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August 27, 2014
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Epic Performance
at MTV Awards
Bow down:
Beyonce reigns
Miley Cyrus who let a homeless
man accept her award. It was in
sharp contrast to the 2013 VMAs,
when Cyrus twerked and danced
(AP) -- Bow down: Beyonce shockingly onstage.
was the reigning queen of
The two-hour show was tamer
Sunday's MTV Video Music than past VMAs: the most shock­
Awards.
ing moment was Nicki Minaj's
The diva closed the awards rump-shaking during her perfor­
show with an epic nearly 20- mance of "Anaconda" in the
minute perform ance. Tears show's first minutes and her ward­
streamed down her face as she robe malfunction when she joined
was joined onstage by her beam­ Ariana Grande and Jessie J for
ing husband and daughter, amid "Bang, Bang."
the numerous rumors surround­
"It felt amazing to open the
ing her marriage.
show, and we ran out of time
Beyonce sang and danced in a getting the dress zipped up," Minaj
metallic leotard while Blue Ivy said backstage.
and Jay Z watched from their
Taylor Swift was a crowd fa­
seats as the diva declared: "MTV, vorite when she performed her
welcome to my world."
new single "Shake It Off' in shim­
As Beyonce accepted the mery, fringed shorts and a crop
Michael Jackson Video Vanguard top.
award, the VMA's version of a
Grande, who held hands with
lifetime achievement award, at rapper Big Sean backstage, kicked
The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., off the show with a performance
she kissed her daughter and hus­ of her EDM hit, "Break Free" in a
band Jay Z, who called her the Beyonce-inspired leotard. The 21 -
"greatest living entertainer." The year-old won best pop video for
duo won best collaboration for her smash single "Problem," but
the hit "Drunk In Love."
lost best female video to Katy
"I have nothing to say but I am Perry, who won for "Dark Horse."
Filled with so much gratitude,"
The night also featured a seri­
she told the cheering crowd as ous social message: Rapper-ac­
they chanted her name repeat­ tor Common held a moment of
edly.
silence for Michael Brown, the
Her performance easily outdid unarmed 18-year-old who was
her competition throughout the fatally shot by a police officer on _____
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night, though Beyonce lost video Aug. 9, before he presented the Rapper Jay Z and singer Beyonce with daughter Blue Ivy Carter onstage during
of the year, which instead went to award for best hip-hop video.
Sunday’s 2014 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif.
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