"showbiz tonight" obtained a look at chris's interview airing friday on mtv. i want you to take a look when he is asked how people perceive him. >> i'm confused at the public perception. with my fans, they love and support me, but definitely i have the people who don't support you. it's 50-50. i have the people who come out and support me and don't want to see me do anything. >> are people going to see him as incredibly insensitive for trying to upstage rihanna and trying to steal her moment? >> it's not chris that requested to have this interview that came out the same day as rihanna. this is mtv and they are competing in sweeps which is when you want the biggest audience possible. you can't blame it on chris. >> i'm not buying that he didn't know. >> believe it. you have to realize she was on the offense before he came out on larry king and he is on the defense and has to salvage his reputation. his career is in jeopardy big time. >> totally. what's your take on all this? >> i wonder three things have happened. it sounded scripted. he was on larry king and e

yeah, people don't -- apparently don't think people forgot about what kanye west did to her at the mtvrds. we'll show you all the spoofs, multiple spoofs across the show regarding kanye west interrupting her last time. >> tim mcgraw didn't jump up there. but faith hill had one of the best -- >> i'm not going to ruin it for you. if you didn't see the show, cuteness coming up. cute. >>> all right. a minor league hockey coach is making national news for losing it on camera. hi, rafer. >>> just when it rains it pours, right? wait until you see this guy, b robin. he is not only the coach but he is also the general manager of the louisiana ice gators. i give you brad. he does not like a penalty call on one of his players so starts grabbing anything that is not nailed down -- some clothing, here are some hockey sticks, throw that out there on 0 the ice. >> and what was his problem? what didn't he like? >> he didn't like a penalty call but, get this, this was only his second game coaching and the guy lost his cool in the previous game. 2-2 this guy. so he was ejected to boos from the pensacola

what people see in the main stream, a lot of violence and a lot of consumerism on mtv and b.e. templt and sometimes equate that with hip-hop culture when actually that's literally the tip of the iceberg. under the surface there is a tremendous amount of cultural energy, intellectual energy, and educational potential. the biggest thing we have to contend with is the public perception of main stream hip hop, kind of taking it out of contention for academic consideration. >> what kind of student would be interested in this? >> all students are interested in this. when i teach a hip-hop course at bucknell university and i've taught at other universities, these are the first classes to fill up, the most diverse classes. and students are absolutely engaged. that's just purely on the academic level. what's going on in minnesota is a little different, which is they're actually allowing artists and kids who are interested in becoming artists within hip-hop culture to perfect their craft. so there's multiple ways of getting hip-hop culture into the curriculum. i'm very happy to see progr

remember he interrupted taylor swift at the mtv awards.paisley and carrie underwood opened the show like this. ♪ ♪ mamas don't let your babies ♪ grow up to be kanye ♪ >>> they have a right to get their digs in. >> he did say he was sorry, but that show was littered with kanye comments. >>> our money expert, jen westhoven has more on this. >> they are saying higher taxes and that makes people go, who, me? and they are saying on the rich. this is the top senate democrat, majority leader harry reid, and he is considering higher taxes on the rich to help pay for the health care legislation. and by rich, though, they mean if you make more than $250,000 a year. democrats kind of stuck to that as their definition of rich over the past year or so. one option would be to raise the payroll taxes that go to medicare. right now you are paying 1.4% of your income for that. and this is what they tell you as they try to get some kind of legislation together. >>> stocks hit a fresh high coming off the bottom last night. that's good news in a bad economy,

shouldn't this be reserved for cable, mtv after 10:00? >> "gossip girl" has never painted itself as a companion show to the disney channel. it has never been if you like hannah montana you'll love "gossip girl." they had racy billboards about a year or so whatever. they had omg and added an extra letter. their target demographic is 18 to 34. the median age of their viewer is 27. on some of the billboards that got attention they said mind-blowingly inappropriate, comments critics. it has never been a show intended for young tween girls. >> they know that's who is watching. yes. they are probably loving we are talking about it right now. >> of course. >> they know the tween girls are watching this. it is a shameless ploy, to me, for the ratings that you go this far? threesome. we are advocating porn behavior on network television, kim? >> look, i would be surprised if this episode turns out to be quite as racy as we are anticipating. the billboards and teases for the episodes, you watch the episode it is not quite as racy. it would be tough

