Taylor Swift has already given her voice to the soundtrack of “The Hunger Games”; now, she’s going to be partnering with Viacom for what is being marketed as MTV’s “first global music video premiere,” according to Reuters. According to the article, the music video at the center of the premiere, Swift’s “Safe & Sound,” featuring the Civil Wars, will air Feb. 13. According to Van Toffler, the president of Viacom Music & Logo Group, the video is set to reach 600+ households worldwide. Toffler told TheWrap that Viacom has probably not premiered the music video of an artist on this scale before. “I’m not sure we’ve ever done a global…

A while ago, MTV recognized the massive fandoms behind comic blockbuster films “The Avengers” and “The Dark Knight Rises” could provide a huge showdown when MTV created their MTV Movie Brawl. It was a knock-out, drag-down fight, but in the end, “The Dark Knight Rises” beat “The Avengers” by a narrow percentage of the votes. MTV has provided an analysis of the results, citing the facts that the higher stakes, the lovable factor of Alfred’s (Michael Caine) voice-over versus Nick Fury’s (Samuel L. Jackson) voice-over in “The Avengers,” and the villain Bane (Tom Hardy) gave “The Dark Knight Rises” the edge on “The Avengers.” However, MTV also gives points to…

Jonny “The Unit” Manfre calls himself “an all-American douchebag,” but there’s a lot more to the new addition to “Jersey Shore” than that particular title. Manfre, who has been friends with Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino for about 10 years, graduated from Rutgers with two degrees. “I majored in philosophy and labor studies,” he said. “I took philosophy due to one of my professors. He told me to take it because it teaches you how to think logically and helps with anything you want to do.” He said he didn’t focus on being an adult after college and had to find himself. He eventually became big in mortgages, real estate, and…

In its first programming news of 2012, MTV has announced its infamous prank show ‘Punk’d’ will return on Monday, March 19, with bigger, better laughs and surprises, CinemaBlend is reporting. The revival of the celebrity prank show, much like the original ‘Punk’d,’ will feature stars pranking other celebrities while hidden cameras capture their reactions. One of the biggest questions about the return of the series is who will replace original host Ashton Kutcher. MTV announced during its ‘New Year’s Eve in New York City’ broadcast with hosts Demi Lovato and ‘Teen Wolf’ star Tyler Poisey that a new celebrity will host the show each week. Among the celebrity guest hosts…

MTV is attempting breaking a world record. On Sunday at 9 p.m. PT, MTV kicked off a 24-hour livestream on www.omusicawards.com in order to break the Guinness World Record for the longest dance marathon. The event isn’t just to break a record, though–it’s also aimed to help a good cause. The dance marathon is going to raise money for several LGBT organizations and will promote inclusivity, something that is desperately needed to be addressed. Several celebrities plan on stopping by the event to show support including Shangela from “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Peta Murgatroyd from “Dancing with the Stars” and We R Heroes from “America’s Best Dance Crew.” The event is…

MTV had ’90s television gold with “Beavis and Butt-Head,” and now they have reused their Golden Ticket to great effect. According to IMDB via Zap2It, audiences have responded warmly to “Beavis and Butt-head,” which returned to its home on MTV Thursday, October 27. The show received 3.3 million viewers with two-thirds of the audience being young men. According to the article, this news is fantastic since the young male demographic is thought to be a hard-to-reach demographic to reach. MTV has also said that the show is now its no. 2 series among men under 35 years of age, with “Jersey Shore” being the first. “Beavis and Butt-head”‘s great reception…

Watch the complete first episode of MTV’s new season of “Beavis and Butthead” from creator Mike Judge (Extract, Idiocracy, Office Space) and starring Mike Judge, Dale Revo and Tracy Grandstaff (Daria). New episodes air on Thursdays only on MTV. Episode Synopsis: Beavis and Butt-Head try to become vampires like Robert Pattinson in Twilight to score chicks, and Butt-Head catches Beavis crying. Series Synopsis: Animated MTV series about two teenaged heavy-metal music fans who occasionally do idiotic things because they are bored. For them, everything is “cool” or “sucks.” Follow @Shockya on Twitter for the latest from “Beavis and Butthead” and “Twilight”.

MTV is looking to cast Occupy Wall Street protesters in the upcoming 27th season of its hit reality show ‘The Real World,’ AOL TV is reporting. The cable network is considering filming in New York for the fourth time, and is looking to cast politically aware housemates. ‘The Real World’s casting directors have placed an ad on New York City’s Craigslist, specifically targeting the Occupy Wall Street protesters. The ad reads: “MTV’s ‘Real World’ is seeking cast members to tell their unique stories on our show. If you are over the age of 20 and appear to be between the ages of 20-24, and the description below sounds like you,…

MTV is considering picking up the series adaptation of the graphic novel ‘Locke & Key,’ Deadline is reporting. The cable network’s programming chief David Janollari has yet to meet with the show’s producers, but he did like the pilot, which was given to him on DVD. The news of Janollari’s interest comes after the companies behind the pilot, 20th Century Fox, K/O Paper Products and DreamWorks TV, shopped it to other networks, including Syfy. The science-fiction cable network ultimately passed on ‘Locke & Key,’ whose pilot was written by Josh Friedman and was directed by Mark Romanek, reportedly due to the series’ high budget costs. With the increasing price to…

Before the MTV Video Music Awards, “Maroon 5″ frontman Adam Levine released a tweet about the VMAs stating, “one day a year when MTV pretends to still care about music. I’m drawing a line in the sand. f*** you, VMA’s.” When talking to E!, Levine expounded on why he hates the VMAs. “I remember when I was a kid I worshipped the VMAs,” said Levine. “I’d see these incredible moments where the whole world sat still to watch the VMAs and year ’round they’d play music–Nirvana, Pearl Jam, bands I loved…It was a celebratory day that represented what the channel stood for…It’s public knowledge that it’s not a music channel…