I had some fun making a video for my team as a warm-up for our holiday party, tonight. I’m so proud of everyone at Scratch for their incredible work this year — our biggest and best ever. This represents the first time I’ve ever been turned into a Belgian action star from the 90’s…
Special thanks to Patty Chung and Steven Chew for showing me this today…
The Hollywood Reporter just posted this great interview with my friend and colleague, Amy Doyle, Executive Vice President of Music & Talent for MTV.
MTV removed the words “music television” from its logo earlier this year, but with the not-so-sudden surge in the popularity of music videos (thanks in no small part to YouTube), it’s getting back in the music game. Of course, the Jersey Shore era of the network looks nothing like the early days of nonstop tunes, but MTV has always thrived on the challenges of innovation.
When it comes to making sure its viewers can sing along while simultaneously cringing to the latest “smoosh room” escapades, that task is bestowed upon Amy Doyle, MTV’s executive vice president of music and talent, who’s rolling out a slew of artist-curated programming over the next few weeks, including documentaries by Nicki Minaj (called My Time Now, premiering Nov. 28) and Kid Rock (Kid Rock: Born Free) along with world premieres of videos by My Chemical Romance (“Sing” on Nov. 18) and Bruno Mars (“Grenade” on the 19th). THR spoke with Doyle about the network’s plans moving forward.
THR: Because MTV is so much about reality shows these days, it seems like you would have the hardest job …
Amy Doyle: It’s actually easier, believe it or not, because
Kid Cudi is waking my mind up on this Monday morning.
KiD-CuDi “We Aite” (Wake Your Mind Up) from Decon on Vimeo.
Thanks to Black Thought for the post.
Game over. This wins. Hands down.
Two things happened at dinner Monday night at Blue Ribbon.
1) The theme of our dinner was “Exploit”… Not the pejorative definition, the other one. And it featured an inspiring table of people who run platforms that empower young people to do amazing shit: The National Endowment For The Arts, TED Conference For Youth, Behance.net, Red Head Consulting, Pepsi Refresh Project, Best Film On Campus, Rate My Professors, FreedomZone, VIMBY and more.
2) Our waiter is a rapper named Zach G, and his website is: here.
Also, on our waiter’s website, I just finally found the lyrics to this Eminem song:
I come around like what goes around
What goes up must come down
anyone that goes up must go down
might as well go for the gusto now
better not let up better not let them breathe
last shot give it all you got
(wanna turn me down) bitch cant fuck with a volume knob
fuck all you