yep, chris brown in a brand-new mtv interview. >> i thought it was like, why did it happen? why -- like, what was i thinking? what is wrong with you? like, that's what i was thinking? >> i think it is just plain wrong for chris brown to be doing this now. tanika, carlos, we'll be back to you guys in just a minute to debate that. >>> well, somebody else is telling all tonight. the stripper who says that she and fergie's husband, josh duhamel, had an affair. >> i kept asking him who he was, because one of the servers were like, you know who that is. i was like, no. she was like, that's josh duhamel from "the transformers," fergie's husband. >> i was like, what? >> caught on tape, the stripper speaks, but josh and fergie are telling a very different story. who should we believe? >>> and you remember anti-gay marriage former beauty queen carrie prejean, don't you? yeah, she has a sex tape. >>> and phillies fans, why some people are saying the yankees won the world series because of kate hudson. >>> time now for the "showbiz news ticker," more stories from the "showbiz tonight" n

i understand people not wanting their daughters to watch mtv. understand and have empathy for all of those people. the people that come along and make use of those people's fears and insecurities to make money or to make something -- a position for them, you know, more palatable, those people are shame, shame. >> you want to name some names? >> rush. we're talking rush. >> who else? >> pretty much the religious right does that by and large. >> they're extremists? >> yeah. >> and they prey on people's fears. there's a lot of that. >> people's fears, i totally understand. i understand that. i understand wanting to go to a megachurch because the rest of your life is tough. i understand all of that. but then you come along and organize those people off of their fears and anger, and i -- >> catch "the joe behar show" at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on hln. >>> some people won't have to wait long to get an h1n1 flu shot. how one health department is trying to make sure people don't get stuck in the long lines we've been seeing. @@@@@@ >>> it's tuesd

. >> reporter: on the very night rihanna gave her tell-all, brown was on mtv with his own. >> you learnm your mistake, turn it into a positive and help other people with your situation. >> reporter: also brand-new statement to mtv suggesting rihanna shouldn't be talking at all. he writes, "while i respect rihanna's right to discuss the specific events of february 8, i maintain my position that all the details should remain a private matter between us." >> he is saying, you know, she should be quiet, because what we went through is a private matter. again, denial. again, trying to brush it under the rug. >> reporter: now "showbiz tonight" can tell you, brown's being accused of hogging rihanna's spotlight. the headline on perezhilton.com is blunt to say the least, and "showbiz tonight" viewers are expressing similar sentiments on our facebook page. >> i don't think people think it's chris brown's right to decide whether rihanna should speak about this or not. so he should remain silent. if she wants to speak about it, that's her right to do so. >> reporter: in her abc interview, rihanna h

fact, i begin the book with the story of a visit that mel carr is on who was then running viacom, cba, mtv, simon & schuster, etc. and how he came here, and he met with eric and larry and certificate day -- sergei, and he thought he'd do some kind of deal, maybe even acquire you guys. this was before you were public. he had no idea what kind of revenues or growth potentials you had. and so he explained the business at one point as eric described to me, he tried to sell a super bowl ad to google which was going for $2 million for a 30-second spot at the time. it's now $3 million, by the way. of course, they were appalled by spending that kind of money, and you don't have any idea, you don't know who's watching the ad, who's buying your product, but they let mel speak. and then they describe the google business, how you actually -- there wasn't waste, you could tell who was clicking, you know, who was buying, and it was much more intelligent. and then mel said, wait a second, this is very -- we don't want that kind of efficiency. we want to get people all caught up in the sizzle of buying tv

remember, she won mtv's award for best video and he got himself right on stage -- didn't boot her off took the mi microphone away and said beyonce deserved the award ♪ you might be expecting me to say something bad about kanye and how he ran up on the stage and ruined my vma monologue ♪ ♪ but there's nothing more to say because everything's okay i've got security lining this stage ♪ >> west, by the way, has apologized for that incident. >> i liked her imitation of kate gosselin on "the view". >> that was good, if you didn't stay up late. she was very, very good. >> she was. she was funny. >>> good times keep rolling in new orleans as their team, the saints, they are the talk of the nfl. here is rafer with more on why. what's going on? >>> they're just doing so much better than people expected. and the good news for the people in new orleans, they've got something really to cheer about and now the saints are being discussed in the same sentence as super bowl. they're actually saying saints could end up in the super bowl. they're having the best season in the franchise's history. they b

