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In response to Kanye West‘s outburst Sunday night (Sep 13) at the VMA’s, our very own President Obama was recorded calling the rapper a Jackass! In an off the record conversation with ABC news anchor Terry Moran prior to an interview, the President said:

“I thought that was really inappropriate, you know? The young lady seems like a perfectly nice person, she’s getting her award. What’s he doing up there? He’s a Jackass…”

Obama and the people around him then laughed about his statement, referring to an incident a while back when PETA jumped on his case for killing a fly in an interview.

“Where’s the pool? C’mon guys, cut the President some slack! I’ve got a lot of other stuff on my plate. Because I know the last time was the fly thing. Was that PETA?”

Moran told his 1,000,000+ followers about this on his Twitter shortly after it happened. But now, TMZ has obtained a clip of Obama’s comment. Take a listen above!

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By now the whole world knows that Kanye West rudely interrupted Taylor Swift‘s VMA acceptance speech Sunday night after it was announced that her video for “You Belong to Me” beat out Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” for a moon man. Kanye thought the award deserved the Beyonce and wasn’t ashamed to let the thousands of people in the crowd and the millions of people tuning in know it. Immediately after the show, he wrote this apology on his blog, that was later taken down:

“I’m sooooo sorry to Taylor Swift and her fans and her mom [Andrea]. 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!…………….. Beyonce’s video was the best of this decade!!! I’m sorry to my fans if I let you guys down!!!!! I’m sorry to my friends at MTV. I will apologize to Taylor 2mrw. 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 cribe right now cause…. Well you know!!!! I’m still happy for Taylor!!!! Boooyaawww!!!! You are very talented!!!!! I gave my awards to Outkast when they deserved it over me… That’s what it is!!!! I’m not crazy yall, I’m just real. Sorry for that!!! I really feel bad for Taylor and I’m sincerely sorry!!! Much Respect!!!!!”

The interest in this story and the apology that followed drove tons of people to his blog and the server couldn’t handle the traffic so they took the site down temporarily. But when it came back up, that post was gone and was replaced with this:

“I feel like Ben Stiller in “Meet the Parents” when he messed up everything and Robert De Niro asked him to leave… That was Taylor’s moment and I had no right in any way to take it from her. I am truly sorry.”

Here are the videos featuring the performances from Sunday night’s (Sep 13) MTV Video Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga and more! Even with all of the mishaps (Kanye and Lil Mama, we’re talking about YOU!), the show turned out great. This year’s VMAs were possibly the best in a while: fun, entertaining and definitely unpredictable. Continue reading to check out all of the performance videos!

MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE + JANET JACKSON – “SCREAM”

BEYONCE – “SINGLE LADIES”

JAY-Z & ALICIA KEYS – “EMPIRE STATE OF MIND”

LADY GAGA – “PAPARAZZI”

TAYLOR SWIFT – “YOU BELONG TO ME”

PINK – “SOBER”

Beyonce set the stage on fire Sunday night (Sep 13) and brought the audience to their feet as she performed a rendition of her hit single, “Single Ladies,” at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. We were under the impression that she would perform her most recent single, “Sweet Dreams” and were a bit disappointed when she didn’t … but overall, she did her thing on the stage and we can’t complain!

Last night’s VMAs opened up with a touching speech about Michael Jackson by pop singer Madonna, followed by an upbeat dance routine featuring some of the King of Pop’s biggest hits. Among the dancers were famous choreographers Wade Robson, Tina Landon, Laurie Anne Gibson, and Chris Judd, who all put in hours of rehearsal time to make the tribute a success.

The highlight of the tribute was when MJ’s little sister Janet Jackson came out during “Scream” and broke it down at the end with the music video’s dance routine. The effect of the backdrop made it seem like MJ was dancing right beside her, which was so sweet! You could tell this particular performance was a bit difficult for Janet as she clenched her jaws and tried to hold back her tears at the end. But we applaud her for going up there and doing her thing in spite of just losing her brother just 2 months ago.

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys closed out the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards with a performance of their song, “Empire State of Mind,” which comes from Jay’s new album, The Bluprint 3. Towards the end of their set, a noticeably excited Lil Mama jumped on stage and crashed their performance… AWKWARD!!

Here are some pictures featuring performances from pop singer Lady Gaga, singer/songwriter Pink and young country music sensation Taylor Swift.

Gaga performed her hit single, “Paparazzi” and left everyone thinking “what the hell…?” after her performance ended with her hanging above the stage with blood all over her body.

Pink took to the stage with “Sober,” a song from her most recent album, Funhouse. She performed her entire set (live) in the air with a trapeze artist. Dope!

Taylor started her performance of “You Belong with Me” underground in an NYC subway terminal before making her way to the streets of Manhattan, where she ended her set on top of a taxi cab.

Rapper Kanye West offered Joe Jackson a sip from his bottle of Henny before last night’s VMAs. The bottle apparently made its way around the audience because Pete Wentz was also spotted drinking straight from the community bottle. Looks like Kanye and Amber were trying to get everybody a little loose!

