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VIDEO: Kanye West Gets Emotional on Jay Leno

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UPDATE: New video added above includes a third apology from the rapper.

He was only supposed to perform with Rihanna and Jay-Z, but Kanye West found himself sitting on ‘s new set tonight. This appearance comes just hours after Kanye posted a new apology for singer Taylor Swift.

Although NBC has only provided teaser video so far (we’re working to find another clip), you can see the rapper become emotional when the host talks about his outburst at the Video Music Awards. (Asking what West’s deceased mother would have said about the matter was apparently the million dollar question.)

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This Is It: The Long-Awaited Michael Jackson Documentary

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, MTV, Video

<a href="http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2009/" target="_blank">&#8216;Michael Jackson&#8217;s This Is It&#8217; Trailer</a>

The trailer for This Is It, the documentary revolving around Michael Jackson’s plans to launch a comeback with a series of concerts, premiered Sunday night on the . For those who missed it, and the ones who just want to see it again, check out the video above.

The film will be released on October 28.

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On the Red Carpet at the Video Music Awards

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MTV’s s celebrate everything young, fun and fresh in the music industry…and this creates a wide range of fashion possibilities on the awards carpet. Who managed to capture the spirit of the evening in something formal, flattering and still fitting to the occasion….and who managed to fail on all counts?

Go on the red carpet of the Video Music Awards to find out.

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MTV VIDEO: Beyonce Shares VMAs Spotlight with Taylor Swift

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Music, MTV, Gossip, Video


UPDATE: You can read Taylor Swift’s response to West’s outburst here.

Hey Kanye—screw your apology letter. This is what “class” looks like.

Having witnessed Taylor Swift’s VMAs moment interrupted by one of her “fans,” Beyonce Knowles did what was right. While accepting her award for Video of the Year, the singer allowed the 19-year-old to pick up where she left off.

“I remember being 17 years old, up for my first MTV Award with Destiny’s Child, and it was one of the most exciting moments in my life. So I’d like Taylor to come out and have her moment,” Knowles said.

Cue another standing ovation…for both stars.

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Kanye West’s Weak Apology to Taylor Swift

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Music, MTV, Internet

Kanye West apology

UPDATE: You can read Kanye’s newest apology here.
UPDATE: You can read Taylor Swift’s response to his outburst here.

Etiquette Rule #213: “If you’re going to write an apology letter…DON’T USE ALL FREAKIN’ CAPS!!!”

Shortly after disrespecting country singer Taylor Swift (and reportedly being kicked out of the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards), Kanye West hit his personal blog.

Since we’re currently unable to access the website (has the half-ass “apology” already disintegrated?), you’ll just have to read his insincere words here.

What do you think about the rapper’s post? Do you think Taylor should even give him the time of day?

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MTV VIDEO: Kanye West Disrespects Taylor Swift at VMAs

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Music, MTV, News, Video


UPDATE: You can read Taylor Swift’s response here.
UPDATE: You can read Kanye West’s “apology” here.

Let’s just make this clear—this stunt was not orchestrated like Bruno’s moment with Eminem.

During tonight’s MTV Video Music Awards, Kanye West stunned the audience—and an already stunned —with a declaration that will be talked about for quite some time. While accepting an award for Best Female Video, the country singer was interrupted by the rapper who was upset about Beyonce’s loss in the category.

Although Kanye is known for acting like a child when he is not presented an award, he felt it was necessary to defend Ms. Knowles’ honor during Taylor’s moment on stage. (Based on the shocked expression on Beyonce’s face, she clearly didn’t want his help.) Unfortunately, that left the beautiful 19-year-old standing there with nothing left to say.

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This Week on TV (9/7-9/13)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Bravo, Cable, FX, FOX, America's Next Top Model, So You Think You Can Dance

The Vampire Diaries

(To get a look at TV Envy’s 2009 Fall Programming Schedule, click here.)

MONDAY (9/7)

  • At Full Volume with Johnny Colt (Travel, 9pm):  “Johnny Colt of Black Crowes fame ventures to Thailand, where he finds himself in a Muay Thai boxing match.” My money’s on Johnny. He’s a little bit Hard to Handle.
  • The Rachel Zoe Project (Bravo, 10pm):  “The red-carpet pressure’s on when Rachel allows a stunned Brad full responsibility to give high fashion to actress for fashion’s biggest night—the Oscars.” That’s Ba-na-nas.
  • Hoarders (A&E, 10pm):  “A woman who has over 75 living and dead cats in her home, which is full of cat feces and urine-soaked furniture and carpets.” Later, it was discovered the woman had actually invaded the cats’ home.

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Christina Aguilera’s Goth Look Failed to Mask Bad Performance

Posted by Kathleen Kane Categories: Award Shows, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, MTV, Editorial, Gossip, Video

Christina Aguilera performing her latest hit at the 2008 VMA

To begin, I will be outright honest and admit that I tuned into MTV’s 2008 Video Music Awards last night in hopes of seeing Britney Spears make a [second] comeback performance, despite the comments from her people saying that she definitely would not appear. So I held out until the end of the show, surprisingly allowing myself to concede to an awards show I was clearly out of touch with (the only video I had seen prior to the night was “Piece of Me”).

With that being said, I was still very much excited by all of the performances throughout the night, save Christina Aguilera‘s sad excuse for one.

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The 2007 MTV Video Music Awards

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Music, Prime Time, Cable, MTV, Cable/Satellite

MTV Moon MenBefore this evening’s festivities begin, the producers of the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards should really thank the scandal-plagued artists who’ve unintentionally thrown publicity their way.  Tonight, we’ll be thinking about those performers who’ve canceled because they need to be in rehab (Amy Winehouse) and closely watching those who should probably go back ().

We’d been warning you for weeks that this would be a one-time only telecast, but in case you forgot—we hope this helps.  And for those who live on the West Coast (like me), you can play along and read our coverage as if it were in real-time:

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Video Music Awards Take on Vegas

Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Music, Prime Time, Cable, Cable/Satellite

MTV logo OK, so the are not one of my favorite awards programs. For one, I don’t even get to see music videos anymore because of all of the reality programming on the music networks. Whatever happened to the days when the music channels actually showed videos? Maybe I’m showing my age here, but when I was a kid (wow, don’t I sound old), there were videos on every hour of the day. Sigh. Those were the days. The VMA’s are trying to change things up a bit this year by making the celebration last all weekend—and filming the show at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. The producers plan to use the entire property, moving away from the stale stage format that every other awards show employs. Will it make the show any more watchable? Eh, don’t count on me tuning in. If you’d like to check it out, it airs on September 9th.

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