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EXCLUSIVE: Former MTV VJ Dave Holmes On The Demise Of ‘TRL’, MTV’s Current Programming Slate

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:

RIP ‘TRL’

3:50AM Seth | One of the final shows on the MTV roster to still fulfil their “M” classification, Total Request Live is at long last drawing to a close. Once the state-of-the-art in boy-band-disseminating technology, it allowed viewers to e-mail, text, and phone in their votes, while offering them the thrill of seeing their feedback—”OMG Tom DeLonge izz zooooo hot. Blink-182 roxx so hard!!! LUV U GUYZZZZ :D BlinkGrl182″—crawl along the bottom of the screen in real time. More »

Zoila Well-Versed In The TV Breeding Habits Of Bisexual MySpace Whores

8:05AM Seth | · Today on Feeling Zoila, Jeff Lewis’s frittata-serving lifemate reveals what she’s learned from her OCD-afflicted boss. We think we can now safely say we know where she got that bad habit of standing on the front lawn in denim short-shorts and shaking her dumps for passing motorists. [Flipping Out] · “I know I’ve complained about your split-ends before, but hair, thank you for being the only thing on this planet preventing me from totally losing it right now!!!” [Mollygood] · Shia’s pinkie is still attached and doing well, said co-star Isabel Lucas, which was more than she could say for Adrian Grenier. [Just Jared, People] · Beefcake week continues here at Defamer with some 19-year-old, shirtless Seacrest. [TMZ] · For the love of God, do not click here. (You have been warned. Don’t go complaining that you shouldn’t have done it.) [Celebslam] · Inky, Pinky, Sprinkly, and Yum. [shinyshiny.tv] More »

Male Fans Issue Resounding ‘Not Cool’ Re: Jessica Alba’s Pregnancy

11:15AM Mark | Don’t look so put out by that dude who’s not cool with your knocking-up, Jessica Alba. He’s the one who’s helping to pay for little Cash, Jrs. baby clothes. As long as she’s got a bottle of wine and two other jilted lovers, Maggie Gyllenhaal doesn’t need AMPTP and his lies. · Christian Brando, Christopher Coppola, whatever. Close enough. You know times are tough when the CAA Death Star bothers to lean over to devour the stringy, unsatisfying flesh of the fully grown in a desperate attempt to sustain itself. Well, sure. If no one tells the Japanese tourists that the little person the guy from Herman’s Head has just reduced to tears is supposed to be standing in for a child, of course they’re going to be a little disturbed by such an upsetting tableau. Seriously, though: if you watch only one video of a muscle-suited, 1994-era Ryan Seacrest having tennis balls fired at him by 12-year-olds, make it the one we posted this morning. Continue to ignore it at your own peril. More »