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'The 4th Annual TRL Awards,' Celebrating the Show's Most Exciting Artists and Moments, Set to Air on February 25th at 12:00PM (ET/PT)

  The Star Studded Awards Show To Feature Appearances By Mariah Carey, Bono,
 Madonna, Kanye West, Christina Aguilera, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy,
Ashlee Simpson, Amanda Bynes, Jessica Alba, Stephen Colletti from Laguna Beach
                   And A Special Performance By Chris Brown

Starting On February 13th Viewers Can Vote on MTV.com To Determine Outcome of
          The 'TRL Awards' With MTV Overdrive to Feature Footage of
                             Nominees and Winners

         Madonna To Be Honored With 'Lifetime Achievement Award' And
                   Bono With "Most Inspired Artist Award."

    NEW YORK, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV: Music Television today announced
the nominees "The 4th Annual TRL Awards" set to air on Saturday, February 25th
at 12PM ET/PT.  MTV's "TRL Awards" will recognize and honor the people that
make TRL one of the most diverse and dynamic live shows today.  This year's
edition will be the most star-studded show to date with some of today's
hottest celebrities accepting and presenting awards, live performances by some
of your favorite TRL artists and a few more surprises along the way.
    Hosted by MTV VJs Damien Fahey, Vanessa Minnillo and Susie Castillo the
"TRL Awards" will celebrate some of the most exciting artists and moments.
The awards special will include appearances by Mariah Carey, Bono, Madonna,
Kanye West, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Ashlee Simpson, Amanda Bynes,
Jessica Alba, Stephen Colletti from Laguna Beach and a special performance by
Chris Brown, we also go exclusive in the studio with Christina Aguilera and
talk to her about her new album and more.
    This year's "TRL Awards" will present its most coveted awards to two of
the biggest names in music.  "The Lifetime Achievement Award" will be
presented to Madonna who over the course of her career has impacted not only
her fans, but other musicians.  By always reinventing herself, Madonna has
stayed popular and relevant throughout her career.  The massive success of her
album, and her video "Hung Up" on the TRL countdown, shows her popularity with
the MTV viewers.  Past recipients of this award have been P Diddy and Eminem.
The "TRL Awards" will also acknowledge Bono, for his incredible humanitarian
efforts, with the "Most Inspired Artist Award." This award was created for
artists who transcend the world of music to make a profound impact on MTV's
audience, as well as people around the globe.  By giving Bono this award, MTV
will thank him for all of his amazing work, and give viewers yet another
opportunity to become more involved with issues that truly matter.
    Viewers can vote to determine the outcome of the "TRL Awards" on MTV.com
starting February 13th through February 21st.  In addition, fans can log onto
MTV.com to watch select clips of the nominees, and other streaming videos
leading up to the big February 25th show.  Viewers can also go to MTV.com to
check out flipbooks of celebrities presenting and performing, red carpet
flipbooks, backstage flipbooks and in the studio highlights as well as
highlights from last year's show.  MTV Overdrive the network's broadband
channel will also take part in this special night by providing details on
video playlists of hit singles from this year's nominees.  Viewers will have
access to interviews, backstage and red carpet action.  They can also get
access to the winner's video playlists and several other video playlists from
the night's winners; each playlist will include acceptance speeches.  In
addition fans can get up close with Christina Aguilera as she talks about her
new album on MTV Overdrive.  For more details, go to MTV.com.


    Following are the nominees for the "TRL Awards:"

    TRL's 1ST LADY
    Kelly Clarkson
    Gwen Stefani
    Shakira
    Mariah Carey

    MAN OF THE YEAR
    Kanye West
    Eminem
    50 Cent
    Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance

    BEST NEW ARTIST
    Ciara
    Fall Out Boy
    Chris Brown
    My Chemical Romance

    ROC DA MIC (Best Live Performance)
    Green Day (Spankin' New Music Week)
    50 Cent (Spankin' New Music Week)
    Gwen Stefani (Spankin' New Music Week Vegas)
    Black Eyed Peas (Spankin' New Music Week Vegas)

    FAKE ID (Best Guest Under 21)
    Chris Brown
    Daniel Radcliffe
    Lindsay Lohan
    Hilary Duff

    BEST GROUP THAT ACTUALLY PLAYS INSTRUMENTS
    The Killers
    Fall Out Boy
    My Chemical Romance
    Green Day
    Simple Plan

    WET YOUR PANTS (Funniest Guest)
    Jamie Foxx
    Vince Vaughn
    Jack Black
    Anthony Anderson

    QUIT YOUR DAY JOB (Best Guest Host)
    Shia LaBeouf & Amanda Bynes
    Hilary Duff
    Jessica Alba
    Snoop Dogg & Ludacris

    CRASH AND BURN AWARD (Guest Who Shot Down Damien the Best)
    Jennifer Aniston
    Charlize Theron
    Jessica Alba
    Suchin Pak


    The official sponsors of the "TRL Awards" are Taco Bell, Virgin Mobile and
MSN Messenger.
    MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is one of the world's
leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms.  MTV
Networks, with more than 100 channels worldwide, owns and operates the
following television programming services - MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1,
mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT,
NOGGIN, VH1 CLASSIC, LOGO, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV
NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services, all of these networks trademarks
of MTV Networks.  MTV Networks connects with its audiences through its robust
consumer products businesses and its more than 95 interactive properties
worldwide, including online, broadband, wireless and interactive television
services and also has licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndication
deals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide.


SOURCE MTV




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