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- Kanye West Tells Jay Leno He's 'Ashamed' Of VMA Outburst
- Timbaland Wanted A Drake Verse On Jay-Z's 'Off That'
- Kristin Cavallari Loves Playing The 'Bad Girl' On 'The Hills'
- Exclusive: Lil Mama Apologizes For Crashing Jay-Z's VMA Performance
- Kanye West Posts New Apology To Taylor Swift For VMA Rant
- Russell Brand Defends Kanye West's VMA Tirade
- Lady Gaga's VMA Style: Fashionistas Weigh In
- 'Michael Jackson's This Is It' Trailer Excites Fans At 2009 VMAs
- Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson Dominate VMA Twitter Trends
| Kanye West Tells Jay Leno He's 'Ashamed' Of VMA Outburst Posted: 15 Sep 2009 09:06 AM PDT Rapper tears up when talk-show host asks what West's late mother would have thought of his Taylor Swift interruption.
A contrite and visibly chastened Kanye West appeared on "The Jay Leno Show" on Monday night (September 14), delivering a third public apology to Taylor Swift, following his onstage outburst at Sunday's Video Music Awards. West sat with Leno on his couch before his scheduled musical appearance with Jay-Z and Rihanna to perform "Run This Town." The rapper's apology was unplanned, Leno noted.
Kanye was measured with his words as he admitted that the pain from his mother's death still haunts him. West revealed to Leno that he plans to take some time from the spotlight to continue to cope with the matter. When Leno mentioned that he'd met Kanye's mother, Donda West, and asked what she would have thought about the VMA stunt, the rapper sat silent for more than 20 seconds as he attempted to compose himself. "Obviously, I deal with hurt, and so many celebrities, they never take the time off, and I never took the time off, really," West explained. "I've really never taken the time off. It's been music after music and tour after tour. And I'm just ashamed my hurt caused someone else hurt." Leno said West asked to speak prior to the Jay-Z-led performance and thanked the superstar for honoring the commitment to perform. West said the past 24 hours had been extremely difficult for him. He said he immediately knew his behavior was inappropriate and apologized for stepping on Swift's emotion, as the young starlet was jittery onstage celebrating her big VMA win. "It was just very rude, period," West said. "I'd like to apologize to her in person." West posted an apology to Swift on his blog the night of the Video Music Awards. The apology was later removed, but on Monday night, he issued a second mea culpa. "I feel like Ben Stiller in 'Meet the Parents' when he messed up everything and Robert De Niro asked him to leave," West wrote. Leno tried to lighten the mood at times, asking West when he knew his protest crossed the line. "As soon as I gave the mic back to her and she didn't keep going," he said to a small laugh from the audience. West, however, was anything but humorous throughout his three minutes with Leno. He teared up when the talk-show host brought up his late mother, who he lost in November 2007 after a cosmetic surgery gone bad. The rapper addressed his broken engagement and mother's passing into his last album, 808s & Heartbreak, but he's attempted to deal with his emotions onstage rather than behind closed doors. Now, he appears to be ready to confront some buried pains in private. "I have to analyze how I'm gonna make it through the rest of this life and improve," he said. Related Photos Related Artists |
| Timbaland Wanted A Drake Verse On Jay-Z's 'Off That' Posted: 15 Sep 2009 03:51 AM PDT Plus: Trick Daddy is confident the 'thugs' will still pick up his leaked album, in Mixtape Daily.
