MTV
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2024 Emmy winner predictions: Who will and should win in the key reality races
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The Challenge season 40 trailer shows CT getting carried out on a stretcher: 'It's my back!'
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Watch the first 8 minutes of Surreal Life: Villa of Secrets
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MTV Movie & TV Awards won’t happen this year, returns in 2025 with 'reimagined format'
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Yes, Travis Kelce has seen the Punk'd episode with Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber: 'So good'
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RuPaul's Drag Race season 16 Miss Congeniality shocker results in never-before-seen crowning
![Nymphia Wind, Plane Jane, Sapphira Cristal](https://ew.com/thmb/0KqLYn-mAJ7yswFj-Ulab3URx4E=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/drag-race-finalists-Nymphia-Wind-vs.-Plane-Jane--Sapphira-Cristal-041824-48df8668337d4ae2bc3e1a5f368a4593.jpg)
RuPaul's Drag Race winner crowned in season 16 finale: See which queen won
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Who will win RuPaul's Drag Race season 16? Our finale predictions for the winner
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RuPaul's Drag Race star Q reacts to elimination before finale: 'Definitely a bummer'
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Drag Race star Morphine Love Dion says 'it’s a little weird' when people pressure her to come out as trans
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Former star of MTV’s Are You the One? arrested on grooming charges after year on the run
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Dawn reveals Drag Race sex rumor she started, reacts to 'Body' lip-sync: 'She dropped a nuke on my ass'
The Challenge season 39's Olivia reveals that Jay cheated on his girlfriend with her
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Sean Garinger, 16 and Pregnant alum, dies at 20 in tragic ATV accident
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Plasma 'disassociated' during RuPaul's Drag Race lip-sync murder: 'I feel like I wasn’t even there'
Cara Maria and Tori fight about War of the Worlds 2 during The Challenge season 39 reunion
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Kyra Sedgwick reveals on RuPaul's Drag Race that she took son to 'first drag show' at age 8
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Nurys reveals where she stands with Jay, Olivia, Horacio and more after The Challenge season 39
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The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion runner-up reveals what wasn't shown in the final
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The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion winner reveals what happened after filming ended
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Teen Mom: Family Reunion season 3 preview: 'I've always wanted a Teen Mom orgy!'
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Megami reveals why she wanted to 'stare Ru down' during key lip-sync lyric before Drag Race elimination
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The Challenge star Nelson Thomas to get foot amputation 1 year after car accident
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RuPaul's Drag Race's Geneva Karr explains why she kissed Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige for so long
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Olivia reveals Aneesa started her feud with Nurys on The Challenge: 'Aneesa randomly turned on me'
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The Challenge season 39 players reveal 'popped implant,' broken ribs, more injuries weren't shown
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Amanda Tori Meating is also baffled by shocking Drag Race elimination: 'Felt like I was murdering it'
Cara Maria talks The Challenge: Battle For a New Champion elimination: 'I wanted to cause chaos'
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RuPaul's Drag Race season 16 queens tease return of 'classic' twists and 'backstabbery' ahead
The Challenge's Melissa calls season 39 cast 'boring' and 'two-faced'
RuPaul's Drag Race season 16 cast revealed: Meet the 14 new queens
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The cast of Jersey Shore: Where are they now?
