• Who is this year’s VMAs host? Meet Keke Palmer

    Who is this year’s VMAs host? Meet Keke Palmer

    Keke Palmer is going to be having a real kiki as host of the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards from New York on Sunday. The “Hustlers” actress-singer, 27, will preside over performances by the likes of Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande, The Weeknd and Miley Cyrus in the first live major awards show of the …
  • Here’s what performers can and can’t do at the 2020 VMAs

    Here’s what performers can and can’t do at the 2020 VMAs

    When reggaeton star Maluma hits the stage at the VMAs Sunday, it won’t be the way he planned. “I wanted to get to the performance riding a bull, and they told me that I couldn’t do it because of the coronavirus,” he told The Post. “I wanted to bring, like, 20 dancers, and we couldn’t. …
  • Bella Hadid steps out pre-VMAs in daring sheer top

    Bella Hadid steps out pre-VMAs in daring sheer top

    Bella Hadid is making a statement for the 2020 VMAs — with or without a red carpet. The model, 23, stepped out in Soho on Friday afternoon dressed in a killer look on her way to a pre-awards show event. Wearing oversized trousers, Hadid looked super sexy in a barely-there sheer mesh long-sleeved top with …
  • Rose McGowan on see-through VMAs dress: ‘They slut-shamed me like crazy’

    Rose McGowan on see-through VMAs dress: ‘They slut-shamed me like crazy’

    When Rose McGowan hit the red carpet at the 1998 VMAs wearing a completely see-through chainmail dress, she didn’t realize her outfit would prove so scandalous — or spark backlash on a massive scale. But to this day, she has no regrets. “They slut-shamed me like crazy. It was kind of hard. I hadn’t really …
  • The Weeknd causes fan panic with faux-bloodied mug

    The Weeknd causes fan panic with faux-bloodied mug

    Pop star The Weeknd had fans doing double takes when he was on his way to rehearsals for MTV’s upcoming Video Music Awards — with his face bloodied and bruised. But the singer hadn’t been in any physical altercations behind the scenes: He was just mimicking the battered look he had in a recent short …
  • VMAs 2020 countdown: Best and worst musical lockdown performances

    VMAs 2020 countdown: Best and worst musical lockdown performances

    They’re not exactly the Moonpersons that anybody wanted to land at the VMAs. But when the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards go down on Sunday, there will be two new, COVID-era categories: best quarantine performance and best music video from home. Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber, and Post Malone are among the music …
  • VMAs 2020 can’t come soon enough for Lady Gaga in hilarious social media posts

    VMAs 2020 can’t come soon enough for Lady Gaga in hilarious social media posts

    At the beginning of March, Lady Gaga announced the initial dates of her “Chromatica Ball” tour promoting her new album, which would have seen her playing a half dozen dates in Europe and the US, concluding at MetLife Stadium on Aug. 19. Well, we all know what happened next, and while a canceled tour is …
  • Music stars from COVID-19-infected states get pass on NYC quarantine rules for VMAs

    Music stars from COVID-19-infected states get pass on NYC quarantine rules for VMAs

    When music’s biggest stars descend on New York for the Video Music Awards this week, NYPD cops will show up to check out the shows. But they won’t be judging the talent. Officers in the NYPD’s TV/Movie unit will see if the performers and their entourages are wearing masks and staying socially distant, city officials …
  • Roddy Ricch, J Balvin pull out of MTV VMAs lineup of performers

    Roddy Ricch, J Balvin pull out of MTV VMAs lineup of performers

    An awards show is a tough thing to pull off in a pandemic, and although the VMAs set forth with an admirably ambitious agenda and a power-packed artist lineup, Roddy Ricch and J Balvin have both pulled out, Variety has confirmed. “Unfortunately, J Balvin and Roddy Ricch are no longer performing,” a source close to …
  • BTS’ new song ‘Dynamite’ is smashing YouTube records — here’s why

    BTS’ new song ‘Dynamite’ is smashing YouTube records — here’s why

    With the way that BTS is blowing up, the K-popsters are more than living up to the title of their new single “Dynamite.” Indeed, the boy band is already crushing records with the “Dynamite” video, which premiered along with the song on Friday. It racked up the highest numbers ever for a YouTube video premiere, …