MTV VMAs 2020: Lady Gaga, The Weeknd take home awardsAugust 31, 2020 - 13:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards aired Sunday, August 30 night and despite the pandemic, an (outdoor) show still went on with some of the biggest names in music, CNN reveals. Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga led in nominations going into the event. Gaga took the stage multiple times, winning the first award of the broadcast for best collaboration for her hit single with Grande, "Rain On Me." Two more of the top awards of the night, artist of the year and song of the year, went to Gaga as well. K-pop super group BTS also won multiple VMAs. Machine Gun Kelly won best alternative for his single "Bloody Valentine," starring his girlfriend Megan Fox. Doja Cat won for best new artist. Taylor Swift won for best direction and sent in an acceptance video message from home. Video of the year, the top VMA, went to The Weeknd for his hit "Blinding Lights." He opened the show with a performance of the single. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |