Kanye West, Taylor Swift ... and the rest of the MTV Video Music awards
Musician Katy Perry walks down an extremely long red carpet at the 2009 MTV Video Music awards in New York.Photograph: Lucas Jackson/ReutersActor Jack Black poses. With an axe. As you do.Photograph: Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.comRapper Kanye West and Amber Rose attend. Does that bottle explain Kanye's later outburst? Photograph: Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com
Host Russell Brand addresses the audience. Thanks to Mr West, he wasn't the one grabbing the headlines this year.Photograph: Gary Hershorn/ReutersMadonna speaks during the Michael Jackson tribute.Photograph: Jason DeCrow/Associated PressBillie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, still refusing to grow old gracefully. Photograph: Christopher Polk/Getty ImagesSinger Beyonce performs onstage, before scooping a whole load of awards including Video of the Year. Photograph: Kevin Mazur/WireImage.comKayne West jumps onstage as Taylor Swift accepts her award for the Best Female Video award ... but what's he going to say about Taylor? Lavish her with praise? Suggest we rush out and buy all her albums? Invite her for a collaboration? Photograph: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic.comNo - he's going to say that her award should have gone to Beyonce! Thanks Kanye, thinks Taylor. Boo Kanye, go the crowd.Photograph: Christopher Polk/Getty ImagesSinger Lady Gaga onstage, dressed as conservatively as ever.Photograph: Kevin Mazur/WireImage.comEminem accepts the Best Hip Hop Video award. This award ceremony was notable for the lack of a comedian's bum in Em's face. Photograph: Jason DeCrow/APJanet Jackson performs onstage, in case anybody out there still cares.Photograph: Kevin Mazur/WireImage.comJay-Z laughs as Alicia Keys points to where Kanye is hiding. Photograph: Christopher Polk/Getty ImagesLady Gaga accepts the award for Best New Artist from Eminem. We literally do not have the words to describe what is going on with this dress.Photograph: Christopher Polk/Getty ImagesPink performs onstage. Later that night, the singer launches a Twitter attack on Kanye's bad behaviour.Photograph: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic.comSinger Taylor Swift finally gets to speak onstage after Beyonce saves the day and invites her up to share the moment. Aw, bless, etc.Photograph: Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com
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