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Kirsten Dunst kicked off her acting adventure at just three years old with commercials and made her big-screen debut at six.

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Brad Pitt’s Heart Of The Beast Nears Box Office Milestone Against 1990s Classics

Brad Pitt’s survival thriller Heart of the Beast continues its steady North American run, with projections indicating it will soon surpass the domestic totals of his 1990s films Sleepers and Twelve ...
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MTV VJ Kennedy Explains How Reality TV Replaced Music Videos in the '90s

For anyone who spent the 1990s glued to MTV, there was a time when turning on the network meant you were almost guaranteed to see a music video. According to one of the era's most recognizable VJs, ...
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MTV Cancelled Superhero Cartoon Only Lasted One Season, But It’s Still One of the Most Beautiful Ever Made

In the 1990s, MTV was willing to try some pretty strange things. That included animation. Not the kind built around superheroes who saved the day before the commercial break, either. MTV’s cartoons ...
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CBS and MTV VMAs Attract a Combined 8.4 Million Viewers, Making it the Most-Watched Since 2015 and Up 51% From Last Year

The Moon Man still has some life. CBS’ and MTV‘s coverage of the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards averaged a combined 8.43 million viewers on Sunday night, according to Nielsen Live+same day fast nationals ...
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2026 VMAs Prove The MTV Awards Are Becoming Irrelevant

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MTV VMAs Ratings Update: Bigger Increase Than Thought: The Taylor Swift- Madonna Combo Was a Success Despite Criticism

This is a rarity, but I’m going to call this a correction. The early numbers for the MTV Video Music Awards were wrong, The show did a lot better than I originally reported. I had a feeling they would ...
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Taylor Swift turned up, Madonna let loose and everybody smoked: The 2026 MTV VMAs, from every angle

Not just any award show would get Taylor Swift to skip cheering on husband Travis Kelce from a private suite at Arrowhead (in fairness, the Chiefs had an away game). Then again, not every award show ...
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MTV Video Music Awards: Seven Things You Didn’t See on TV

Taylor Swift and Madonna caught up during a commercial break, while Lisa celebrated after her performance. By Kirsten Chuba, Kimberly Nordyke Taylor Swift (left) and Madonna at The 2026 MTV Video ...