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Guess Who’s Getting Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at MTV VMAs!

Keith GirardAugust 15, 2017

Pink, who bent pop, rock and punk into a sound entirely her own, is getting the “Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award” at the MTV Video Music Awards for her 17-year career. She’ll also be performing live when the show airs Aug. 27....

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Cara Delevingne, Young Hollywood Sexiness Rule at MTV Awards (photos!)

Keith GirardMay 8, 2017

Cara Delevingne, the UK model and budding actress, was thoroughly arresting at the MTV Movie & TV Awards show last night. Young Hollywood red carpet fashions were like a Popeye’s dinner: all legs and breasts. Delevingne, 24, has been a fixture on the modeling scene since she was a teen. But she’s been making inroads in movies as well over the past few years....

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Justin Bieber Sobs at MTV VMAs; Cynical Ploy or Heartfelt Emotions?

Keith GirardAugust 30, 2015

Justin Bieber returned to the MTV Music Video Awards with a cold open leading to his performance of new single “What Do You Mean?” But he left a hot mess, sobbing uncontrollably at the end of the song. Was it heartfelt emotion or a cynical play for sympathy? Bieber has been on a roller coaster ride over the past 18 months, no question about that. Watch!...

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Taylor Swift’s Blank Space Wins Best Pop Video Award at MTV VMAs (See It!)

Keith GirardAugust 30, 2015

Taylor Swift has won the Best Pop Video Award at the MTV Video Music Awards for her “Blank Space” video. It featured her with a split personality, one is a “daydream,” the other a “nightmare.” She goes from playful to fatal attraction. The song is a play on tabloid reports about her reputation as a man-eater. Many boyfriends have passed in and out of her life since she shot to fame....

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Miley Cyrus Hits MTV VMAs Red Carpet in Barely There Outfit (photos!)

Keith GirardAugust 30, 2015

Miley Cyrus stunned on the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet wearing a costume more suited for an “R-rated” Halloween parade. She looked like a space-age Amazon with her private parts barely covered by straps and a tiny, tiny skirt. Cyrus is hosting the awards show and seems determined to make a statement about her sexuality....

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Robin Thicke, Paula Patton Blur the Lines on Their Marriage

Keith GirardFebruary 24, 2014

Robin Thicke and Paula Patton, one of the hottest celebrity couples going and thought to be as solid as celebrity marriages get, have decided to blur the lines on their relationship. The Hollywood couple released a joint statement today (Feb. 24) announcing their separation. Divorce seems to be a foregone conclusion....

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Kanye West MTV Obsessed (Again) in Barclays Concert Rant (watch!)

Keith GirardNovember 21, 2013

Kanye West wants it all even though it don’t mean sh*t to him. Just one of the many contradictions that emerged at his concert last night (Nov. 20) as “the genius” went off on MTV for giving Bruno Mars “all the fu*king awards” and a bunch of other subjects. Kanye was in concert at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center when he paused in the show to go on a 10-minute steam of consciousness rant....

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Miley Cyrus Still Toying With Critics; Posts Racy New Pic (See!)

Keith GirardSeptember 4, 2013

Miley Cyrus shows no signs of relenting, posting a sexy new photo on Twitter posing with a ginormous pair of bare breasts, despite the near hysterical reaction from critics over her MTV Video Music Awards performance. In her first and only interview on the subject with MTV, Miley said critics were “overthinking” the performance, which she said was planned from the beginning. See her sexy pic. ...

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Miley Cyrus ‘Messed Up’ Quotes False; Another Major Media Fail

Keith GirardSeptember 3, 2013

Miley Cyrus may be a lot of things but she’s not apologetic about her performance at the MTV Music Video Awards, despite interview quotes sweeping the Internet that made her appear remorseful and to blame her on-stage vamping on “so many f–king issues.” The quotes were widely repeated by supposedly even the most “respected” media outlets including ABC news, “Extra-TV,” The HuffingtonPost, a slew of other gossip sites and even MTV, which hosted the VMAs. But none of those sites apparently check out the quotes with Miley or any of her reps....

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Scarlett Johansson on Fire in New ‘Don Jon’ Tease, Glamour Photos

Keith GirardAugust 26, 2013

Scarlett Johansson has stripped off her skin-tight Avengers Black Widow suit and jumped into some more comfortable clothes to play in the romantic comedy “Don Jon” opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt. She sizzles as the girl who plays hard to get in the romantic comedy. This is the 28-year-old actress’s sexiest role since 2012′s “Hitchcock,” where she plays Janet Leigh during the making of the film director’s controversial horror movie “Psycho.”...

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Katy Perry Tight, Toned Singing ‘Roar’ on MTV VMAs (watch!)

Keith GirardAugust 26, 2013

Katy Perry delivered the knock out punch for Sunday’s 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, with a “Rocky” themed boxing performance on an outside stage set against the Brooklyn Bridge. She sang her upbeat, empowerment song “Roar.” Katy, 28, looked tight and toned in boxing trunks and a midriff-baring, tiger-striped bra top with her hair pulled back in braids. She may be the best shape of her life....

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Miley Cyrus Strips, Dirty Dances at MTV VMAs (20 photos!)

Keith GirardAugust 26, 2013

Miley Cyrus Strips Down for MTV VMAs; the "We Can't Stop" singer was on fire at the video awards show in Brooklyn. She did a medley of songs of the summer with Robin Thicke. Miley Cyrus hit the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday (Aug. 25) and put on a sizzling show, singing a medley of “song of the summer” nominees, including her own song “We Can’t Stop” and Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines.” Miley opened with her song, wearing a tiny bodysuit with a drunk-looking teddy bear on the front. It was fitting, since she was surrounded by dancing pink teddy bears with the same slurred-speech look on their faces. ...

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Miley Cyrus Sings ‘We Can’t Stop,’ MTV ‘Bleeps’ Her! (watch!)

Keith GirardAugust 25, 2013

Miley Cyrus led off a medley of contenders for the “Song of the Summer” with “We Can’t Stop” at the MTV Music Video Awards Sunday night (Aug. 25). But the music network left no doubt about what it thought of the song. When Miley got to one of the controversial lyrics in the song, the network bleeped it out....

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