because it seemed like everyone including taylor was taking swipes at the way he dissed her at the mtv music awards. this is great. >> mamas don't let your babies grow up to be kanye. let them take guitars. cowboys have manners, they don't interrupt. >> i want to thank every person in this room tonight for not running up on the stage during this speech. thank you. >> all right. you go. taylor said back stage a wave of emotion came over her when she won the entertainer of the year award. taylor has clearly put kanye west in his place by now. >> everyone rallied around taylor twist and kind of brought her. it was uncomfortable because he lost his mom and to say mamas don't let your babies grow up to be kanye, but the rest was great. hopefully he sees it for what it was. it was a big joke and now we move on. >> let me get your take. we know taylor swift is one of the sweetest people, she did love kicking kanye or seeing him get kicked around in her house. >> it was great for many reasons because of the phraseology. i'm going back to the 2004 election with john kerry. i'm saying kanye has

don't think people forgot beau what kanye swift did to her at the mtv awards.s dipped to their lowest level this year. they did this last week. this is good news in a bad economy here. the report showed 502,000 people filed initial claims last week. that's fewer than analysts expected. and another sign the housing market may be healing. the rate of homes in foreclosure dipped 3% in october which makes it three months in a row. there is still a lot of risk out there, though, realty track says many homes are still at risk because of job losses and many people are still upside down or under water in their mortgages, which means they owe more on their home than it's actually worth. >>> you don't need me to tell you that investing in the stock market can be a gamble. but hln money expert clark howard says if you play your cards right, you can weather the ups and downs. >> it seems like we are such pack animals that we follow the herd when we shouldn't. and i'm going to give you an example. you know, a lot of people really were shell shocked by the huge decline in th

he told mtv how he looks back at that fateful night. >> you have to learn from your mistake, turn ito a positive and help other people with the situation. and at the end of the day, become -- become the person that you want to be. >> reporter: but even as chris brown tries to put out his side of the story, all eyes are now on rihanna, who after months of silence, is telling the world about the hell she went through. >> so was it a good idea for rihanna to reveal so many details about such a personal tragedy? joining me tonight in hollywood, tanika ray, an entertainment journalist. and tonight in new york, marvette britto, a publicist and brand strategist. ladies, i personally think rihanna's brand-new interview that just aired tonight on abc was astounding, especially her detailed account of how she was beaten by chris brown. it was just chilling. tanika, i think it was a great idea that rihanna finally talk so specifically about the details of that night. what about you? >> i do think it was a great idea. i don't think that we could have bought her album and listened to her songs wi

. >> even as rihanna's interview reaired, so did a new interview with brown and he told mtv how he looks back at that night. >> have you learned from your mistake? >> i need to help other people with this situation and become the person that you want to be. >> even as chris brown tries to put out his side of the story, all eyes are now on rihanna who after months of silence is telling the world about the hell she went through. >> was it a good idea for rihanna to reveal so many details about such a personal tragedy? joining me is ta mika ray, an entertainment journalist and mar vet is a publicist and strategist. ladies, i personally think rihanna's new interview that just aired tonight on abc was astounding, especially her detailed account of how she was beaten by chris brown. it was chilling. i think it was a great idea that she finally talk so specifically about the details of that night. what about you? >> i think it was a great idea. i don't think we could have bought her album and listen to her songs without getting the details. we were way too curious. the point of detail that she

i understand people not wanting their daughters to watch mtv. i understand and have empathy for all those people. the people that come along and make use of those people's fears and insecurities to make money or to maik something -- a position for them, you know, more palletable, those people are -- shame, shame. >> do you want to name some names? >> rush, we're talking rush. >> who else? >> you know what, pretty much the religious right does that, by and large. you know? >> the extremists. >> yes. >> and they prey on people's fears? >> yeah. and it's the people -- people's fears you totally understand. i understand that. i understand wanting to go to a mega church because, you know, the rest of your life is tough. you know, i understand all of that. but then you come along and organize those people off of their fears and anger, and i think that's too bad. >> you can catch "the joy berha show" here. >>> 911 operators get some weird calls. >> all right. you heard it. you get the idea. hear what happened when drunk drivers call to say i want to re

seemed like everyone, including taylor, was taking swipes at him for the way that he dissed her at the mtv awards. watch what happened. this is great. ♪ mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be kanye ♪ ♪ let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks ♪ ♪ because cowboys have manners, they don't interrupt ♪ >> and i want to thank every single person in this room tonight for not running up on the stage during this speech. thank you. >> all right. you go! taylor told "showbiz tonight" backstage, a wave of emotion kale over her when she won the entertainer of the year award. carlos, this really is a no-brainer. taylor has clearly put kanye west in his place by now. >> i think everyone rallied around taylor swift last night and really kind of brought her in. it was kind of uncomfortable, because kanye just lost his mom, and so to say, "mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be kanye," was just kind of like, for a second, but the rest was really great. and hopefully kanye sees this for what it was, which was one big joke. >> and even though taylor swift is one of the sweetest people on the p

