8:00AM Kyle Buchanan | When we heard the news that MTV mainstay
TRL was headed for that
great cancellation box in the sky, we decided to get some inside scoop from one of the people who knew it best: former MTV VJ
Dave Holmes. The music buff first appeared on the channel as the runner-up to Jesse Camp on MTV’s 1998
Wanna Be a VJ contest, but he outlasted the offbeat Camp and hosted multiple shows on MTV, eventually ascending to his own major place in the
TRL firmament. So what does Holmes make of the cancellation — and the current state of MTV in general? Lauren Conrad, you’ve been warned:
11:45AM Clem Bastow | For most happening young things on the up-and-up through the entertainment stratosphere, being shipped overseas only to find your golden televisual chariot canned after less than a year would be cause for an ice-cream and Lithium sundae shoveled into your mouth with your hands while you howl “REJECTION, I CAN’T STAND REJECTION!!” as your mascara streaks down your face. Not so Australian expat Lyndsey Rodrigues, who 10 months ago was snapped up (from MTV Australia) to go to NYC and present MTV’s TRL (too many acronyms? DWI), which has just been cancelled; the ex-Sydney VJ is sounding remarkably chipper.
“After 10 years of success, TRL has finally been laid to rest, which is actually a blessing in disguise for me,” Rodrigues confessed.
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