Television review: 'How to Rock'

The Nickelodeon sitcom-musical starring Cymphonique Miller is new but seems familiar. Kids' television, which has the license to be fanciful and strange in ways that grown-up TV does not, is a place where anything can happen. But it often seems a place where the same few things happen again and again.

Master P's Daughter Cymphonique Miller Is Learning 'How to Rock'

Star of Nickelodeon's new show tells MTV News her dad was reluctant to let her enter 'this crazy business.'

Cymphonique Miller Forging Own Path in ‘How to Rock’

*Another child of one-time rap mogul Percy “Master P” Miller is poised to bum rush Nickelodeon. Cymphonique Miller, the sister of former Nick star Romeo Miller, debuts this Saturday at 8:30 p.m. in the new series “How to Rock” – a gig that would seem inevitable for a teen with two relatives in the spotlight. But [...]

Damascus Avoids Blood of Uprising, but Not Pain

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- The bloody uprising that has coursed through Syria has begun to upend daily life in Damascus, the stronghold of President Bashar al-Assad's government, reordering the lives of residents who complain of hardships as simple as getting to work every day and finding bread.

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap

Rent It Reviewed at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival Ice-T is credited as director and executive producer of Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap , but he's also (in effect) the tour guide, serving as on-camera interviewer and off-camera narrator (his thoughts are laid over shots of the rapper/actor strolling cityscapes, framed like an action hero). When he talks to his subjects, the ...

Damascus Avoids Syrian Uprising’s Blood, but Not Pain

Life is growing harder in the Syrian capital, President Bashar al-Assad’s stronghold, as residents complain about electricity rationing, shortages of food and gas, and soaring prices.