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February 12th, 2010
Original Article from PopCrunch
It’s a been a big week at MTV: Just days ago, the network unveiled a new arsenal of logos, dubbed its “Music Television” tagline, and unveiled the latest dates and locations for its two biggest annual award shows.
On Wednesday, the network announced that it will be holding both the MTV Movie and the Video Music Awards in the Los Angeles area this year. The movie awards will air live from Universal City, Calif., on June 6. The Video Music Awards, held last year in New York City, will air live from LA Sept. 12.
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September 10th, 2009
Original Article from Rolling Stone
Photo: Turner/WireImage
With three days to go until the Video Music Awards, MTV announced that Eminem will also appear on the show in a “special appearance.” Details are sketchy regarding Eminem’s role—Janet Jackson will also make a “special appearance” in a tribute to her brother Michael, so the term denotes something more than a standard performance—but the last time Slim Shady made a “special appearance” on MTV, he was at the butt end of a Bruno gag, literally. Maybe Eminem will exact revenge on some unprepared member of the audience? Maybe he’ll debut a track from his upcoming Relapse 2? We’ll find out live September 13th when the VMAs invade New York’s Radio City Music Hall.
MTV also revealed that Alicia Keys will join Jay-Z when Hova debuts his The Blueprint 3 song “Empire State of Mind” for the VMA audience. A whole cavalcade of presenters were also announced, including Megan Fox, Jimmy Fallon, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, 50 Cent, Jack Black, Andy Samberg, Kristin Cavallari, Pete Wentz, Gerard Butler, Tracy Morgan, Adam Brody, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Alexa Chung, Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship and Justin Bieber.
As Rolling Stone previously reported, the VMAs will also include performances by Green Day, Beyoncé, Muse, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Wale and Pink, trailers for This Is It and New Moon, the Jackson tribute, Russell Brand’s controversial hosting plus hints of Britney Spears’ possible involvement. We’re sure MTV has much more surprises in store, so keep it locked to Rolling Stone all weekend for our full coverage of the event, which conveniently is taking place right next door to our office.
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• Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” Trailer to Premiere During VMAs
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• Britney Spears Gets Into Russell Brand’s Head in VMAs Commercial
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September 14th, 2008
Photo: Winter/Getty
Despite the fact that the 2008 version of the MTV Video Music Awards made a nice splash in the ratings this year, the show as a whole managed to receive some mixed reactions. Once glance at the mountain of comments during our live blog to see the range of reactions. But there was one poster in particular (who aptly called himself Duped) who summed up the sadness and trainwreckness of the show: “Isn’t Demi Moore a little old for this? She should be off somewhere taking Centrum tablets.” Perhaps that’s why she forgot her microphone and then acted as though she had never been on live TV before — she was calcium deficient!
• VMA Video: Paramore, Panic at the Disco
• Backstage at the VMAs: Britney Spears, Russell Brand, Kid Rock and Linkin Park
September 13th, 2008
Photo: Winter/Getty
Despite the fact that the 2008 version of the MTV Video Music Awards made a nice splash in the ratings this year, the show as a whole managed to receive some mixed reactions. Once glance at the mountain of comments during our live blog to see the range of reactions. But there was one poster in particular (who aptly called himself Duped) who summed up the sadness and trainwreckness of the show: “Isn’t Demi Moore a little old for this? She should be off somewhere taking Centrum tablets.” Perhaps that’s why she forgot her microphone and then acted as though she had never been on live TV before — she was calcium deficient!
• VMA Video: Paramore, Panic at the Disco
• Backstage at the VMAs: Britney Spears, Russell Brand, Kid Rock and Linkin Park