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Love.

Umm, that thing the Pussycat Dolls do? Is not really so much dancing. Seriously, I saw a little of the "red carpet" pre-show (Lauren Conrad? is no Joan Rivers) and skipped right over it, without even a twinge. I used to be sad when I missed the VMAs; now I just can't even muster the energy to think about them. Too bad.

Was that Russell Brand guy any good? he's pale and skinny and dirty, so I have a little crush on him, but I've no idea if he's any good as a ..whatever he is, comedian? actor? Little from column a, little from column b?

Anna, I don't think it was Russell's finest moment. If you want quality Brand, download his podcast/radio show from iTunes. It makes my week every week - and I can't wait to hear his take on MTV, which was so far from his target audience it was almost unintentionally hilarious. He made fun of Purity Rings and Jonas Brothers, so he was fucked from all sides. Or not, according to Jordin Sparks, because that would make him a slut.

That promise ring thing was pretty great.He came back out and tried to apologize but also added how sometimes a little sex is good too. I was not told he had a podcast and now as I am a podcast addict I must seek this out. They're just like talk radio and great on long car rides.

No that's a picture from her last appearance, but right up until showtime they were denying that she was going to be there yesterday.

To blow your miiiiiind.

tokio hotel? what? how? why?

Uh, I didn't think I was THAT far out of the crap-pop-music loop...
And yet, I don't recognize even one of those songs.
Pity. I had some hope for MTV when they started pushing Yelle, MIA and Vampire Weekend between shows.

Ahhh, I'll just plug my ears singing "lalalalalala" and reminisce about a childhood of watching "Singled Out."

I thought Russell Brand was pretty damned good considering he was hosting the VMAs, on(I>American MTV and was in America. It's true that his podcasts are way better (as are his standup shows and his most recent TV show, Ponderland), but considering what he had to work with...

I did find something interesting, though. The live audience was made-up mostly of young artists and/or celebrities. I think it's safe to say, then, that the vast majority were left-leaning/democrats. Certainly when RB pleaded with them to vote for Obama, there was a massive cheer. However, when he started making Bush jokes, the cheering wasn't quite so, shall we say, vehement. I think this is because RB is British (or, more to the point, not American). In other words, I think Americans are totally fine with fellow Americans taking the piss out of Bush, but let a non-American do it and they perhaps take a small amount of umbrage?

I think I'm right about this. As a dual citizen (American by birth, Brit by everything else), I see this kind of thing again and again. American liberals are extremely different from European liberals...in fact, a garden-variety liberal in the US is more like a left-leaning conservative in the UK. A true "liberal" in the UK, though, is like a radical in the US. Last night was just another example. Many Americans on the left are fine with their own decrying the President, but not anyone else. Many American liberals are also fine with guns (WTF, people!!), holding up the flag as some kind of deity (it's a piece of cloth! Brits don't "lose thier shit" over the Union Jack), and the conjoining of church and state.

Sorry. I'll get off the soapbox now. I just thought the audience reaction was interesting (and a bit predictable).

boogs, it's kind of like how I can call my sister a fat, miserable, whoring bitch, but I get pissed off when others do it.

I see were you are coming from BOOGS, I often catch a similar vibe when taking a critical stand. I've even been called Eurotrash on numerous occassions for merely stating that I wish the dems to get a fair shake this time around. But wouldn't you take similar offence when people from outside Europe make derogatory remarks about the way our leaders run things? On the other hand, we may be a bit more up to speed on American politics and policy than the other way around... (Ducks for cover)

How can anyone vote on the "best" video if they don't show videos anymore. Even MTV 2 doesn't show videos. And I just wish Lil Wayne would pull his fucking pants up.

The MTV VMAs now have a lower budget than the Source Awards and I've seen girls around the way with better weaves than Britney Spears. Progress, indeed.

Everytime I hear Chris Brown - With You, I think of the misheard lyrics comment diversion where someone thought the song goes 'I need your boobs, gotta see your boobs.' chuckles.
Anyway, I guess the Spears family funded this entire operation because there's no way she would win anything otherwise. And Lil Wayne and T-Pain were like some of the few people that actually seemed happy to be there and that warmed my heart.

It is truly a sorry state of affairs in the world when a young, successful, African American man still isn't allowed to wear a belt to keep his pants up. Keep up the good fight, Little Wayne!

Um, I was going to comment on them not showing videos anymore. But that's been done. I could comment on the fact that I don't know anyone who won an award besides the Trainwreck formerly known as Jail Bait. But I will instead comment on the ad for The Women.

1. Annette Bening looks like Vanessa Williams. I guess they are adding color tinting to the airbrushing now as well.

2. Never liked Debra Messing and couldn't fathom how she won an Emmy when she was the 7th funniest person on the show she was on. However, LOVE the photo of her on there with Carrot Top's hairdo and looking like she's ready to do a little tubesteak boogie. From the way Jada's whispering in her ear, it's probably Will and this is her entree into Scientology.

3. Jada Pinkett Smith...wtf is she in the ad for? When the high point of your career is being a glorified extra on A Different World and the two Matrix sequels, you don't need to be in the ads, no one is going to a movie to see you. Hell, put Cloris Leachman on the poster, she has an Oscar, she was Frau Blucher and she was funny on the Bob Saget roast, at least she has done something. Wait a second, Jada was Peaches in A Low Down Dirty Shame? I retract my last comment.

4. I have nothing to say about Eva Mendes and Meg Ryan but this. One can't act, and the other appeares to have had a lot of work done.

Needless to say, I won't be seeing this estrogen infused pile of warm feces. I have a penis. And a brain. And both are screaming at me to run away from this as fast as I can. Usually they don't work in sync, so if they are in agreement, I trust their judgement.

I have nothing to say about Eva Mendes and Meg Ryan but this. One can't act, and the other appeares to have had a lot of work done.

Ahh, but which one is which?

And here I figured this was the last place anybody would give a flying fuck about having his/her entertainment choices validated by a panel of strangers. Or am I irony-deaf?

I'm truly not the type of person who eagerly and thoughtlessly declares that things suck. I'm also not the type of person who always harps on how things used to be better in the good old days. But, seriously:

1. The 2008 VMAs sucked. Donkey nuts.
2. They used to be so much better.

I was practically forced to tune into this debacle because VH1 thought that instead of airing I Love Money they would put up a blank screen telling you to go watch the MTV awards. For lack of better options I switched over to see just how much money this shit must be making for vh1 to cancel their evening's programming for the entirety of the show...

and I made it through about 5 minutes until the Pussycat Whores won the award for Best Dancing or some shit and started thanking God for it.

mmhmm. that's right.

fuck mtv

fnm kicks ass