MTV 2009 VMA NOMINATIONS

The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards are back where it belongs, at Radio City Music Hall in NYC!



The nominees were released yesterday & here it is:

Video of the Year:

Kanye West -- "Love Lockdown"

Beyonce -- "Single Ladies"

Eminem -- "We Made You"

Britney Spears -- "Womanizer"

Lady GaGa -- "Poker Face"

Best Male Video:

Kanye West -- "Love Lockdown"

Jay-Z -- "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"

Eminem -- "We Made You"

T.I. featuring Rihanna -- "Live Your Life"

Ne-Yo -- "Miss Independent"

Best Female Video:

Taylor Swift -- "You Belong With Me"

Beyonce -- "Single Ladies"

Kelly Clarkson -- "My Life Would Suck Without You"

Pink -- "So What"

Lady GaGa -- "Poker Face"

Katy Perry - "Hot N Cold"

Best New Artist:

3OH!3 -- "Don't Trust Me"

Drake -- "Best I Ever Had"

Kid Cudi -- "Day 'n' Nite"

Lady Gaga -- "Poker Face"

Asher Roth -- "I Love College"

Best Pop Video:

Beyoncé -- "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"

Cobra Starship (featuring Leighton Meester from Gossip Girl) -- "Good Girls Go Bad"

Lady Gaga -- "Poker Face"

Britney Spears -- "Womanizer"

Wisin & Yandel -- "Abusadora"

Best Rock Video:

Coldplay -- "Viva la Vida"

Fall Out Boy -- "I Don't Care"

Green Day -- "21 Guns"

Kings of Leon -- "Use Somebody"

Paramore -- "Decode"

Best Hip-Hop Video:

Eminem -- "We Made You"

Flo Rida (featuring Kesha) -- "Right Round"

Jay-Z -- "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"

Asher Roth -- "I Love College"

Kanye West -- "Love Lockdown"

Breakthrough Video:

Anjulie -- "Boom"

Bat for Lashes -- "Daniel"

Chairlift -- "Evident Utensil"

Cold War Kids -- "I've Seen Enough"

Death Cab for Cutie -- "Grapevine Fires"

Gnarls Barkley -- "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"

Major Lazer -- "Hold the Line"

Matt and Kim -- "Lessons Learned"

Passion Pit -- "The Reeling"

Yeah Yeah Yeahs -- "Heads Will Roll"

Best Direction in a Video:

Beyoncé -- "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Director: Jake Nava)

Cobra Starship (featuring Leighton Meester) -- "Good Girls Go Bad" (Director: Kai Regan)

Green Day -- "21 Guns" (Director: Marc Webb)

Lady Gaga -- "Paparazzi" (Director: Jonas Åkerlund)

Britney Spears -- "Circus" (Director: Francis Lawrence)

Best Choreography in a Video:

Beyoncé -- "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Choreographers: Frank Gatson and JaQuel Knight)

Ciara (featuring Justin Timberlake) -- "Love Sex Magic" (Choreographers: Jamaica Craft and "Marty")

Kristinia DeBarge -- "Goodbye" (Choreographer: Jamaica Craft)

A.R. Rahman and the Pussycat Dolls (featuring Nicole Scherzinger) -- "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" (Choreographers: Robin Antin and Mikey Minden)

Britney Spears -- "Circus" (Choreographer: Andre Fuentes)

Best Special Effects in a Video:

Beyoncé -- "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Special Effects: VFX Effects and Louis Mackall V)

*Eminem -- "We Made You" (Special Effects: Ingenuity Engine)

Gnarls Barkley -- "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" (Special Effects: Gradient Effects and Image Metrics)

Lady Gaga -- "Paparazzi" (Special Effects: Chimney Pot)

Kanye West (featuring Mr Hudson) -- "Paranoid" (Special Effects: Wizardflex)

Best Art Direction in a Video:

Beyoncé -- "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Art Director: Niamh Byrne)

Coldplay -- "Viva la Vida" (Art Director: Gregory De Maria)

Gnarls Barkley -- "Who's Gonna Save My Soul" (Art Director: Zach Matthews)

Lady Gaga -- "Paparazzi" (Art Director: Jason Hamilton)

Britney Spears -- "Circus" (Art Directors: Laura Fox and Charles Varga)

Best Editing in a Video:

Beyoncé Knowles -- "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Editor: Jarrett Fijal)

Coldplay -- "Viva la Vida" (Editor: Hype Williams)

Miley Cyrus -- "7 Things" (Editor: Jarrett Fijal)

Lady Gaga -- "Paparazzi" (Editors: Danny Tull and Jonas Åkerlund)

Britney Spears -- "Circus" (Editor: Jarrett Fijal)

Best Cinematography in a Video:

Beyoncé -- "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Director of Photography: Jim Fealy)

Coldplay -- "Viva la Vida" (Director of Photography: John Perez)

Green Day -- "21 Guns" (Director of Photography: Jonathan Sela)

Lady Gaga -- "Paparazzi" (Director of Photography: Eric Broms)

Britney Spears -- "Circus" (Director of Photography: Thomas Kloss)

Beyonce and Lady Gaga lead the pack with 9 nominations each, followed by Britney Spears with 7; Coldplay, Eminem, and Kanye West with 4 each.

The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards will be hosted by Russell Brand again & will air live Sunday, September 13 at 9:00PM.

NEW VIDEO: SHAKIRA- SHE WOLF

Shakira is back with a hot track and hot moves! This song is starting to get to me and the girl sure does have some very high vocabulary. Most of the songs she's written have been very poetic and intelligent. That Whatever, Whenever song was really written in metaphors despite the lame hook.





I adore Shakira! Plus we're born on the same day so double the love to you mama.





I'm a she wolf. Ahhhwoooooooo *I could've done without the howling in the song though LOL.

LIL KIM SINGS

The celebration for Nelson Mandela's birthday went down at the famous Radio City Music Hall this past weekend in NYC. Artists like Alicia Keys and Queen Latifah all came out to show love to the hero. But one of the most memorable moments was when Lil Kim & 80's crazy girl Cyndi Lauper (Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, She-Bop) took the stage to sing a Time After Time/Lighters Up mix with Kim singing!






She sounded like crap in the beginning but I can't front, she hit some good notes here and there towards the middle; end. And whatever instrument Cyndi was playing she skilled it! I grew up on Cyndi Lauper music. Loves her!!