MTV VMAs 2017: Best and Worst Dressed

Brown rocked Rodarte on the VMA carpet in a black tulle dress with ruffles and shimmering gold polka dots. She finished off the look with natural makeup, her hair pulled back, and heeled black patent boots. BEST: Fifth Harmony Camila who? Frazer Harrison/Getty Images She finished out the look with chic blunt bangs and her long blonde hair in braids. WORST: Ed Sheeran Ed Sheeran! Shape of Youbrokemultiplerecordsover the past year!...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · Malik Harrington

MTV VMAs 2017: Best and Worst Moments

and “HUMBLE.” But Lamar always visually impresses, and his performance, which culminated as he rapped HUMBLE. Michaels broke out this year as a solo artist with Issues, which peaked at No. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June. BEST: Miley rocks out with Younger Now Shepromised shed be good and she was. Cornell and Bennington were such musical forces and surely deserved a more fleshed-out homage than this....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 142 words · James Levine

MTV VMAs: Most Political Moments

In response to the discriminatory memo, six transgender service memberswalked the VMAs red carpetbefore the show. Earlier this year, MTVeliminated all of its award shows' gender-specific categories. but expressed some enthusiasm for the latest fashion trend aHandmaids Talecostume. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP At least well always haveTeenage Dream. We must resist, she said. Thats right, I said it! Kevin Winter/Getty Images The truth is piercing and the truth is what matters, Kesha said....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 152 words · Christine Ford

MTV's shiny VMAs was heavy on glitz, light on soul: EW review

MTVs tagline for the2018 Video Music Awardswas Everything might happen. Hey, they saidmight. The 35th VMAs had some fiery performances, but the show never quite sparked. Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage The excess trended mythic. Nicki Minaj performed in downtown Manhattans Oculus. The transpo hub already looks like some Kryptonians terraformed a Sam Goody inside a leviathan spinal column. Meanwhile, Ariana Grandes stunning number restaged an all-female Last Supper. God is a woman she sang, and the Leonardo da Vinci homage implied a Jesus-y deity....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 648 words · Billy Davis

MTV'sSiesta Keyonly makes sense if you've never heard of Florida

Kidding!Siesta Keyis erasing your grandparents from the narrative. New York was the fifth character onSex and the City.Siesta Key is the 147th character onSiesta Key. The pilot pivots around this party; its where the drama happens. Credit: MTV The importance of pool parties to the local social order is the most accurate thing about this episode. Is she Alexs girlfriend according to Alex? Hes a regular Mr. Darcy, that Alex....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 109 words · Alexa Keller

Muddirector Jeff Nichols and the coolness of Sam Shepard

The term man-crush would not be out of place. Its a reaction thats not limited to journalists and fans. At Sundance in 2013, I interviewed Nichols aboutMud. Credit: Everett Collection; Inset: C Flanigan/FilmMagic That conversation was the first thing I thought of this morning when I heard the sad news. Thats Sam Shepard Pulitzer Prize winning writer Sam Shepard! And he was awesome. Hed just seenTake Shelterand really loved it....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 262 words · Michael Berger

Muddy Magnolias share a playlist of soulful, throwback tunes

(Legend is featured on their debut albums closing track, Leave It to the Sky.) She learned to write songs and play guitar when he gave her a six-string for Christmas. They both chased musical dreams to Nashville and found each other by chance in 2013. Credit: Mary Caroline Russell He was like, I think you’re able to make it in this town! and setting me up with publishers. To tell him thank you, I gave him a photo of an old, run-down juke joint piano....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 498 words · Jason Lewis

Muhammad Ali: Life in Pictures

As a man who stood up for his beliefs no matter what. As a man who tried to unite all humankind through faith and love. And I wouldnt even mind if folks forgot how pretty I was. Neil Leifer/Sports Illustrated Ahead, a look at Ali’s life in photos. (Above: Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston during title fight on May 25, 1965.) Stanley Weston/Getty Images Stanley Weston/Getty Images Focus on Sport/Getty Images)...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 105 words · Ashley Kelly

Munmunexcerpt: Jesse Andrews tackles large and small inequalities in new novel

Its an alternately pointed, amusing, and emotional exploration of inequality. So it might seem like a big departure from my other two books. See the cover and read the excerpt below. Credit: Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe/Getty Images Excerpt from Munmun,by Jesse Andrews Being littlepoor is notsogood. I know I know, you think you know this already, howabout I just tell you though. I want to see if this makes you laugh....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Diana Rivera

Murder on the Orient ExpressCharacter Posters Lay Out the Mystery's Main Players

Ratchett is a very dangerous man. One might describe her as the Ugly American. Though he might be the world’s greatest detective, he’s not the greatest detectivehe’llbe." Twentieth Century Fox Shes pretty forward-thinking, says the actress. Penelope Cruz as Pilar Estravados She describes herself as a missionary, Branagh says. But shes got hands like a boxers and is no stranger to the rougher parts of the world. Twentieth Century Fox...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 248 words · Richard Ortega

Murphy Brownrevival puts outrage before comedy: EW review

Doesnt Hollywood haveanyoriginal ideas anymore? Thats the reaction most of us have upon reading about yet another TV revival in development. But lack of originality may not be the only culprit. Jojo Whilden/CBS And now,Murphy Brown. CBSs long-running comedy returns this week (Sept. 27, 9:30 p.m. ET) with a premiere focused almost entirely on the events of November 8, 2016. she bellows into the camera. If you suddenly feel very, very tired, you are not alone....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 130 words · Mr. Zachary Wallace Jr.

Music's Weirdest, Wildest Feuds of 2016

Visconti apologized soon after; maybe its all Water Under the Bridge now? Kanye vs. The World No one was immune to his ire. Mike Marsland/WireImage; Getty Images Beyonce, Hillary Clinton, Jay Z, Taylor Swift all were targets for the outspoken rapper. There might not be bad blood: He later thanked her for the help. Lo called Carey forgetful this year, the phrase was revived as 2016s shadiest, funniest put-down. Scott Dudelson/FilmMagic; Planet Observer/Universal Images Group via Getty Images...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 106 words · Kyle Kirk

My Best Friend's Weddingdirector explains flawed original ending

If you hit links we provide, we may receive compensation. The day after the first test screening ofMy Best Friends Wedding, a studio executive turned to director P.J. Hogan and asked: How are you going to save this movie? But in the original script, Julianne met a new guy (John Corbett) in the final scene. Test audiences hated it. They wanted her dead, says Hogan (who mostly recently wrote 2015s Aussie rompThe Dressmaker)....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 232 words · Karen Peters