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MTV Announces Return to All-Music Video Format. But There's a Catch.
MTV will go back to its roots—for a limited time only. The first-ever all-music TV network has announced a return to its 24/7 music video format ahead of the 2025 Video Music Awards. But there are a few catches. Returning MTV executive Van Toffler has dreamed up a week of all-music programming for three MTV channels during the week leading up to the VMAs on Sept. 7, Variety reported. The all-music video lineup will include videos selected by past MTV personalities and winning VMA artists. A press release posted by Remind magazine teased, 'In the run up to the 2025 Video Music Awards on CBS on September 7, MTV will air an unprecedented week of 24/7 music videos across MTV2, MTV Live and MTV Classic, both classic and current, in a revival of the brand's early DNA reimagined for today's audiences. Past VMA winners and legendary MTV personalities will return to curate and spotlight their seven favorite music videos of all time, offering fans an intimate glimpse into the music videos that shaped them.' MTV, Music Television, launched on Aug. 1, 1981, at 12:01 a.m. with imagery of a rocket launch and an astronaut planting an MTV flag on the moon. 'Ladies and gentlemen, rock 'n roll,' an announcer said. The first video to air on MTV was The Buggles' "Video Killed The Radio Star.' Viewers were introduced to VJs Alan Hunter, Nina Blackwood, J.J. Jackson, Mark Goodman and Martha Quinn. Other videos played during that fateful first 24 hours included Pat Benatar's 'You Better Run,' 'Hold on Loosely' by 38 Special, 'You Better You Bet' by The Who, and 'Brass in Pocket' by The Pretenders. Music videos were the only thing on the menu at MTV for several years, but the network eventually gave way to reality shows, game shows, and animated series. Original VJ Alan Hunter told the New York Post that a taping for spring break segments in Daytona Beach in 1986 spawned a change. 'I was the VJ that loved being out of the studio the most, so I was the one they sent to spring break to be a part of the thousands of screaming young guys cracking beers over my head,' the MTV host said. 'And that was kind of the beginning of different kinds of shows that you would see. That was when MTV decided that they couldn't just be a video jukebox forever. MTV began to train their cameras on the lifestyle of the young folks that were watching MTV.'MTV Announces Return to All-Music Video Format. But There's a Catch. first appeared on Men's Journal on Jun 25, 2025
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02-05-2025
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21 "Wait...That Was Them?!" Times Celebs Became Famous For Two Wildly Different Reasons
Recently on Reddit, user @TheLastSentenceIsGay asked, "Which person got attention for two completely unrelated things, making you think 'Wait, that was that guy!?'" The examples will simply blow your mind, so here are just 21 that stood out: Responses below have been edited for length, clarity, and accuracy. 1. "Paul Winchell, the voice of Tigger in Winnie-the-Pooh, was an early inventor of the artificial heart." 2. "Got recommended a video of the longest televised golf putt in history. Certainly, it couldn't have been THAT Michael Phelps. Phelps isn't a pro golfer. He was playing for fun in a celebrity amateur round. He didn't want to use a wedge, so he got out a putter and putted the ball from the fairway way off the green. Pros would never putt the ball from that far. The ball ends up going in the hole." 3. "I was looking at some poker tournament stats the other day and saw several tourneys with Vince Vaughn. Ah, it's probably not the same guy... No, actually, it is. Peter La Fleur [Vince's character in DodgeBall ] is one hell of a poker player." 4. "Yesterday, I found out Oscar-winning film composer Hans Zimmer is the keyboard/synth player for The Buggles in the famous music video for 'Video Killed the Radio Star.' Just such a wild piece of information I'd never heard 'til now." 5. " Steve Martin is also a Grammy Award-winning banjo player. Not in a 'celebrity buys a Grammy award' way. He's actually insanely good." — Lookslikeseen "Martin is good enough that he occasionally played with Earl Scruggs, one of the all-time great banjo players. Scruggs basically reinvented the instrument for country music and invented bluegrass with Bill Monroe and Lester Flatt." — imaginaryvoyage 6. "I heard of Tom Ford, the fashion designer, when I was getting into fragrances. Then I heard of Tom Ford, director of Nocturnal Animals. Then I found out they are one and the same." 7. "Ted Williams, the Hall of Fame baseball player from the 1940s, was one of the best fishermen in the world. He's in the Fishing Hall of Fame, which is a thing that exists." — allineedisthischair "He's also a decorated WW2 Marine Corps pilot. He paused his baseball career to go back to active duty in Korea as a combat pilot." — beebalm1 8. "Thurl Ravenscroft: the guy that sang, 'You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,' also did the voice of Tony the Tiger." 9. " Jim Rash: The dean from Community won an Oscar as the co-screenwriter for The Descendants. Both film stuff, but surprising seeing Craig Pelton getting an Academy Award." 10. "Ken Jeong: a licensed physician as well as the dude that jumped out of the trunk of a car naked and started immediately beating Zach Galifianakis with a golf club in The Hangover." 11. "Ringo Starr: I remember discovering as a child that the narrator from Britain's Thomas the Tank Engine used to be the drummer in a band called The Beatles." 12. "Was surprised to find that Mike White, whom I knew as the mousy Mr. Schneebly in School of Rock, is the creator and director of White Lotus." 13. " My Name Is Earl star Jason Lee was a professional skateboarder before he got into acting." 14. "Somehow, Arnold Schwarzenegger was the world's best bodybuilder, the Terminator, and the governor of California." 15. "Gerard Way: lead singer of My Chemical Romance and creator of The Umbrella Academy comic book series that inspired the Netflix show." 16. "Eartha Kitt, who sang 'Santa Baby,' voiced Yzma, the villain from the Disney film The Emperor's New Groove. 17. "Nick Bakay: The voice of Salem the cat from Sabrina the Teenage Witch was also the co-writer of Paul Blart: Mall Cop." 18. "Taylor Momsen: Cindy Lou Who from the live-action How the Grinch Stole Christmas movie with Jim Carrey is now the lead singer in the popular rock band The Pretty Reckless." 19. "Joe Keery: He's a Stranger Things actor. Then, I heard a song a hundred times last year called 'End of Beginning' by Djo. Recently found out Joe Keery is Djo." Dave Simpson / WireImage — NotorioG 20. "Drake: I knew his first big hit on the radio. Then, when I saw his music video, I thought, 'Hey, wait! That's Jimmy from Degrassi (the Canadian teen drama)!'" Mark Blinch / NBAE via Getty Images — Queuez_Brat 21. Finally, "Wilford Brimley: Millennials will know him from the Liberty Medical Supply's diabetes commercials, while previous generations probably remember him as the Quaker Oats guy." Imeh Akpanudosen / Getty Images — VortrexFTW Was there a time you also went "Wait, what?!" after learning a celebrity was famous for two very different reasons? Let us know in the comments or through the anonymous form below!
