13 ‘TRL’ Throwbacks To Help You Ring In 2015

by MTV News Staff


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Now that you’ve got one foot in the new year, take a step back to the first #TBT of 2015 with some of our favorite ‘TRL’ jams.

Among our “Total Request Live” choices are these throwback hits from a simpler time, when Beyoncé was still a “Single Lady,” Justin Bieber was a “Baby,” and Katy Perry had just “Kissed A Girl.” Here’s why these 13 favorites made the list:

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   “Kiss Kiss,” Chris Brown, featuring T-Pain – 2007
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   Before Chris Brown was a hit-making juggernaut of questionable life decisions, he was in a high school dance music video hanging out with T-Pain, a successful (and supremely talented!) fusion of Autobot technology and dreadlocks.
   

   
   
   
   
   


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   “Goodies,” Ciara, featuring T.I. and Jazze Pha – 2004
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   Back in her Princess of Crunk days, Ciara rode around like an A-town gladiator atop a Chevy SS chariot. More than a decade later, we’re still willing to let her take us down.
   

   
   
   
   
   


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   “Be With You,” Enrique Iglesias – 2000
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   Noted sex symbol and mole harbinger Enrique got with Shannon Elizabeth, former Playboy model and the first onscreen object of Jason Biggs’ late-’90s affection that wasn’t a baked good (“McDonald’s or homemade?”).
   

   
   
   
   
   


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   “Since U Been Gone,” Kelly Clarkson – 2004
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   Here’s the thing, we started out friends… it never works, Kelly! Good thing we also had “Breakaway” and “Because of You” to get through our other breakups friendships that year.
   

   
   
   
   
   


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   “Pretty Boy Swag,” Soulja Boy – 2010
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   This song creeps in with the ominous plod of a thunderstorm alarm clock. And whether you knew it or not, Soulja Boy just got stuck in your head for the next five years.
   

   
   
   
   
   


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   “Rock Your Body,” Justin Timberlake – 2003
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   The key to being sexy is being so smooth no one notices. Here, JT drops a sex jam that your grandma would get up and dance to at a barbecue.
   

   
   
   
   
   


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   “Womanizer,” Britney Spears – 2008
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   Brit belongs in the Circus –- as a fortune teller! She was singing this song to David Lucado way back in 2008. Boy, don’t try to front, she knows just just what you are, are, are.
   

   
   
   
   
   


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   “The Way You Move,” Outkast, featuring Sleepy Brown – 2003
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   “Trunk rattlin’ like two midgets in the back seat wrasslin’” has to be the most beautiful line in the English language not written by Shakespeare.
   

   
   
   
   
   


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   “A Thousand Miles,” Vanessa Carlton – 2000
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   Vanessa said she’d walk a thousand miles, but we bet she can still be spotted riding around on the back of that truck playing her piano (probably with a pumpkin spice latte).
   

   
   
   
   
   


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    “Ignition (Remix),” R. Kelly – 2003
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    Toot toots and beep beeps aside, this song can, without fail, start a dance party anywhere and anytime. Even a hotel lobby, which is usually a pretty unturnt spot. Salute.
    

    
    
    
    
    


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    “Hollaback Girl,” Gwen Stefani – 2005
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    Produced alongside The Neptunes’ Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, this minimalist offering from Stefani’s first solo album got stuck in your head even if you weren’t talking sh– or didn’t think that Gwen would hear it.
    

    
    
    
    
    


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    “Pony,” Ginuwine – 1996
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    Fun fact #1: in the 4 minutes and 14 seconds this song lasts, that synth bassy throat voice says “yeah” approximately 200 times.
    
    Fun fact #2: there’s a good chance that synth bassy throat voice saying “yeah” was a major part of one (or both) of your parents’ stag nights.
    

    
    
    
    
    


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    “Always Be My Baby,” Mariah Carey – 1996
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    While it didn’t showcase the diva’s reported five-octave range, the 21st single of Mariah Carey’s career did manage to define your summer camp flings and middle school dances.
    