Jack Black, what did you get yourself into? The funnyman walked in on an interview with Kid Cudi, Swizz Beatz and Fonzworth Bentley at Sunday night's Video Music Awards. Who knew Bent had jokes that would knock Black off balance? We also hollered at Timbaland at the VMAs. There's a little bit of controversy about his collaborations with Jay-Z on The Blueprint 3. Tim's tracks were the first to leak, but the super-producer doesn't talk like he's stressing anything. He said him and Jay set the bar when it comes to their collabos. Finally, Trick Daddy is putting out his album tomorrow. Daddy Dollars is keeping it real street these days. Don't Sleep: Necessary Notables
Independent Album: Almost Famous: Born a Thug, Die a Thug Starring: Trick Daddy Most Insightful Tracks: "Tears of a Grown Man," "Strong Woman" and "Home Song" Essential Info: Trick Daddy isn't appreciating his album getting bootlegged but stills feel confident his "real" fans will cop his new disc. "I done seen worst. Independent is a lot different because how radio changed and the Internet has taken over. I watch some of the video channels, and it's totally all gimmicks," he said. "It's detrimental for hip-hop. But you know, I do it strictly for the thugs." Trick is excited about the early feedback he's received, especially on a record called "Tears of a Grown Man." "That's like another 'Thug Holiday,' " he said. "Everybody talks about how 'Thug Holiday' grew on them and stayed with them. On 'Tears,' I talk about what's really going on in the world with no strings attached. I talk about how I'm so proud to have a black president. "At least I can say a black family will be protected for the rest of their lives," he added about the Obamas. "We owe you to protect you and your family. The record also stresses the importance of my new governor of Florida [Charlie Crist]. He's gonna come in and improve everything Jeb Bush left behind ... or face the consequences from the voters. Other Heat This Week » Soulja Boy Tell'em and DJ Woogie - My Way of Life The Streets Is Talking: News & Notes From The Underground Timbaland said he and Jay-Z are like Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. If Jay doesn't have some of Timbo's famed beats on his album, something is missing. Tim worked on "Venus vs. Mars," "Reminder" and "Off That" from Hov's Blueprint 3 LP. "I'm out there more than he is. I know what the kids want," Tim said of their chemistry. "That's what I bring to the table. I bring that umph outta him. Listen to the album. I bring something outta him." One big question remains for fans: Why is there no Drake verse on "Off That"? Drizzy simply does the chorus. Tim — who said his own album, Shock Value 2, will be coming in November — told us he doesn't have a good answer. "You gotta ask him. It should have been [on there]," he said of Drake's missing rhymes. "But I thought, to me, we took [Drake] out of his element. But he said that was good to him. I said, 'Oh, sh--, let's go back and get him in the verse.' But that ain't my project. If it was up to me to redo it, I'd redo it that way." Tim wasn't aware that Jay is back in the lab working on an "experimental" follow-up to Blueprint 3 but didn't rule out working with the Jiggaman once again. ... Jay-Z's "Answer the Call" show at Madison Square Garden last week was one for the record books. People are still reliving the moments through conversations and the footage that's everywhere online. Two of the stars of the show spoke about it on the red carpet of the VMAs this past Sunday. Swizz Beatz said, "I haven't seen it, being in that moment, I was happy to be a part of that history. Even if I sat onstage and crossed my arms, but to have a song with Hov, I was just happy to be there." Kid Cudi, who performed "Already Home" with Jay, just hoped he didn't make any mistakes. "I said, 'If I mess this up, Jay-Z is gonna make fun of me for the rest of my life, the rest of my career,' " he thought back. "It was a point where it felt like a movie. I looked up, saw the fans and said, 'I hope I don't mess this up.' Then I went up there and did my thing." For other artists featured in Mixtape Daily, check out Mixtape Daily Headlines. Related Videos |
| Kristin Cavallari Loves Playing The 'Bad Girl' On 'The Hills' Posted: 15 Sep 2009 03:51 AM PDT 'No one remembers the nice girl,' she tells MTV News at the VMAs.
Kristin Cavallari is back, and she's shaking things up on "The Hills." But despite the drama-filled trailer for the new season, which kicks off September 29, Cavallari insisted at Sunday's Video Music Awards that she's getting along famously with everyone. Well, almost everyone.