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The Challenge: Battle For a New Champion eliminated player calls out 'stupid' alliance
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Chauncey Palmer reveals he left for The Challenge season 39 only 2 days after his daughter was born
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Cara Maria Sorbello talks her long-awaited return to The Challenge in season 39: 'It's showtime'
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Tori Deal reveals what still haunts her about The Challenge: USA season 2
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The Challenge: USA finalist breaks down that medical DQ: 'Humans cannot outrun motor vehicles'
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The Challenge: USA season 2 winners reveal what you didn't see in the final
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Here's who won The Challenge: USA season 2 — and who didn't finish the final
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Josh Martinez says he's ready for a break from The Challenge: 'It's something I have to do'
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Carson Daly recalls suffering terrifying panic attack as TRL host: 'I thought I was going to die'
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Watch CT, Cara Maria, Laurel, and more champs arrive in first trailer for The Challenge season 39
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The Challenge: USA eliminated player reveals her showmance didn't last: 'Hurt people hurt people'
![Wes Bergmann will compete in the most unpredictable and demanding game of their life this summer on THE CHALLENGE: USA. Season 2 kicks off with a two-part premiere Thursday, Aug. 10 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT), and part two airs Sunday, Aug. 13 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs). Following the premiere on the CBS Television Network, the second season of MTV’s hit reality global franchise will air twice a week on Thursdays (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) and Sundays (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) for the first three weeks. Beginning Thursday, Aug. 31, THE CHALLENGE: USA will air Thursdays (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT). T.J. Lavin returns as host. Photo by Aaron Smith, courtesy of Paramount ©2023 Paramount, All Rights Reserved.](https://ew.com/thmb/INMT-q0d5dmi48mjRxm8NKNMI0E=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Wes-Bergmann08032396-4b7015d1db644a1f9eaa4f62c105e442.jpg)
Wes Bergmann explains why he's retiring from The Challenge: 'I might as well say goodbye'
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The Challenge showrunner addresses concerns over season 39's cast of no champions
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The Challenge: USA eliminated player reveals his showmance continued after season 2
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Selena Gomez will 'never be a meme again' after becoming a meme at 2023 MTV VMAs
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Megan Thee Stallion and Justin Timberlake did not fight at MTV VMAs, source says
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Madonna 'finally' celebrates release of canceled 1989 Pepsi commercial after 'Like a Prayer' controversy
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RuPaul's Drag Race icon Kandy Muse left VMAs early because she had to poop
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Doja Cat channels Britney Spears' '...Baby One More Time' looks in jaw-dropping VMAs performance
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See all the stars at the 2023 MTV VMAs
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Watch first teaser for The Challenge season 39, featuring an entire cast with no previous winners
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The Challenge: USA eliminated player reveals unseen injury that compromised his performance
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Renaissance vs. Eras: Beyoncé and Taylor Swift to duke it out over Show of the Summer at MTV VMAs
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Shakira to receive MTV's Video Vanguard Award at the 2023 VMAs
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The Challenge: USA eliminated competitor calls out the veterans: 'That's not a strategic plan'
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RuPaul's Drag Race editor explains how he chooses the show's iconic shady sound effects
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RuPaul's Drag Race title winners unite to reflect on TV's most colorful competition: 'My life has been saved'
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Ex-MTV VP says Christina Aguilera's team asked to have VMA performance re-edited to include Madonna kiss
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MTV's The Challenge: Ranking the 50 best players ever
![“Civil War” – The challengers compete in a difficult swimming challenge, and the CBS reality titans officially declare war against the veterans prompting a vet to turn on one of their own in an act of self-preservation, on THE CHALLENGE: USA, Thursday, Aug. 17 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs). TJ Lavin is the host. Pictured: Paulie Calafiore. Photo by Jonne Roriz, courtesy of Paramount ©2023 Paramount, All Rights Reserved.](https://ew.com/thmb/8wB1dklp1UtDly0rawyAYngoVeg=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/The-Challenge-082123-06-2000-5c1f3a0d7b904f68a10d70abd4205a24.jpg)
Paulie Calafiore says he 'never was blacklisted' from The Challenge: 'I had to take a break'
![“Double Crossed and Sideswiped” – Host TJ Lavin reveals a shocking double elimination leaving the Challengers scrambling to win a high-stakes, adrenaline filled semi-truck challenge to ensure their survival in the game, on THE CHALLENGE: USA, Sunday, Aug. 20 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs). Pictured (L-R): Luis Colon and Chris Underwood. Photo by Jonne Roriz, courtesy of Paramount ©2023 Paramount, All Rights Reserved.](https://ew.com/thmb/Hpduy3OzAo7gS_i0G5yvOnfaDgE=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/The-Challenge-082123-04-2000-da14ae22914e4143902bce1b175e1b1d.jpg)
The Challenge: USA player reveals what wasn't shown in that elimination: 'I'm shocked they cut it'