{"id":34677,"date":"2024-09-13T09:23:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T09:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=34677"},"modified":"2024-09-13T10:15:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T10:15:01","slug":"the-best-and-worst-moments-of-the-2024-mtv-vmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=34677","title":{"rendered":"The Best and Worst Moments of the 2024 MTV VMAs"},"content":{"rendered":"
The MTV Video Music Awards turn 40 this year and they\u2019re feeling nostalgic. Lots of old rappers, for one thing, at a show that was opened by Eminem and closed by LL Cool J, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Def Jam. But that\u2019s not the only reason this year\u2019s awards appeared a touch more mature, with a Lenny Kravitz\/Quavo team-up straight out of the Grammys playbook, a special appearance by TRL\u2019s Carson Daly (who said he returned to the VMAs mostly because the event was held at his and his kids\u2019 favorite hockey team\u2019s arena), and flashback footage (Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley!) aimed squarely at the target audience\u2019s parents. Truthfully, the entire three-plus-hour show felt calmer than usual: Less hectic editing, fewer crowd shots, hardly any Taylor Swift reactions. (Last year, we watched her react to practically the whole thing.) Naturally, Swift still went home with the night\u2019s first and last awards, winning Best Collaboration and Video of the Year (and several more) for the self-directed \u201cFortnight\u201d video, with Post Malone, barely 24 hours after making headlines for her endorsement of Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n

Everyone here is media-trained, but this year\u2019s VMAs came across as especially safe for work. That\u2019s owed partly to first-time host Megan Thee Stallion, who surely has a long television career ahead, as well as an extra-long new Pepsi commercial remaking Beyonc\u00e9, Britney, and P!nk\u2019s gladiatorial classic. Even for a show that regularly features advertiser logos onstage, the marketing tie-ins were inescapable (quoth Big Sean: \u201cWe love Doritos\u201d). Scan to order the VMA Whopper Meal and read on for our best and worst performances of music\u2019s most bewildering night.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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