"I'm friends with everyone — except for Audrina," she told MTV News backstage at the VMAs, where she presented an award with Nelly Furtado. So what does she make of the "Hills" commercials touting, "The bitch is back"? "I think it's funny," she laughed. "Honestly, I think it's fun to play the bad girl, and no one remembers the nice girl, you know?" In the trailer, Audrina Patridge says former co-star Lauren Conrad shared some words of wisdom about Cavallari. "Lauren basically told us she's a man-eater. She's a boyfriend stealer," Audrina said. "These are people's lives that she's messing with. People do have hearts and feelings." Cavallari was excited to be in New York City for the VMA's triumphant return to Radio City Music Hall. "It's been a lot of fun. I forgot how great the VMAs are," she said about the show, which included very memorable moments from Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Kanye West and Beyoncé. The last time Cavallari attended the VMAs, they weren't in the city that never sleeps. "I went to the ones in Miami. I think it's better in New York," she said. "I grew up watching it in New York, so this is the real VMAs." The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards might have wrapped, but the party is far from over. Stay tuned for behind-the-scenes updates, party reports and much more. Related Videos |
| Exclusive: Lil Mama Apologizes For Crashing Jay-Z's VMA Performance Posted: 13 Sep 2009 11:38 PM PDT 'I did not mean any disrespect towards Jay-Z or Alicia Keys,' 'America's Best Dance Crew' judge says in statement.
If it wasn't for a guy named Kanye West, Lil Mama might have dominated Monday's headlines with her, er, zealousness at Sunday night's Video Music Awards. The New York-bred rapper/ TV personality got hyped up and jumped onstage with Jay-Z and Alicia Keys during their show-closing performance of Jay's "Empire State of Mind." Mama came onstage toward the end of the song and even struck a pose with Hov and Alicia Keys, after Jay had gestured for her to chill out seconds earlier and joked she was "T-Paining." On Monday afternoon (September 14), Mama sent MTV News a statement via her manager explaining the incident.
"I did not mean any disrespect towards Jay-Z or Alicia Keys," the statement reads. "I admire them and look up to them as role models. 'Empire State of Mind' had my emotions running high. In that moment I came up onstage to celebrate my two icons singing about NY." Lil Mama's rep said she may have more to say about the situation later. Mama caught it pretty hard last night on the Internet. The topic "lilmamais" blew up and was even the top Twitter trend for a few hours. Fabolous was one of the celebs having fun with the moment, chiming in on his Twitter page. "#Lilmamais like the dude that parachutes down on the field during a game!" Fab tweeted. "#Lilmamais gonna get security at the stages of every award show from now on. #Lilmamais the bird that flew outta Lady Gaga's nest on her face!!" The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards might have wrapped, but the party is far from over. Stay tuned for behind-the-scenes updates, party reports and much more. Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
| Kanye West Posts New Apology To Taylor Swift For VMA Rant Posted: 14 Sep 2009 01:36 AM PDT 'I feel like Ben Stiller in 'Meet the Parents,'' West blogs in new apology, after removing earlier post.
On Monday (September 14), Kanye West took to his blog to issue a new apology to Taylor Swift for interrupting her acceptance speech at the VMAs, and saying that he thought Beyoncé deserved to win the Moonman for Best Female Video.
"I feel like Ben Stiller in 'Meet the Parents' when he messed up everything and Robert De Niro asked him to leave," he wrote — not in all caps, as he usually does when he's blogging emphatically. "That was Taylor's moment and I had no right in any way to take it from her. I am truly sorry." West originally wrote a longer, all-caps apology blog on Sunday night that was later removed from his Web site. In it, he wrote, "I'm sooooo sorry to Taylor Swift and her fans and her mom," he wrote. "I spoke to her mother right after and she said the same thing my mother would've said. She is very talented! I like the lyrics about being a cheerleader and she's in the bleachers! I'm in the wrong for going on stage and taking away from her moment!" In the removed post he did say, "I will apologize to Taylor 2mrw," which he apparently did on Monday in his new apology to the VMA winner. In that same blog post he went on to say, "Welcome to the real world!!!! Everybody wanna booooo me but I'm a fan of real pop culture!!! No disrespect but we watchin' the show at the crib right now cause ... well you know!!!! I'm still happy for Taylor!!!! Boooyaaawwww!!!! You are very very talented!!! I gave my awards to Outkast when they deserved it over me ... That's what it is!!!!!!! I'm not crazy y'all, i'm just real. Sorry for that!!! I really feel bad for Taylor and I'm sincerely sorry!!! Much respect!!!!!" The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards might have wrapped, but the party is far from over. Stay tuned for behind-the-scenes updates, party reports and much more. Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
| Russell Brand Defends Kanye West's VMA Tirade Posted: 13 Sep 2009 11:38 PM PDT 'No one died,' VMA host tells Ryan Seacrest of 'Ye interrupting Taylor Swift.
