MTV Video Music Awards 2008

MTV Video Music Awards 2008

MTV Video Music Awards 2008 September 7 on Sunday at 9PM (ET/PT)

MTV music awards back in LA

Set to Air Live From Paramount Pictures on Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 9PM (ET/PT)

LOS ANGELES (RAWDOGGTV) - The MTV Video Music Awards will return to Los Angeles for the first time in a decade on September 7, 2008.

MTV said this year's ceremony would use the city streets, rooftops, and sound stages all over the Paramount lot. The host, performers, nominees, and presenters will be announced at a later date. MTV and Paramount are units of Viacom Inc.

The high-wattage event, now in its 25th year, will take place on the Paramount Pictures lot in Hollywood, and will air on the channel that evening. Los Angeles last hosted the event in 1998. Since then, the awards have been held mostly in New York, but traveled to Miami in 2004 and 2005, and then Las Vegas last year.

T.I. and RIHANNA will perform "Live Your Life" single from the upcoming "Paper Trail", Album which will hit the market on September 30th

MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS
NOMINEE CATEGORIES:

The “2008 MTV Video Music Awards” nominees for “Video of the Year” includes multiple nominees Britney Spears – “Piece of Me, Jonas Brothers - “Burnin Up,” Chris Brown – “Forever,” and Pussycat Dolls – “When I Grow Up.” Rounding out the “Video of the Year” noms is British duo The Ting Tings with “Shut Up And Let Me Go.” Artists vying for this year’s “Best Rock Video” are Paramore, Slipknot, Linkin’ Park, Foo Fighters and Fall Out Boy.

AND THE NOMINEES ARE…

VIDEO OF THE YEAR:

Britney Spears
“Piece of Me”
Blackout
Jive/Zomba Label Group
Director: Wayne Isham

Jonas Brothers“Burnin Up”
A Little Bit Longer
Hollywood Records
Director: Brendan Malloy/Tim Wheeler

Chris Brown“Forever”
Exclusive The Forever Edition
Jive/Zomba Label Group
Director: Joseph Kahn

Pussycat Dolls
“When I Grow Up”
Doll Domination
Interscope Records
Director: Joseph Kahn

The Ting Tings“Shut Up and Let Me Go”
We Started Nothing
Columbia
Director: Alex & Liane

BEST ROCK VIDEO:

Paramore“crushcrushcrush”
Riot!
Fueled By Ramen
Director: Shane Drake

SlipKnot
Psychosocial
All I Hope For Is Gone
Roadrunner
PR Brown

Linkin Park“Shadow of the Day”
Minutes to Midnight
Warner Bros. Records
Director: Joe Hahn

Foo Fighters“The Pretender”
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
RCA
Director: Sam Brown

Fall Out Boy“Beat It”
LIVE in Phoenix
Island Records
Director: Shane Drake

BEST FEMALE VIDEO

BEST MALE VIDEO

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO

BEST DANCING IN A VIDEO

BEST NEW ARTIST

BEST ROCK VIDEO

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

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