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MTV Video Music Awards: And the Winners Were…

A night of crazy fashion, memorable tributes and even a few tears has come to an end. On Monday evening, MTV handed out its annual Video Music Awards, recognizing Jennifer Lopez for her (HAWT!) body of work in the process, while mourning the late and truly great Aretha Franklin. Which artists came out on top? Which singers went home empty-handed? Which stars did Kanye West interrupt on stage this time around? The answer to the final question posed above is no one… while the answers to the first two questions can be found in our complete list of winners below… VIDEO OF THE YEAR Ariana Grande — “No Tears Left to Cry” Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B — “Finesse (Remix)” Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug — “Havana” *WINNER The Carters — “APES**T” Childish Gambino — “This Is America” Drake — “God’s Plan” ARTIST OF THE YEAR Ariana Grande Bruno Mars Camila Cabello *WINNER Cardi B Drake Post Malone SONG OF THE YEAR Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B — “Finesse (Remix)” Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug — “Havana” Drake — “God’s Plan” Dua Lipa — “New Rules” Ed Sheeran — “Perfect” Post Malone ft. 21 Savage — “rockstar” *WINNER BEST NEW ARTIST Bazzi Cardi B *WINNER Chloe x Halle Hayley Kiyoko Lil Pump Lil Uzi Vert BEST COLLABORATION Bebe Rexha ft. Florida Georgia Line — “Meant to Be” Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B — “Finesse (Remix)” The Carters — “APES**T” Jennifer Lopez ft. DJ Khaled & Cardi B — “Dinero” *WINNER Logic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid — “1-800-273-8255” N.E.R.D & Rihanna — “Lemon” BEST POP Ariana Grande — “No Tears Left to Cry” *WINNER Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug — “Havana” Demi Lovato — “Sorry Not Sorry” Ed Sheeran — “Perfect” Pink — “What About Us” Shawn Mendes — “In My Blood” BEST HIP-HOP Cardi B ft. 21 Savage — “Bartier Cardi” The Carters — “APES**T” Drake — “God’s Plan” J. Cole — “ATM” Migos ft. Drake — “Walk It Talk It” Nicki Minaj — “Chun-Li” *WINNER BEST LATIN Daddy Yankee — “Dura” J Balvin, Willy William — “Mi Gente” *WINNER Jennifer Lopez ft. DJ Khaled & Cardi B — “Dinero” Luis Fonsi, Demi Lovato — “Échame La Culpa” Maluma — “Felices los 4” Shakira ft. Maluma — “Chantaje” View Slideshow: 2018 Video Music Awards Fashion: Who Dressed … Weirdest? BEST DANCE Avicii ft. Rita Ora — “Lonely Together” *WINNER Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — “One Kiss” The Chainsmokers — “Everybody Hates Me” David Guetta & Sia — “Flames” Marshmello ft. Khalid — “Silence” Zedd & Liam Payne — “Get Low (Street Video)” BEST ROCK Fall Out Boy — “Champion” Foo Fighters — “The Sky Is a Neighborhood” Imagine Dragons — “Whatever It Takes” *WINNER Linkin Park — “One More Light” Panic! at the Disco — “Say Amen (Saturday Night)” Thirty Seconds to Mars — “Walk on Water” VIDEO WITH A MESSAGE Childish Gambino — “This Is America” *WINNER Dej Loaf and Leon Bridges — “Liberated” Drake — ‘God’s Plan” Janelle Monáe — “PYNK” Jessie Reyez — “Gatekeeper” Logic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid — “1-800-273-8255” BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Alessia Cara — “Growing Pains” — Cinematography by Pau Castejón Ariana Grande — “No Tears Left to Cry” — Cinematography by Scott Cunningham The Carters — “APES**T” — Cinematography by Benoit Debie *WINNER Childish Gambino — “This Is America” — mcDJ / RCA Records — Cinematography by Larkin Seiple Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran — “River” — Cinematography by Frank Mobilio & Patrick Meller Shawn Mendes — “In My Blood” — Cinematography by Jonathan Sela BEST DIRECTION The Carters — “APES**T” — Directed by Ricky Saix Childish Gambino — “This Is America” — Directed by Hiro Murai *WINNER Drake — “God’s Plan” — Directed by Karena Evans Ed Sheeran — “Perfect” — Directed by Jason Koenig Justin Timberlake ft. Chris Stapleton — “Say Something” — Directed by Arturo Perez Jr. Shawn Mendes — “In My Blood” — Directed by Jay Martin BEST ART DIRECTION The Carters — “APES**T” — Art Direction by Jan Houlevigue *WINNER Childish Gambino — “This Is America” — Art Direction by Jason Kisvarday J. Cole — “ATM” — Art Direction by Miles Mullin Janelle Monáe — “Make Me Feel” — Art Direction by Pepper Nguyen SZA — “The Weekend” — Art Direction by SZA and Solange Taylor Swift — “Look What You Made Me Do” — Art Direction by Brett Hess

