#VMAWinners: Nicki Throws Shade, Kanye Goes LONG, Taylor Cleans Up, But Miley (with RPDR Queens) Steals the Show!

Jeremy Scott’s redesigned Moon Man

Well, Miss Miley Cyrus hosting the VMAs was anything but boring. Nicki Minaj started off the show performing on her own and then with Taylor Swift and finally embracing her and making nice. But Miley had made comments about Nicki’s (now-resolved) Twitter spat with Taylor in the press and Nicki, after winning for Best Hip-Hop Video, wasted no time throwing some shade Miley’s way, that was none too subtle…

“And now, back to this bitch that had a lot to say about me the other day in the press – Miley what’s good?”

To which Miley said that Nicki shouldn’t be upset for not being nominated for Video of the Year.

“Hey, we’re all in this industry, we all do interviews, and we all know how they manipulate shit…. Nicki, congratulations!”

Nicki then stepped away from her mic and said “don’t play with me, bitch” a few times. (Was this all part of the script? Didn’t look like it to me.) OK, then. We are off to a FINE start!

Miley did a fine job recovering from that and hosting all night, changing outfits 50 times, it seemed. During the opening monologue, she noted that the VMAs hadn’t…

“had a host for the last two years: a tradition they’ll probably return to immediately following tonight’s show. Now, I have literally done everything on the VMAs stage, and none of it showed that I was qualified to host, but here we are.”

She also confessed that her selfies are a lot of hard work in one of several funny pre-taped comedy bits (which gave her time to change). She made hosting look easy but as you might guess, it is anything but. (Butt?)

Taylor cleaned up (as always) winning Video of the Year, Best Female Video, Best Collaboration (with Kendrick Lamar) and Best Pop Video. She thanked Kendrick and her video co-stars onstage with her…

“There are two women in the video who I’ve named cats after. I love them so much. There’s been a lot of discussion this video and what it means, but I’m just happy that, in 2015, we live in a world where boys can play princesses, and girls can play soldiers.”

It was Taylor’s turn AGAIN, presenting the Video Vanguard award to Kanye West, who infamously crashed her 2009 VMAs acceptance speech.

“I first met Kanye West six years ago — at this show actually! Since then, we’ve had a lot of time to talk about a lot of different things.”

He the turned his acceptance speech (after a VERY long applause break, that he seemed to REALLY milk) into a rambling excuse for his behavior. West said,

“You know how many times MTV ran that footage again, ’cause it got them more ratings? You know how many times they said Taylor was going to give me the award, because it got them more ratings? I still don’t understand award shows. I just wanted people to like me more. But fuck that, bro! I will die for the art, for what I believe in. And the art ain’t always gonna be polite.”

After going on for what seemed like FORVER he finally said,

“And yes, as you probably could have guessed by this moment, I have decided, in 2020, to run for president.”

Mic drop. Top THAT!?

Well, for me, several actual performances did. Jared Leto, who confessed he is apparently made REALLY horny by The Weekend introduced “Can’t Feel My Face”. The Weekend is EVERYWHERE right now and his star has been rising but last night, he stepped up and smashed it. He had Kanye dancing in the aisles along with Taylor Swift and half the crowd.

There were also rousing performances outside of “Downtown” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (who has a WEIRD new look?) Demi Lovato, who sang, “Cool for the Summer” (with a cameo by Iggy Azalea) and Pharrell who performed “Freedom”.

Justin Bieber had a comeback of sorts, performing at the VMAs for the first time in 5 years which at 21 is FOREVER. After singing, dancing and the musical questions, “Where Are You Now?” and “What Do You Mean?” he flew up in the air, literally, landed, and had a little emotional moment there for a second.

But the show stopper had to be Miley’s much-rumored finalé with the RuPaul’s Drag Race girls! Those costumes were amazing and the queens TURNT IT OUT! There was Delta Work, Courtney Act, Tammie Brown, Carmen Carrera, Shangela, Laganja Estranja (doing a killer death drop!), Willam, Pearl, Miss Fame, Violet Chachki, Alyssa Edwards (right up front!), Victoria “Porkchop” Parker (who got a big fat close-up), Pandora Box, Alexis Mateo and on and on… 30 in all. THAT was EVERYTHING and then some. The song, “Dooo It!” Miley announced is FREE along with her whole new album, “Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz”. She gave away her album?! Oh, kids. If that whole shebang wasn’t entertaining enough for you, then you ARE cynical.

BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Beyoncé – “7/11″
Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
Nicki Minaj – “Anaconda”
Sia – “Elastic Heart”
Ellie Goulding – “Love Me Like You Do”

BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
Nicki Minaj – “Anaconda”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – “See You Again”
Big Sean ft. E-40 – “I Don’t F–k With You”

BEST MALE VIDEO
Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
The Weeknd – “Earned It”
Nick Jonas – “Chains”

BEST POP VIDEO
Beyoncé – “7/11″
Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
Maroon 5 – “Sugar”

BEST ROCK VIDEO
Hozier – “Take Me to Church”
Fall Out Boy – “Uma Thurman”
Florence + the Machine – “Ship to Wreck”
Walk the Moon – “Shut Up and Dance”
Arctic Monkeys – “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?”

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé – “7/11″
Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood”
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”

ARTIST TO WATCH
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
Vance Joy – “Riptide”
George Ezra – “Budapest”
James Bay – “Hold Back The River”
FKA Twigs – “Pendulum”

BEST COLLABORATION
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood”
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – “See You Again”
Ariana Grande & The Weeknd – “Love Me Harder”
Jessie J + Ariana Grande + Nicki Minaj – “Bang Bang”

VIDEO WITH A SOCIAL MESSAGE
Jennifer Hudson – “I Still Love You”
Colbie Caillat – “Try”
Big Sean ft. Kanye West and John Legend – “One Man Can Change the World”
Rihanna – “American Oxygen”
Wale – “The White Shoes”

Awards you DIDN’T See…

BEST ART DIRECTION
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood” (Charles Infante)
Snoop Dogg – “So Many Pros” (François Rousselet, Jason Fijal)
Jack White – “Would You Fight For My Love” (Jack White, Jeff Peterson)
The Chemical Brothers – “Go” (Michel Gondry)
Skrillex & Diplo – “Where Are U Now” with Justin Bieber (Brewer)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Beyoncé – “7/11″ (Beyoncé, Chris Grant, Additional choreography: Gabriel Valenciano)
OK Go – “I Won’t Let You Down” (OK Go, air:man, and Mori Harano)
Chet Faker – “Gold” (Ryan Heffington)
Ed Sheeran – “Don’t” (Nappy Tabs)
Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Never Catch Me” (Keone and Mari Madrid)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Never Catch Me” (Larkin Sieple)
Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud” (Daniel Pearl)
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood” (Christopher Probst)
FKA Twigs – “Two Weeks” (Justin Brown)
Alt-J – “Left Hand Free” (Mike Simpson)

BEST DIRECTION
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood” (Joseph Kahn)
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk” (Bruno Mars and Cameron Duddy)
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright” (Colin Tilley & the Little Homies)
Hozier – “Take Me To Church” (Brendan Canty and Conal Thomson of Feel Good Lost)
Childish Gambino – “Sober” (Hiro Murai)

BEST EDITING
Beyoncé – “7/11″ (Beyoncé, Ed Burke, Jonathan Wing)
Ed Sheeran – “Don’t” (Jacquelyn London)
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood” (Chancler Haynes at Cosmo Street)
A$AP Rocky – “L$D” (Dexter Navy)
Skrillex & Diplo “Where Are U Now” with Justin Bieber (Brewer)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood” (Ingenuity Studios)
FKA Twigs – “Two Weeks” (Gloria FX, Tomash Kuzmytskyi, and Max Chyzhevskyy)
Childish Gambino – “Telegraph Ave.” (Gloria FX)
Skrillex & Diplo “Where Are U Now” with Justin Bieber (Brewer, Gloria FX, and Max Chyzhevskyy)
Tyler, the Creator – “F****** Young/Death Camp” (Gloria FX)

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