VMAs (2009)

This year the MTV Video Music Awards was not the snooze-fest it has been in years past.

Russell Brand was smooth and politically-incorrect in the sleazy, yet charming, sort of way that only a proper British bloke can be.


There was a fantastic Michael Jackson tribute (by whom I can only guess are his dancers from the tour that will never be - unless you count the lost footage that will come out as a documentary on Oct. 30).


Janet Jackson performed by her brother's digital side.


Green Day rocked.


Beyonce shook.


Pink flew.


Gaga bled.


And, of course, Kanye cried.

Again.

Only this time, it wasn't about a Grammy that he "should have won" - but a VMA that Beyonce should have won.


Which she eventually DID win.


Beyonce graciously relinquished her spotlight to Taylor Swift whose own was so rudely robbed by He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named-Anymore (whom Kelly Clarkson has some choice words for).


Alright, now that we've put that to bed -

Let's get to the(ir) closets.