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There’s Already A Petition For ‘Black Panther’ — But The Reason Why May Surprise You

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Source: Marvel Studios / Marvel Studios Black Panther has received nothing but positive reviews about everything from the cinematography to the all star cast — and it hasn’t even hit theaters yet. The film’s success is a direct reflection of how the Black community has been waiting for a box office hit that reflects us as powerful, royal  and complete, as opposed to being someone’s slave. One Change.org user, Chaz Gormley , feels that Black Panther  is so important to the culture, he created a petition calling on Marvel Studios and The Walt Disney Company to invest 25 percent of the profits for the film into the black community. The Walt Disney Company: 25% of Marvel Studios Profits From The “Black Panther” Film Invested in Blac… https://t.co/tbfYSz23CH via @Change #BreakBreadMarvel — TheRealMs.Wright (@JustLWright) February 8, 2018 Gormley says in the petition, that Marvel and Walt Disney Co. have “targeted the black community with their advertisements” for the film. He added, “ Through a clever, well-manufactured marketing campaign Marvel Studios and their parent company The Walt Disney Company have targeted the Black community with their advertisements for the upcoming ‘Black Panther’ film, due to release on February 16, 2018. As marginalized groups have become more vocal, corporations and their savvy public relations departments have turned to catering to these groups – to turn a profit – and this film by Marvel Studios is no different.We cannot continue to recklessly support these conglomerates, allowing them to profit off of us without demanding something more than just their products in return.” Thus #BreakBreadMarvel was born. Let's build a real-world Wakanda #breakbreadmarvel — Chrycka Harper (@Chrycka_Harper) February 8, 2018

There’s Already A Petition For ‘Black Panther’ — But The Reason Why May Surprise You

Why “Gravity” Fails In The Diversity Of Sci-Fi Movies

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So I screened “Gravity” earlier this week.  Yes, I thought the cinematography was excellent and yes it definitely delivered on the thrills and chills. But…

Why “Gravity” Fails In The Diversity Of Sci-Fi Movies

Sarah Palin’s Alaska: Emmy Material?!

Is Sarah Palin bound for the Emmy Awards red carpet? Stranger things have happened. Well, maybe not, but her show was submitted for consideration. TLC submitted Sarah Palin’s Alaska for consideration in four categories: Outstanding Reality, Cinematography, Picture Editing, and Music Composition. The Mark Burnett-produced show delivered sweeping frontier views of America’s 49th state in all its glory. It also featured Sarah Palin shooting stuff . Sarah Palin Digs For Gold The show attracted millions of viewers and considerable buzz. The reality bar has been set quite high for Bristol Palin and Kyle Massey on their new show. Should the highly-rated TLC show score a nomination and actually win in the reality category, Sarah Palin would be eligible to receive a golden statue. Emmy nominations will be announced July 14, with the awards doled out September 18. Expect Palin to hint at a non-presidential run on both dates.

