MTV VMA 2008 - Who Are the Performers and Winners of the 2008 VMAs?

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The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) were presented, Sunday, September 7, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA. They were slated to begin at 7 PM PST.



Opening the awards ceremony was Britney Spears. Kanye West, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Lil Wayne and the Jonas Brothers performed.

Below is a list of the nominees:

Video of the Year
Chris Brown - “Forever”
Jonas Brothers - “Burnin’ Up”
Pussycat Dolls - “When I Grow Up”
Britney Spears - “Piece of Me” - WINNER
The Ting Tings - “Shut Up and Let Me Go”

Best Male Video
Chris Brown - “With You” - WINNER
Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain) - “Low”
Lil Wayne (featuring Static Major) - “Lollipop”
T.I. - “No Matter What”
Usher (featuring Young Jeezy) - “Love in This Club”

Best Female Video
Mariah Carey - “Touch My Body”
Katy Perry - “I Kissed a Girl”
Rihanna - “Take a Bow”
Jordin Sparks (featuring Chris Brown) - “No Air”
Britney Spears - “Piece of Me” - WINNER

Best New Artist
Miley Cyrus - “7 Things”
Katy Perry - “I Kissed a Girl”
Jordin Sparks (featuring Chris Brown) - “No Air”
Taylor Swift - “Teardrops on My Guitar”
Tokio Hotel - “Ready, Set, Go!” - WINNER

Best Pop Video
Danity Kane - “Damaged”
Jonas Brothers - “Burnin’ Up”
Panic at the Disco - “Nine in the Afternoon”
Britney Spears - “Piece of Me” - WINNER
Tokio Hotel - “Ready, Set, Go!”

Best Rock Video
Fall Out Boy (featuring John Mayer) - “Beat It”
Foo Fighters - “The Pretender”
Linkin Park - “Shadow of the Day” - WINNER
Paramore - “Crushcrushcrush”
Slipknot - “Psychosocial”

Best Hip-Hop Video
Mary J. Blige - “Just Fine”
Lupe Fiasco (featuring Matthew Santos) - “Superstar”
Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain) - “Low”
Lil Wayne (featuring Static Major) - “Lollipop” - WINNER
Kanye West (featuring Chris Martin) - “Homecoming”

Best Dancing in a Video
Chris Brown - “Forever”
Danity Kane - “Damaged”
Madonna (featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland) - “4 Minutes”
Ne-Yo - “Closer”
Pussycat Dolls - “When I Grow Up” - WINNER

Best Direction in a Video
Erykah Badu - “Honey” (Directors: Erykah Badu and Mr. Roboto)-WINNER
Linkin Park - “Shadow of the Day” (Director: Joe Hahn)
Panic at the Disco - “Nine in the Afternoon” (Director: Shane Drake)
Pussycat Dolls - “When I Grow Up” (Director: Joseph Kahn)
Rihanna - “Take a Bow” (Director: Anthony Mandler)

Best Choreography in a Video
Adele - “Chasing Pavements” (Choreographer: Marguerite Derricks)
Chris Brown - “Forever” (Choreographers: Tone & Rich)
Chris Brown (featuring T-Pain) - “Kiss Kiss” (Choreographer: Flii Stylz)
Gnarls Barkley - “Run” (Choreographer: Michael Rooney) - WINNER
Pussycat Dolls - “When I Grow Up” (Choreographers: Robin Antin and Mikey Minden)

Best Special Effects in a Video
Erykah Badu - “Honey” (Special Effects: X1 FX)
Coldplay - “Violet Hill” (Special Effects: Asa Mader)
Missy Elliott - “Ching-a-Ling/Shake Your Pom Pom” (Special Effects: Les Umberger)
Linkin Park - “Bleed It Out” (Special Effects: David Lebensfeld and Adam Catino)
Kanye West (featuring T-Pain) - “Good Life” (Special Effects: SoMe, Jonas & François)-WINNER

