Your favorite group of guidos and guidettes are back for another season filled with wild and crazy shenanigans!

After spending last season in Italy, the entire “Jersey Shore” gang — Deena, JWoww, The Situation, Pauly D, Ronnie, Sammi, Vinny and Snooki — has now returned to their homeland of Seaside Heights, New Jersey for the 5th season of their hit MTV reality show.

“We’re back in our habitat and I’m ready to tear the speakers off this joint,” Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino yells in the season 5 trailer released by MTV.

“Jersey Shore” Season 5 returns to TV on Thursday, Januaary 5th at 10pm on MTV.

Check out the trailer below:

With a huge yellow ski hat, a yellow fanny pack, and leopard shorts…..Lil Wayne took to the stage with his father Birdman to perform their “Y.U. Mad” collaboration (sans “The Female Weezy” aka Nicki Minaj) at the MTV2 Sucker Free Awards in Miami. This marks the first time the YMCMB rappers have performed the song live.

Watch below:

The new season of Beavis and Butt-Head is almost here!!!

Check out a newly released trailer for the return of everyone’s favorite duo below:

The first episode will premiere October 27th at 10 pm! Are you excited?!?

Your thoughts?

MTV decided to switch things up and do something different this year by having an indoor red carpet black carpet for the VMAs.

Held at the Nokia Theater L.A. Live in Los Angeles Sunday night (Aug 28), the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards featured black carpet appearances from several celebs, including Beyonce (who announced her pregnancy), Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Kelly Rowland, Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj, Wiz Khalifa & Amber Rose, Kim Kardashian, and more.

Check out 30+ pics of celebs arriving at the 2011 MTV VMAs in Los Angeles below:

The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards are scheduled to go down this Sunday night (Aug 28) in Los Angeles at the Nokia Theater.

And while we know who will be performing and presenting, the network has yet to announce an official host for the ceremony.

Until now.

So who will be hosting this year’s VMAs?

No one!

That’s right. MTV has decided to make a bold move this year by not having a host, something that could either be very successful or an ultimate failure.

“We talked to different people and ultimately, it just didn’t feel like we needed one this year,” the show’s producer Jesse Ignjatovic told The Hollywood Reporter. “Other years, like in 2007, we’ve gone host-less and it worked. If it’s not the right person then [we feel it’s] better to go without. It means better presenter moments potentially, but I don’t think it necessarily changes the landscape of the show.”

What can viewers expect from the show this Sunday evening? “Boldness. Impact. Scale. Grandness. It’s colorful, celebratory and thrilling. It’s a big show and I’m really excited about it,” Jesse said.

And with performances from Beyonce, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Lady Gaga, Adele and others, we guess the show wouldn’t do so bad without a host.

Guess we’ll just have to wait and see!

Will you be watching the VMAs this year?

The 2011 VMAs are set to air on MTV later this month (Sun. Jun 28) and rap superstar Lil Wayne — up for two awards — shows up in this newly released promo video.

Lil Wayne, along with singers Chris Brown and Adele, are the only confirmed performers so far.

Justin Bieber wasn’t joking a few months back when he revealed “Beavis and Butthead” would be returning to TV.

The show’s creator Mike Judge confirmed the news at Comic-Con 2011 in San Diego last week and offered a peek at the new season, which is set to premiere in October.

In their new incarnation, the two perennial teens — still wearing their AC/DC and Metallica shirts — riff on music videos, YouTube submissions and MTV shows such as “Jersey Shore” and “Teen Cribs.”

“They’re also watching UFC fights,” Judge says.

The 48-year-old writer, who also voices many of his characters, says that besides Beavis and Butthead, he hopes to tackle live-action dramas in his creative future.

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This is more exciting than tax-free weekend….we can’t wait!

Vinny has left the building!

Sources directly connected with the cast of “Jersey Shore” say that Vinny Guadagnino vacated the house for good on Friday night (Jul 1) … after getting into an argument with another cast member.

Vinny, who had threatened to leave a few days ago after complaining about being “homesick,” is currently at his house in Staten Island.

Sources connected with the show say Vinny has been a pain in the ass and no one will be getting on their knees, begging him to come back. TMZ spoke with executive producer Sally Ann Salsano, who tells us, “We do not comment on the production of the show.”

The remaining 3 “Jersey Shore” guys — Pauly D, The Situation and Ronnie — were spotted leaving their Seaside Heights beach house to do laundry. Vinny was obviously nowhere in sight … proving even further that he has left “for good,” and most likely will NOT be coming back.

Enjoy the current cast of “Jersey Shore” while you can … because according to recent reports, sources connected with the show are saying that MTV will be getting rid of them once Season 5 wraps!

Network execs denied these rumors last week … but sources tell TMZ that MTV wants a fresh cast of characters after they wrap Season 5, which begins shooting in New Jersey next week.

Here’s the thing. MTV gets the best of both worlds. They can keep the “Jersey Shore” machine going by growing a new crop of much cheaper stars. And, as for the break-outs in the original cast — including The Situation, Snooki, JWOWW and Pauly D … the network has already signed them to spinoffs.

