I didn't watch the whole thing, but after reading some of your comments it's makes me wonder if the artists don't bring their "A-Game" to the MTV Music Video Awards.

I mean it's MTV and not the Grammys.

And why is MTV hosting music video awards shows when they don't even play music videos.

In the corner NOOOOOOOOOW! ROFLOL.

I miss the OLD MTV...videos 24 hrs a day! :rolleyes:

Re: Beyonce VMA's
 

Is it me or does Beyonce look like Tisha Campbell's character in School Daze?

You get an A++, (check, check) for the day! :D

Yep, she sure does remind you of that! :o

I so desperately want Jay-Z to close his mouth in those pictures.

Vivvy, as I've said before, is absolutely ghastly. You can also add Vanessa L. Williams, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lynn Whitfield, Angela Bassett and other 40/50something AfAm actresses who would never lower themselves to "getting crunk" :rolleyes: w/Lil' STD, the Diseased Twins and their cohorts. What an unsavory persona she's creating for herself.

VMA gossip
 

Odd couple Lil Jon :rolleyes: and Joe Simpson (Jessica and Ashlee's dad) hit it off so well that Jon hooked Simpson up with an honorary pimp cup :eek: :rolleyes: and the two exchanged phone numbers. Another odd pairing, Mandy Moore and Marilyn Manson, strolled down a hallway chatting cordially, and Manson checked his 'do in Moore's compact mirror before giving daps to the seemingly ubiquitous Jon. And while the Beastie Boys did share stage time with Sasquatch, they were hoping for bigger and better things — seems they had wanted to walk the red carpet with a real live alligator, but the city of Miami shot the idea down.

You all will be invited when Kanye and I get married! :D I LOOOOOOVES me some Kanye!!

I really don't think that his performance went according to plan. I think that Syleena was a backup plan. (And what was up with her Xena: Warrior Princess look? :confused: ) Anyway, I am holding fast to the belief that Lauryn was supposed to perform the hook for "All Falls Down." It is a sample from her song and I think that's what he had planned. Something must have gone wrong and he had to grab Syleena at the last minute. Chaka could have really blew "Through the Wire" up for Kanye, but her voice was tripping last night. Either that or she was "tripping," if you know what I mean. :o I was trying to figure out how he could match or beat the BET Awards performance of "Jesus Walks," but he didn't pull it off. I think that it would have gone over smoother if the audience would have been contained. They needed some Mardi Gras barricades down there. :o

i was just looking through some pictures and apparently -- gasp --pharrell has a girlfriend. there were pictures of them all over the web site. and they identified her as his girl. now she aint look nothing like me, imagine that..... but at least she "colored."

http://cache.gettyimages.com/thumb/5...itorial_na&t=1

CTFU @ "at least she colored." :p Thanks for the laugh.

not to hijack this thread because these pictures were taken at the vma, but i did some googling and found out her name is vashty and apparently he told the london papers that she is his new girlfriend and love.... OK back to the VMAs....

lol steel, you know i had to get that "colored" comment in there.

No one else has mentioned it...but maybe J HO did marry for love - unless she is wearing a girdle she doesn't look like she is expecting....

SteelTrap, your boy Shaq D looks like he dropped a few pounds. It looks good on him.

She could be carrying it all "back there". :o

Isn't Mr. Simpson a minister? Oh, I guess that means nada. LOL I forgot.

I have always said I thought her mother bought upholstery material by the bolt to do those outfits.

I THINK Beyonce wants a doll...as in Barbie doll. I saw her on the "red carpet " on ET last night. She did this stance as if she was a robot or a barbie...wudeva! I know I would NOT purchase it for my niece. :rolleyes:

Bro: diesel is slimline
 

He has dropped a few. It would have been cool to see some dedication to working out out here in Kollyfornia, but ah, well. Again, I will root for Miami and the Lakers.
:p

Beyonce.......hmmmm
 

I am going to need Beyonce to grow some balls and tell her mama to stop making her outfits. She looks like she just Bedazzled the hell out of that outfit. And someone needs to tell Beyonce that this Gold ain't working.....looking like an extra from Emerald City in The Wiz. And her hair....:rolleyes: I am going to need her to get it together with the quickness. I remember back in the day when they first came out and she had really pretty hair. Now her mama don messed her all up.....no self respecting mama would let their baby walk out like that. Solange knows better than to let her mama dress her, she aint neva looked like Beyonce or "Light Bright" as I like to call her:D And I think I am the only one that has noticed that Beyonce's teeth are YELLOW....she needs to handle that.....cuz that is NOT cute....at all:( I will be so glad when Beyonce decides to sit her ass down somewhere and give someone else the spot light cuz obvious that Beyonce can't handle it...as far as clothing is concerned. I was so happy when Alica won over her, I think Alicia is soooo much prettier than Beyonce...:D

I guess this explains why she sounded a hot mess!!
 

Chaka Khan blamed strained vocal chords for her screeching performance at the MTV Video Music Awards.

The Associated Press
Updated: 6:12 p.m. ET Aug. 31, 2004NEW YORK - If you thought Chaka Khan sounded a bit off-key during her performance with rapper Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards, you were right.