Kid Cudi and Wale performed as a part of the official house band during commercial breaks/intermissions.

Lady Gaga accepted her award for “Best New Artist” from a shocked Eminem. We would love to know what he was thinking when he saw her in that outfit!

Continue reading for more…

Lots more from the show to come shortly!

The famous Jackson clan patriarch, Joe Jackson, didn’t arrive at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards with his estranged wife Katherine. He instead chose to show up at the red carpet of the show with some long-haired unidentified woman with some tig ol’ bitties with turned a lot of heads and caused a lot of whispers. Still no word on who the woman is and why she was at the show with Joe. All we know is that she was his “guest.”

Singers Pink and Shakira arrived on the red carpet of the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards with the EXACT SAME dress on! Both ladies laughed off the fact that they arrived at a major awards show with the same Balmain studded leather dress and posed for some pics together. But our question is … who owns the look?

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Rapper Kanye West and his girlfriend Amber Rose decided it’d be a good idea to arrive on the red carpet of last night’s VMAs with a big ol’ bottle of Henny, which explains their choice of attire. They both, especially Amber, had to be pretty drunk to leave their hotel dressed like that. Amber wore a skin-tight snake skinned outfit while Kanye chose to wear a leather button down shirt and some busted black Timbs.

Here are some photos from the red carpet of the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, held Sunday night (Sep 13) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Big names like Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Ne-Yo, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Kanye West and more all showed up and posed for pictures. Continue reading for the rest of them!

With the 2009 VMAs just a few days away, it’s hard to believe MTV is still adding performers and presenters to the final line-up. But they are and their official website says that Jay-Z will be debuting his collaboration with Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind,” at this year’s ceremony. The track comes from Jay’s latest album, The Blueprint 3, in stores and online now.

Jennifer Lopez, Megan Fox, Shakira, Jack Black, 50 Cent, up and coming singer Justin Bieber and others have been added to the list of presenters, which already included Ne-Yo, Nelly Furtado, Katy Perry, Tracy Morgan and more.

In addition to Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, other confirmed performers include Beyonce, Pink, Wale, Lady Gaga, Pitbull and Janet Jackson, who is set to open the show with a musical tribute to her late brother, the King of Pop aka Michael Jackson.

The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards are set to air this Sunday, September 13th live from New York City’s Radio City Music Hall at 9pm/8c and will be hosted by Russell Brand.

We’ve kept from posting this due to the fact that it was falsely reported a while ago but now that MTV has confirmed it, we are please to inform you that Janet Jackson will be taking to the stage this Sunday to tribute her late brother, the one and only King of Pop Michael Jackson! The pop singer, who has nine moonmen of her own, will help open the show and honor MJ’s long and successful career in the music biz.

It’s about damn time someone gave MJ a proper tribute, and who better to do it than his sister? Janet has kept silent since the passing of Michael so this is a nice way to make a statement. We’re definitely looking forward to this Sunday! Expect this to sh*t all over BET’s “tribute.” Yes, we’re STILL bitter about it!

The VMAs will air September 13th at 9PM EST.

MTV officially announced Thursday (Aug 27) that Beyonce would be taking the stage at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards to perform her latest single, “Sweet Dreams!” This makes the third time Beyonce, who’s up for an impressive nine moonmen, has performed at the VMAs.

Up and coming rapper Wale, along with legendary Washington, D.C. go-go band UCB, have been tapped to perform as the official house band for the night. He and the group will join forces with the All-American Rejects, Pitbull and 3OH!3 to perform versions of the year’s biggest hits

One of Beyonce’s back-up dancers spilled the beans on Bey’s performance Monday (Aug 24) on her Twitter:

VOTE BEYONCE FOR VMAS!!!! & look for a great performance! ;)

The 2009 VMAs are set to air live from New York City’s Radio City Music Hall Sunday, September 3rd at 9 PM.

Though it hasn’t been confirmed by neither her nor MTV, it’s being rumored that Beyonce will be performing at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards.

Her backup dancer Ashley Everett, who can be seen in all the Sasha Fierce videos this era, broke the news through her twitter that Beyonce will be performing:

VOTE BEYONCE FOR VMAS!!!! & look for a great performance! ;)

Lady Gaga and Bey’s husband Jay-Z are also expected to perform at the live event on Sunday, September 13th at 9 PM.

It was recently announced that rapper Jay-Z and pop singer Lady Gaga will join the line-up of performers for the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. Jay-Z, nominated for “Best Male Video” and “Best Hip Hop Video” for his “DO.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)” music video will hit the stage to perform a song from his highly anticipated forthcoming album, The Blueprint 3. Additionally, Lady Gaga, nominated for 9 moonmen herself, is sure to please the crowd when she performs a single from her multi-platinum debut album, The Fame.

“I’m simply gutted to be both a performer and nominee at the 2009 VMAs,” Gaga said. “In fact, I’m so happy, I could die.”

The annual show, hosted by Russell Brand, will air live on Sunday, September 13th 2009 at 9 PM. Additional performers and presenters will be announced soon!