At the 2008 VMAs, not only was Russell Brand the show's host, he was the most controversial figure of the night. This year, Brand may have returned as the night's host, but he was relieved of that second duty by: Kanye West, who jumped onstage during Taylor Swift's Best Female Video acceptance speech. After the show, the comedian defended Kanye's behavior when he called in to Ryan Seacrest's radio show.
"We're all people; these things are a bit silly. Calm down, no one died, it's all right," Brand said, adding that Kanye got "a little bit excited" over Swift's win over Beyoncé. "Because in the past, I've made mistakes and done things a little bit daft, if I think someone has done things that I don't agree with, I think, well, I've done things in the past that I'm not proud of." But Brand did agree that Kanye may have picked the wrong person to target. "Taylor Swift's a young kid, isn't she? Yeah, you can't make a pretty girl cry." The comedian said that he knows the VMA-nominated rapper personally and thinks that he's just a nice guy who decided to do the wrong thing at the show. "I know Kanye, and I know he's a nice bloke," he said. "We all make mistakes in life." It was a mistake that Kanye tried to fix very quickly Sunday night, when he took to his blog to write out an apology to Swift and her mom. And Brand seemed to think that the blog post should count for something. "I think he's already apologized, hasn't he?" The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards may have wrapped, but the party is far from over. Stay tuned for behind-the-scenes updates, party reports and much more. Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
| Lady Gaga's VMA Style: Fashionistas Weigh In Posted: 14 Sep 2009 03:20 AM PDT Fashion Week participants talk about Gaga as style icon.
NEW YORK — Lady Gaga certainly made a fashion statement — or four — at the VMAs on Sunday night. The new princess of pop donned four very original and different numbers that had the fashion community buzzing the next day. Is Lady Gaga a new fashion icon? Maybe not yet, but experts MTV News spoke with at Fashion Week can agree that she certainly is fashion-forward — and on her way to icon status. Celebrity stylist Robert Verdi said Gaga's debut at the VMAs has her poised to join some of the greatest women in pop music. "I actually love her," he said. "I think there have been these moments in the canon of fashion history and music history that have been very important and are marked by Cher, Madonna and now Lady Gaga. I think the all-white one [from her performance] is interesting. It's kind of a modern-day version of Madonna's 'Like a Virgin' [look]."
Keith Pollock, executive editor for Interview online, added that Gaga, much like those women before her, is making people in the entertainment industry have to step up their fashion game. "It's wonderful to see that she's willing to take a risk on the carpet because there are so many people who are afraid," he said. "Lady Gaga seems to go for the extreme and I think it really works for her, in her favor. Lady Gaga has reinvigorated pop-culture style — what performers are wearing. I think her approach to fashion is quite dramatic, and it's always exciting to see what she's going to wear." "I thought [her outfits] were all interesting and exciting, but I think it's about her different ways of keeping people talking about her and interested in her," Kendall (who did not give her last name) told MTV News. "And it obviously works and she has her own style. It's different but it's exciting. I would call it costumey." Another Gaga fan, Corey Moran, said that Gaga's fashion may push her out of the realm of a pop singer. "Her outfits were pretty good — I mean she is known for being crazy and everything, but for people who are not familiar with it she's a little out of control," he said. "She's very avant-garde. I think she's gonna develop into more a of a fashion character than maybe even so much a music personality." The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards might have wrapped, but the party is far from over. Stay tuned for behind-the-scenes updates, party reports and much more. Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
| 'Michael Jackson's This Is It' Trailer Excites Fans At 2009 VMAs Posted: 14 Sep 2009 04:20 AM PDT 'It makes tears flow in my eyes,' one fan said of the footage, in theaters October 28.
