At the premiere party for The Phone, MTV News caught up with High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale to find out how far she'd go for a chance to win some serious prize money. Turns out, girl's got a pretty open mind when $50,000 is at stake! And since the questions and answers amused us (See: the part where Tisdale says "maybe" to tongue-kissing a dog!), we figured we'd find out what you guys would -- and wouldn't -- do in exchange for 50 G's.
Just don't get any ideas, Justin!
Find out how Ashley answered, plus let us know what ELSE would have you saying buh-bye to the big bucks.
One of the most brilliant career moves in the history of entertainment was Justin Timberlake's Saturday Night Live cameo as an R&B singer starring in a music video called "Dick in a Box." Come to think of it, JT's made a lot of smart decisions throughout his 10+ years in showbiz. The latest is his turn as executive producer of MTV's new reality series, The Phone, in which four real people are thrust into dangerous situations each week for a chance to win 50 grand. Hey, it's no "Dick in a Box," but it's definitely bringing sexy back to game shows.
Hear JT describe the thrill of this high-stakes battle of physical and mental endurance, premiering Tuesday, April 21 at 10pm!
Justin Timberlake's new show, The Phone, (peep the trailer, below) doesn't kick off til April 21st, but the real call to action starts now.
Get your Telephone Twitter on by going to MTV Twitter, and looking for the key word "#thephone." Then, just re-tweet the last message (but change one word) and you're in the game! (Bonus: For extra cred, try counting the number of times people use the word "Sexyback.")
+ Reminder: Telephone Twitter starts today. Let the virtual games begin!
You probably know Bar Refaeli as the lucky byotch who's dating your future husband, Leonardo DiCaprio. But turns out, girl's also an international supermodel with impeccable fashion sense -- and the newest host of MTV's iconic music/fashion/trendsetting series, House of Style.
Find more reasons to love/hate/be psychotically jealous of Bar by catching the relaunch of House of Style tomorrow (Saturday, March 21) at 3pm.
BONUS: You'll also get a behind-the-scenes look at Justin Timberlake's William Rast show, some recession-friendly tips on stretching your wallet (think DIY, not H&M) and the scoop on scoring the latest designer looks for less. Best of all? It's free!
Picture this: You're crawling along the outer edge of the Space Needle's Observation Deck. (You know, that famous tower in Seattle that's 520 feet high?) You're wearing some old sneakers and a hoodie. It's a little windy. Some ominous, European dude on the other end of your cell phone is saying you've got 10 minutes to make your way around the deck and find the hidden clues. Twenty-thousand dollars is on the line ... and you're deathly afraid of heights.
That's MTV's new show, The Phone, in a nutshell. Check out the teeth-grinding trailer below and remember to tune in April 21 at 10pm for the premiere!
** Oh yeah, it's executive produced by some guy named Justin Timberlake.
Team Detox was quite upset to see The Ikki Twins bid adieu to MTV's Tuesday Night lineup last week, but as Giant Suri Cruise says, when Xenu shuts a door, he opens a window. And what a window! First, we soaked up T.I.'s Road to Redemption, which we've decided is like Punk'd meets those old awesome Sally Jessy Raphael episodes where bratty kids get sent to boot camp. And then we had From G's To Gents 2, which we've decided is like FromG's To Gents 1. (Think we'll be able to get a Hedsor Hall/G's to Gents cross-promotion episode where the two casts mingle with each other? Fingers crossed!)
With my voice continuing to abandon ship, we thought it might be wise to call in some reinforcement. So who better to show up than Murray Hill, the hardest working middle-aged man in showbiz! Murray was in great spirits, jazzed from Sunday's Grammy Awards. (Why wasn't he watching MTV's new Sunday night block? Boo!) More specifically, Murray was inspired by Justin Timberlake's bomb-of-a-joke regarding general stores. ("Now THAT was showbiz!" Murray joked.)
We were so happy to have Murray stop by and hope he comes back soon (especially since he brought me a kickass t-shirt, which I plan on wearing on this week's Real World Detox.)
Make sure to check out tonight's show. Every click will help cure my Rachael Ray voice.
+ Hugh Jackman (a.ka. the X-Man who's bringing sexyback) will be hosting this year's Academy Awards. Snicky, snicky, soine! (FYI, that was us imitating Wolverine's berserker attack with his Adamantium claws. As if you didn't know.) (TV Squad)
+ Demi Lovato's rep says her client's scary wrist injuries were actually the result of a "gummy bracelet" gone wrong. Well, obvs. (MTV News)
+ Um, has Paris Hilton been stealing style tips from Gumby? Just askin'... (Scandalist)
+ Saturday Night Live's Andy Samberg to release a new comedy album, Incredibad, with a little help from his famous friendzies like Justin Timberlake and Natalie Portman. Why? Well, for starters, cause "D--k in a Box" is still funny as hell. And, yeah, Mr. Pibbs + Red Vines are still crazy delicous. (MTV News)
+ Brad Pitt to George Clooney: Stop rockin' my 'stache, yo! (People)
+ Candace Cameron (you know her as D.J. Tanner from Full House) is now officially a skinny mini! And she says she dropped the weight without a super-expensive personal trainer/private chef/crazy fad diet! After all, we're in a recession. (Usmagazine.com)
Britney Spears doesn't like to think of her upcoming album as a "comeback." But how else would you describe the roller coaster year that saw Brit go from chrome-domed party girl to three-time VMA winner?
"[It was] a really bad time in my life," Spears says of her breakdown in her new MTV documentary, Britney: For The Record. "I'm not gonna sugarcoat it and say I was OK," she admits. "Maybe I had traumatic stress. I just remember I did not want to be at home. When I was in my car, I was driving and I was going somewhere."
Meanwhile, Brit also opens up about her painful breakups (from Justin Timberlake and Kevin Federline), the dark side of fame ("It's just like Groundhog Day every day") and what keeps her going through it all ("I see my babies and say ... you have to believe in God.")
+ If you missed Britney: For The Record last night, catch it again tonight at 9pm and watch the entire show on MTV.com starting Wednesday, December 3rd at 8pm ET.
• Brooke Shields refuses to concede that Lipstick Jungle is officially over. (Dlisted)
• Justin Timberlake proves that real men wear tights. And skintight black leotards. (Usmagazine.com)
• Former Bachelor winner Mary Delgado was busted for public intoxication and for (unsuccessfully) invoking her "constitutional right" to stay in the bar as long as she wanted. (TMZ)
• Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus to perform on the season finale of Dancing with the Stars.
• Sacha Baron Cohen's gay Austrian alter ego was ejected from the set of Medium after causing a disturbance that interfered with Patricia Arquette's "visions." (E! Online)
It's official: Total Request Live (a.ka. TRL, a.k.a. the show that introduced us to the likes of Britney Spears,*NSYNC and blink-182 and made Times Square synonymous with Screaming Tween Girls) is O-V-E-R.
And while normally we hate teary goodbyes (we're the strong, silent type), last night was one farewell extravaganza we weren't gonna miss.
Check out these pics from Total Finale Live and relive the amazingness of seeing TRL's original veejay (and our late 90's crush) Carson Daly and Damien Fahey (our early 2000's crush) co-host the best buh-bye in TV history, featuring performances by Beyonce and Fall Out Boy and appearances by Justin Timberlake, Ludacris and Diddy.
