The uptempo smash hit became one of the defining songs of the decade and helped cement its artist as an ’80s rock icon.

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When asked about her favorite film, she stated, "It would definitely have to be Mahanati. It was a very unique role, and I had to fully immerse myself in the character. At one point, I was so deeply ...

Post-punk had become a bit of a dreary, black and white place before Adam Ant, cast aside by his famous manager, took matters ...

In 1980 at the National Cable Television Association annual convention in Las Vegas, Mother Angelica walked arm-in-arm down ...

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The unofficial website MTV Rewind has recreated the channel’s classic era, pulling in thousands of clips. Its developer says it’s an antidote to the algorithms. By David Browne Like many who’d grown ...

It’s been an eventful week for MTV-related news, which, when you consider the channel’s declining relevance over the years, is news in itself. First came the widespread rumors that MTV had shuttered ...

At the very end of 2025, a quiet but seismic shift marked the true end of an era: MTV officially shut down its remaining 24-hour music video channels worldwide. For many fans, that closure felt ...

For those of us of a certain age, it still feels both sad and inexplicable that MTV—a channel that literally used to be called “Music Television”—stopped, y’know, playing music, on television. Sadly, ...