Loder, Kurt 1945–

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LODER, Kurt 1945–

PERSONAL

Born May 5, 1945, in Ocean City, NJ.

Career:

Writer, journalist, and actor. Appeared in a television commercial for Amnesty International, 2001. Previously worked as a writer with Circus magazine and as the senior editor of Rolling Stone. Military Service: United States Army.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

MTV VJ, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1990.

Hitman, Who's the Man?, New Line Cinema, 1993.

Himself, The Paper, Universal, 1994.

Himself, Fear of a Black Hat, Samuel Goldwyn, 1994.

Himself, Airheads, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1994.

Himself, Dead Man on Campus, Paramount, 1998.

Himself, Belly, Artisan, 1998.

Himself, The Suburbans, TriStar, 1999.

Himself, Entropy, Magic Light, 1999.

Himself, Pups, Monarch, 1999.

Himself, My Generation, PolyGram, 2000.

Himself as MTV newscaster, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (also known as BW2, BWP2 and Book of Shadows: Blair Witch Project 2), Artisan, 2000.

Himself, Sugar & Spice, New Line Cinema, 2001.

Angryman, Blue Mutt, 2001.

Himself, Pauly Shore Is Dead, Regent, 2003.

(In archive footage) Tupac: Resurrection, Paramount, 2003.

Himself, Ramones Raw, 2004.

Television Appearances; Series:

News reporter, MTV News:The Week in Rock, MTV, 1987.

Correspondent, MTV News, MTV, 1988—.

Famous Last Words, 1990.

Host, MTV Live, 1997.

Total Request Live (also known as TRL and Total Request with Carson Daly), MTV, 1998.

Host, MTV News 1515, MTV, 1998.

Also appeared in Doggy Fizzle Televizzle, MTV.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Host, Moscow Music Peace Festival Rockumentary (documentary), MTV, 1989.

Narrator, Sex in the '90s, (documentary), CBS, 1990.

MTV, Give Me Back My Life: A Harvard Lampoon Parody, Comedy Central, 1991.

Narrator, MTV Generation (documentary), MTV, 1991.

Host, The Year in Rock: '92 (documentary), MTV, 1992.

Host, Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special (documentary), 1992.

Host, Fox/MTV Guide to Summer '92, Fox, 1992.

Host, The Year in Rock: '93, MTV, 1993.

Narrator, Seven Deadly Sins: An MTV News Special Report (documentary), MTV, 1993.

Host, Hate Rock (documentary), MTV, 1993.

Host, Straight Dope (documentary), MTV, 1994.

Narrator, Sex in the 90s V: Love Sucks (documentary), MTV, 1994.

Host, Conversations with the Rolling Stones (documentary), MTV, 1994.

Host, Madonna: No Bull! The Making of "Take a Bow" (documentary), 1994.

Host, A New Madonna: The Making of "Evita" (documentary), 1994.

Host, 24 Hours in Rock and Roll (documentary), MTV, 1995.

Host, MTV News Raw (documentary), MTV, 1995.

Host, New Religions: The Cult Question, MTV, 1995.

Host, Smashed: An MTV News Special Report (documentary), MTV, 1996.

Narrator, The Year in Rock 1997, MTV, 1997.

Host, Fight for the Right (documentary), MTV, 1997.

Host, Tibetan Freedom Concert, 1997.

Host, MTV New Year's Eve 1998, MTV, 1998.

Host, Sex in the 90s XIII: Generation Sex (documentary), MTV, 1999.

Host, Sex in the 90s XII: Fact or Fiction (documentary), MTV, 1999.

Host, MTV 2 Large New Year's Eve Party, MTV, 1999.

9 Days That Rocked the 90's (documentary), MTV, 1999.

MTV Uncensored, MTV, 1999.

Host, MTV Video Music Awards Opening Act, MTV, 1999.

Host, MTV Backstage at the Grammy's, MTV, 2000.

Host, When Lyrics Attack, MTV, 2000.

2000 MTV Video Music Awards Post Show, MTV, 2000.

2000 MTV Video Music Awards Opening Act, MTV, 2000.

Host, Testimony: 20 Years of Rock on MTV, MTV, 2001.

MTV's New Year's Eve 2002, MTV, 2001.

Correspondent, MTV Newsnow Special Report, MTV, 2001.

Narrator, Hips, Lips & Gender Benders: MTV History of Sex (documentary), MTV, 2001.

2001 MTV Video Music Awards Post Show, MTV, 2001.

MTV Video Music Awards Opening Act, MTV, 2001 and 2003.

MTV Video Music Awards 2002 (also known as VMA's 2002), MTV, 2002.

Host, Tupac: Resurrection MTV Movie Special (documentary), MTV, 2003.

2003 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2003.

MTV Video Music Awards 2003, MTV, 2003.

Host, 2004 MTV Video Music Awards Pre–Show by the Shore, MTV, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1996.

"A Star Is Abhorred," Duckman, USA Network, 1997.

"Foul Bull," Kenan & Kel, Nickelodeon, 1997.

Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 1998.

"Leap of Faith," Movie Stars, The WB, 1999.

"May a Takes a Stan," Girlfriends, UPN, 2001.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

(In archive footage) Welcome to Death Row, 2001.

Himself, Purple Rain: Backstage Pass, Warner Home Video, 2004.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(With others) What's Love Got to Do with It (adapted from his book I, Tina, cowritten with Tina Turner; also known as Tina: What's Love Got to Do with It), Buena Vista, 1993.