One of the most talked-about participants of the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards was tragically there in absentia. Though many people ended up talking about Kanye West, the anticipation was focused squarely on Michael Jackson, who received a tribute from Madonna, his sister Janet and an army of dancers re-enacting some of his most famous dance moves. According to reactions from fans, it was a fitting tribute.
"Madonna almost had me in tears with her speech," charchar1982 commented. "And I loved the part when [Janet] danced to 'Scream' and it looked like she was dancing with [Michael] again. My fav part of the show." She wasn't the only one who got a little choked up during the start of the show. "I am still in tears over the performance," Frances wrote. "I can only imagine that Janet needed all the strength she could get. They were so close. I'm thankful to MTV for allowing that to happen. It was a fitting tribute to MJ, since his videos did launch a whole new audience to MTV and the world." Bluestrawberry51 also appreciated Janet's effort, noting, "It was beautiful and Janet was just perfect. It was (nearly) flawless." But the outpouring of support for Michael Jackson didn't end with the show-opening tribute. At the close of the show, MTV premiered the full trailer for the upcoming film "Michael Jackson's This Is It," which brings together performance and behind-the-scenes footage from the rehearsals for what would have been the shows that made up Michael's planned residency at the O2 arena in London. The trailer inspired similar waterworks from readers. "It's bittersweet, it's a dream," Karma commented. "It makes tears flow in my eyes, but also makes me feel proud of this man, who gave his best for his fans. He was a visionary, a loving soul and the best entertainer on earth." Sam concurred. "The trailer honestly almost made me tear up. The man was dancing like he was in his 20s ... energetic. I miss Michael very, very much." Clearly the anticipation over "Michael Jackson's This Is It" — which opens on October 28 and will run for only two weeks — is extremely high, and based on the outpouring of emotion and support for the tribute at this year's VMAs, his legions of adoring fans still aren't quite ready to let Michael Jackson go. The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards might have wrapped, but the party is far from over. Stay tuned for behind-the-scenes updates, party reports and much more. Related Photos Related Artists |
| Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson Dominate VMA Twitter Trends Posted: 14 Sep 2009 04:34 AM PDT iJustine reports that Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Lady Gaga are still attracting Twitter traffic today.
Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards represented a series of firsts for what is always a trendsetting awards show. One of the most impressive innovations was the coverage provided by Justine Ezarik — known to the Internet world as iJustine — who tracked the real-time trends happening on Twitter all night. The online community responded in an unprecedented way, turning out a grand total of 2 million VMA-related tweets while the show aired live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Like most everyone else paying attention to the VMAs, the folks on Twitter were most concerned about Kanye West and Taylor Swift. "Within the first 30 seconds after Kanye West grabbed the microphone away from Taylor Swift, there were over 5,000 tweets," iJustine said. "That's a huge number." The number only kept growing. "By the halfway point in the show, there were over 50,000 tweets just about Kanye West," she said. "And just about all of them were negative." She added that the anti-Kanye sentiment manifested itself in overwhelming praise for Beyoncé at the end of the show, as well as the trending hash tag "#teamtaylor" that Swift's fans used to show their solidarity. Many of those tweets were even coming from inside Radio City Music Hall itself, as Hayley Williams, Perez Hilton, Katy Perry and a host of others all weighed in on the incident in real time. But it wasn't just about Kanye and Taylor. The early peak came courtesy of Michael Jackson, as the tribute that opened the show caused another huge spike in Twitter traffic. Using the same unique tracking software she used during the preshow, she pointed out that Jackson, West, Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Lady Gaga all still have large "bubbles" on the visualizer, which means the Twitter world is still talking about last night's big event. It's a response that blew away even an aficionado like iJustine. "That's a huge number for the Twitter universe," she said. "I'm still amazed that so many people decided to weigh in and join the conversation about the VMAs." The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards might have wrapped, but the party is far from over. Stay tuned for behind-the-scenes updates, party reports and much more. Related Videos Related Artists |
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