From the monthly archives:

December 2009

New Year’s Eve is a time for new beginnings, forgiving old beefs and ringing in the coming year by looking forward to all of the hopeful things to come. That karmic holiday tradition applies to the movies just as it does in real life, as everyone from Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal to the Ghostbusters [...]

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The Dumbest Ad Quotes Of 2009

by admin on December 31, 2009

We’ve seen the dirtiest and eFilmCritic’s Criticwatch has laid out the full year in quotes. But what were the dumbest things to appear in film ads and commercials in 2009? Other than a recommendation for Old Dogs, of course. What puns made you smack your head or lines that you couldn’t believe someone would say, [...]

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‘When I heard that beat … it was like, ‘Man, this is a moment,’ ‘ Drake tells MTV News of the Thank Me Later track.By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Steven Roberts

Drake

Photo: Steven Roberts/ MTV News

It’s done. Drake’s collaboration with Jay-Z, “Light Up,” is finally finished. The Toronto lyricist had been hopeful all year that [...]

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‘[My resolution is] to not make any resolutions,’ actress Emily Blunt says.By Jocelyn Vena

Adam Lambert

Photo: Jeff Vespa/ WireImage

With a new year comes a new start, a chance to change. Want to know what Adam Lambert, James Franco or Ciara are looking to improve on in 2010? MTV News has rounded up some of the best [...]

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Jonas Brothers and Taylor Lautner rep for the guys in our fashion countdown.By Jocelyn Vena

Rihanna

Photo: Dave M. Benett/Getty Images

It seems that 2009 was the year that it was cool to be out-there when it came to style. Whether it was Taylor Swift’s classic fashion sense or Rihanna and Lady Gaga’s cool, avant-garde aesthetic, style this [...]

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You can probably guess that Fox News dominated the ratings in 2009. In fact, thirteen of their shows made it to the top fifteen of the year. The other seven spots of the top 20 are made up of various MSNBC and CNN shows, with only Countdown with Keith Olbermann and Larry King Live cracking [...]

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What was your favorite season of The Real World?

by admin on December 30, 2009

The new season - the 23rd! - of MTV’s The Real World debuts tonight at 10. I used to watch this show religiously, but that was a long, long time ago. I missed the first season for some reason, but I really loved seasons 2 and 3 (L.A. and San Francisco). It was actually compelling [...]

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Jeffrey’s List: The Best Films of 2009

by admin on December 30, 2009

I’m not sure it was a good movie year, but it was definitely an unusual one. We had a gourmet smorgasbord of animated films all year long, as well as a high number of excellent films directed by women. Then there were the war movies, a genre I usually can’t stand for its preachy seriousness. [...]

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The Dirtiest Ad Quotes Of 2009

by admin on December 30, 2009

Who doesn’t love a good entendre? Somewhere inside all of us is a dirty mind that can’t help but produce a little giggle the moment the second grader in us comes upon something that just appears a little forbidden. Don’t deny it. You know you used to huddle around the dictionary looking up swear words [...]

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‘I’m nothing without you,’ Weezy tells New Orleans crowd at Young Money concert.By Jayson Rodriguez

Lil Wayne (file)

Photo: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images

Lil Wayne performed his last hometown show Monday in New Orleans before he’s scheduled to be sentenced to prison in New York on February 9.

Wayne, clad in a crimson-red fitted hat and matching winter coat, [...]

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