    
    
    
    
    

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MTV News Staff

13 ‘TRL’ Throwbacks To Help You Ring In 2015

Man arrested in PayPal fraud probe

A 22-year-old man has been arrested by police investigating funds being stolen from people’s PayPal accounts.

The suspect, from Twickenham, south-west London, was held on suspicion of fraud by false representation and Computer Misuse Act offences.

He was arrested on December 30 and then released on police bail to March 10, the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit said.

A spokesman said the arrest was in connection with an “ongoing investigation in to cyber fraud offences which took place between 2013 and August 2014 during which victims reported funds being stolen from their PayPal accounts”.

Source Article from https://uk.news.yahoo.com/man-arrested-paypal-fraud-probe-113335628.html

Man arrested in PayPal fraud probe

Afghanistan investigates rocket strike at wedding

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (AP) — At least 28 people, many of them women and children, were killed when rockets fired by Afghan army soldiers hit a wedding party in southern Afghanistan, officials said Thursday, as President Ashraf Ghani marked the country’s transition to full sovereignty after the formal end of the 13-year international military mission.

The head of the army in southern Helmand province, where the incident happened, said investigations were focusing on whether the house was purposefully targeted by soldiers in checkpoints at least three kilometers (1.8 miles) away.

Gen. Sultan Mahmoud said that early investigations indicated that artillery had been fired in the direction of the house from both north and south from a distance of three kilometers (1.8 miles).

“We are seeing no evidence that the Taliban can fire from that distance, and as the Taliban positions were only one kilometer from the checkpoint, why was it necessary to use artillery that can travel so far,” Mahmoud said.

The incident happened in volatile Sangin district while guests were awaiting the arrival of the bride at the home of her cousin Abdul Haleem in Sarwankhala district.

The tribal leader of Sarwankhalain, Taj Mohammad, presented 35 bodies to provincial Governor Mohammad Naeem, but deputy police chief Bacha Gull said he could only confirm that 28 people were killed. The strike late Wednesday also wounded at least 51 people, he said.

Abdullah Jan, 12, said he still does not know where his mother is after being knocked unconscious while running to welcome the bride, and waking up hours later in the hospital.

“We were ready to go to sleep when my auntie came and said the bride had arrived. My mother went out to see the bride and I was running after her, toward the door when I heard the sound of blast and some bright flash like a fire hit me,” said Abdullah. Both his legs were broken and he suffered burns to his belly.

“Then I couldn’t see anything. I heard people shouting and after that I didn’t know what happened. The next time I opened my eyes I was here,” he said.

Sangin, in the poppy-producing Helmand River valley, has been the scene of fighting between government forces and Taliban for the past six months, since U.S. forces departed as part of the transition to Afghan sovereignty.

The international mission to rid Afghanistan of insurgents under the leadership of the United States and NATO officially ended on Dec. 31. Afghanistan takes full responsibility for its own affairs from Thursday.

In a televised address, Ghani told Afghans to support their security forces in the interests of building a strong and peaceful Afghanistan.

“If, a year ago today, you had listened to regional and international analysts, they would never have thought that today would happen,” Ghani said. “They were thinking how can a country with the problems that Afghanistan has successfully complete a security and political transition.”

He thanked the international community for the sacrifices soldiers made during the U.S.-led NATO mission. A total of 2,224 American soldiers died, according to an Associated Press tally.

“I hope it is clear that equipping, supporting and strengthening Afghan security forces is an investment, so that the citizens of your country can be safe,” Ghani said. “A stable Afghanistan brings international stability and prevents international threats.”

Afghanistan investigates rocket strike at wedding

'Sue Ellen' shocked by Dallas love

Dallas star Linda Gray has admitted she was always bowled over by how much people loved the show.

Linda played Sue Ellen in the original 1980s Texas-set series, and returned for the show’s recent revamp, but said that she could never believe how loved it was by fans.

Talking about working on the hit show, she said: “Oh it was really lovely, extraordinary. As an actor, when you have those great moments, they’re the ones that are locked in your being forever.”