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Roger Deakins on His True Grit Oscar Nod and the End of Film: ‘Next Year Will Be It’

The startling beauty of Joel and Ethan Coen’s Oscar-nominated True Grit — and in most Coen brothers films, for that matter — owes to frequent collaborator and award-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins, who’s lensed all but one of their films since 1991’s Barton Fink . But as much as the nostalgic Western serves as a throwback to simpler times, simpler heroes (and heroines), and a yearning to stick to one’s principles in the face of obsolescence, True Grit could also mark a wistful point in Deakins career — his last film shot on film.

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Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Producer Slams Reviews and 6 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Also in this Wednesday edition of The Broadsheet: Alex Pettyfer protested salary dispute by not cashing checks… The Little Miss Sunshine team gets back together… an Alfred Hitchcock classic gets teen’d up… and more ahead.

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Today’s Awards-Season Trading Card Star: Natalie Portman

It’s time once again to return to Movieline’s recently undertaken mission to honor this year’s acting and directing nominees with a tribute that will surely outlive any trophy they could ever hope to receive: one of our daily inaugural Awards-Season Trading Cards. Today, let’s give it up for Best Actress nominee Natalie Portman!

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Roger Deakins Plays My Favorite Scene: ‘It’s Totally Chilling… and Quite Brilliant’

Much of the emotional power of Joel and Ethan Coen’s Best Picture contender True Grit comes from the contributions of longtime collaborator and nine-time Oscar nominee Roger Deakins, a cinematographer whose compositions and visual choices lend the Western a subtle, nostalgic quality. It’s fitting, then, that when Deakins played My Favorite Scene with Movieline recently, he pointed toward a film that also utilizes the understated to great — but very different — effect.

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‘Knight And Day’: Run Time, By Kurt Loder

Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in an over-amped but underpowered spy tale. Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in “Knight and Day” Photo: Twentieth Century Fox and Regency Enterprises Anyone who’s ever been trapped on a plane flight from Hell — squashed by sprawling seatmates, battered by passing backpacks, besieged by squalling brats — will appreciate the elegant simplicity of Tom Cruise’s solution to similar problems: He kills everybody. Literally. But then they were trying to kill him. Even the pilots. Which is why they’re dead, too. Emerging from the loo, Cameron Diaz is surprised to find that she and Tom are now alone, unless you count corpses as company. And she’s worried — the plane is diving fast. Tom will handle that. (“No need to panic.”) But then what? The answer to that question has been clear in every espionage-romance dating back at least to Hitchcock’s “The 39 Steps.” The answer is: Run! If only “Knight and Day” gave these two much else to do. Playing rogue CIA agent Roy Miller, Cruise deploys his smooth charm to ravishing effect — we’re reminded again of what a supple comic actor he can be. And as innocent bystander June Havens, Diaz, with her eager eyes and engulfing grin, is adorable throughout. But the script, by first-time screenwriter Patrick O’Neill, doesn’t have enough of the breezy wit that makes a classic spy-chase movie like “North by Northwest” so pleasurable. There are some good lines. (Noting that trouble-magnet Roy has been wounded at one point, June deadpans, “You have to go to the hospital. Prison, maybe.”) But director James Mangold (“Walk the Line”) is mostly intent on goosing the action along from one nifty set of stunts to the next. The stunts are pretty great — especially a heavy-damage highway chase (which seems fresher than usual here) and a wild escape through a Spanish bull-run stampede. But we miss the stylish downtime that would allow us to catch our breath. And we miss the romance. Cruise and Diaz have real chemistry, but the script doesn’t enable them to do much with it. (Although there is a cute moment when she wakes up in a bikini she wasn’t wearing when she passed out. Too bad this sexy tease doesn’t build into anything interesting.) In the traditional way, the story is a flimsy thing; and in the traditional way, that doesn’t matter. Roy is being chased by a team of his former CIA colleagues led by an inscrutable character named Fitzgerald (Peter Sarsgaard). Fitzgerald is convinced that Roy has lost his mind and absconded with an ultra-powerful device called the Zephyr. (“The biggest thing since the sun,” Roy says.) The determined spooks chase Roy and June — who has fallen into this mess by sheerest accident — from Boston to the Azores (where Roy maintains a private island) to Austria (look out for the assassin!) to the Spanish villa where an international arms dealer named Antonio (Jordi Moll