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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 12/30/2008
If you've had basic cable access over the past few decades, you know the voice and face of John Norris . The MTV News anchor has been a staple at the network--delivering up-to-the-minute music news, interviewing every bold-faced name in the book, and even helping to bring politics into the mix (Choose of Lose, anyone?). Being one of the only familiar faces left there, rumors of his lay-off...
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Queerty (Free subscription) | 12/04/2008
The Global Financial Hobo Apocalypse knocked on the door of Viacom today as the media giant laid-off 850 employees, which includes, according to an unconfirmed anonymous rumor made to Gawker, perpetually angry-face MTV correspondent John Norris. Norris has been with MTV for 15 years (making him the MTV equivalent of Tom Brokaw) and he's hosted everything [...]
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Queerty (Free subscription) | 12/04/2008
The Global Financial Hobo Apocalypse knocked on the door of Viacom today as the media giant laid-off 850 employees, which includes, according to an unconfirmed anonymous rumor made to Gawker, perpetually angry-face MTV correspondent John Norris. Norris has been with MTV for 15 years (making him the MTV equivalent of Tom Brokaw) and he's hosted everything [...]
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SOHH Blogs (Free subscription) | 12/04/2008
MTV is laying off people. But did long time MTV VJ John Norris get the axe?
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Gawker (Free subscription) | 12/04/2008
The 850 layoffs at Viacom today—including hundreds at MTV—are claiming the livelihoods of tons of hardworking people who did their jobs well without ever receiving fame and fortune. And...
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MTV Movies Blog (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
By John Norris Add one letter to “MLK,” and what do you get? That’s right — “Milk.” And rightly so. Harvey Milk is the middle-age mensch from New York who moved to San Francisco, opened a camera shop and set about changing the world. The first openly gay elected official in America became a martyr in 1978, [...]
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WhyFame (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
Vegas Anglophiles renew their embrace of the '80s with Day & Age. The Killers' Brandon Flowers Photo: MTV News It was another brush-with-an-icon moment for The Killers: back in May of this year, joining Duran Duran — the first name in '80s fashionista Britpop — onstage, aptly in Las Vegas, to perform the vets' chestnut ... [ More on WhyFame.com ]
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MTV News (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
... Bowie's nom de disque the Thin White Duke), they recently recorded a Christmas single with Elton John , and Robbie Williams and Coldplay are among their fans. We get it — just give 'em a knighthood already! After a sojourn into Springsteen sounds and "There Will Be Blood" fashions with Sam's Town , for their just-released third full-length Day & Age , the Killers appear to have renewed their...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 01/06/2009
"It is certainly more than passing strange to have the national security adviser come out and say that this step is being taken and congressional notification is being waived because of the urgency of the situation in the last two weeks of the administration, when Darfur has been on fire for five years," said John Norris, executive director of the Enough Project, a group here that campaigns...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 01/06/2009
"It is certainly more than passing strange to have the national security adviser come out and say that this step is being taken and congressional notification is being waived because of the urgency of the situation in the last two weeks of the administration, when Darfur has been on fire for five years," said John Norris, executive director of the Enough Project, a group here that campaigns...
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 01/02/2009
Also this Week: Gothamist's Year in Rock NYPD's Jonas Brothers Problem An Interview with John Norris An Interview with Mike Seaton of Akron/Family There is an image gallery to this entry which you can view at Gothamist
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VH1 (Free subscription) | 12/22/2008
... over-hyped pop stars pervading the airwaves and Internet — let's get back to the music. John Norris examines the latest trend in punk: lo-fi. With unpolished recordings and everyday amps, bands like Times New Viking and No Age have garnered devoted fan followings.9. I'm Not That Nervous 'Cause Our Band's, Like, Really GoodSorry, Hayley — rock is definitely still a men's club ... but...
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MTV Newsroom (Free subscription) | 12/19/2008
As you no doubt know, it’s end-of-year list— and critically — music lists have reflected one thing about 2008 - everyone was listening to the same few records. One of the bands getting a ton of love across the board is Seattle’s Fleet Foxes . Their song “White Winter Hymnal” was thought to be one of the indie songs of the year — and when the band stopped in for an interview with John Norris...
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Defamer (Free subscription) | 12/04/2008
Not even veteran talking head John Norris—who was very polite to us on the VMAs red carpet when we accidentally wandered into his shot and asked where we might find —was immune. Over at Paramount, meanwhile, a behooded, shirtless, chaps-wearing Sumner Redstone (he doesn't particularly like playing executioner—but when he has to, he goes for it whole hog) stands guard at a ceremonial guillotine...
