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Holiday

Lady Gaga teaming with The Muppets for ABC holiday special

On Thanksgiving night, Nov. 28, ABC will debut Lady Gaga & The Muppets’ Holiday Spectacular, a 90-minute special that the network says will offer an “avant-garde twist” on the concept of the classic holiday variety show. So it might be best if you left your memories of the old John Denver/Muppets specials behind right now. A press release says that in the Lady Gaga & The Muppets’ Holiday Spectacular, Lady Gaga will go backstage with The Muppets, and they combine forces to sing holiday favorites and Lady Gaga hits. “I was so excited when ABC called me about doing a […]

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Competition

Telemundo announces La Voz Kids Season 2 auditions

Telemundo will begin auditions for La Voz Kids Season 2 at the end of October, the network announced today. La Voz Kids is a singing competition series spun off from NBC’s The Voice, and features children competing for its singing title. Season 1 of La Voz Kids, which was won by Paola Guanche (pictured, in pink), was a hit for Telemundo, reaching 14.6 million viewers over the course of its 13-week run. RELATED: LA VOZ KIDS SEASON 2 PREMIERE DATE Auditions for La Voz Kids Season 2 will be open to children between the ages of 7-15. Contestants are not permitted to register themselves; only the parent or […]

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Awards Shows

BET Hip Hop Awards 2013 – date and time

What: BET Hip Hop Awards 2013 When and Where: Oct. 15 at 8pm ET/PT on BET. About: Uncle Snoop (Snoop Dogg) hosts the annual event, which honors the biggest names in hip hop music, along with recognizing new and rising talent, and which BET says has been the No. 1 hip hop-themed telecast for five consecutive years. Included will be performances from Snoop, Kendrick Lamar, 2 Chainz, French Montana, Future, Meek Mill, Diddy, Rick Ross, Rocko, ScHoolBoy Q and more. At the ceremony, which was recorded in Atlanta Sept. 28, there was a surprise reunion from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony that brought […]

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Awards Shows

2013 Billboard Mexican Music Awards – date, time, channel

What: 2013 Billboard Mexican Music Awards When and Where: Oct. 9 live at 7pm ET on Telemundo. About: The Billboard Mexican Music Awards is the only awards show on a major network that honors the albums, songs and most popular singers of Regional Mexican music. The 2013 Billboard Mexican Music Awards is the third annual ceremony, and celebrates all types of Mexican music, including Banda, Norteño, Ranchero, Mariachi, Duranguense, Grupero and Cumbia. Finalists and winners of the Billboard Mexican Music Awards are determined by chart performance as chronicled in Billboard Magazine and on billboard.com during the eligibility period of Aug. 18, […]

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Music

Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, KISS Monster World Tour on AXS TV

Yep, you read that right – KISS Monster World Tour on AXS TV this Halloween! You can thank AXS TV for providing the music entertainment at your Halloween party this year, as this is going to be one major metal marathon. AXS TV is celebrating Halloween with a monster music marathon featuring concerts from some of the best in the heavy metal world. Beginning on Thursday, Oct. 31 at 3:30pm ET, AXS TV will present 12 hours of continuous concert programming. On the lineup are concerts from KISS, Alice Cooper, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Papa Roach. The biggest […]

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Music

MTV debuts Miley Cyrus documentary “Miley: The Movement”

In the wake of her headline-grabbing, tongue-wagging, twerking performance at the 2013 VMAs at the end of August, Miley Cyrus has been on fire, including nabbing her first-ever No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the song “Wrecking Ball.” MTV is calling Miley’s recent run a “movement,” and will be chronicling it in a one-hour documentary called Miley: The Movement, premiering Oct. 2 at 10pm ET/PT. RELATED: MILEY CYRUS BREAKS SILENCE ABOUT VMAs PERFORMANCE MTV says that over the last four months it has had unique access to Miley Cyrus, and has been able to document her journey from tween […]

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Music

“La Voz Kids” winner Paola Guanche to sing national anthem before Sunday Night Football

As part of the NFL’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Paola Guanche — winner of the first season of Telemundo’s hit singing competition series La Voz Kids — will perform the national anthem before the game between the Chicago Bears and Pittsburgh Steelers on Sept. 22. The 12-year-old Guanche will be flanked by a U.S. Army color guard of Hispanic soldiers as she sings before an audience of nearly 24 million viewers for NBC’s nationally televised Sunday Night Football game. From Miami, Paola Guanche comes from a family of well-known Cuban singers and performers. She began acting and singing in […]

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Music

Miley Cyrus breaks silence about VMAs performance

MTV News posted an exclusive clip today, provided by a crew filming a previously announced documentary, in which Miley Cyrus addresses for the first time the reaction to her much-buzzed-about performance on last week’s VMAs. Miley Cyrus’ performance of “We Can’t Stop” had a lot of people talking throughout most of the week, discussing everything from “twerking” to the notion of white performers co-opting black culture to the usual cries of pop music being the end of civilization to just plain astonishment and everything in between. “I don’t pay attention to the negative,” Cyrus says in what appears to be […]

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Competition

Jennifer Lopez returns to “American Idol”

FOX officially announced today that Jennifer Lopez would be returning to American Idol as a judge when the competition series returns for its 13th installment in January. Also announced was the fact that Lopez would be joined at the judges’ table by Harry Connick Jr. The duo will judge along with the returning Keith Urban, who judged last season with Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj. Series veteran Randy Jackson, who had talked about leaving the show, will return, serving as an in-house mentor. Of course, Ryan Seacrest will again host the festivities. Jennifer Lopez had previously served as a judge […]

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Awards Shows

MTV VMA 2013 preview

MTV VMA 2013 preview: The MTV Video Music Awards celebrates its 30th anniversary with a move to Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., and a redesigned Moonman award statuette. The MTV Video Music Awards celebrates its 30th anniversary with a move to Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., and a redesigned Moonman award statuette by Brooklyn-based artist KAWS. MTV will air the awards live at 9pm ET/PT on Sunday, Aug. 25. Justin Timberlake performs and is presented the “Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.” Past recipients include Michael Jackson, Madonna, Peter Gabriel, R.E.M., Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Britney Spears. Timberlake’s […]