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Defamer Commenter Braintrust Weighs In On 5 Solutions to Fix MTV

8:00AM Defamer Hollywood | When we spent yesterday introducing you to the “7 MTV-Defining Stars Who Wouldn’t Be Allowed on MTV Anymore,” little did we know it would cause such a sensation. From far and wide, the Defamer commenters gathered together to trade stories about the network’s golden days, suggest improvements that could be made, and shout at kids to get off their damn lawn. Since MTV has made the encouraging step of hiring Russell Brand to host this year’s VMAs, we know they’re open to self-improvement, so we thought it only fair to spotlight the best suggestions and constructive criticism the Defamer braintrust had to offer:

7 MTV-Defining Stars Who Wouldn’t Be Allowed on MTV Anymore

3:15AM Defamer Hollywood | After word emerged yesterday that MTV was planning an extreme dieting beauty pageant, we knew it was time to ask ourselves, “Do we still want our MTV?” Many of us grew up in a time where the network was perceived as alternative, cutting-edge, and cool, though it’s hard to picture the stars who made it that way getting a foot through the door of the modern-day MTV casting office. Here, then, are seven iconic MTV personalities who would have no place on a network that now fills its programming with multiple iterations of the “spoiled rich girl” reality genre: More »

‘Real World Awards’ To Celebrate Nineteen Seasons Of Enabling Reality TV’s Most Unashamed Attention-Whores

8:45AM Mark | To help celebrate the premiere of the The Real World’s upcoming Hollywood-set season where the series can abandon the already-flimsy pretense its houseguests are there for any reason other than attracting the attention of personal-appearance agents who find mall-opening star-quality in their ability to fight with and/or fuck their castmates, MTV is throwing The Real World Awards Bash: Roast ‘Em and Toast ‘Em on March 29. It’s an awards show! And a roast! And a…toast! Polling is now open on MTV.com, where viewers can vote for their favorite melodramatic phonecall that messily ended a long-distance relationship, drunken altercation with law-enforcement officials annoyed by the presence of a camera crew, and hot-tub orgy that threatened the reproductive health of all involved. (We’re really pulling for the Vegas season’s Steven, Trishelle and Brynn three-way for that last category.) More »

‘The Real World ‘To Introduce Seven Strangers Into Hollywood’s Already Overcrowded Famewhore Population

8:30AM Defamer Hollywood | Having apparently exhausted every other viable urban setting in which to film a variety of easily recognisable, TV-friendly character types bickering over dirty dishes, fucking each other, and vomiting upon the sidewalks outside of nightclubs where they consume the alcohol that will fuel their next bickering/fucking cycle, MTV is returning The Real World to Los Angeles some 14 years after its first rampage through our fair city. Huzzah! More specifically, they’ll be housing their 20th season exhibitionists in Hollywood, where the production’s omnipresent camera crew should blend in seamlessly with the ones that record the every public appearance of the fame-damaged celebrities the cast members will so desperately try to emulate during their stay. But wait, there’s more! More »