independent and unofficial
Prince fan community
Welcome! Sign up or enter username and password to remember me
Forum jump
Forums > General Discussion > MTV Producers Arrested ... wtf??
« Previous topic  Next topic »
  New topic   Printable     (Log in to 'subscribe' to this topic)
Author

Tweet     Share

Message
Thread started 09/11/03 6:22pm

AaronMaximus

avatar

MTV Producers Arrested ... wtf??

http://www.madonnapower.c...ewsid=2075

MTV Producers Arrested

By WatleyReview

Three producers of a new MTV series in production were arrested yesterday and charged with conspiracy to commit assault in connection with the MTV Video Music Awards.

Randolph Brown, 35; Marvin Estwiler, 27; and Geri DiCastro, 31, were producers for a new series provisionally entitled "MTV A-List Brawlz." The show is intended to build upon the cult popularity of the MTV show "Celebrity Deathmatch," in which claymation figures of celebrities battle to the death.

"We believed that there was a market for taking this phenomenon to the next level of realism," said Sumner Redstone, CEO of MTV's parent company, Viacom. "MTV has been bringing cutting-edge, innovative reality programming to viewers for years. People want to see real celebrities in real fights. It's regrettable that, in this instance, an isolated group of employees chose to act outside the bounds of the law in order to produce that programming."

In briefs filed with the court, the "Brawlz" producers have apparently been conspiring to incite a fight between pop singing sensations Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears for several months.

"There is a pre-existing and frequently bitter rivalry between those two, so they're a natural choice," said entertainment critic Wing Chun, from the website Fametracker. "But come on. MTV couldn't have waited a little longer? You know Britney and Christina are going to have at each other with knives eventually. Possibly even in a mud pit."

"It is expensive to shadow someone 24/7 with a video crew, especially when they aren't providing the sexy combat footage you want," said Redstone.

Apparently unsatisfied with the results of an extended campaign of planted tabloid rumors and an enormous bribe to fellow pop star Justin Timberlake, the producers took more aggressive action during the awards ceremony. According to court documents, during the Spears/Aguilera number during the MTV awards show, Brown, Estwiler and DiCastro piped insults sampled from the two singers' albums onto the stage. The intention was to provoke the singers into a catfight, "preferably with Madonna involved too." Assorted weapons were hidden throughout the set for use in the event of a fight. Although the recorded insults were initially successful in angering the singers, Aguilera eventually noticed that the insults Spears was supposedly screaming at her were coming from a different part of the stage.

Despite the arrests, MTV apparently has plans to continue with the show.

"Look for "Brawlz" to make a stunning debut during sweeps," said Redmond. "You won't be disappointed."
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #1 posted 09/11/03 6:23pm

AaronMaximus

avatar

omfg


huh?


confuse
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #2 posted 09/11/03 6:30pm

AaronMaximus

avatar

is this for real? a real show?


this is dumb. i hope some dumb ass gets killed in the middle of this, just to teach idiots not to make this kind of show, and kids not to do this kind of shit.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #3 posted 09/11/03 10:25pm

Nikster

Hoo boy disbelief
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #4 posted 09/11/03 10:49pm

4jamiestarr

avatar

such made up bullshit. not even worth the read.


PEACE N B WiLD!!!
4jamiestarr
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
  New topic   Printable     (Log in to 'subscribe' to this topic)
« Previous topic  Next topic »
Forums > General Discussion > MTV Producers Arrested ... wtf??