Of its success, Linda added: “I was very surprised. We were just doing these crazy things, being these eccentric Texans, having no concept that around the world, people were enthralled by it.

“I think you guys [in the UK] were the biggest fans of any country. You so appreciated everything we did, it was wonderful. Again, we were in California in a film studio, having no concept of the enormity of the filming we were doing.”

Linda also said she had been sad when the reboot came to an end: “But you don’t dwell on it. You’re sad, but it’s part of being an actor. You become a family, and when that family dissipates, you have to go back to doing your own thing.

“There’s a sadness that you don’t see them every day or afterwards for dinner. But everyone goes off to do something else and you cheer them on, and then you meet again six months, a year, five years later, and you connect again.”

Linda is currently in the UK for a panto role, which is a new experience for her.

She said: “I love it! I always love coming back here, and now I’m doing pantomime. I play the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella and it’s a delicious role. I couldn’t ask for anything better. It’s my first time [doing panto] and I’m really enjoying every moment of it.”

:: Dallas is on every weekday throughout January on CBS Drama. Cinderella runs at the New Wimbledon Theatre until January 11.

'Sue Ellen' shocked by Dallas love

Afghans take over full security charge, mortars kill 20 civilians

By Hamid Shalizi and Mohammad Stanekzai

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan assumed full responsibility for security from departing foreign combat troops on Thursday, a day after Afghan army mortar shells killed at least 20 civilians attending a wedding party in volatile southern Helmand province.

The move will test the readiness of 350,000 Afghan forces who will bear responsibility for fighting increasingly organised Taliban insurgents.

The U.S.-led coalition troops formally ended their combat mission more than 13 years the Islamist Taliban government was toppled in late 2001 for sheltering the planners of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on American cities.

However, about 13,000 foreign troops, mostly Americans, will remain in the country under a new two-year mission named “Resolute Support” to train Afghan troops.

“I want to congratulate my people today that Afghan forces are now able to take full security responsibility in protecting their country’s soil and sovereignty,” President Ashraf Ghani said in a speech to mark the handover.

Afghan army mortar rounds killed at least 20 civilians and wounded scores attending a wedding party in Helmand on Wednesday, provincial officials said.

General Mahmoud, the deputy Commander of the Afghan 215 corps in the province, said artillery was fired from three directions at a village in Sangin district where the wedding was held on Wednesday.

“What we know so far is that our soldiers fired mortar rounds from three outposts but we do not know whether it was intentional,” Mahmoud told Reuters.

“We have launched our investigation and will punish those who did this.”

Gul Pasha Bakhtiar, deputy provincial police chief, said 26 civilians, including women and children, were killed and 41 wounded by mortar shells fired from the army side.

At least 3,188 Afghan civilians were killed in the intensifying war with Taliban insurgents in 2014, making it the deadliest year on record for non-combatants, the United Nations said in a report last week.

As of Nov. 30, the United Nations had recorded a total of 3,188 civilian deaths and 6,429 injuries.

The numbers are a sharp reminder that the Afghan war is far from over.

For the first time, ground battles between the Taliban and Afghan forces became the main cause of civilian deaths in 2014. In previous years, planted bombs killed the most civilians.

While U.S. military officials have portrayed the war as in the process of being won by Afghan security forces, the national army and police have also suffered record losses this year, with more than 4,600 killed.

Since 2001, nearly 3,500 foreign soldiers from 29 countries have been killed in Afghanistan, including about 2,200 Americans.

(Additional Reporting by Mirwais Harooni; Writing by Hamid Shalizi; Editing by Nick Macfie)

Afghans take over full security charge, mortars kill 20 civilians

AirAsia jet searchers fight 'time and weather;' 7 dead found

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (AP) — Searchers were racing “against time and weather” Thursday to recover the dead from the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501, with a window of good conditions slammed shut by another onslaught of wind and heavy rain.

Seven bodies have been recovered from the jet, which crashed into the Java Sea on Sunday with 162 people aboard.

Search crews began finding wreckage and corpses Tuesday, but in the thick of Indonesia’s rainy season, the weather has frequently prevented helicopters and divers from operating while strong sea currents have kept debris moving.