However … other “sources” tell Radar Online that the whole re-cast story is simply baloney:

“It is garbage, I have idea where this came from,” a source close to the show exclusively told RadarOnline.com. “The cast is very happy with their deals. It is conjuncture that they are getting canned because everyone has their own spin-offs, this is strictly a guess,” the insider revealed. “MTV isn’t saying anything, who ever got this is trying to find a story where this is no story.”

“I’ve never ever heard it. I’ve never even heard a peep about this,” the source said.

The show’s stars are in the dark about the reported newcomers too! “The cast hasn’t heard anything like this either. I saw the report this morning and was laughing about it,” revealed the insider.

So are they sticking around or not? Looks like we’ll just have to wait until MTV makes an official announcement of their own…

Take Our Poll

Lil Wayne took to the stage last night for MTV’s “Unplugged” and performed a medley of hits.

The YMCB head honcho also previewed a new song from Tha Carter IV and even covered Tupac’s “Hail Mary”. Check it all out below:

It was all eyes on Nicki Minaj last night at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards, held at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles. Dressed in a sexy get-up, Hip-Hop’s it girl of the moment showed off her “tig ol’ bittys” as she and her “friend” Safaree Samuels posed for pictures in the press room following the show.

Nicki also joined Ashton Kutcher to present actress Kristen Stewart the award for “Best Female Performance.”

Peep the pics (and the video footage) below:

The stars were out Sunday night (Jun 5) at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles. Lots of celebs, including Trey Songz, Selena Gomez, Taylor Lautner, Lil Mama, Tyrese, Reese Witherspoon and many more all walked the red carpet outside the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City, California before the show, hosted by “Saturday Night Live” actor Jason Sudeikis, went underway.

Check out 20+ pics of everyone below!

Looks like everyone’s favorite Italian sleazeball Nicole “Snooki“Polizzi encountered her first brush with the law in Florence, Italy this past weekend. TMZ reports the “Jersey Shore” star crashed into a police car (smooth move, Snook!) and was later taken into custody, though she wasn’t formally arrested.

Apparently the Snookster was driving when she hit the back of the patrol car and managed to wedge her car between the cop car and a wall. Reports say she and the self proclaimed “walking holiday” Deena Nicole Cortese had to climb out of the vehicle through a window since the door was blocked by the wall. All parties walked away from the crash uninjured.

And allegedly “no alcohol was involved.” Yeahhh …. sure!

Looks like the cast of MTV’s Jersey Shore is about to net some serious bank!

According to Entertainment Weekly, the “core group” of the 8-member cast will reportedly receive at least $100,000 per episode for Season 4. (Cha-Ching!) And, in case you were wondering, each season of the hit show is about 13 episodes so that’s about $1.3 million….each!

Nicole ”Snooki” Polizzi, Jenni “JWoww” Farley, Mike ”The Situation” Sorrentino and Paul “Pauly D” Delvecchio were reportedly holding up contract negotiations for the next season, which led to a delay in their scheduled Italian trip.

The group was reportedly asking for more money, and now they have received just that in the form of a whopping 6-figure paycheck per episode!

Can you say BALLLLLLLLIN?!?

Pop sensation Britney Spears recently dropped her Femme Fatale album, and in order to give the project proper promotion, MTV aired a special entitled “I Am The Femme Fatale” to give viewers a special glimpse at the development of the Spears’ highly anticipated 7th album.

Watch the full special in its entirety below:

That “Teen Mom” girl Jenelle Evans is one feisty little b*tch! You know how she goes ape sh*t on her mom all the time on TV? Well, get this. A video (via TMZ) showing 19-year-old Jenelle savagely attacking a young woman who looks to be around her age hit the web earlier this morning, and we hear it was all over that boyfriend of hers.

Check it out below:

Smh…and you people talk sh*t about Chris Brown and call him “angry.” You need to look at this crazy b*tch. She’s the one with the anger problems!

Your thoughts?

On the latest episode of MTV’s “When I Was 17,” singer/songwriter Brandy recalled the moment she met King of Pop Michael Jackson and how it all came about.

Look below for the details and video footage from the episode:

“When I was 17, my producer Rodney Jerkins was working with Michael Jackson at the time,” Brandy says in the episode, premiering Saturday at 11 a.m. ET on MTV. “He knew how much I wanted to meet Michael Jackson, so he says, ‘Would you like to come and meet him?’ I’m like, ‘Are you serious? Of course I want to meet Michael Jackson! Where do I meet you? Where do we come?’ ”

And it wasn’t just Jerkins who knew about the singer’s admiration for Jackson. “Michael Jackson was it, so we studied Michael. Brandy studied Michael,” her brother Ray J says.

Brandy says the super-producer orchestrated the meeting between the siblings and Jackson at the recording studio. However, prior to entering the room, Brandy says nerves got the best of her.

“My heart is beating so fast at this point,” the “Dancing With the Stars” alum recalls. “I’m like, ‘Oh my God. It’s happening. We’re about to open the door and he’s going to be in there.’ ”

Ray J, who was equally excited, peeped around the room, saying, “When we first walked into the studio, we can kind of see Michael in the corner and we looked at each other like, ‘Did you see him?’ ” Unfortunately, Brandy, couldn’t maintain the same type as composure. “And I’m looking at him like, ‘Oh my God. This is Michael Jackson,’ ” adding, “I fainted, blacked out — like seriously blacked out.”

