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Lesbian and gay advocate Lady Gaga rode the torrent of popularity she has and enjoyed since the summer of 2008 and dominated MTV's Video Music Awards Sunday night with eight wins, including Video of the Year and Best Collaboration, with Beyoncé, for the epic "Telephone" video. Kanye West introduced a new song, "Runaway," recalling his scandalous appearance at the VMAs last year with Taylor Swift, who sang "Innocence," which also expressed her feelings on the turbulence from last year.

The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards will have another intense battle this year: Lady Gaga nabbed the most nominations, with thirteen, and Eminem is not far behind with eight nominations. Both Gaga and Em are hoping to take home the Video of the Year Moonman on September 12, at 9:00 pm EST. The other videos up for Video of the Year are "Dog Days Are Over" by Florence and the Machine, "Kinds and Queens" by 30 Seconds to Mars, and "Airplanes" by B.o.B. featuring Hayley Williams. Up against Lady Gaga for Best Female Video are Katy Perry's "California Gurls," which features Snoop Dog, Ke$ha's "Tik Tok," and Taylor Swift's "Fifteen."

Miley Cyrus's closing number at the MTV Video Music Awards was a queer extravaganza.

Miley Cyrus paraded around in her undies at the Video Music Awards, but the performance didn't exist in a bubble. There were other people involved.

Last night at the MTV Video Music Awards, a show that has become much more famous for shocking publicity stunts than actual music or videos, the ever-present, godlike ego of Kanye West managed to upstage Madonna, Beyonce, and even the late Michael Jackson in an embarrassing and completely unprofessional rant.

Lady Gaga, who has vocally pushed for repeal of "don't ask, don't tell," is ecstatic that the ban on openly gay soldiers was struck down Saturday.  Gaga has given speeches and filmed videos in support of repeal; she also had gay soldiers escort her to this year's Video Music Awards.

Fresh off her coup at the MTV Video Music Awards with lesbian and gay service members in tow, Lady Gaga Tuesday pressed Senate majority leader Harry Reid to pass repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" as the Senate nears a possible vote next week.

The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards will include a new category for Best Video With A Message, following the outpouring of artists mobilizing to support bullied youth, reject LGBT discrimination and emphasize self worth. The nominees are Pink for "Fuckin' Perfect," Lady Gaga for "Born This Way," Katy Perry for "Firework," Eminem featuring Rihanna for "Love The Way You Lie," Rise Against for "Make It Stop (September's Children)" and Taylor Swift for "Mean."

Madonna – who only just recently joined Twitter to tie in with the release of her latest album, MDNA – and Britney Spears had quite the saucy exchange last night! Britney told Madonna that she likes the new album, so Madonna asked Britney for repeat of their on-stage kiss at the MTV Video Music Awards a few years back.

Lady Gaga took home this year's award for best female performer — after putting on a raucous show Dressed as a cigarette smoking, beer drinking man. Her tweak on gender identity opened the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday with a monologue in character as her male alter ego, Jo Calderone, who declared nothing real, and everything theater. Then Calderone tore off a black blazer and danced with a crew of men in white t-shirts and black pants during a rendition of "Yoü and I."

Lady Gaga took home this year's award for best female performer — after putting on a raucous show Dressed as a cigarette smoking, beer drinking man. Her tweak on gender identity opened the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday with a monologue in character as her male alter ego, Jo Calderone, who declared nothing real, and everything theater. Then Calderone tore off a black blazer and danced with a crew of men in white t-shirts and black pants during a rendition of "Yoü and I."

Pop badass P!nk's new album The Truth About Love drops on Sept. 26, and tonight she'll premiere all-new music at the MTV Video Music Awards. Her infectious single off the album "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" has been burning up the airwaves, so we can't wait t see what she has in store. In her promo for the VMAs P!nk tells viewers to "Get ready to fu*king party!"

When Lady Gaga asks, people listen. On Sunday, Lady Gaga  sked people watching MTV's Video Music Awards to call Harry Reid and call their senators and ask them to vote to end "don't ask, don't tell."  On Tuesday this video popped up on YouTube. Two college students called Colorado senator Michael Bennett to ask him to vote for repeal — then they had all the guys in their dorm call too. They got so many people to call that they filled Bennett's voice mail.

Following her virtual Video Music Awards sweep Sunday night Lady Gaga joined Ellen DeGeneres for a post-VMA interview to air on the season premiere of The Ellen DeGeneres Show today. The pair of titans in their own right, Gaga and Ellen, chatted about Gaga's political statement being escorted by lesbians and gays who'd fallen victim to the military's antigay "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Gaga encouraged concerned citizend to call their congress people to help get the ban overturned.