. >> that was shopoholic ali owen on mtv's "true life" ali, shopping is your drug, isn't it? >> it is. >> how does it feel? does et file like you just took a drug? >> um, it does. talking to people that have done drugs, it, to me, has the same feelings. you know, i think about it when i'm not shopping. i get nervous about it. it takes over my entire thought t. ruins my relationships. it ruins -- it literally ruins everything around me when i go shopping, then i feel great. it's a short high and then as soon as i'm done, i'm back down to the low because i realize i didn't have that money, i shouldn't have spent that money, what am i going to do? how am i going to pay my bills? and then i've got all these, you know, things in front of me that are a constant reminder. >> and do you wear them? >> um, some of them, i do. a lot of things in my closet still have tags on them from years and years ago. >> really? >> i'll take things, i'll sell the clothes back and then take the money and go shopping again. >> kind of like a gambling addiction in a way, terry, isn't it? >> oh, yeah, it

the star of mtv, a shot at love accused merriman in september of battery and false imprisonment after leaving a party at his house. the district attorney chose not to press charges. >>> you've got to see this video. if you like seeing stuff get torn down, the former home of the dallas mavericks reunion arena. watch it collapse like a blanket. sorry. i just find that so cool. the 29-year-old building collapses inwards, get this. workers didn't use explosives, as we show it to you one more time. but hammered away at two supporting columns to get it to fall. kind of frightening. >> two columns holding up all of that. domino effect. >> and nobody was hurted. otherwise that would be a sad story. >> you know there were people on the streets going -- >> there were, actually. a lot of people stopped to lock. >> something that takes years to come up comes down in a matter of seconds. something about that. thanks, rafer. >>> starting to get colder outside. we decided to go beyond the surface to find out if what mom used to say was actually true. do you really need to wear a hat to stay warm and

i understand people not wanting their daughters to watch mtv.nderstand and have empathy for all those people. the people that come along and make use of those people's fears and insecurities to make money or to make something, a position for them, you know, more palatable, those people are shame, shame. >> you want to name names? >> rush. we're talking rush. >> who else? >> you know what? pretty much the religious right does that. by in large. you know? >> they're extremists? >> yeah. >> they prey on people's fears? >> yeah. the people's fears, you totally understand. i understand that. i understand wanting to go to a mega-church because the rest of your life is tough. you know? i understand all of that, but then you come along and organize those people off of their fears and anger and i think that's too bad. >> and encourage them to vote against their interests. that's what drives me bananas. >> i know. who's going to be able to get the government, what do you call it, within insurance, the government -- >> the public option. >> the public opti

i understand people not wanting their daughters to watch mtv. i understand and have empathy for all those people. this people that come along and make use of those people's fears and insecurities to make money or make a position for them more p palatable. >> you want to name some names? >> rush. the religious right. >> they're extremists and prey on people's fears? >> yeah. the people's fears. you totally understand. i understand that. i understand wanting to go to a mega church because the rest of your life is tough. i understand all of that. but then you come along and organize those people off of their fears and anger and i think that's bad. >> don't miss joy behar weeknights 9:00 eastern here on hln. >>> something called the eco car challenge, wait till you hear how much prize money is on the line. >>> americans from coast to coast are going to the polls today. this is an off year election. what's at stake? >>> it's been 2 1/2 years since a british girl disappeared just before her fourth birthday. what she might look like today. >>> and the