Source: MTV

How cool! Getting the chance to meet Michael Jackson at such a young age. How many people can say they met Michael Jackson when they were 17 years old? Not many…

Thoughts?

Despite recent rumors, the highly controversial video for one of Kanye West‘s newer singles, “Monster”, has, in fact, NOT been banned from MTV. The network is simply waiting for the requested edits from the clip so that it can be suitable for television.

MTV specifically responded to the rumors this week by stating:

“MTV has not banned Kanye West’s ‘Monster’ video. We have been in constant communication with the label regarding this matter. However, we are still awaiting the edits we requested in order for the video to be suitable for broadcast.”

The video, which features appearances from fellow rappers Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, and Jay-Z caught many off-guard as it was very racy and a bit gruesome. West, along with the other artists, rap along side women who are supposed to be dead and several corpses laying around.

Hmmmm……Does this mean that Lady Gaga’s video for “Born This Way” needs to be edited? I think so!

Your thoughts?

MTV reality star Abram Boise didn’t give a crap about being arrested! Or maybe he did…

TMZ reports:

Boise was arrested in Massachusetts by Lunenburg PD on two counts of defacing property and one count of indecent exposure … after cops found him urinating in public.

But apparently his bowels weren’t empty … because law enforcement sources tell us he peed on the floor of the cell, was moved to a second one, and then he pooped in his hand and smeared it all over the wall of the second cell.

Abram has appeared in such reality shows as “Road Rules: South Pacific,” “The Gauntlet,” “The Inferno,” “Battle of the Sexes 2,” “The Inferno 3” and “The Island.”

….. Seriously?

Fonzworth Bentley isn’t going to be happy about this one…

MTV “From G’s to Gents” star Baron “Dirty” Colon is facing some serious charges after being recorded admitting to a murder he committed back in 2006.

Read the full story below:

A finalist from an MTV reality show featuring street thugs hoping for a second, third, or fourth chance at reform has been jailed without bond on charges of first-degree murder and armed burglary. Baron “Dirty” Colon, who was a finalist on “From G’s to Gents” in 2009, was arrested last week for the slaying of artist Marcelo Vera during a botched robbery in January 2006.

According to The Miami Herald, police say Colon was a suspect in the case even as the 24-year-old jetted off to Los Angeles to tape the show which claims to transform “rough-around-the-edges young men” into successful gentlemen. “I got two kids. I want to be in the gentleman’s club because I want to change, for them,” Colon said during the first episode. If I don’t change, there’s only going to be two things: prison, or death.”

Unfortunately, Colon whose rap sheet contained multiple arrests for drugs, grand theft, and driving with a suspended license could not get away from his past. Investigators got a break in the case last year when an unnamed informant secretly recorded Colon confessing intimate details “ranging from the caliber of the weapons used in the homicide, the fact that the victim was a skinny male who put up a fight, and that he and [an accomplice] fled the scene and spent the night outside, even sleeping in bushes the night of the murder to make sure he evaded police,” reports The Miami Herald.

According to the arrest warrant, Colon along with Stephany Concepcion, 26, and two other men known only as “Big Killer” and “Crazy Dead” conspired to rob Vera, 44, who was known to keep large amounts of cash in his home. Concepcion knew the victim and went to Vera’s house just past 11:30 p.m. and signaled to the other men when the time was right for the robbery, says The Miami Herald. However, Concepcion reportedly realized the heist went south when she heard gunshots and saw the men fleeing the scene.

When police arrived Concepcion was arrested, later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. She has agreed to testify. Colon faces arraignment Jan. 28 in Miami-Dade circuit court.

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This guy clearly didn’t learn anything from being on the show. Guess you can’t fix everybody…

Thoughts?

If you thought Lil B was weird and awkward…..prepare to really think the obvious!

In a recent interview on MTV‘s new “Vice Guide to Everything” TV series, the “Based god” rapper spoke on everything from his jack-off process (yes, we mean masturbation, unfortunately)……to how he wears the same dirty outfit and busted Vans everyday.

Watch Lil B make a fool of himself (as usual) below:

SMH…We don’t know who’s worse: him or Brian Pumper! Pick your choice…

Thoughts?

With all of the attention Snooki gets, you would think that she would be the first “Jersey Shore” cast member to land a spin-off reality show. But according to a new statement from MTV, Paul DelVecchio aka DJ Pauly D, is the first out of the crew to get his own SOLO reality show on the network!

A well-received pilot of the show, which will revolve around the club DJ’s life outside Jersey Shore, was shot back in September. Look below for the press release:

“At the heart of ‘Jersey Shore’ is the unique and genuine cast and Pauly D truly embodies both qualities,” Chris Linn, executive vice president of programming and head of production for MTV, said in a statement. “He’s distinguished himself onscreen as the fun-loving, well-coiffed and dependable guy you can’t help but want to hang out with. We know viewers are curious about his life away from the shore and we look forward to exploring new possibilities around that.”

