MTV moves Video Music Awards to Los Angeles

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MTV moves Video Music Awards to Los Angeles
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NEW YORK (AP) — The MTV Video Music Awards are goingHollywood.
After broadcasting from Las Vegas last year, the awards will airlive from Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles on Sept. 7, MTVannounced Monday.
MTV said it plans for the first time to enlist its Web-savvy,youthful audience to help decide the nominees.
The network intends to take over the movie studio's lot and presentthe awards show from sound stages, rooftops and city streets. MTVand Paramount are corporate cousins within Viacom Inc.
"With Paramount Pictures as the ideal setting, the glamour andmusical heritage of L.A. are sure to be catalysts for creatingexplosive pop culture moments that the VMAs are known for," VanToffler, president of MTV Networks Music Group, said in astatement.
September's VMAs — which will mark the show's 25th year— has a tough act to follow after last year's drama-filledextravaganza at the Palms Casino Resort.
The Vegas edition delivered one of the most-talked aboutperformances in recent history: Britney Spears' reviled comebackperformance in which the pop star appeared nervous, out-of-shapeand just plain out-of-it on stage.
There was also an off-camera fight between Pamela Anderson exes KidRock and Tommy Lee, and more divalike behavior from Kanye West, whothrew a tantrum in front of media and crew backstage because helost all five categories for which he was nominated. (Can anyonesay "omg"?)
It's been a decade since MTV last televised the VMAs in LosAngeles. In recent years, the show has been presented from Miamiand MTV's home base of New York.
This year's host, nominees and slate of performers will beannounced at a later date.