. >> brown was on mtv with his own. >> you learn from your mistakes and you help other people with the situation. >> chris brown released a new statement suggesting rihanna shouldn't be talking at all and writes while i respect her rights, i maintain my decision that it should remain a private matter. >> he said it's a private matter. again, denial and trying to brush it under the rug. >> "showbiz tonight" can tell you he is accused of hogging the spotlight. the headline on perez hilton.com is blunt, to say the least. "showbiz tonight" viewers are expressing similar sentiments. >> i don't think people think it's his right to decide whether she should peek about it. if she wants to speak, that's her right to do so. >> in her interview, rihanna had strong words that suggest she may have provoked the beating from brown. >> ignorance. >> did you hit him and say to yourself that was my fault? >> no. i did not hit him. it was an argument. >> a verbal argument. >> verbal. >> she is scoffing at his attempts to apologize to her about the song he wrote for her. >> when you heard it, what did you

i understand people not wanting their daughters to watch mtv.nderstand and have empathy for all those people. the people that come along and make use of those people's fears and insecurities to make money or to make something, a position for them, you know, more palatable, those people are shame, shame. >> you want to name names? >> rush. we're talking rush. >> who else? >> you know what? pretty much the religious right does that. by in large. you know? >> they're extremists? >> yeah. >> they prey on people's fears? >> yeah. the people's fears, you totally understand. i understand that. i understand wanting to go to a megachurch because the rest of your life is tough. you know? i understand all of that, but then you come along and organize those people off of their fears and anger and i think that's too bad. >> and encourage them to vote against their interests. that's what drives me bananas. >> i know. o's going to be able to get the government, what do you call it, within insurance, the government -- >> the public option. >> the public option.

what people see in the main stream, a lot of violence and a lot of consumerism on mtv and bet and sometimese that with hip hop culture when actually that's literally the tip of the iceberg. under the surface there is a tremendous amount of cultural energy, intellectual energy, and educational potential. the biggest thing we have to contend with is the public perception of main stream hip hop, kind of taking it out of contention for academic consideration. >> what kind of student would be interested in this? >> all students are interested in this. when i teach a hip hop course at bucknell university and i've taught at other universities, these are the first classes to fill up, the most diverse classes. and students are absolutely engaged. that's just purely on the academic level. what's going on in minnesota is a little different, which is they're actually allowing artists and kids who are interested in becoming artists within hip hop culture to perfect their craft. so there's multiple ways of getting hip hop culture into the curriculum. i'm very happy to see programs like this happening aro

listen to what chris brown told mtv about rihanna speaking out. he said this, while i respect rihanna's right to specifdiscus specific events, i feel the details should remain a private matter between us. i appreciate her support and wish her the best. i accept responsibility for my actions. apparently chris hasn't learned he lost the right to keep what happened to them private the moment he beat her up, christie. i think he is making a huge mistake. coming up on "showbiz tonight," much more on chris and his big mouth. should he just shut up already? you'll it at 11:00 p.m. pacific. >> i think we know how you feel. thank you very much. >> you'll hear more. >> can't wait. see you then. as always. bye-bye. >>> you might remember the 13-year-old boy who ran away with his mom to avoid chemotherapy. his family said he finished his court-ordered treatment and is cancer free now. he cited religious beliefs. the judge says he'll close the case after he gets a doctors' report. we're back with your views in a moment. >>> right now, at an army hospital in te

what people see in the mainstream a lot of violence and misogyny and consumerism on mtv and b.e.t.and sometimes equate that with the culture when literally that is the tip of the iceberg. beneath the surface is cultural energy, and potential. the biggest thing we have to contend with is the public perception of mainstream hip-hop taking it out of contention for academic consideration. >> what kind of student would be offered in this? >> all students are interested in this. let me tell when you i teach the hip-hop course at bucknell university or other universities, these are the first to fill up, the most diverse classes and students are absolutely engaged purely on the academic minnesota, they're actually allowing artists and kids interested in becoming artists within a hip-hop culture to perfect their craft. so there's multiple ways of getting hip-hop culture into the curriculum. i'm very happy to see programs like this happening around the country. >> okay. so what can someone do with this diploma, this degree, once they have it? what do you do with it? >> sure. can i also say t

mainstre mainstream, they see a lot of violence and they see a lot of massaging and consumerism on mtv and b.e.t. and sometimes they equate that with hip-hop culture, when in reality that's just the tip of the iceberg. there's a tremendous amount of intellectual energy and potential. we have to deal with the public perception of mainstream hip-hop, kind of taking it out of contention for academic consideration. >> what kind of student would be interested in this? >> all students are interested in this. when i teach a hip-hop course at bucknell university, and i've taught them at other universities, these are the first classes to fill up. they're the most diverse classes. and students are absolutely engaged. that's purely on the academic level. what's going on in minnesota's a little different, which is they're actually allowing artists and kids who are interested in becoming artists within hip-hop culture to perfect their craft. so there's multiple ways of getting hip-hop culture into the curriculum. i'm very happy to see programs like this happen around the country. >> so what can som