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Written by asap
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Friday, 01 September 2006 |
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NEW YORK — Have the once racy MTV VMAs turned calm Grammy-style?
Shakira’s gyrating hips and Justin Timberlake’s “SexyBack” aside, this year’s Video Music Awards with host Jack Black was decidedly ... tame.
“You didn’t bring the thunder. You didn’t bring anything,” host Jack Black, looking at himself in his dressing room mirror, said during one skit, unintentionally summing up the evening and its lacking trade-mark watercooler moment.
Christina Aguilera, who has shocked in the past as dirty Xtina, looked downright classy as she performed a low-key ballad. Even Lil’ Kim failed to start the party. She stripped off an orange jail outfit to reveal — a funky business suit?
All of this normalcy turns attention to the winners:
- Video of the Year: Panic! At the Disco, “I Write Sins not Tragedies”
- Best Male Video: James Blunt, “You’re Beautiful”
- Best Female Video: Kelly Clarkson, “Because of You”
- Best Group Video: The All American Rejects, “Move Along”
- Best Rock Video: A.F.I., “Miss Murder”
- Best R&B Video: Beyonce featuring Slim Thug and Bun B, “Check on It (Pink Panther)”
- Best Dance Video: Pussycat Dolls featuring Snoop Dog, “Buttons”
- Best Rap Video: Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone, “Ridin”
- Best Hip-Hop Video: The Black Eyed Peas, “My Humps”
- Best Pop Video: Pink, “Stupid Girls”
- Best New Artist: Avenged Sevenfold, “Bat Country”
- Viewer’s Choice Award: Fallout Boy, “Dance, Dance”
- Ringtone of the Year: Fort Minor, “Where’d You Go”
- Best Direction: Gnarls Barkley, “Crazy”
- Best Choreography: Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean, “Hips Don’t Lie”
- Best Special Effects: Missy Elliot, “We Run This”
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