Sean Combs Set To Launch Music-Based TV Network
Sean “Puff Daddy,” “P. Diddy” or simply just “Diddy” Combs is ready to expand his empire that already includes Bad Boy Entertainment, Making the Band and Sean Jean Clothing. Combs has set his eyes on a 24/7 music channel called “Revolt” that will actually air music related content and news all day, every day. read more
Found in: Music, NewsDeath Cab For Cutie Storytellers Premieres Tonight on VH1
It’s been eight years since Seattle’s Death Cab For Cutie filled another slot on the shelves of indie-rock’s library of classics with their addictively melodramatic 2003 release Transatlanticism. And although the effort was actually the group’s fourth LP, it marked the band’s inauguration into the world of commercial success—taking advantage of Ben Gibbard’s emotional vocals and deeply personal songwriting that, for years, has managed to make the lonely and indecisive seem cool.... read more
Found in: NewsVH1's Pop-Up Video Returns
Ah, the ’90s. The decade of grunge rock, boy bands, pop stars baring their midriffs…oh, and that little thing called Pop-Up Video.... read more
Found in: NewsVH1 Storytellers Returns With Cee-Lo, Death Cab, My Morning Jacket
Kings of Leon, Ray LaMontagne and Maxwell will also be featured in the show's 15th season... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWhy Do We Need 44 New Reality-TV Shows from VH1 This Season?
A few weeks ago, Paste HQ received a box set of the complete Daria series. The cartoon, which aired on MTV in the ‘90s, nailed teen ennui with just the right balance of eye-rolling and heart. Randomly selecting an episode, I wound up watching the bespectacled heroine try, ever so uncomfortably, to determine whether she was ready to lose her virginity. It was affecting, entertaining, and peppered with the absurd sidestories and clever social commentary (Sick Sad World, anyone?) that made Daria so fun to watch. It got me thinking, where can today’s teenagers find their generation’s Daria? The answer,... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsDownload Jessica Simpson and Billy Corgan's "Who We Are"
Download "Who We Are," which was co-written by Jessica Simpson, Billy Corgan, Evan Bogart and Shari Short, here."Who We Are" is the theme song for Simpson's New VH1 Series, Jessica Simpson's The Price of Beauty.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Free MP3Paul F. Tompkins Says Goodbye to Best Week Ever, Gets Ready for Christmas Show
Paul F. Tompkins has officially finished his stints as participant and, briefly, host of Best Week Ever. Although VH1 has been promising to bring the show back in 2010, Tompkins recently told Paste, “I was asked by my manager, through the executive producer of Best Week Ever, that if the show were to come back in the old format, would I be interested in participating? And I let it be known that that is not something that interests me.”... read more
Found in: TV, NewsCatching Up With... Paul F. Tompkins
The comedian and former host of VH1's Best Week Ever talks to Paste about his new album, Habitat for Humanity and how he'll go just about anywhere for 300 people... read more
Found in: TV, FeaturesPenn & Teller to Host "35 Years of Magic & BS" Benefit Show in NYC
Penn Jillette (he of libertarian fame) and Raymond Teller (he of silence fame) have had a comfortable career walking the line between manic meta-raconteurs and stage comics. Their early days on the late-night talk show circuit blossomed into a full-time gig in Vegas, and birthed their thought-provoking (and provocative) Showtime series, Bullshit! Always ones to lend their fame to a good cause, the duo recently announced they'll be hosting a benefit show for Bill Graham in New York City on Nov. 12: "35 Years of Magic & BS."... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsWe Need More Cowbell! VH1's Behind the Music Returns, But Who Deserves an Episode?
Were it not for VH1's Behind the Music, a whole generation would never be able to answer the many haunting questions of modern music: Did Milli Vanilli really lip-sync their groundbreaking "Girl You Know It's True?" Why were the guys in Hootie and the Blowfish smiling all the time? And what the hell was with that bumblebee girl in Blind Melon's "No Rain" video?It was with heavy hearts that fans of BtM watched a chapter of their lives end when the show was pulled to semi-retirement in 2002.... read more
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