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MTV VMAs to feature Kanye West, Rihanna, Britney Spears

Lula West
Mon, August 29, 2016

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Instead of theorizing over Swift's absence, however, we'll focus instead on those who WILL be prominent at the event on Sunday, August 28.
Britney Spears has admitted she is battling the nerves ahead of her appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards. According to TMZ, "The Life of Pablo" rapper will be given the stage for four minutes to do whatever he wants.
Well, it appears the apparent feud was all a big laugh at our expense because the pair are thought to be performing together at this weekend's MTV Video Music Awards.
In approximately 48 hours, stars of every stripe shall be glam-squadding it up, getting ready to attend the 32nd annual MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden in the heart of NYC.
will also be taking the stage. There's also talk of Kanye West being given free reign during an epic four-minute set. Wow. Last year's Miley Cyrus-hosted telecast drew 9.8 million viewers, down by about 500,000 from the previous year despite airing on 10 networks owned by the MTV's parent company, Viacom. It's now an election year, and the Chicago-based star used his acceptance speech for his VMA Video Vanguard award at last year's VMAs to announce that he'd be running for President of the United States in 2020. But in the wake of the mysterious Kanye West programming in the show and the lack of a proper host, there are rumors that West will step into that role.
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As for the Best New Artist category, nominees include Desiigner, DNCE, Zara Larsson, Lukas Graham and Bryson Tiller. A post-show will also be streamed live on MTV's Facebook page.
The R&B; singer's politically-charged "Formation" will compete for video of the year prize with Adele's 2015 comeback single "Hello", Canadian rapper Drake's "Hotline Bling", Justin Bieber's "Sorry" and West's sleeping nude celebrity look-alikes in "Famous".
"But the reason why people still want to watch it or be a part of it is because at the end of the day, it's still about that love for music".
You can expect everyone from Fifth Harmony and Alicia Keys to Kim Kardashian and the "Final Five" Olympic gymnasts - Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian, and Aly Raisman - to hand out accolades during the show.

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