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Next time MTV is looking for a VJ, it can call the State Department. Secretary COLIN POWELL is telegenic, unflappable and good at perturbing authority figures. For a show that will air in 164 countries, Powell fielded questions from MTV viewers worldwide. He addressed Afghanistan and the drug war, but his most controversial statement came in response to a question on condom use. Powell said he encourages it for sexually active young people to prevent the spread of AIDS. The religious right immediately complained that the stance contradicts the President's line on abstinence as the best remedy. This means...
...starters, much of Britain’s “new-sound” is so stubbornly non-commercial that its growing popularity in America is due more to word of mouth and adventurous late-night use of KaZaA than any kind of hostile takeover. Even following the recent MTV-manufactured “return to rock,” the American airwaves remain inaccessible to British bands and cluttered with the bratty, pseudo-garage sounds of Sum 41, or the glam pop-rock of Nickelback and Creed...
Cuomo played with different bands until settling with Weezer. The band’s first release, the self-titled Weezer (Blue Album, was met with resounding success after its 1994 debut. Described by MTV as “refreshingly poppy,” Weezer’s upbeat sound, well-constructed harmonies and self-deprecating demeanor endeared to critics and fans alike who were left directionless after the death of grunge...
...dynamic dancer,” peddles his video on late-night infomercials, promising to teach all the hottest dance moves step by step. The dynamic Henson is a faculty member in the department of hip-hop at Broadway Dance Center in New York and the winner of several MTV Video Music Awards for choreography. But even with all this experience with professional dancers, Henson’s video features “normal people” movin’ and groovin’ to the tunes of Britney Spears’ “Crazy...
...favorite TV show. And as much as it may have meant to Mr. Reagan, “Family Ties” is probably closer to the hearts of the millions of us who grew up alongside the Keaton children. The Keatons entered our homes 20 years ago as the MTV generation entered the world. Yet the Keatons were by no means a stereotypical yuppie family, let alone a typical sitcom family. The Keaton parents were hippies to the bone—Elyse a folk-singing flower girl and Steven a draft-dodging pacifist. To their dismay, they birthed four yuppies...