While searchers had no success Thursday finding bodies as of late afternoon, authorities announced that they had identified one of the seven previously recovered bodies: flight attendant Hayati Lutfiah Hamid.

Singapore’s navy sent in an unmanned underwater vehicle capable of surveying the seabed to try to help pinpoint the wreckage and the all-important “black boxes.” Indonesia is using a minesweeper and a private survey ship that specializes in sea mapping, while aircraft capable of detecting metal also were deployed.

We are “focusing on finding the body of the plane,” Indonesia air force spokesman Rear Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto told reporters. “There was something like a dark shadow once seen from a plane, but it cannot yet be proven as wreckage.”

The seven bodies were recovered from an area off Borneo island, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) from the site where bodies were first spotted. Remains are being sent initially to Pangkalan Bun, the closest town, before being transported to Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city, where Flight 8501 had taken off.

Choppy conditions had prevented divers from entering the water Wednesday, and helicopters were largely grounded, but 18 ships continued to survey the narrowed search area.

Sonar images have identified what appeared to be large parts of the plane.

“It’s possible the bodies are in the fuselage,” said Vice Air Marshal Sunarbowo Sandi, search and rescue coordinator in Pangkalan Bun. “So it’s a race now against time and weather.”

The longer the search takes, the more bodies will decompose and more debris will scatter.

It is still unclear what brought the plane down about halfway into its two-hour flight from Surabaya to Singapore. The jet’s last communication indicated the pilots were worried about bad weather. They sought permission to climb above threatening clouds but were denied because of heavy air traffic. Four minutes later, the airliner disappeared from the radar without issuing a distress signal.

The cockpit-voice and flight-data recorders, or black boxes, hold data that will help investigators determine the cause of the crash but have yet to be recovered. Items recovered so far include a life jacket, an emergency exit door, an inflatable slide, children’s shoes, a blue suitcase and backpacks filled with food.

Officials have not announced the identities of the recovered bodies. Relatives have given blood for DNA tests and submitted photos of their loved ones, along with identifying information such as tattoos or birthmarks that could help make the process easier.

The long wait, with its starts and stops, has been frustrating for Sugiarti, 35. Her 40-year-old sister, Susiyah, was a nanny traveling to Singapore for a vacation with her employers and their 2-year-old daughter.

“I hope that they can find her body soon. I feel sorry for my sister because it has already been five days,” she told reporters at a crisis center set up at a Surabaya police station. “I am trying very hard to be patient.”

Nearly all the passengers were Indonesian, and many were Christians of Chinese descent. The country is predominantly Muslim, but sizeable pockets of people of other faiths are found throughout the sprawling archipelago.

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Ng reported from Surabaya, Indonesia. Associated Press writers Niniek Karmini, Ali Kotarumalos and Margie Mason in Jakarta contributed to this report.

AirAsia jet searchers fight 'time and weather;' 7 dead found

NHS sex attacks 'up 50% since 2011'

Police have received more than 1,600 reports of sexual abuse in NHS hospitals, private clinics and health centres in the last three years, new figures have suggested.

According to a Freedom of Information request by the Guardian, data from 38 out of 45 police forces in the UK reveals a 50% increase in reports since 2011 and totalling 1,615 alleged attacks including 157 rapes.

The paper said the Metropolitan Police had been told of 17 rapes and 124 other sexual offences, accounting for 20% of all reports, with mental health patients being particularly vulnerable.

Luciana Berger, shadow minister for public health, told the paper: “A zero-tolerance approach to sexual abuse must be pursued in the NHS. All victims should feel safe to come forward and every incident properly dealt with by the police, courts and health service, to ensure every perpetrator is brought to justice.

“Ministers must order an immediate review of security, with a focus on mental health units.”

Responding to the Guardian, an NHS England spokesman said: “It is of course essential that both NHS and independent hospitals do everything to ensure that patients are safe and feel safe in their premises, and where concerns arise the police must be able to bring to bear the full force of the law.”

NHS sex attacks 'up 50% since 2011'