The R&B diva is blaming strained vocal cords for her screeching performance at Sunday’s awards show in Miami.

A statement released Tuesday by her publicist, Brit Reece of PMK/HBH, said Khan had to cancel a performance in Park City, Utah, Friday night because her voice was strained and she was under doctors’ orders not to perform.

However, she “received a cortisone shot just hours prior to her VMA performance to honor her commitment to Kanye West.”

Reece said the shot helped her a bit, but she still struggled through the performance of “Through the Wire,” which contains a sample of Khan’s old hit, “Through the Fire.”

Reece said Khan’s voice has been strained because of intense recording for an upcoming album due out in October.

For now, Khan is resting her voice, not speaking.

“She’s supposed to perform this weekend in the Bahamas, and as of now she is going to do it,” Reece told The Associated Press. “She’s resting her cords completely this week.”

Re: Bro: diesel is slimline
 

Well unfortunately you know he feels that he has something to prove now that he is in Miami...I mean he has straight up promised a championship to the city...I hope that he can deliver.

Re: I guess this explains why she sounded a hot mess!!
 

I knew something had to be wrong with her. I have seen her live twice(Zulu and Essence Fest) and she was on top of her vocal game. I think Alicia Keyes was under the weather too.

I saw the repeat
 

And sure enough, Vivvy A. Fox was on stage undulating and gyrating w/Lil' STD, the Diseased Twins and Petey Pablo. :eek: :rolleyes:

My roommates couldn't believe it was her. I said, yes, it's her, but I couldn't stop laughing during the whole sequence. Almost choked on my dinner. :o

*SMH*

Bey and Jay after the awards
 

At leeast she fixed that God-awful hair!!!

http://tinypic.com/3y805

http://tinypic.com/3y81y

Wow...
 

Man killed on Usher yacht
From ANTONELLA LAZZERI
in Los Angeles


A CREWMAN drowned as rapper Usher held a VIP party on a luxury yacht.

The US star was hosting a bash for 70 celebrity guests at the MTV Video Music Awards.

But as they danced and drank crew member Craig Rochel, 34, was diving underneath to do some routine maintenance work.

The next morning other crewmen on the boat, Gray Mist III, realised he was missing and a search was launched.

His body was found washed up on the shore near where the yacht was moored in Miami.

A source close to Usher, 25, said he was “totally horrified” when told of the tragedy.

When Usher arrived at the awards he said he “didn’t know” what had happened to Rochel, and added: “I’m not responsible.”

Millionaire entrepreneur John Kaufman had lent him the yacht for the party, where guests included Christina Aguilera, Naomi Campbell and Presidential hopeful John Kerry’s daughters Vanessa and Alexandra.

Miami police said they were investigating but that all the signs were that Rochel’s death was an accident.

Usher later won a best video award for his single “Yeah!”

Re: Wow...
 

That seems a little rude and insensitive. Um, no one ACCUSED you of anything.

Re: Re: Wow...
 

Co-sign Soror!:o

Re: Bey and Jay after the awards
 

Where exactly was this party? The ceiling looks low, it's cramped, and the guests are all "pale." :o

Looks like a yacht party which was en vogue this year being in Miami and all. As for the paleness of guests, I am thinking sea sickness maybe :p

Re: Re: Wow...
 

On the one hand, I can understand wanting to separate from something that could end up being foul play, but on the other, b!+(#y thing to say at all.

"B" should have left the Foxxy Cleopatra costume at home. She is too pretty to walk around looking a hot mess like that. I LOVED the way "J" was dressed. Although I usually don't think of Usher as fine, he was doing some things for me when he arrived on the yacht in the white suit. I missed the performance with Nelly/Christina. What song was it? I'm glad I wasn't the only one that thought Chaka was not singing in the same key as the background music.

I was saddened to see Vivica put herself out there in such a manner. She will have a difficult time being taken seriously as an actress now. It's difficult enough for actresses in their 40's, especially black women, to get quality roles.

Who ever took Vivica seriously? As a serious actor? She's never been that. From the Patti LaBelle sitcom to Ella Enchanted, she's a player in the sense that she has staying power, but she has no real chops. Viviv is this year's Whitney, leave that child alone!

Oh wow: Viviv and Arra! I can see it, except she's 30 years too old for him...

Point well taken!

Re: Bey and Jay after the awards
 

Well then apparently you haven't seen these pics...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...ik/beyjay2.jpg

Sorry about the huge pics, I have no idea how to size them...

Is the picture of hi arm supposed to be showing us his hand between her legs or something? :confused:

What they do is their business. I love them together. They are up there on my list with Will and Jada. Love is hard to find (let me be a living testament), so when people find it and they seem to be truly happy, more power to them.

I wish I had a man that would take me to St. Tropez.... Some girls have all the luck.... *le sigh*

I would like to think that its just some strategic photography...but then again I may be slightly naive. I think their a nice couple too, they'd be even nicer if they took me on some of those vacations.

according to supa cindy...

:confused: :rolleyes: :eek: :o :(

I'm kinda glad he didn't top his BET performance. The song seemed to over better on that show anyway.