The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards are airing live from the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on Tuesday (Sept. 12) at 8 p.m., with Nicki Minaj hosting the show as she tries to make a comeback amid ongoing career drama. Headliners include Demi Lovato and Maneskin, with Sean “Diddy” Combs set to receive the Global … Read more
It’s been a big year for music, between Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, Olivia Rodrigo’s new album, and allegations against Lizzo. So, even if the VMAs have become less relevant in the days since Madonna kissed Britney Spears and Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift, the 2023 VMAs could be dramatic. The show will air live from … Read more
Twenty years ago, the MTV Video Music Awards had a viral moment — before “viral moments” even existed — during the opening number when Madonna kissed both Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. Seemingly in shock — just like the rest of us — Spears’ then-fresh ex Justin Timberlake looked on awkwardly from the Radio City … Read more
At the peak of her pop-superstar powers, Britney Spears could do just about anything — even slither around the stage with a snake at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards. But as fierce as she looked in her iconic performance of “I’m a Slave 4 U,” Spears wasn’t exactly fearless when she first met the … Read more
The VMAs are getting Super Freaky again. Reassuming her role as head-Barb-in-charge at MTV’s Video Music Awards, Nicki Minaj is set to serve as the host of this year’s fab fête live from New Jersey’s Prudential Center on Tuesday, September 12. “For the second consecutive year, Minaj will announce the show’s star-studded lineup of performers, presenters … Read more
She’s looking back at music hissss-tory. Britney Spears revealed Wednesday that she was “scared” when she was handed a massive python while performing her hit “Slave 4 You” at MTV’s Video Music Awards in 2001. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the pop star talked briefly about the performance while plugging her brand-new book, which is … Read more
Music’s bad boy has made good. Adding yet another accolade to his collection of wins, mega magnate Sean “Diddy” Combs, 53, is poised to receive the distinguished Global Icon Award at MTV’s 2023 Video Music Awards on Sept. 12. “He’s a legend in hip hop, a multi-industry mogul, and now… the GLOBAL ICON at this year’s VMAs,” … Read more
Pop culture was forever transformed when Madonna kissed Britney Spears — and then Christina Aguilera — on stage at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. However, it has often been forgotten that when the Queen of Pop, 65, turned from Spears to kiss the “Dirrty” singer, 42, during the drama-packed event, the camera quickly cut … Read more
Demi Lovato, Karol G, Måneskin and Stray Kids will take the stage at New Jersey’s Prudential Center as headliners for the VMAs next month. On Tuesday, MTV announced the first group of presenters for the show, which airs on Sept. 12. Lovato, 31, will be returning for her first VMAs performance in six years, days … Read more
On her unshakable smash “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus rises triumphantly from the ashes of her very public — and very nasty — breakup with “The Hunger Games” actor Liam Hemsworth after just eight months of marriage in 2019. With the viral TikTok bop spending six weeks at No. 1 since it was released on Jan. 13 … Read more
Taylor Swift might go “Back to December,” but Taylor Lautner wants to go back to the 2009 VMAs. On an episode of his new podcast “The Squeeze” that he hosts with his wife, Taylor Dome Lautner, she asked him, “If you could go back to one moment in your life, what moment would that be … Read more
Kiss me, baby, one more time. Jennifer Lopez has claimed that she — not Christina Aguilera — and Britney Spears were meant to kiss Madonna during the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards in a new interview with E! News. Instead, Madonna smooched Spears with Aguilera onstage near the end of the iconic VMA performance, which … Read more