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Post by Admin on Aug 29, 2019 0:47:16 GMT
When Taylor Swift won Video of the Year last night at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards for “You Need to Calm Down,” she took a moment to mention the Equality Act petition attached to the video. She noted that it had gathered “five times” the number of signatures required to “warrant a response from the White House,” and then she pointedly checked an invisible watch. Today, the White House responded to the petition, though they didn’t offer any new insights. When asked about Swift’s comments, White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere told CNN that the White House does not support the Equality Act. “The Trump administration absolutely opposes discrimination of any kind and supports the equal treatment of all; however, the House-passed bill in its current form is filled with poison pills that threaten to undermine parental and conscience rights,” Deere said.
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Post by Admin on Aug 29, 2019 17:50:42 GMT
Lil Nas X rode his horse all the way to history on Monday night by taking home Song of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards. Dressed in a bright red suit, Lil Nas X strode up to the stage to accept the award with country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, who guested on the chart-topping remix of his smash “Old Town Road.” The rapper pretended to pull out a long scroll containing his speech, a gag that by all accounts had Lizzo (sitting down front in a bright purple Cinderella dress) completely gooped.
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Post by Admin on Aug 30, 2019 0:12:58 GMT
After years of ad hoc public campaigning by fans, she was honored with MTV’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, a top honor at the VMAs that comes accompanied by a peer tribute and a medley performance of hits. Since being renamed for Jackson in 1991, the award has gone to U2, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, and Beyoncé, among others. Hype Williams, the iconoclastic director (and frequent Elliott collaborator) whose fish-eye lens and magpie aesthetic defined ’90s and ’00s music culture, was recognized long ago, taking home the honor in 2006. That Jennifer Lopez received the Video Vanguard Award before Missy is an oversight even Lopez herself might be willing to admit. Missy’s late recognition comes at a time of renewed public interest in the singer-rapper-producer-songwriter, who was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame this summer. This phase kicked off with the 2015 Super Bowl halftime show, where Elliott offered up an electrified mini-set during Katy Perry’s headlining performance. When younger viewers appeared to be confused by Missy’s presence—until her new EP Iconology was surprise-released last week, she hadn’t put out an album since 2005’s The Cookbook—it was clear that she had not been appropriately celebrated.
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Post by Admin on Aug 31, 2019 18:00:51 GMT
Earlier this week, John Travolta made headlines again for "pulling an Adele Dazeem" at the 2019 Video Music Awards and accidentally handing Taylor Swift's Video of the Year award to Jade Jolie, a drag queen who impersonates Taylor in her "You Need To Calm Down" video. But, according to John, there's more to the story — in an interview with Hot 93.3, he was asked about the whole mix-up, and explained his version of what went down. He started by explaining that he's had a relationship with Taylor over the years: "I've been friends with Taylor Swift," he said. "She's been so good to my daughter and my wife at concerts and I've written her notes and she's written back." "There were so many people that bombarded the stage, that I was looking for her. So the video has me looking, trying to find her...I thought it was so funny the way it was interpreted. And it was cool, I didn't care."
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