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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Ke$ha's Take It Off Video

Katy Perry's Rolling Stone Magazine Cover

2010 MTV Video Music Awards Nominations

The 2010 VMAs nominees:

Video of the Year
• Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
• Florence + the Machine, "Dog Days Are Over"
• 30 Seconds to Mars, "Kings and Queens"
• Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé, "Telephone"
• Eminem, "Not Afraid"
• B.o.B. featuring Hayley Williams, "Airplanes"

Best Collaboration
• B.o.B. featuring Hayley Williams, "Airplanes"
• Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, "Video Phone"
• Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé, "Telephone"
• 3OH!3 featuring Ke$ha, "My First Kiss"
• Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, "Empire State of Mind"

Best Female Video
• Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
• Ke$ha, "Tik Tok"
• Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg, "California Gurls"
• Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, "Video Phone"
• Taylor Swift, "Fifteen"

Best Male Video
• Eminem, "Not Afraid"
• Usher featuring will.i.am, "OMG"
• B.o.B. featuring Hayley Williams, "Airplanes"
• Drake, "Find Your Love"
• Jason Derulo, "In My Head"

Best New Artist
• Ke$ha, "Tik Tok"
• Jason Derulo, "In My Head"
• Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris, "Baby"
• Nicki Minaj featuring Sean Garrett, "Massive Attack"
• Broken Bells, "The Ghost Inside"

Best Pop Video
• Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
• Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg, "California Gurls"
• Ke$ha, "Tik Tok"
• Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, "Video Phone"
• B.o.B. featuring Bruno Mars, "Nothin' On You"

Best Hip Hop Video
• B.o.B. featuring Hayley Williams, "Airplanes"
• Eminem, "Not Afraid"
• Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem, "Forever"
• Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz, "On To The Next One"
• Kid Cudi featuring MGMT and Ratatat, "Pursuit of Happiness"

Best Rock Video
• 30 Seconds to Mars, "Kings and Queens"
• MUSE, "Uprising"
• Paramore, "Ignorance"
• Florence + the Machine, "Dog Days Are Over"
• MGMT, "Flash Delirium"

Best Dance Music Video
• Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
• Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull, "I Like It"
• Cascada, "Evacuate the Dancefloor"
• David Guetta featuring Akon, "Sexy Chick"
• Usher featuring will.i.am, "OMG"

Best Art Direction
• Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
• Florence + the Machine, "Dog Days Are Over"
• Eminem, "Not Afraid"
• 30 Seconds to Mars, "Kings and Queens"
• Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, "Video Phone"

Best Choreography
• Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
• Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé, "Telephone"
• Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, "Video Phone"
• Usher featuring will.i.am, "OMG"
• Janelle Monae featuring Big Boi, "Tightrope"

Best Cinematography
• Eminem, "Not Afraid"
• Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, "Empire State of Mind"
• Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
• Mumford and Sons, "Little Lion Man"
• Florence + the Machine, "Dog Days Are Over"

Best Direction
• Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, "Empire State of Mind"
• Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
• Eminem "Not Afraid"
• P!nk, "Funhouse"
• 30 Seconds to Mars, "Kings and Queens"

Best Editing
• Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
• Eminem, "Not Afraid"
• Rihanna, "Rude Boy"
• P!nk, "Funhouse"
• Miike Snow, "Animal"

Best SFX
• Lady Gaga, "Bad Romance"
• Eminem, "Not Afraid"
• MUSE, "Uprising"
• Green Day, "21^st Century Breakdown"
• Dan Black, "Symphonies"

Best Breakthrough Video
• Dan Black, "Symphonies"
• Gorillaz featuring Bobby Womack, "Stylo"
• Coldplay, "Strawberry Swing"
• The Black Keys, "Tighten Up"