Miley, Kanye, Taylor and Beyonce Head For MTV VMAs
Aug26

Miley, Kanye, Taylor and Beyonce Head For MTV VMAs

Even as the stock market was crashing Monday, Van Toffler’s spirits were heading in the other direction. “This is my favorite week,” he told me by phone from New York, referring to the days leading into MTV Video Music Awards this coming Sunday. Toffler is an executive producer of the show who has worked on the VMAs since 1987, just three years after its inception, when Madonna set the standard for opening performances with her...

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Bey-by! It’s the Best Moment at the 2011 VMAs
Aug30

Bey-by! It’s the Best Moment at the 2011 VMAs

  MTV’s Video Music Awards are known for generating zeitgeist pop culture moments– like Kanye West’s infamous onstage interruption of Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech in 2009– and this year’s edition was no exception. The buzziest moment– which generated a record number of tweets, measured by Twitter at 8,868 per second– was pop singer Beyoncé’s big pregnancy reveal, unbuttoning her...

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VMA After Parties: Battle of the Bottles
Aug29

VMA After Parties: Battle of the Bottles

Within minutes after the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards ended, the after parties began.   First off, the Sunset Tower Hotel, where InTouch weekly continued its tradition of VMA bashes called Icons and Idols . UV Vodka was a topline sponsor of the indoor/outdoor/poolside event– and it was everywhere from its logo being projected into the pool to cocktails and flavored UV shots being proffered by servers at every step.  ...

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