat white lady with a big mouth! I guess those are the new requirements for being on The View. That’s probably why they gave Star Jones the boot. Anyhow, I don’t think it’s a good look for Rosie (Barr) to replace Rosie (O’Donnell). I think Sanjaya would make a better candidate! What do you guys think??