Best Art Direction in a Video
Gnarls Barkley - “Run” (Art Directors: Happy and Kells Jesse)-WINNER
MGMT - “Electric Feel” (Art Director: Sophie Kosofsky)
Katy Perry - “I Kissed a Girl” (Art Director: Benji Bamps)
Pussycat Dolls - “When I Grow Up” (Art Director: Marcelle Gravel)
The White Stripes - “Conquest” (Art Director: David Fitzpatrick)

Best Editing in a Video
Erykah Badu - “Honey” (Editor: T. David Binns)
Death Cab for Cutie - “I Will Possess Your Heart” (Editors: Aaron Stewart-Ahn and Jeff -Buchanan)-WINNER
Ne-Yo - “Closer” (Editor: Clark Eddy)
Katy Perry - “I Kissed a Girl” (Editor: Tom Lindsay)
Weezer - “Pork and Beans” (Editor: Jeff Consiglio and Colin Woods)

Best Cinematography in a Video
Erykah Badu - “Honey” (Director of Photography: Karsten “Crash” Gopinath)
Death Cab for Cutie - “I Will Possess Your Heart” (Directors of Photography: Aaron Stewart-Ahn and Shawn Kim)
Katy Perry - “I Kissed a Girl” (Director of Photography: Simon Thirlaway)
Pussycat Dolls - “When I Grow Up” (Director of Photography: Christopher Probst)
The White Stripes - “Conquest” (Director of Photography: Wyatt Troll)-WINNER

Best UK Video
Coldplay - “Violet Hill”
Duffy - “Warwick Avenue”
Estelle (featuring Kanye West) - “American Boy”
Leona Lewis - “Bleeding Love” -WINNER
The Ting Tings - “Shut Up and Let Me Go”

Howard Hughes: The Legend

Howard Hughes, the man, the myth, the legend.. the genius. A tribute to a man with the bigger than life ideas and a roller coaster life to match.

Anna Faris is very funny in THE HOUSE BUNNY

As a wannabe Playboy centerfold, turned sorority house mother, Anna Faris shows off her comedic and other attributes.
Photo by Melinda Sue Gordon | SMPSP



Starring: Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone
Directed by: Fred Wolf
Parental guide: Brief nudity, sexual situations
Running time: 97 minutes
Rating: two stars out of five

Anna Faris’ looks and comedic timing save The Bunny House from being a terrible movie. It’s a pretty funny movie, in a dumb blonde’s kind of way. The movie does have its moments and if you watch the entire movie, I don’t think you’ll find it was a waste of time. It is very entertaining.

Shelley, played by Faris, is a playboy bunny living a life of total freedom in the Mansion. A day after she turns 27, she receives a letter kicking her out of Hefner’s bed and the Mansion out due to her age. 27 in human years is like 59 in Bunny years! Confused and not having any idea of what to do outside the Mansion, she is presented with a great idea while walking aimlessly around L.A. She decides to become a house mother for the sorority girls of Zeta House, the misfits of the campus.

If they don’t get their act together, make some serious changes, and get more than 30 pledges, they will lose their house. Shelley teaches the group of misfits about skimpy clothes and flirting. They attempt to teach her how to look smart to get a nice guy.

Faris delivers one-liners flawlessly, and cracks everyone up growling out people's names so that she can remember them.

"The House Bunny" is not the best comedy out there, but you must admit that Anna Faris does a great job making this movie enjoyable.

Saxophonist in Dave Matthews Band, LeRoi Moore, dies

Saxophonist and founder the US rock group the Dave Matthews Band, LeRoi Moore, 46, has died from complications related to a June accident in an ATV (all-terrain vehicle) on his
farm in Virginia.

Moore had recently returned to his L.A. home to begin intensive rehabilitation.

"We are deeply saddened that LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and founding member of Dave Matthews Band, died unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon, August 19, 2008, at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles from sudden complications stemming from his June ATV accident on his farm near Charlottesville, Virginia," the band said on its website.

On Tuesday evening, the band went ahead with a scheduled concert in L.A. and dedicated the performance to Moore.