What will be the spectacle at the MTV Video Music Awards this year?
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Barbados-born star Rihanna received the “Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award” at the VMAs Sunday night after an epic four performances at the event and then gushed about her country and the Caribbean region as a whole.
Rihanna’s final performance of Stay, Diamonds and Love On The Brain. “She’s a living, breathing legend in our industry”, he said.
Other performers include Britney Spears, Ariana Grande with Nicki Minaj, Future, Nick Jonas and The Chainsmokers. “But he felt that for Ri”, a source tells HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY after he gushed about his feelings for her onstage at the August 28 VMAs. A separate victor and a guest were flown to New York City to attend the VMAs and meet Britney prior to her performance. She was wearing white, but later stripped down to a black leotard with full sleeves as she sang “Hold Up” and “Sorry”.
Beyonce won the top prize for “Formation”, besting Adele, Kanye West, Justin Bieber and Drake. He talked about his “Famous” video which features what appear to be naked images of West, Swift, Kim Kardashian, Donald Trump and more.
As the show unfolded, pop music veteran Britney Spears performed her latest single “Make Me” with rapper G-Eazy, signaling the end of her nine-year hiatus from televised performances since the 2007 VMAs.
West also pointed out his ex-girlfriend Amber Rose in the crowd after he included a waxwork of her in his controversial video for Famous.
No one wants to follow Beyonce, but if you’re going to phone in a performance, you might as well do it when nobody is paying attention.
“You know like, people come to me like, ‘Man, that’s right!”
– Electronic video: Calvin Harris & Disciples, “How Deep Is Your Love”.
Finally, Jimmy Fallon impersonated swimmer Ryan Lochte, making false claims on his musical accomplishments – a reference to the accusation that Lochte filed a false robbery report while in Rio.
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– Collaboration video: Fifth Harmony feat.