The third season of “Jersey Shore” will kick off January 6th, and you can catch the whole JS crew as they help MTV ring in the 2011 on New Year’s Eve.

What do you think about Pauly D getting his own TV show?

Nicki Minaj gives fans a behind the scenes look at the preparation & promotion of her debut album Pink Friday, her return to her home country Trinidad, spending time with family and friends in Queens and more in her one-hour MTV documentary “My Time Now”. Watch it below…

Nicki Minaj is gearing up for the release of her debut album Pink Friday, and has teamed up with MTV for an hour-long television special titled “My Time Now.” In the documentary, the Young Money rapper gives her fans a behind the scenes look at the preparation & promotion of her album, her return to her home country Trinidad, her spending time with family and friends in Queens and more.

“My Time Now” is set to debut on MTV on November 28th and 10 pm before it will be available on the web via MTV.com. Check out a clip from the special (along with a few newly released “Pink Friday” album promos) below!!

Photos: Nicki-Minaj.org

According to TMZ, BMX star and host of MTV’s “The Challenge” T.J. Lavin is currently in a medically induced coma after a bike accident during a BMX event last night (Thurs. Oct 14).

Lavin was competing in a Dew Tour event in L.A. Thursday night when he hit a dirt ramp and lost control of his bike, and was slammed down to the ground. Crew workers and friends rushed to his side immediately after the incident, however Lavin didn’t respond or move……..and was rushed to the University Medical Center hospital. It has also been reported that he is experiencing brain swelling and is listed in critical condition.

Our thoughts and prayers are with TJ and his family right now…

President Barack Obama hosted an MTV townhall forum called “A Conversation with President Obama” yesterday afternoon (Thurs. Oct 14) in Washington, D.C. The president fielded questions from young adults on the show, which aired live on Viacom/MTV Network‘s music channels: MTV, BET, mtvU, Centric, mtv Tr3s and CMT, in addition to their websites.

“Regardless of who you vote for, regardless if you found anything I said persuasive, I need you to vote on November 2,” President Obama said. “One of the things that happened in the last election is that young people got involved in ways that they had never gotten involved in before and that has to sustain itself, that has to maintain itself. Because the only way we’re gonna solve these problems is if everyone is seriously engaged. I hope that all of you stay inspired. Don’t just look to some elected official for that inspiration. Look to each other, look to yourselves.” (Source)

Check out a few pics below of President Obama, MTV’s Sway Calloway, BET’s April Woodard and CMT’s Katie Cook at the townhall meeting!

We guess wearing a dress entirely made of meat on the cover of a magazine wasn’t enough so Lady Gaga decided to wear ANOTHER dress made of meat….this time to the MTV VMAs Sunday night!

When Lady Gaga went up to accept her an award from Cher, she was seen wearing a meat dress similar to one she wore on the cover of VOGUE Homes Japan. And when asked why she decided to wear a dress apparently made of raw meat to the MTV Video Music Awards, Gaga said:

“As you know I am the most judgement-free human being on the earth. If we don’t stand up for what we believe in and don’t stand up for our rights pretty soon we’re going to have as much rights as the meat on our bones.”

We seriously hope that dress she wore to the VMAs was made of fake meat or something because if not, that’s just NASTY! Check out a few pics of Gaga rocking her “meat dress” at the VMAs Sunday night (Sep 12) below…

Top choreographer Laurie Ann Gibson (aka “Boom Kat”) believes that Young Money femcee Nicki Minaj has the potential to become the next Lady Gaga. After working with Nicki on her VMA pre-show performance, Gibson says that she noticed Minaj had the same qualities she saw in Gaga three years ago before she took the world by storm.

Boom Kat told MTV News:

“What I love about Nicki is she has the eye of the tiger and she is fearless. These are the components that I saw about three years ago in LADY GAGA. I thought, ‘This is going to be fantastic.’ Her swag is amazing.”

The next Lady Gaga? Technically she’s already the Lady Gaga of Hip-Hop or the “Black Lady Gaga” (if you will) and if she keeps it up, she could even be bigger. Lady Gaga needed an album to jump-start her career, and here we are still waiting on Nicki’s debut and you still hear about her every day…

Check out a few pics of Nicki Minaj in the Press Room at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards last night (Sun. Sep 12) in Los Angeles below…

Let’s have a toast for the scum bags (and the a-holes)!

If you thought rapper Kanye West made a comeback at the 2010 BET Awards, you must have not tuned into the MTV VMAs last night! Yeezy closed the show with a brand new track titled “Runaway”……and this time around managed to leave all the drama at home as he rapped about giving a toast to all the douche bags, a** holes, scum bags, dirt bags, jerk-offs and more. Pusha T also performed along with Kanye in his new single debut. Check out the pics (along with the video footage) from one of the best performances of the night below….

We knew you could do it Yeezy! Welcome back…

Right after his young protege Justin Bieber finished his performance, R&B singer Usher showed us where JB got his energy from as he turned the level a few notches up by performing a medley of two of his biggest singles from his new albums Raymond vs. Raymond and the recently released Versus.

