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Additional MTV Video Music Awards Tidbits

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M MTVVMA2014logo?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1408942453384Courtesy MTVHere’s a brief rundown of additional tidbits from the MTV VMAs:

–Ariana Grande opened the show with “Break Free,” emerging from a rocket ship to sing it.  Nicki Minaj then sang “Anaconda” and did not get bitten by a snake.  Jessie J kicked off “Bang Bang” and both women joined her…the video premiered online shortly afterwards.  Ariana ended up winning Best Pop Video for “Problem” — it was presented to her by her childhood crush, Jim Carrey, and his Dumb and Dumber To co-star Jeff Daniels.

–Katy Perry won Best Female Video for “Dark Horse.” She arrived at the VMAs with Riff Raff, who appears on the remix of her hit “This Is How We Do.” They were both wearing matching Versace denim, in an homage to Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake’s famous matching denim outfits from the 2001 VMAs.  Later, Katy enjoyed watching Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora perform “Dark Horse,” since she co-wrote it.  We saw her in the audience, singing along.

–There was no host, but SNL’s Jay Pharoah was on hand to do some of his famous impressions, including Drake, Jay Z and Kanye West.  While the real Kanye wasn’t there, his wife Kim Kardashian was, and she was wearing a top so plunging that it was a wonder it actually stayed on.  Demi Lovato also wore a super-plunging outfit, as did Jordin Sparks.

–In addition to performing “Shake It Off” for the first time on TV (see related story) Taylor Swift enjoying hanging in the front row with her BFF Lorde, who picked up her first Moonman and introduced Taylor’s performance to boot, calling it “the beginning of her brand-new era.” The two were seen singing along and dancing in their seats during a number of performances.

–Dressed all in white, Usher was the hardest-working man in showbiz at the VMAs.  While performing “She Came to Give It To You.” he danced, sang, played bass guitar and slapped and bumped Nicki Minaj’s booty.  By the end of the performance, he was sweating like a pig and looked exhausted.

–Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora’s performance of “Black Widow” was a huge production, with a string quartet onstage, a huge web hanging in the background, coordinating black spiderweb catsuits, and tons of backup dancers.  Jordin Sparks and Taylor Swift were seen singing along to every word.  As she strode around the stage confidently, you’d never guess that Iggy actually fell off the stage Friday night at a pre-VMA charity concert.

–One big surprise of the night was girl group Fifth Harmony winning the fan-voted MTV Artist to Watch category, beating out Sam Smith, Charli XCX, 5 Seconds of Summer and Schoolboy Q. “Oh my God, we didn’t think we would win, this is amazing!” said the X Factor alums, who thanked Simon Cowell, among others.

–Chris Brown was seen laughing in the audience, evidently not too concerned about the fact that rap impresario Suge Knight was shot several times at his pre-VMA party on Saturday night.

–An unexpected, though brief, tribute to Robin Williams was shown: Coldplay’s hit “A Sky Full of Stars” played over a montage of photos of the late actor and comedian, who died on August 11.

–The entire final segment of the show was given over to Beyonce, and if it was meant to show that her marriage to Jay Z was still going strong, it worked.  The couple and their daughter Blue Ivy couldn’t have looked any more loved up as they walked offstage together at the end of the lengthy performance and Bey’s emotional acceptance speech.


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