Niiiiice! Sevyn Streeter rocked a sold out house of fans and industry elites at SOBs on the lower east side of Manhattan Monday night and proved herself to be a natural performer. From Sevyn’s eye-popping choreography, to her well-chosen covers, the songstress had fans engaged from start to finish. The audience included music industry big timers Lyor Cohen and Kevin Liles. Late into the show, Sevyn began surveying the room for a man worthy of her appetite, and came up with no other than Mack Wilds. Sevyn’s dancers strapped Wilds into his seat as he smiled ear to ear while Sevyn serenated him and straddled him throughout her performance of Sex On The Ceiling. youtube page31TV
Forget the accusations of date rape support and the general consensus that Miley Cyrus acted out of desperation to prove her edginess at the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday night. And ask yourself this question instead: Was her performance racist? Many critics have pointed to Miley’s race “problem” – she has said she’s not a ” white ratchet girl ,” she’s been forced to defend her race online – and how it was evident during the raunchy routine. Consider her slapping of voluptuous black women’s behinds, her constant reliance on Twerking , a dance move considered by many to be representative of African-American culture. Jon Caramanica of The New York Times wrote after the VMAs that “this was a banner year for clumsy white appropriation of black culture.” He also slammed “the shambolic, trickster-esque performance by Ms. Cyrus, to whom no one has apparently said ‘no’ for the last six months or so.” Elsewhere, Vulture ‘s Jody Rosen referred to this as “a minstrel show routine” and says pointedly that Miley’s “act tipped over into what we may as well just call racism,” explaining: “Cyrus is annexing working-class black ‘ratchet’ culture, the potent sexual symbolism of black female bodies, to the cause of her reinvention.” Rosen adds that Cyrus is questionably attempting a “transformation from squeaky-clean Disney-pop poster girl to grown-up hipster-provocateur.” Strong, interesting words, all of them. Do you agree with these critics, THGers? Share your comments with us below, and vote in our survey: Was Miley Cyrus racist at the Video Music Awards? Yes, what was she thinking?!? A little bit No, but it was still lame! View Poll »
I guess all the non-stop tongue action and twerking that Miley Cyrus has been doing lately has just been warm-up for the MTV Video Music Awards, because she busted out both big-time last night. Problem is, it’s starting to go from “hot” to “trying way too hard” these days. The tongue thing was great once or twice, but now it’s been so overused I’m starting to wonder if Miley knows how to use that thing properly. Luckily her performance on stage was much better than on red carpet. I mean, sure, her drunk girl slutty act with dancing bears was awkward at the beginning, but that’s one hell of a costume change. What I wouldn’t have done to be Robin Thicke for a night. » view all 43 photos Photos: WENN.com
video platform video management video solutions video player We have been giving Alicia a hard time lately and this interview was done Tuesday night before her performance at Staples Center… which we hear she really sounded good at. extratv
‘It’s just singing the song and having a good time and jumping around and partying and bullsh–ting,’ she says of her performance for ‘MTV’s Club NYE 2013.’ By Jocelyn Vena Rita Ora Photo: MTV
Tis the fucking season for fat chicks singing with their tits hanging out for the birth of our lord and savior Jesus Christ…where we are encouraged to spend our money and get in debt and do all things totally unchristian for Christmas….like masturbate to this harlot as people make amazing commentary to her performance…… I love the Holidays….Seriously….
If you don’t know who Stuart is… you better ask somebody. Stuart Weitzman Receives Footwear News’ Lifetime Achievement Award with a Special Video Tribute by Beyoncé. Stuart Weitzman was awarded The Lifetime Achievement Award for his many successful years as a luxury shoe designer by Footwear news tonightin a ceremony held at The MOMA in New York City. Among his many fans/clients around the world is Beyoncé Knowles, who taped a special video ‘Shout Out Tribute’ for the occasion. Weitzman and Beyoncé have collaborated together for years on her performance shoes, so it made the celebratory evening quite special for the designer. youtube
We look back at Rih’s career leading up to her performance at the big show on Thursday, September 6. By Nadeska Alexis Rihanna performs onstage at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images