Backed by dazzling stage effects and laser lights, the R&B/Pop superstar kicked off his performance with his latest hit “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love” before moving on to his international hit “OMG” as she showed off his fancy footwork and slick dance moves.

Pics and video footage are waiting for you below and when you continue reading…

Pop sensation Justin Bieber killed the 2010 MTV VMAs and stole the show Sunday night (Sept 12) when he performed a medley of hit singles “U Smile,” “Baby” and “Somebody to Love”. JB took over the stage like a pro and showed off some pretty sick dance moves. The kid might just be a young Michael Jackson in the making…or is that too much of a compliment??

Peep the pics & video footage below and when you continue reading…

Rapper Eminem opened up the 2010 MTV VMAs Sunday night (Sept 12) at the Nokia Theater in L.A.

Em pumped up the crowd with his hit single “Not Afraid” and later brought out R&B singer Rihanna to perform “Love The Way You Lie.” Eminem ended up taking home 2 moonmen last night in the “Best Hip-Hop Video” and “Best Male Video” categories for “Not Afraid.”

Peep the pics (and video footage) from Em and Rihanna’s performance below…

Young Money rapper Nicki Minaj appeared to be on some futuristic ish last night at the 2010 MTV VMAs! In a pink and purple space suit, Nicki performed her singles “Your Love” and “Check it Out” along with Black Eyed Peas front-man Will.i.am. Peep the footage from the performance (along with a few pics) below….

SN: Notice how Will.i.am is covered in all black. (Kinda weird)

Country music’s scorned little kitten Taylor Swift premiered a new song titled “Innocent” (the first single from her new album) last night at the MTV Video Music Awards in which she forgave rapper Kanye West for interrupting her VMA win last year (in a nutshell).

Swift was pretty boring and out-of-key for most (if not, all) of her whack performance, which she opened with a video clip of last year’s incident (below the belt, much?). Taylor’s third album Speak Now hits stores next month (Oct. 25). Check out a few pics from Taylor Swift’s VMA performance below and continue reading for the video footage…

The VMAs switched it up this year and instead of a red carpet, they opted for a bright white carpet that tons of celebs like Usher, Justin Bieber, Drake, Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, Katy Perry, Trey Songz, Ne-Yo and more walked down as they posed for pictures before making their way into Nokia Theater for the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, held last night (Sun. Sep 12) in Los Angeles, CA and aired live on MTV.

Check out 30+ pictures below from the MTV Video Music Awards’ red carpet!

Even though their song was #1 on the Hot 100 for several weeks in a row, Rihanna won’t be able to make it to tonight’s MTV Video Music Awards to perform “Love the Way You Lie” with Eminem (who’s opening the show) due to her being in Hawaii on the set of her new movie “Battleship.”

Peep what she told Entertainment Tonight below:

“I definitely wish I could be there for Eminem,” she tells ET. “He’s performing the song we did together. It would have been nice to do it, but he understands. Obviously right now I’m doing something that is a priority to me. The VMAs will be there next year. I’ll have a lot more music out by then.”

GOOD! Maybe someone with some REAL SINGING ABILITY will be able to fill in for tonight’s performance and make the song that much better??? Don’t get us wrong, the song is great but it’d be even better if we didn’t have to hear Rihanna wail all over the hook.

Your thoughts?

UPDATE: Looks like ol’ 5-head RiRi decided to make her way to Los Angeles and add her name to the bill of performers at the last minute. Oh goody…

Rihanna is not only performing at tonight’s 2010 MTV VMAs — she’s closing opening the show!!! Sources exclusively reveal to JustJared.com that the 22-year-old “Only Girl In The World” singer will hit the stage to perform her hit single “Love The Way You Lie” with Eminem from Nokia Theater L.A. Live in Los Angeles. In fact, they are rehearsing right now!

Chelsea Handler

The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards go down tonight in Los Angeles, and after Kanye hopped on stage and ruined Taylor Swift’s moment last year, this year’s host Chelsea Handler says she’s prepared to deal with any shenanigans he might think he can get away with this year.

She told Extra:

“I have a BB gun and a water gun in case things get hectic. I wouldn’t put it past Kanye to run up on stage and interrupt me, but good luck with that.”

Uh-oh Kanye! Better be on your p’s and q’s tonight!

Rapper B.o.B has always had a taste for a hustler’s mentality.

On a recent episode of MTV‘s “When I Was 17″, B.o.B reflects on his candy bar pushing days in high school.

“I had a hustler mentality. One day, I was looking at the vending machine in my high school cafeteria, and I remember thinking, ‘I can do better than that vending machine. So, I went to Sam’s Club and got the industrial-size box. I got what the vending machine didn’t have, or what they always ran out of, and I would go to school [and] sell candy.”

The “Airplanes” rapper remembers at one point having a book bag full of Kit-Kats.

“You can get 36 candy bars for about $12, and those 36 candy bars would get you anywhere from $18 to $24. So, you just double your profit. I had a bookbag with no books in it — just Kit Kats.”

Source: MTV

We knew you had a little gangster/hustler in you Bobby….LOL.

