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  Ranking Green Day's MTV VMAs Performances

  September 9, 2012 – With five performances at the MTV Video Music Awards and 11 Moonmen under their studded belts, Green Day are VMA all-stars. In fact, only Madonna can claim more appearances on the awards show's stage. Over the last two decades, the pop-punk trio has grown from camera-shy twenty-somethings to center-of-stage showmen asking spectators if they want to be on TV. But which version of the band put on the best show? …
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  VMAs Ratings Fall By Half: Did Obama Kill MTV's Big Night?

  September 7, 2012 – Good thing the VMAs aren't running for office. The numbers are in and the 28th annual installment of the ceremony logged a piddling 6.1 million viewers — that's less than half of last year's record-setting 12.4 million haul. …
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  Have You Met Snooki's Baby? Backstage at MTV's 2012 VMAs

  September 7, 2012 – When we met Machine Gun Kelly on the red carpet for MTV's 28th annual Video Music Awards, he had a joint tucked behind his ear and his eyes were red. "I don't know what's going on this year, man," the Cleveland rapper drawled. "I'm kinda like, 'Get me the fuck out.' It's really awkward. The reality stars are the most famous people here. It's a music awards show. I don't like it. It sucks." But he had no idea. …
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  Death Wears a Leopard Fedora: SPIN Goes to the VMAs

  September 7, 2012 – The first thing you hear is the screams. They shatter the air for blocks and never pause for breath. Imagine an infinite helium wail. A brutal hymn of unsexed adolescent euphoria, so high-pitched it could deafen your dog. They're audible a half mile from the Staples Center, the Lakers arena that doubles as the death star for the 2012 Video Music Awards. …
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  Who Actually Won MTV's 2012 VMAs? Rihanna, One Direction

  September 7, 2012 – While it was easy to overlook last night amid all the ass-grabbing, seizure-inducing lights, and super furry animal costumes, MTV actually gave out some trophies at the 2012 Video Music Awards ceremony. …
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  A Hopeless Place: The 2012 MTV VMAs' Few Highs & Many Lows

  September 7, 2012 –  …
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  No Direction: SPIN Live Blogs MTV's 2012 Video Music Awards

  September 6, 2012 – Since the "M" in MTV apparently stands for "Mitt Romney," they are working non-stop tonight to divert your attention from the sinners and socialists at the Democratic National Convention! MTV has enlisted everything from Justin Bieber's hulking sex appeal, to 2 Chainz's colorful jewelry, to whatever hypnotic hold One Direction has over our nation's youth. …
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  VMAs FAQ: Everything You Need to Know About MTV's 2012 Show

  September 6, 2012 – The 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards are going down tonight and there are still so many questions left unanswered: What's Kanye gonna do? Are K-Stew and/or R-Patz gonna be there? Where's this year's baby bump gonna come from? Who's gonna put on Gaga's aged beef? Oh mercy, what to wear? What. To. Wear. Some queries are best left unanswered until the big night. Others aren't. …
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  The MTV Video Music Awards' 15 Biggest Mistakes

  September 4, 2012 –  …
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  MTV Defers to President Obama, Moves VMAs Up an Hour

  May 17, 2012 – The MTV Video Music Awards have always been far more about the spectacle of ceremony than the awards. As SPIN editor Steve Kandell has put it, the network "doesn't pretend that Video Music Awards themselves are worth much more than the pewter they're molded from. …
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