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The halftime show's humble origins

Salon spoke to a music expert about the halftime show's evolution from marching bands to Kendrick Lamar

Salon

“When I came up with the guitar part, Krist looked at me and said, ‘That is so ridiculous’. I made the band play it for an hour and a half”: It defined the '90s, yet Nirvana’s biggest anthem started out as a self-confessed rip-off

It was written to be the ultimate pop song, and with over two billion streams, the legacy of Nirvana’s most popular cut endures

MusicRadar

Cyndi Lauper: ‘I didn’t think my lyrics were so nasty – but all of a sudden it got loony’

INTERVIEW: The rebellious, joyful sprite of ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ is about to embark on a farewell arena tour in the UK. She talks to Adam White about Trump, masturbation anthems, and burning her training bra in 1968

The Independent UK

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Who is Sean Duffy, the public face of the federal government's response to the DC plane crash?

Sean Duffy, the new transportation secretary, was facing his first major crisis just hours after being sworn in for the job

The Independent UK

The Challenge All Stars: Rivals — next episode info, trailer, cast and everything we know about the reality TV series

Returning challengers are back to compete for a cash prize in The Challenge All Stars: Rivals. The new season sees competitors paired with their biggest rivals.

WhatToWatch

Save the Music Foundation looks to expand its school education support by going independent

The VH1 Save the Music Foundation never had any problem getting attention in the late ’90s when it launched with a party featuring Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey

The Independent UK

"Back yourself and your ideas": a day in the life of Founder Creative's Tom Gent

The Co-Founder & Head of Creative discusses taking a tailored approach to projects and the key to producing great sports documentaries.

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7 top new TV shows to stream this week on Netflix, Hulu and more (Jan. 27-Feb. 2)

Our top TV picks this week include 'The Recruit' and 'Mythic Quest'

Tom’s Guide

Ashley Tisdale’s Daughter Watched ‘High School Musical’ and Thought Zac Efron Was Her Dad

It's worth noting that her dad does *not* look like Zac Efron.

Marie Claire

"Our motto is always play like you have a big d**k." In 1984, MTV introduced its viewers to Red Hot Chili Peppers, a hot new 'cutting edge' band whose try-hard 'wacky' antics suggested they might also be Hollywood's most insufferable brats

World, meet the Red Hot Chili Peppers, you'll be seeing quite a lot of them in the future, like it or not

Louder

"I never wanted it to be just about me": John Sykes on Blue Murder, the band he formed after leaving Whitesnake

A rare interview with the late John Sykes, who died this week at the age of 65 – and some personal memories from Myles Kennedy

Louder

Is This Little Guy Yamaha's One-Seater Cybertruck Killer?

Cold months like January are for dreaming, aren't they? From all your New Year's resolutions, to just simply wanting to spend a little more time lingering under your nice, warm covers, the unfortunate fact is that most of us can't actually hibernate.So instead, we're left with mental flights of fancy…

RideApart

“I wanted to do it as if it was brand new”: Eric Clapton on his classic MTV Unplugged performance - which now features previously unseen footage

The show that spawned the best-selling live album of all time!

MusicRadar

"After a lifetime listening to hard rock and heavy metal I discovered Talking Heads and realised how good music could really be": Talking Heads open up new worlds on Remain In Light

In which Talking Heads seamlessly merged funk, afrobeat and early hip-hop rhythms with their more abrasive art-rock ideas

Louder

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“Our manager started making up rumours that I was back on heroin and the band were breaking up”: How Aerosmith defied grunge and a giant meteor to become bigger than ever in the 1990s

Aerosmith were huge in the 70s and 80s - but the 1990s was their most successful decade ever

Creative Bloq

10 brands that really need to rebrand in 2025

These iconic brands could all do with a refresh in the year to come.

Tom’s Guide

How to watch 'RuPaul’s Drag Race' season 17 finale online andfrom anywhere

One new queen will be crowned America's Next Drag Superstar and win a hefty cash prize. Here's how to watch "RuPaul’s Drag Race" Season 17 online and from anywhere.

WhatToWatch

How to watch RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 online and on TV now

A brand new cast of queens are ready to battle it out. Here's how you can watch RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 online and on TV from anywhere.

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How to watch RuPaul’s Drag Race season 17 online – stream the premiere episode tonight and from anywhere

RuPaul is back with a splashy seventeenth season. Sit your badonkadonk down as we explain here how to watch RuPaul’s Drag Race season 17 online and from anywhere in the world.

RideApart

Travis Pastrana Challenges the Entire Block Family to a UTV Race, Hijinks Ensue

There are two great houses of off-road, at least for my generation of those who consumed MTV before it went to just airing Ridiculousness. Those houses are the Pastranas and the Blocks. For me, watching those two growing up, and later interviewing and hanging out with both Travis and Ken, are…

MusicRadar

“That's when the phone lines all over the world collapsed… The moment came when people fully understood what this was for”: The creation of The Cars’ song Drive and how it soundtracked a humanitarian catastrophe

Best of 2024: “The lyrics don't have to mean anything in an intellectual sense. They're endlessly interpretive. They just have to make an emotional sense”

Metal Hammer

“They politely said, ‘We will never air this. You are banned from MTV.’” Scott Ian reveals which song got Anthrax banned in the 80s

Didn’t see much of Anthrax on MTV during the mid-1980s? Their founding guitarist explains why

Metal Hammer

"We have lost friends, to ODs, suicide. And we see each other out there still holding it down." How Papa Roach survived the rise and fall of nu metal to be bigger than ever in 2024

From touring with Korn and meeting pop stars to barely selling 200 tickets and almost getting dropped from their label, Papa Roach endured to prove themselves the ultimate rock survivors

Reason

Review: Why Did MTV Stop Playing Music?

Former VJ Dave Holmes explores the channel's history on his podcast, Who Killed the Video Star.

Marie Claire

The 32 Most Out-There Shoes to Ever Grace the Red Carpet

Including—of course—Lady Gaga's meat shoes.

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