MTV will take its irreverent Video Music Awards to Miami this year. The live event, in its 21st year, will be held Aug. 29 at the AmericanAirlines Arena, the cable television network announced Friday. It will be the first time the show is held outside Los Angeles or New York, which has hosted the awards in recent years. But because the Republican National Convention is scheduled for Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, having the VMAs in New York would have been difficult, said the VMA’s executive producer, Salli Frattini. “There were very, very limited venue possibilities in New York because… Read more »
P.O.D. (“Alive” and “Youth Of The Nation”), Missy Elliott (“One Minute Man”), and Eminem (“Without Me”) scored six nominations each for the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, which were announced Monday (July 22). Shakira (“Whenever, Wherever”) and White Stripes (“Fell In Love With A Girl”) garnered four nominations. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Eminem, and Pink are among the artists set to perform at the event, which will be held August 29 at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. More performers for the show, hosted by Saturday Night Live’s Jimmy Fallon, will be announced later. Here’s a… Read more »
MTV has rescheduled its Video Music Awards out of respect for the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The ceremony, which usually takes place the first Thursday in September, has been moved up a week to Aug. 29. “By bringing together artists, fans and the city’s creative community for MTV’s biggest night of the year, we hope to show our love and support for the place we truly call home every day,” the cable network’s president, Van Toffler, said in a statement Wednesday. For the fourth straight year, the Video Music Awards will take place in New York,… Read more »
The 18th annual MTV Video Music Awards airs tonight at 8PM EST/PST. Alien Ant Farm, idobi.com’s Featured Artist for July, is opening the show at 6:30pm, and our Featured Artist for April, Sum 41, is up for Best New Artist. Not that we’re saying that we had anything to do with it, but we’re more than happy to take the credit. Performing at this year’s show: Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott, Ja Rule, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Linkin Park, Jennifer Lopez, *NSYNC, Britney Spears, Staind, and U2. Presenters this year: Christina Aguilera, Backstreet Boys, Mary J. Blige, Jon Bon Jovi, Destiny’s Child, Dream,… Read more »