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Mourners wear blue after 15-year-old's suicide

2012-04-13 19:41:00

The mourners wore blue nail polish, blue-striped ties, blue jewelry and crisp blue dress shirts. Blue hoodies and blue hair bands. Blue was Grace McComas' favorite color, so that's what mourners at her visitation wore Friday in memory of the 15-year-...

Dan Savage's MTV sex advice show pushes conservatives' crazy button

2012-04-09 22:07:00

In reviewing "Savage U,"� MTV's� sex advice show featuring Dan Savage, I predicted that it was going to be a culture-wars lightning rod at some point. The show debuted with an episode set at the University of Maryland April 3. Well, it didn't take long....

Al Great's wonderfully simplistic 'Pray I Make It' video

2012-02-22 08:12:00

Note: The music video above contains explicit language. Although it dropped in September, this loose track from Baltimore rapper Al Great recently got the video treatment, and it excels without much flash. "Pray I Make It" finds Al rapping in a stairwell...

Review: Psychedelic Furs at Rams Head on Stage March 19

2012-03-20 10:31:00

Reporter Matthew Hay Brown took a break from covering military affairs and national security to review the Psychedelic Furs' show at Rams Head on Stage Monday night. Is there anyone having more fun at a Psychedelic Furs show than frontman Richard...

Worldstarhiphop.com makes a name for itself with violent viral videos

2012-03-23 16:25:03

The video is arresting. A figure wearing a ski mask appears just outside the front door of a school on a sunny day. In an instant, he and a student are charging each other, fists raised. They meet, a punch is thrown, and the person in the ski mask falls...

Feb. 27-March 4 in nightlife: Young Jeezy, Brad Paisley, mewithoutyou and more

2012-02-27 09:23:00

No use in sugar-coating this: the week starts slow but finishes strong. But as always, there's plenty of options spanning tons of genres — metal, rap, country, house and more — so let's get down to it: On Monday, Cincinatti rockers...

Motivation still on Young Jeezy's mind

2012-02-27 10:06:00

Last week, MTV'ship-hop brain trust revealed its annual "Hottest MCs in the Game" list — apparently one of the few measuring sticks most rap artists take seriously — and Young Jeezy was conspicuously missing. Excluding the Atlanta rap veteran...

'Jersey Shore' recap: Episode 10: The Situation confesses

2012-03-08 20:45:00

We've been waiting for "The Situation" situation, the ultimate showdown between Snooki and Mike, since Italy. The culmination of all the underlying tension that wafted through the vintage shore house occurred this evening, and all I have to say is this:...

Feb. 20-26 in nightlife: Rick Ross, Blake Shelton, Guns N' Roses and more

2012-02-20 08:00:00

Judging by this week's nightlife offerings, Thursday has the most talent. If you missed out on Guns N' Roses tickets (sorry Axl enthusiasts, if you lost out on tickets), there's Rick Ross, Islands and White Life to choose from. But there are plenty of...

Huguely trial highlights alcohol abuse at colleges, universities

2012-02-18 16:31:00

There's little question that George Huguely V, the former University of Virginia student on trial for murder, had a problem with alcohol. He had been arrested twice for drinking-related infractions, one of them violent, in his early 20s. And he admits to...

UM students help launch Dan Savage's new TV show

2012-03-30 15:06:03

At the start of his new MTV series, "Savage U," Dan Savage introduces himself to a group of University of Maryland students as a "big jerk" and a sex advice columnist. While there's not much "big jerk" behavior, there is lots of sound advice from the...

With White Life, a brother-sister duo goes pop

2011-12-20 11:29:00

Jon Ehrens is five years younger than his sister Emily. It might not seem too important now that they're both adults, but when you're a kid, that's a big gap. Which is why, even though they came from a musical family, the two never really had much...

Premieres: Sunday, June 3 at 11 p.m. EST on MTV (moves to regular Mondays at 9 p.m. timeslot starting June 4) Why we're watching: Because the trailer could make a fan out of anyone.

2012-05-15 07:04:00

Mugshot count: 3.

2012-05-10 13:51:00

Though Barbara comes from a good place, she manages to lose her s#!t at least once per episode.

2012-05-10 13:51:00