MTV announced the nominations for their 26th annual Video Music Awards Tuesday (Aug 4) and Beyonce and Lady Gaga both scored nine nods a piece! Beyonce, nominated for Video of the Year, Best Female Video, Best Choreography and more, says she’s excited to share the spotlight with Lady Gaga.

“I’m excited and honored to be tied for most nominated for the VMAs,” Beyonce said. “I’ve been blessed this year to have ‘Single Ladies’ become a video people really connected with and responded to. I’ve spent so much time watching all the great versions people created all around the world. It’s beautiful to feel you touch people and bring a song to life with a video.”

Lady Gaga, who has nominations in the categories of Best New Artist, Best Pop Video, Best Editing and more, also expressed her excitement … in her own way, of course.

“After years of hustle in New York City, where we made our art videos in bars, myself and the Haus of Gaga are honored to receive nine nominations for the 2009 VMAs,” she said. “We believe in the immensity and the promise of ‘showbiz’ and will continue to give it mouth-to-mouth, till its vomiting return. All you need is a camcorder, a flashlight and one truly great idea. Thank you, MTV, for being our video flagship, and for supporting this bunch of inspired kids, who love to get wasted and make art together.”

The 2009 MTV VMAs are set to air live from New York City September 13th at 9 p.m. Continue reading for the full list of nominees!

Video of the Year
» Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
» Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
» Eminem, “We Made You”
» Kanye West, “Love Lockdown”
» Britney Spears, “Womanizer”

Best New Artist
» Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
» Drake, “Best I Ever Had”
» 3OH!3, “Don’t Trust Me”
» Kid Cudi, “Day ‘N’ Nite”
» Asher Roth, “I Love College”

Best Male Video
» Eminem, “We Made You”
» Ne-Yo, “Miss Independent”
» Kanye West, “Love Lockdown”
» T.I. (featuring Rihanna), “Live Your Life”
» Jay-Z, “D.O.A.”

Best Female Video
» Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
» Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
» Katy Perry, “Hot N Cold”
» Kelly Clarkson, “My Life Would Suck Without You”
» Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”
» Pink, “So What”

Best Hip-Hop Video
» Eminem, “We Made You”
» Flo Rida, “Right Round”
» Kanye West, “Love Lockdown”
» Asher Roth, “I Love College”
» Jay-Z, “D.O.A.”

Best Pop Video
» Britney Spears, “Womanizer”
» Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
» Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
» Wisin y Yandel, “Abusadora”
» Cobra Starship (featuring Leighton Meester), “Good Girls Go Bad”

Best Rock Video
» Coldplay, “Viva la Vida”
» Paramore, “Decode”
» Kings of Leon, “Use Somebody”
» Green Day, “21 Guns”
» Fall Out Boy, “I Don’t Care”

Breakthrough Video
» Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Heads Will Roll”
» Matt and Kim, “Lessons Learned”
» Passion Pit, “The Reeling”
» Bat for Lashes, “Daniel”
» Anjulie, “Boom”
» Cold War Kids, “I’ve Seen Enough”
» Death Cab for Cutie, “Grapevine Fires”
» Gnarls Barkley, “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”
» Chairlift, “Evident Utensil”
» Major Lazer, “Hold the Line”

Best Video (That Should Have Won A Moonman)
» David Lee Roth, “California Girls”
» Foo Fighters, “Everlong”
» U2, “Streets Have No Name”
» George Michael, “Freedom”
» OK Go, “Here It Goes Again”
» Tom Petty, “Into the Great Wide Open”
» Dr. Dre (featuring Snoop Dogg), “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang”
» Beastie Boys, “Sabotage”
» Björk, “Human Behavior”
» Radiohead, “Karma Police”

Best Choreography
» Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
» Kristinia DeBarge, “Goodbye”
» Britney Spears, “Circus”
» Ciara (featuring Justin Timberlake), “Love Sex Magic”
» A. R. Rahman and Pussycat Dolls (featuring Nicole Scherzinger), “Jai Ho!”

Best Direction
» Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
» Lady Gaga, “Paparazzi”
» Britney Spears, “Circus”
» Cobra Starship (featuring Leighton Meester), “Good Girls Go Bad”
» Green Day, “21 Guns”

Best Editing
» Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
» Lady Gaga, “Paparazzi”
» Britney Spears, “Circus”
» Miley Cyrus, “7 Things”
» Coldplay, “Viva la Vida”

Best Special Effects
» Gnarls Barkley, “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”
» Lady Gaga, “Paparazzi”
» Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
» Eminem, “We Made You”
» Kanye West (featuring Mr. Hudson), “Paranoid”

Best Cinematography
» Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
» Lady Gaga, “Paparazzi”
» Britney Spears, “Circus”
» Green Day, “21 Guns”
» Coldplay, “Viva la Vida”

Art Direction
» Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”<
» Lady Gaga, “Paparazzi”
» Britney Spears, “Circus”
» Gnarls Barkley, “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”
» Coldplay, “Viva la Vida”