B.o.B’s episode of “When I Was 17″ airs this Saturday (Sep 11) on MTV and will also feature R&B singers Usher & Ne-Yo.

Two things you have to love about Chelsea Handler: (1) She’s a freak and (2) she ALWAYS speaks her mind!!

In a recent interview with MTV News, Chelsea spoke on who all she wanted to hook-up with after she hosts the VMA’s on Sunday. The first to be mentioned was none other than “Love the Way You Lie” rapper Eminem.

“I’ll probably have sex with him after the show is over. “Probably. I don’t see why I wouldn’t.”

Handler also said that Swizz Beatz could get it as well…just because of his name.

“I like Swizz Beatz, just because I would like to yell out in bed, ‘Swizz Beatz! Keep it coming!’”

However our buddy Kanye didn’t make the list (we guess she didn’t want any interruptions)….but anybody else is fair game.

“Not Kanye. Not if he’s going to wear those glasses. Anybody, really. I’m fair game. It’s not like I’m that picky. You’ve seen the guys I’ve dated.”

We don’t know about Swizzy though Chels…..Alicia may put up a fight! LMAO……

The upcoming 2010 MTV Video Music Awards is just days away and new names are STILL being added to the list of performers! We’ve already told you that Usher, Nicki Minaj, Eminem, Kanye West, Drake, Justin Bieber and B.o.B were set to take the stage at the show (Nicki’s performing during the red carpet pre-show), and now you can expect to see performances from several more entertainers.

Earlier this week, Crunk&B singer Ciara revealed on Twitter that she would be performing at the VMAs……and per MTV’s official VMA website, R&B diva Mary J. Blige, rapper Swizz Beatz, rocker/rapper Travie McCoy and newcomers Bruno Mars & Jason Derulo will be joining her! Singer Robyn, along with rock groups Paramore, Linkin Park and Florence + The Machine will also perform at the 2010 VMAs.

The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards will be hosted by Chelsea Handler and will air live from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles THIS SUNDAY (Sep 12). The red carpet pre-show kicks off at 8 PM, just one hour Eminem is set to open the show at 9 PM. Continue reading for more details about Em’s performance and the dope stage set!

Via Billboard:

MTV general manager Stephen Friedman said that the rapper, who’s nominated for eight trophies, will open Sunday’s (Sept. 12) ceremony at the Nokia Theatre, which has been transformed with a sprawling white set reminiscent of the out-of-this-world Theme Building at the Los Angeles International Airport. “We thought that there’s no better way to kick off the show than a performance from Eminem,” said Friedman.

The enveloping stage design includes a giant rotating billboard, curvy catwalk, circular performance space and two massive video screens that will serve as curtains. VMA executive producer Jesse Ignjatovic said the undulating space, created by German designer Florian Wieder, required about 2,000 orchestra seats to be removed from the Nokia Theatre.

“Every year, we try to have a theme and purpose beyond just giving awards away,” said Ignjatovic. “This year, being back in Los Angeles, we really gravitated toward mid-century modern architecture and the pop culture of the ’50s, like the youth-oriented rebellion films ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ and ‘Wild Ones.’ It’s a very L.A. kind of a set.”

Dayummmm!!! The VMAs are gonna be on point this year! Or at least we hope so with all of the hype they’re surrounding it with. It’s about time though. Awards shows for the past 5 years to a decade have been unbearably dry. Hopefully this year brings on the moisture!!! (LMAO)

Are you looking forward to the 2010 VMAs? And will you be watching???

The upcoming 2010 MTV Video Music Awards are definitely shaping up to be one night to be remembered!

It was recently announced that R&B singer Usher and Young Money femcee Nicki Minaj will take the stage at this year’s show, in addition to other announced performers including Drake, Kanye West, Eminem and more. Usher will perform on the VMA main stage while Nicki will perform her second solo single “Your Love” for the very first time (on TV) outside the Nokia Theater during the VMA red carpet pre-show.

In a statement announcing his first VMA performance since 2004, Usher said:

“I can’t wait to perform for my fans all around the world who have helped to make this album a success and my being here possible. You never know what’s gonna happen on an MTV VMA stage. … I look forward to making it a night to remember.”

Usher is nominated in three categories: “Best Male Video,” “Best Dance Video” and “Best Choreography,” all for his hit international single “OMG.”

Meanwhile, beginning today, Nicki Minaj fans will have the opportunity to enter a contest (via Twitter) in which 10 lucky fans will win front row spots to watch their favorite Harajuku Barbie do her thing for the first time ever (solo, of course) on LIVE TV!! For more details on the contest, follow @NickiMinaj and @MTVTJ on Twitter. Winners will be announced this Friday (Sep 10), just 2 days before the VMAs goes down.

“I am truly honored to be a part of this year’s VMAs. Just yesterday I was an underground female rapper. See Barbz? Dreams do come true,” says Nicki Minaj.

The 2010 VMAs will air live from Los Angeles’ Nokia Theater on Sunday, September 12th 2010 and will be hosted by Chelsea Handler.

Will you be watching???

