Directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller   Written by Chuck Sklar   Cast Carol Alt ... Self Paul Arthurs ... Self Backstreet Boys ... Themselves Kevin Bacon ... Self - Presenter Teresa Barrick ... Self Beck ... Self - Presenter Björk ... Self Toni Braxton ... Self - Presenter Ewen Bremner ... Self - Presenter Bebe Buell ... Self Michael Buffer ... Self - Presenter Bush ... Themselves Mariah Carey ... Self - Presenter Billy Corgan ... Self The Cranberries ... Themselves - Musical Guests Peter Criss ... Self Sheryl Crow ... Self Geena Davis ... Self - Presenter Dr. Dre ... Self Anthony Edwards ... Self Gloria Estefan ... Self Angie Everhart ... Self Flea ... Self - Presenter Foo Fighters ... Themselves Ace Frehley ... Self Víctor Fuentes ... Self Fugees ... Themselves Peter Gabriel ... Self Liam Gallagher ... Self Noel Gallagher ... Self Janeane Garofalo ... Self - Presenter Darrell Hammond ... Self / Bill Clinton Lauryn Hill ... Self Hootie & the Blowfish ... Themselves - Musical Guests Rachel Hunter ... Self James Iha ... Self Wyclef Jean ... Self Jewel ... Self Mike Judge ... Self - Presenter (voice) (as Beavis & Butthead) Bela Karolyi ... Self (as Béla Károlyi) Patsy Kensit ... Self Anthony Kiedis ... Self - Presenter KISS ... Themselves Jay Leno ... Self - Presenter LL Cool J ... Self - Musical Guest Courtney Love ... Self Norm MacDonald ... Self / Bob Dole Samantha Mathis ... Self Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg ... Self - Presenter (as Jenny McCarthy) Ewan McGregor ... Self - Presenter Paul McGuigan ... Self Natalie Merchant ... Self Metallica ... Themselves - Musical Guests Dennis Miller ... Self - Host Alanis Morissette ... Self - Musical Guest Nas ... Self - Musical Guest No Doubt ... Themselves - Musical Guests Rosie O'Donnell ... Self - Presenter Oasis ... Themselves Ric Ocasek ... Self Joan Osborne ... Self Gwyneth Paltrow ... Self - Presenter Joe Perry ... Self - Presenter Paulina Porizkova ... Self Simon Rex ... Self Tim Robbins ... Self - Presenter Chris Rock ... Self - Presenter Dennis Rodman ... Self Gavin Rossdale ... Self Susan Sarandon ... Self Claudia Schiffer ... Self - Presenter Seal ... Self - Presenter Kyra Sedgwick ... Self John Sencio ... Self Gene Simmons ... Self Smashing Pumpkins ... Themselves - Musical Guests Paul Stanley ... Self Gwen Stefani ... Self Ben Stiller ... Self Oliver Stone ... Self Sharon Stone ... Self Bone Thugs-N-Harmony ... Themselves - Musical Guests Steven Tyler ... Self - Presenter Van Halen ... Themselves - Presenters Veronica Webb ... Self Alan White ... Self Neil Young ... Self - Musical Guest Uncredited Cast Tupac Shakur ... Self - Presenter Snoop Dogg ... Self - Presenter Produced by Carol Donovan   Audrey Morrissey   Eva Neu   Andy Schuon   Allan Stephan

Additional Info Premiere: September 04, 1996 Country: Distributor: MTV Networks Websites: Production Companies Music Television (MTV) Filming Locations Radio City Music Hall - 1260 6th Avenue, Rockefeller Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.0 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #13,224 / 21,220 Site Ranking #13,219 The Hood Has Eyez (2007) #13,220 One Missed Call (2005) #13,222 Brother Minister: The Assassination Of Malcolm X (1994) #13,223 Truly, Madly (2020) #13,224 1996 MTV Video Music Awards (1996) #13,225 Stop The Bitch Campaign (2001) #13,226 Type O Negative: Symphony For The Devil (1999) #13,228 When Death Calls (2012) #13,229 Fangoria: Blood Drive II (2005)