The returning MTV producer talks more about adjusting the VMAs in the "grayer and older" television landscape.
Also taking the stage at Sunday's show will be Alex Warren, Ciara Miller, David Corenswet, Ella Bright, Isabel May, Jeff Probst, Rachel Dratch, Tyla and Troye Sivan.
The Hollywood Reporter•Kimberly Nordyke2h ago
Toffler previews the big moments expected at Sunday's show, including tributes to Dolly Parton and George Michael, Taylor Swift's big honor and Nirvana's (overdue) recognition.
The Hollywood Reporter•Kimberly Nordyke4h ago
The music video for Taylor Swift’s new song “Patient Zero” will make its world premiere during the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards this Sunday, September 27, on CBS and MTV (streaming on Paramount+ Premium in the U.S.). A teaser clip of the video dropped today. News of Sunday’s full video debut was announced today by […]
Deadline•Greg Evans7h agoThe brief clip from the video that will premiere at the 2026 MTV VMAs on Sunday (Sept. 27) debuted on Thursday (Sept. 24) on CBS Mornings .
Taylor Swift has recruited a couple of A-listers for her “Patient Zero” music video. Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell will star in the video for Swift’s new single, which releases on Friday alongside her “Life of a Showgirl: The Encore” album. However, Swift will debut the video at the MTV VMAs on Sunday, where she […]
Variety•Ellise Shafer8h ago
You can catch this cute kid snaggin' 7 MTV Video Music Awards' nominations this year ... He's put out countless of bangers in his time: "Uptown Funk," "Just The Way You Are," "Locked Out of Heaven" to call out a few ... Can you guess who he is?
TMZ•TMZ Staff13h ago
The actor we know as Dustin was a ‘theatre kid’ from age 11. Now he’s starring in a new staging of Rent. He discusses why the musical is as relevant as ever – and what it’s like being a child star in the internet age Rent is a study in both joy and despair. The 90s rock opera spawned the kinds of irrepressible musical numbers – Seasons of Love, Take Me Or Leave Me – that would become Broadway standards, mastered and massacred in choir auditions and high schools across the world. Jonathan Larson’s self-described attempt “to bring musical theatre to the MTV generation” is also a capitalist critique: a drama about a bohemian coterie of penniless creatives sticking it to the man, all while their circle is ravaged by HIV and Aids. It still feels highly relevant today; see: What You Own – sample lyric “And when you’re living in America / At the end of the millennium / You’re what you own”. Gaten Matarazzo says “that song may arguably be more impactful now than in 1996, considering what we know about what American media and world media would become, and our access to constant mind-numbing noise …” This autumn, he makes his West End debut as Mark, the struggling film-maker who chronicles the lives of his friends in New York’s East Village, and serves as the show’s de facto narrator. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Hannah J Davies13h ago
DOWN, SET, HUT! Can you guess which Hollywood hottie put her sexy curves on display in this eye-popping shot that's totally NSFW?! She was one of the longest-running female cast members on MTV's "Wild 'N Out," and she's collaborated with music…
TMZ•TMZ Staff22 Sept
Taylor Swift’s latest single, titled “Patient Zero,” will release later this week. The singer songwriter put a countdown on her website Tuesday, Sept. 22 with a deep red background leading up to the announcement, and she had previously changed her Instagram bio to “And, baby, that’s sh0w business f0r y0u.” This will be Swift’s latest […]
Deadline•Dessi Gomez22 Sept
It’s out this Friday ahead of Swift’s appearance at the 2026 MTV VMAs
The homage to the late singer will include a medley at the Sunday awards show
Rolling Stone•Althea Legaspi22 Sept
Taylor Swift will have to find space for yet another award. MTV said Monday that the Queen of Pop Present will be the first recipient of its MTV VMA Artist Director Honors, set to be presented Sunday during the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards. The inaugural prize celebrates a sustained and influential body of work […]
Deadline•Erik Pedersen21 SeptThe 2026 VMAs will air live from Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater on Sept. 27.
Four-time Best Direction winner honored with first-ever award celebrating "a sustained and influential body of work from artists who have pushed creative boundaries and developed a clear directorial voice"
Rolling Stone•Daniel Kreps21 Sept
Taylor Swift has been pegged to receive a key award at Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards. CBS and MTV announced Monday morning that Swift will be the recipient of the inaugural MTV VMA Artist Director Honors, a newly minted award set to go to artists who direct some or all of their own music […]
Variety•Chris Willman21 Sept
The singer-songwriter will be honored with the new award that recognizes "groundbreaking music artists whose work behind the camera has expanded the possibilities of music video and advanced the art of visual storytelling."
The Hollywood Reporter•Lexy Perez21 SeptShaboozey will make his VMAs performance debut with “Cowgirl,” which jumps to No. 42 on this week’s Hot 100.
The genre-fluid singer answers your questions on being funky v lonesome, his infamous MTV interview with Thurston Moore and why he said yes to performing with a chain-smoking alcoholic robot • Read Alexis Petridis’s 5* review of new album Ride Lonesome You’ve been performing since the late 80s. What keeps you going? AmongstTheWaves It’s a good question. I don’t really know any other life. I’ve spent a lot of my time trying to create a body of work, and out of that, maybe there’s a few songs at the end that are not bad. So I just keep going down into the mine, trying to come back with a couple of things worth keeping. It’s a lot of digging. If I had to stop and get a job painting houses or something, I would still make songs just for myself, because that’s how it started. You tend to alternate between styles from album to album. What do you feel is closer to your intrinsic self, funky Beck or lonesome Beck ? Mazzini Probably lonesome. But the other side of things gets me out of my shell, stops me from being a little too ponderous, which I’m apt to do. The other side of what I do – Loser or Odelay – was more of a fluke. At the time that was what people liked. Now it’s kind of reversed – they prefer the more introspective, quiet songs, and stuff that’s a little more genreless. I don’t have any songs that they play at weddings, like Uptown Funk. I remember telling Mark Ronson, “Hey, you made a wedding song.” He was like, “Yeah, finally.” That’s a very elite category of song. Continue reading...
The Guardian•As told to Kate Solomon17 Sept
Value-driven Finnish outfit Gutsy Pictures headed by Marika Makaroff (“Moominvalley,” “L/Over”) has secured a greenlight from MTV Finland and added co-producers Zeitsprung in Germany and Götafilm in Sweden for the psycho-thriller “Dangerous Woman.” Already pre-bought by TV4 in Sweden, the six-parter created by Makaroff will be directed by the established Zaida Bergroth, credited for the […]
Variety•Emeza80515 Sept