http://newsroom.mtv.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:03:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In 1999, MTV News' Alex Coletti sat down with Michael Jackson in New York to talk about the creative inspirations behind his songwriting and music video concepts. One of the more fascinating facts uprooted by the interview was the fact that one of the driving forces behind Jackson's video concepts ... http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/07/02/michael-jacksons-secret-inspiration-the-three-stooges/ By Daniela Capistrano It's no secret that that "Twilight" star Kristen Stewart will be playing rock legend Joan Jett in the upcoming biopic, "The Runaways." With the rest of the band's lineup finally cast, the real Joan Jett has been on the set in a producing role, making sure that the film ... http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/07/02/girl-in-a-coma/ Musicians have had a long love affair with tattoos. Rihanna has proved to be a big tattoo fan herself, so when the pop star wants to get inked there's no place she'd rather head to than East Side Ink located in Alphabet City in Manhattan. Rihanna has a long history ... http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/07/02/rihanna-tattoo/ Foo Fighters have been on hiatus since their last tour wrapped, but they'll play one show this weekend out of civic duty. Rolling Stone reports that the band will play a short set this Saturday, July 4, on the South Lawn of the White House. Foos frontman Dave Grohl, who ... http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/07/02/foo-fighters-white-house/ Welcome to the weekly Newsroom Poll, where we will give you a sneak peek into the lives and minds of some of the correspondents, writers, editors and producers here at MTVNews.com. Every week, they'll answer a poll question that will reveal some of what we talk about behind the scenes ... http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/07/02/which-celebrity-death-hit-you-the-hardest-the-newsroom-poll/ Okay, so Lady Gaga professed having a crush on the Jonas Brothers, saying she thought of them as a new version the Beatles and how much she'd like to personally show them her adulation for what they do in a very intimate kind of way. We're sure Kevin's new fiancé ... http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/07/02/ted-nugent-jonas-brothers/ On Thursday morning's episode of "Today," Matt Lauer got a tour of Neverland Ranch, Michael Jackson's famous former home. Lauer, using anecdotes supplied by friends of the late icon, explained that from the moment people arrived on the property, music would be playing throughout the grounds welcoming them to his ... http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/07/02/matt-lauer-neverland/ Drake's new Kanye West-directed video "Best I Ever Had" premiered this morning. It casts Young Money Entertainment's latest signee as the coach of some sort of team made up entirely of buxom young women. The much-buzzed-about rapper has come along way from his breakthrough role as Jimmy Brooks on Degrassi: ... http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/07/02/drakes-best-i-ever-had-video/ Today is historically a big day for speaking truth to power and stepping up to the man: July 2 was the day the Second Continental Congress resolved to sever ties with the British Empire (though obviously the Declaration of Independence wouldn't be signed until two days later, marking the Independence ... http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/07/02/wake-up-video-public-enemys-fight-the-power/ Eminem called into his own Sirius/XM satellite radio station Shade45 to drop a little bit of news. First and foremost: Slim Shady will be performing his only show of the year at the Voodoo Festival, the annual three-day concert event in New Orleans. He'll be sharing the bill with Kiss, ... http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/07/01/eminem-announces-only-show-of-2009-says-brno-smelled-delicious/