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Maybe it was Lizzo’s speech, or the lure of Nicki Minaj. Either way, the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards saw decent gains from last year’s telecast. MTV reports the three-hour-plus awards show was up in viewers, key demos and total minutes consumed (TMC) – +14% from last year with 1.59 billion vs. 1.4 billion, according…

UPDATE: Taylor Swift was the top winner at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards as she won Video of the Year. The singer and songwriter took the moon person trophy for her work in the 10-minute music video for “All Too Well” (Taylor’s Version). When the star took the stage she made an announcement that left all of her fans…

Nicki Minaj took the stage at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards to accept the Vanguard Award. The rapper thanked many of the people that have influenced her career and mentioned the likes of Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson. Minaj also called for more mental health awareness during her acceptance speech. “I wrote…

Johnny Depp made an appearance at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards dressed as the show’s mascot — the moon person. This was the actor’s first appearance since the defamation trial with ex-wife Amber Heard. After Jack Harlow, Fergie and Lizzo’s performance, Depp showed up digitally seemingly floating over the Prudential…

Fergie made a surprise appearance at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. The singer joined Jack Harlow at the Prudential Center stage during the big night of music. Harlow opened up the celebration by performing “First Class” and followed to present Fergie who came out to sing “Glamorous.” Music listeners know that…

The music and pop culture stars are coming together to celebrate the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards being held at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. Lizzo, Jack Harlow, BLACKPINK, LL Cool J, Sabrina Carpenter and more showed off their best looks creating fashion moments as the brightest celebrities made their way…

Pee Wee Herman’s memorable opening line, “Heard any good jokes lately?” Kanye West’s grabbing the mic from Taylor Swift. The kiss between Britney Spears and Madonna. Some of pop culture’s most memorable moments have happened during MTV’s annual Video Music Awards, which is reason enough to tune in this evening to the…

MTV is out with the list of nominees for its 2021 Video Music Awards. Justin Bieber leads the field with seven noms including Artist of the Year, followed Megan Thee Stallion’s six, including a Video of the Year mention for “WAP,” her duet with Cardi B. Billie Eilish, BTS, Doja Cat, Drake, Giveon, Lil Nas X and…

For a second year in a row, The CW will air a live simulcast of MTV’s VMA Awards. Last year was the first in the 36-year history of the VMAs that the awards show aired live on a broadcast network. The 2021 VMAs will air live from Barclays Center on Sunday, September 12 at 8 p.m. ET. The addition of the CW as a network…

As award shows try to figure out the right formula for putting on an event comparable to live, pre-COVID TV events, MTV’s annual Video Music Awards put on quite a show Sunday. Complete with social distancing, COVID-compliant production numbers and lots of cool face masks (thanks to Lady Gaga), the VMAs delivered…

On Sunday, coveted Moon Person trophies were handed out at the socially distanced and COVID-compliant  2020 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony with The Weeknd winning Video of the year as well as Best R&B. Meanwhile, Lady Gaga — in endless costume and mask changes — tallied the most wins including Artist of the Year and…

The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards are set to take place today and will air live starting 8PM ET on MTV. On top of that, for the first time in its history, the annual ceremony will air the show live on a broadcast network. As exclusively reported by Deadline, The CW will simulcast the ceremony alongside 11 ViacomCBS…