Justin Timberlake wins top trophies at the MTV VMAs
Justin Timberlake ruled the MTV Video Music Awards in New York on Sunday (25Aug13) by picking up four honors and delivering the night's performance highlight.
The pop superstar took home the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, Video of the Year for Mirrors, which also claimed Best Editing honors, and his Suit & Tie promo earned the Best Direction prize.
He also wowed with a show-stopping performance featuring a medley
of his solo hits and a brief 'N SYNC reunion.
Rap duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were also big winners - they scored
Best Hip Hop Video and Best Cinematography trophies for their Can't
Hold Us promo and also landed the night's Best Video with a Social
Message award for their gay anthem Same Love, which they performed
with Mary Lambert and special guest Jennifer Hudson.
Lady Gaga kicked off the ceremony at the Barclays Center in typical
bizarre fashion, dressed as a futuristic Mother Superior. The
Paparazzi singer began her performance of new single Applause
wearing a weird white nun's habit but the get-up was quickly ripped
off her by dancers to reveal a glittery black leotard with matching
skull cap.
That outfit became a shimmering blue two-piece, topped by a
peroxide white wig. The pop superstar also donned a canary yellow
wig and face paint during the opening performance, and wrapped it
up following a quick change, dashing out in a two-piece bikini and
long blonde shaggy hairpiece.
Other performance highlights included Miley Cyrus, who performed We
Can't Stop surrounded by dancing teddy bears, while wearing a
fluffy gray bodice. She also sported a new hairstyle - tight
cat-ear-like bunches on top and a short ponytail.
The former child star then proved she's all grown up by ripping off
her top to reveal orange rubber bra and panties as she took part in
a performance of Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines. The hitmaker
strutted out on stage wearing the thick-striped black and white
suit.
During the pair's suggestive routine, Cyrus donned a large foam
hand to feel Thicke up with and then bent over and wiggled her
backside into the singer's crotch while smiling with her tongue
hanging out.
After watching Cyrus dancing with Thicke, comedian Kevin Hart
joked, "Miley better go and get a damn pregnancy test after doing
all that grinding."
Kanye West, Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis,
and Drake also hit the Barclays Center stage, while Katy Perry
closed the 2013 ceremony by performing her new song Roar from
underneath the Brooklyn Bridge.
The full list of 2013 MTV VMAs winners is:
Video of the Year - Mirrors by Justin Timberlake
Best Hip-Hop Video - Can't Hold Us by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
featuring Ray Dalton
Best Male Video - Locked Out of Heaven by Bruno Mars
Best Female Video - I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift
Best Pop Video - Come & Get It by Selena Gomez
Artist to Watch - Austin Mahone
Best Collaboration - Just Give Me a Reason by Pink featuring Nate
Ruess
Best Video with a Social Message - Same Love by Macklemore & Ryan
Lewis featuring Mary Lambert
Best Rock Video - Up in the Air by 30 Seconds to Mars
Best Art Direction - Q.U.E.E.N by Janelle Monae featuring Erykah
Badu
Best Choreography - Treasure by Bruno Mars
Best Cinematography - Can't Hold Us bu Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
featuring Ray Dalton
Best Direction - Suit & Tie by Justin Timberlake featuring Jay
Z
Best Editing - Mirrors by Justin Timberlake
Best Visual Effects - Safe & Sound by Capital Cities
Best Song of the Summer - Best Song Ever by One Direction