Late night TV talk show host Chelsea Handler is gearing up for one of the biggest jobs of her life — hosting the upcoming 2010 MTV Video Music Awards — and she’s trying her hardest to make sure she doesn’t slip up when it comes to the names of her favorite artists, like Lady Guh-GAW and Keh-dollar-sighn-hah!

MTV cameras recently went behind the scenes at Handler’s VMA promo shoot and they caught the funny-woman going in on her staff for mispronouncing the names of 2 of Pop music’s biggest stars.

“I am excited to see Lady Guh-GAW,” Handler declared, while seated at the head of her staffers table. When someone on her team chimes in with “It’s Gaga,” the way that, well, the whole world pronounces it, the “Chelsea Lately” host said, correcting the supposed flub. “No, it’s Guh-GAW,” Handler deadpanned. “Everyone pronounces it wrong.” The comedienne pointed out that another blonde hitmaker, Ke$ha, has endured mass mispronunciation of her uniquely spelled moniker. “Just like Keh-dollar-sign-hah pronounced that way,” Handler said. “She doesn’t want you to say it the other way. I met her.”

With the big night just a couple weeks away and the pressure on to deliver another live two-hour event packed with oh-no-they-didn’t moments, the cameras caught Handler and her team engaged in intense brainstorming sessions. And the crew brought in a master of mayhem to help ideate television magic: Kid Rock.

“You can go down on Snooki in the hot tub that they have on the ‘Jersey Shore,’ ” Handler suggested to Rock. Lucky for the Handler, the Detroit rap-rocker seemed down for anything. “After a couple fifths of whiskey I’ll go either way. Hell, after a fifth of whiskey I’d have sex with you.” Handler, who has experienced her fair share of passes from popular lyricists, served up a demure reply to the open invitation for a drunken hookup. “Thank you,” Handler responded.

Source: MTV

Sounds like the VMAs are gonna be worth watching this year! Thank GAWD they finally found a host with credentials. Russell Brand was getting kinda tired…

The biggest night in music and television just got a little bit bigger with confirmation that rapper Eminem is set to take the stage and perform next month at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, set to air live from Los Angeles’ Nokia Theater!

Emimem, who scored an impressive 8 VMA nominations, is currently sitting on top of the Billboard charts with his latest single “Love the Way You Lie” (featuring Rihanna) and joins an already star-studded list of performers including Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Drake and B.o.B with more to be announced soon.

Late night TV talk show host Chelsea Handler is scheduled to take on the hosting duties for the evening while folks like Ke$ha, Nicki Minaj, Trey Songz, Selena Gomez and Ne-Yo are set to present.

The 2010 VMAs will be held in Los Angeles at the Nokia Theater L.A. Live and will air live on MTV on September 12th at 9 PM.

Are you amped (so far) for this year’s Video Music Awards?

Drake dons a suit and fedora hat in these newly released promo shots of the Young Money rapper in his 2010 MTV Video Music Awards promo, in which he seems to channel his inner Frank Sinatra, as said by Drake himself.

Check out more pics of his Drake, his thoughts on playing a Frank Sinatra like character on camera, the promo and more info on the upcoming 2010 VMAs below…

“I get to channel my inner Sinatra. In the acting world, you gotta have reference points. I like to get into characters. … There’s a ’50s theme. They got it right, though. They got the set and the wardrobe. I feel like I’m here. There’s a ’50s theme. They got it right, though. They got the set and the wardrobe. I feel like I’m here.”

Source: MTV News

Drake is up for two moonmen this year in the categories for “Best Male Video” (“Find Your Love”) and “Best Hip-Hop Video” (“Forever”). Last year the Hip-Hop newcomer was nominated for “Best New Artist” for his debut video “Best I Ever Had” but didn’t go home with a trophy.

The 2010 MTV VMAs, in their 27th year, is set to air September 12th at 9 pm and will be hosted by Chelsea Handler……and in addition to Drake, will feature performances from Kanye West, Justin Bieber and B.o.B with more performers to be announced as the show gets closer. Nicki Minaj, Trey Songz, Ne-Yo, Ke$ha and others are scheduled to present.

Are you looking forward to Drake’s performance at the 2010 MTV VMAs?

It’s hard to believe, but MTV’s Jersey Shore is actually a hit!

For three straight weeks, “Jersey Shore,” now in its second season, was Thursday’s #1 telecast of the day among people aged 12-34 across all of television, according to data released by Nielsen last week.

Episode 203, which aired Thursday, August 12th 2010, saw 5.5 million total viewers and had a series high rating of 5.3 among people aged 12-34, making it the #1 telecast of 2010 for people in that age range.

…….BUT WHY?! Why on earth are almost 6 million people tuning in to watch this crap…..every week?!? Is it like paying $25 bucks to go to the zoo to watch monkeys swing around on trees and throw poop at each other or what?

It’s mind boggling!! Why do we all care so much about Snooki, Pauly D and the rest of those retar…. excuse us, MENTALLY CHALLENGED New Jersey buffoons???

PLEASE fill us in…

Thoughts?

