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Some remain A-list celebrities, while others have ventured in very different directions.

It remains one of the most important and emotional performances of the band's unfortunately brief career.

Twenty-year-old Kurt Jefferis was on head trauma medication when he won MTV ‘Lost Weekend’ contest and spent two nights with the band.

Producer Dick Clark had to be tackled to stop him from running onstage during Clay's notorious set at the 1989 VMAs.

Disastrous performance led to guitarist C.C. DeVille's firing.

"Video Killed the Radio Star" was the first clip aired on the network, but that's not how some executives wanted it to go.

Plenty of controversial, memorable and influential things happened before they stopped focusing on music.

Determined to get his band heavy exposure, Mark Knopfler borrowed ideas from one of the network's biggest acts.

When MTV launched, the music industry’s concept of artist promotion completely changed. How would Tom Petty's defiantly gimmick-free, rugged Americana fit in?

Everyone at the 1996 Video Music Awards went crazy when host Dennis Miller brought out the long-estranged bandmates.

The 2014 MTV Movie Awards winners were announced during the awards ceremony, which aired on Sunday, April 13, and was hosted by late-night TV personality and comedian Conan O'Brien. Films like 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' and 'We're the Millers' dominated the nominations, but which ones took home the top honors?

The MTV Movie Awards were last night. Will Ferrell showed up in a three-piece suit covered in dollar bills to accept the Comedic Genius Award. While he was on stage attempting his acceptance speech, 'Parks & Recreation' star Aubrey Plaza walked on to the stage and tried to take his award away! Check out the video below.