MTV Video Music Awards Live Blog
Welcome to the yearly madness that is the MTV VMAs. Like usual, they've stacked the deck for a "shocking" live spectacle, to retain an audience that has been bleeding away for years. Don't worry MTV, you've still got a viewer in me! For one more year, anyway. Let's see how this business turns out...
11:14pm: Kanye's being boring (I never thought I'd say that!), so I'm going to start in on my wrap up thoughts: This year, while less of a disaster than last year and far more enjoyable to watch, seems really packaged. In addition to the contrived Britney sweep, everyone was really safe (well, marginally safe -- Lil Wayne gave the bad-word beeper a run for her money). Russell Brand was a bit raunchy, but in a controlled way -- and he had to apologize for making fun of promise rings on MTV! And the most popular performers were pre-created Disney brands: Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, even Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears.
At least the lady interviewing Russell Brand post-show is flirting with him. This is a channel for grown-ups still, right?
Ugh. Perez Hilton is on the TV. Time to turn it off.
more after the jump...