Well damn…

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, star of MTV‘s trashiest reality show “Jersey Shore” was OFFICIALLY charged yesterday (Wed. Aug 18) with annoying people on the beach. According to AP, this charge comes from when she was arrested last month on a beach in New Jersey after she got uncontrollably inebriated. And the MTV cameras were rolling the entire time, SMH…

Snooki also faces charges of disorderly conduct and public nuisance, in addition to the “annoyance” charge which was added during a court hearing Wednesday in Seaside Heights, NJ. Raymond Raya, Snooki’s lawyer, entered a not guilty plea on behalf of his client for all three charges.

Snooki wasn’t present for the hearing, however her trial is scheduled for September 8th. If she’s convicted, she can face up to $2,000 in fines. So far her attorney has declined to comment the charges.

Damn Snooki! We’re still stuck on the fact that you can REALLY get arrested for being annoying! People are gonna be blowing up the 911 hotlines FOR REAL now!!!

This really changes things…

TV personality Chelsea Handler will be hosting this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. Chelsea made the announcement Wednesday night (Aug 18) on her show “Chelsea Lately”…and seemed quite excited about the news!

“Everyone knows that when you think of rap music and hip-hop you think of ‘Chelsea Lately.’ And that’s why I will be hosting [the show],” Handler quipped, before urging her staff to vie for the extra tickets MTV gave her. “Let the ass-kissing begin,” the funnywoman smiled.

Source: MTV News

Peep the video footage below:

If you think Kanye’s a fool and thought what he did last year was crazy……then you ain’t seen nothing yet when it comes to Chelsea Handler. We know Chelsea is really going to put on a show!! That woman is so viciously hilarious that it doesn’t even make sense…..and we absolutely cannot wait to see what she has in store for the 2010 VMAs!

What do you think about Chelsea Handler hosting the 2010 MTV VMAs?

With the VMAs just weeks away at this point, performers and presenters are being announced left and right!

Now, MTV has revealed that young Pop star Justin Bieber and the guitar-playing Atlanta MC B.o.B., in addition to rappers Kanye West and Drake, are due to take the stage September 12th at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, which will air live from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. This will mark both Bieber and B.o.B’s first performances (JB presented at last year’s ceremony).

The Biebster shared his excitement with MTV News when it was announced that he’d be taking the stage at this year’s VMAs:

“I’m excited to be performing at the VMAs. It is all still unbelievable, because last year I went for the first time and no one knew who I was,” said Bieber, who’s nominated for Best New Artist. “Just really shows that dreams can come true and what incredible, dedicated fans I have. I’m a lucky guy and grateful. Now I just want to get on that stage, have some fun in front of my heroes, because at the end of the day I’m still a kid and still a fan.”

Source: MTV News

Nicki Minaj, Trey Songz, Selena Gomez, Ne-Yo, Ke$ha and more were recently announced as presenters. More performers and presenters will be announced as the date of the show (Sep 12) gets closer.

Are you looking forward to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards?

She may have been a part of a group later to be known as the highest selling female group of all time….but when Kelly Rowland was 17 years old, she enjoyed “Clueless” and tried her best to live a normal teenage life, despite being thrown into the spotlight as one fourth of Destiny’s Child.

On a recent episode of MTV’s “When I Was 17,” Kelly and a couple of her longtime friends, former DC bandmate LeToya Luckett and Beyonce‘s assistant/cousin Angie Beyince, re-called a few funny stories of when she was 17 years old, including her horrible driving skills among other things. Homegirl says she wrecked not just 1 or 2, but THREE cars before she “finally got the driving thing down,” she says.

Funny stuff! Peep the video below:

Snooki‘s ex boyfriend Emilio Masella says that he’s “humiliated” after seeing the MTV reality star on TV groping, hunching and trying to get it in with her “Jersey Shore” co-star Vinny!

In an episode of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” that aired Thursday (Aug 12), a noticeably drunk Snooki called Emilio around 6 in the morning as she was feeling Vinny up. She then followed Vinny back to his room and ask him if he “wanted to f**k” (HER words, not ours!) and he said “Sure!” Then the two woke up the next morning and claimed to have NO idea what happened the night before…

“Did I bang Snookie last night?” asked Vinny. “Did I do the unthinkable?”

Funny stuff right? Wrong. Snooki’s ex boyfriend Emilio is NOT amused. He told RadarOnline.com:

“How could she do this to me? I feel like a fool trusting her… My ex is a whore! I am doing an appearance at a club tonight (Thursday) and there are about 400 people here watching Snooki humiliate me on a huge screen. People are apologizing to me and offering to buy me shots. … But I can’t believe it… I never cheated on her and never would… It was Snooki who always accused me of cheating.”

Damn homie! How embarrassing…

Emilio also told Radar Online that after he saw the episode he called the house and confronted Vinny:

“I called Vinny at the Seaside Heights house and asked him if he f***ed my girl. He hung up on me, so I called back and asked him again but he is such a sissy, he passed me to Jenni (J-WOWW). He did that because his mommy wasn’t there! Jenni told me she was going to call the police if I called there again and I told her she was a wh*re too because she cheating on Tom (Lippolis).”

If you ask us, they’re ALL pathetic (including this Emilio guy)….