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Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviewsSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter The winners of the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards were announced in a pre-taped ceremony on Sunday (7 May).The fan-voted awards were set to be delivered live from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, however, due to the ongoing Hollywood writers’ strike, the live broadcast was cancelled.Days ahead of the ceremony, Drew Barrymore dropped out of her role as the event’s host in solidarity with the…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDespite dropping out as host days earlier, Drew Barrymore opened the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards as her Never Been Kissed character Josie Grossie.Sunday’s (7 May) ceremony was pre-recorded after the ongoing Hollywood writers’ strike led to the live event’s cancellation.Barrymore performed in a number of pre-recorded sketches throughout the show, the first of which saw reprise her…

Right now, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) is going on strike to secure better compensation and equity structures for TV and film writers across Hollywood. As parts of the efforts to draw attention to their cause, writers are picketing at various studio lots on both the east and west coasts. Even though it’s only been a few days since the strike started, their efforts appear to be working, as the upcoming MTV Movie Awards have been fairly hobbled by the striking.Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard Nerd Out About…

Drew Barrymore has dropped out as host of the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards.The multi-hyphenate announced her decision Thursday, just days before the ceremony’s live broadcast in Los Angeles. Barrymore said she made the decision to stand in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America—an entertainment labor union that went on strike this week after failed negotiations with streaming giants.“I have listened to the writers, and in order to truly respect them, I will pivot from hosting the MTV Movie & TV Awards live in…

Whilst lots of the heavy hitting award shows like the Oscars have already rolled around, there is still another due to take place this Spring.   The MTV Movie and TV Awards are quite different from classic award ceremonies, dedicating categories to some of the most memorable sections in shows and movies from the past year, including best kiss, best fight and best musical moment.   We are still a few weeks away from this year’s ceremony, but if you’d like a lowdown on what is to come (including how to tune in),…

Lewis Largent, who helped bring alternative rock to the American mainstream with his work at Los Angeles’ KROQ-FM and at MTV, died on Feb. 20. He was 58.His death, which came after a long illness and which was first reported by Variety, was confirmed by a source close to Largent’s family, who didn’t specify an exact cause or say where Largent died.Largent, who grew up in Southern California, began his music career in the mid-1980s with an internship at KROQ, the taste-making modern-rock station that was crucial to…

Rising Canadian star Tate McRae continued her global ascent over the weekend as she took the stage at the 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards to perform a medley of her songs “She’s All I Wanna Be” and “Uh Oh.”McRae opened her performance with “She’s All I Wanna Be,” featuring backup dancers in glass cages on the central part of the stage. After the stage went dark, the 19-year-old transitioned to her most recent solo release “Uh Oh,” where she received heavy applause from the viewers.Prior to her performance, MTV News…

The late 90s: a time of hedonism and questionable sexual politics, ladettes boasting about going to lapdancing clubs, and “video vixens” on MTV: the bikini-clad harem beloved of rappers who would label them bitches while the camera salivated over their slo-mo gyrations. These “hip-hop honeys” are the inspiration for Dutch dance artist Cherish Menzo’s Jezebel, a deconstruction, or maybe detonation, of this hypersexualised image of black women.Menzo is not about to get the party started. Jezebel’s soundtrack, by Michael…

When responding to MTV about Amber Heard’s ex-husband Johnny Depp making guest appearances as the Moon Person on Sunday, August 28, Whitney Henriquez didn’t hold back. Two months after the defamation trial between the two ended in Johnny’s favour, Whitney used her Instagram Stories to criticise the network and offer her sister further support. Whitney, 34, posted a picture on social media of her sister, 36, with a “D” next to the VMAs logo. “@MTV You’re disgusting and clearly desperate! I really hope that none of the…

Johnny Depp surprised fans during Sunday night’s Video Music Awards when the actor made a virtual cameo at the MTV awards show. The Pirates of the Caribbean star was seen in a moment where his face was superimposed on the award show’s logo, a moonman. Following the VMAs appearance, Amber Heard’s sister Whitney Heard is calling out the network for including Depp in the broadcast, calling the decision “disgusting.” Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have been a huge hot topic this year as the exes battled it out in a defamation…