Stephen Colbert has shed more light on last Tuesday's episode-long Colbert Report response to MTV barring Daft Punk from playing his show. On comedian Paul Mecurio's podcast, Colbert explained that there was trouble with booking Daft Punk from the start — they didn't want to perform "Get Lucky" or be interviewed…
Was Daft Punk's Colbert Report cancellation part of a bigger plan to promote this year's MTV Video Music Awards? Billboard says maybe, the New York Times doesn't seem to agree. The plot thickens, and if there's one thing a thickening plot is good for, it's promoting the VMAs.
Daft Punk were supposed to headline the Colbert Report's annual StePhest Colbchella and play the "song of the summer," "Get Lucky." (That must have seemed slightly more plausible as the actual song of the summer a month ago, when the duo were booked.) However, because they had a deal with MTV for a surprise appearance…
Unless you have reason to keep track of focus group-speak, you may not know that those born after 1980 are no longer members of Gen Y: They're Millennials, and unlike the brash, acquisitive, me-me-me Gen Y brats with their bling and labels and rainbow parties, Millennials are apparently leading the zeitgeist's new…
Toffler is the president of MTV Networks Music and Logo Group, which means he oversees the cable conglomerate's numerous music properties—MTV, MTV2, VH1, CMT—as well as gay channel Logo. As the president of MTV Films, he's also the man you can thank for Jackass and Napoleon Dynamite.
