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Freelance Writer at Slice of Culture.
Former Ambassador Intern and Writer for MTV News.
Based in the New York City Metro Area.
Dining at Da Mimmo and waiting long periods for my food was like living its episode on “Kitchen Nightmares,”but there were still fun, joyous musical vibes that night – and amazing pizza.
Welcome to New Retro Week , a celebration of the biggest artists, hits, and cultural moments that made 2013 a seminal year in pop. MTV News is looking back to see what lies ahead: These essays showcase how today's blueprint was laid a decade ago. Step into our time machine.
Who's Watching? introduces a rising screen star, who details their latest role, and how they got there, in their own words. In Avatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron's highly anticipated sequel to his critically acclaimed 2009 film Avatar, actress Bailey Bass plays Tsireya, a graceful freediver from the newly introduced aquatic Metkayina Clan.
Outside of their everyday career lives teaching and conducting academic research, professors sometimes find joy writing fiction as a creative outlet.
Once COVID-19 vaccines began rolling out early this year and restrictions lifted further, many could not wait to finally start traveling again. The summer of 2021 has brought exciting trips,
'The Batman' actress has writing credits on 'Lavender Haze' and 'Karma'
The show blasts off from Düsseldorf, Germany on November 13
Blackpink are in your area! The K-pop group lit up the 2022 VMAs with a pinklicious debut performance of their latest single "Pink Venom." Here's how the girls' first appearance at the award ceremony went down.
To some degree, the 2022 VMAs broadcast has been all about butts, ranging from the ass-shaking giantess who loomed over J Balvin's set to Anitta's incomparably sexy twerking. And Måneskin also took the opportunity to bring some cheeks into their performance of their California-inspired hit "Supermodel," their first at the show.
Dove Cameron's up-and-coming music career had been expanding since she garnered her first nomination in the Best Musical Moment category at the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards for her performance of "You Can't Stop the Beat" in Hairspray Live!
The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards are only a month away and Jack Harlow, Kendrick Lamar, and Lil Nas X all lead this year's show in nominations, which were announced on Tuesday (July 26). The three rappers have racked up a total of seven nods, with both Lil Nas X and Harlow being nominated together with their smash duet "Industry Baby" in five different categories.
Justin Bieber has been on a roll this year, hitting milestones as the youngest soloist to achieve eight No. 1 albums with his recent LP Justice and to hit 100 entries on the Billboard Hot 100. And the success story continues: As announced today (August 11), Bieber leads the nomination field for the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards!
The 2022 VMAs will be swinging by at the Garden State in just a few days, and excitement is in the air for one of the biggest questions of the night: Who will take home the Moon Person for Best New Artist?
After Doja Cat walked away with the honor of Push Best New Artist at the 2020 Video Music Awards, she catapulted to even greater success. Back in November, she went on to win Best New Artist at the People's Choice Awards, and then in June, she released her critically acclaimed second studio album .
"Ever since she was little, she dreamed of dominating the world of rap," went the voiceover for a 2010 VMAs commercial centered on Nicki Minaj. That year, she debuted at the awards show for the first time ever, performing her first single, "Your Love," and her duet with Will.i.am, "Check It Out," at the pre-show.
The 2022 VMAs are slated to kick off at 8 p.m. ET/PT on August 28, but everyone knows the party actually starts much earlier than that. For proof, look no further than the VMAs Pre-Show, set to begin at 6:30 p.m.
Rina Sawayama makes music not only for fun but as a form of self-care. "Music was able to heal me and aid that process of healing," she tells MTV News correspondent Dometi Pongo.
As a kid, Alexander Tang discovered their love of singing thanks to Madonna. They'd listen to the album and start joining in on the vocals. They dreamed that, one day, they could see themself shining as a burgeoning pop star on MTV.
The Weeknd, whose given name is Abel Tesfaye, knows the feeling of being stuck in limbo during a two-year pandemic, and of remaining in the dark for far too long. On his new fifth studio album , he steps boldly into the light. "It's the album I've always wanted to make," Tesfaye teased GQ in August.
The title of Billie Eilish's sophomore album Happier Than Ever is a misnomer: There are few cheerful tracks to be found. Instead, the 19-year-old singer reflects heavily on her own trauma as a young woman whose career suddenly exploded, bringing her - and all of her youthful growing pains - into the spotlight.
A year ago, after the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, Doja Cat told us what to expect from a new album. Each new song would have "its own 'personality,'" she said, and it wouldn't be "perfectly consistent." "We have some dancehall stuff on there, some Afrobeat stuff, some funk, house.
Stop horsing around and bow down - Queen Beyoncé has arrived with the majestic cover art for her upcoming album, Act I: Renaissance, on Thursday (June 30). The singer took to Instagram to share the artwork, which shows Beyoncé posing astride a glowing silvery horse against a stark black backdrop.
The 2022 Emmy Awards will air September 12 on NBC and Peacock, and during a livestream on Tuesday (July 12), comedian JB Smoove and Brooklyn Nine-Nine 's Melissa Fumero unveiled this year's nominees. As always, there were some expected nominations, but there were also quite a few surprises.
The 2021 Emmy Awards are on the horizon once again, and this year's ceremony - set to hit CBS and Paramount+ on September 19, 2021 - will be hosted in-person again. To unveil the latest crop of nominees, father-daughter Emmy winners Ron Cephas Jones, from This Is Us, and #FreeRayshawn star Jasmine Cephas Jones hosted a livestream this morning (July 13).
The explosive third season of Netflix's The Umbrella Academy kicked off on June 22 the old-fashioned way: an all-out dance battle between the titular class and their rivals from the Sparrow Academy, all of whom busted moves to Kenny Loggins's classic hit "Footloose."
Emo has risen. My Chemical Romance welcomed fans back to the Black Parade on Monday (May 16) with the kick-off performance of their long-awaited reunion tour at the Eden Project in Cornwall, England. The legendary band debuted a live performance of their newest single, " The Foundations of Decay," the first of their music since their 2013 breakup.
The Sanderson sisters are back for revenge! A spooky teaser trailer for Hocus Pocus 2 was summoned on Tuesday (June 28) almost three decades since the first film's release in 1993. The film is set 29 years after the famed witches' supposed deaths.
A trailer for Disney's upcoming animated musical film Encanto has dropped today (July 8), and we have a first look at the new music Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda has composed for the movie. Set in the mountains of Colombia, Encanto tells the colorful story of a magical family called the Madrigals.