Celebrity Trash

Lady Gaga, Green Day and Beyonce each won three Moonmen at the MTV VMAs last night (September 14th), but their triumph was overshadowed by drama between Kanye West and Taylor Swift. Swift was offering thank yous for winning Best Female Video of the Year at the Radio City Music Hall show when West bounced onstage and grabbed the mike: [(Swift) "Thank you so much. I always dreamed about what it would be like to win one of these one day, but I never actually thought that woulda happened. I sing country music so thank you so much for giving me chance to win a VMA Award, I ..." (cheers) (West) "Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you, I'ma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. (Boos and cheers) One of the best videos of all time!"] SOUNDCUE (:34 OC: . . . of all time!)

Beyonce looked shocked and appeared to say "Oh my God" when Kanye jumped on stage. When Beyonce later won the night's big award for Video of the Year, she graciously invited Swift back to "have her moment" as the crowd stood and cheered: [(Beyonce) "I remember being 17 years-old up for my first MTV award with Destiny's Child and it was one of the most exciting moments in my life. So I'd like for Taylor to come out and have her moment. Where are you?" (Taylor Swift) "Maybe we could try this again? I would really like to thank Roman White who directed my video and Lucas Till for being in it and I would like to thank all the fans on Twitter and Myspace and everyone who came out to my shows this summer."] SOUNDCUE (:36 OC . . . shows this summer.)

West later apologized on his blog saying "I'M SOOOOO SORRY TO TAYLOR SWIFT AND HER FANS AND HER MOM. I SPOKE TO HER MOTHER RIGHT AFTER AND SHE SAID THE SAME THING MY MOTHER WOULD'VE SAID. SHE IS VERY TALENTED!"
Swift said the evening was "interesting," the Associated Press reports.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

Madonna opened the show with a moving speech introducing a tribute to Michael Jackson that featured dancers performing in front of a giant screen with a medley of the King of Pop's biggest hit videos. The tribute's finale included Janet Jackson dancing with the video image of her brother from their video "Scream." She wore one white sequined glove in his honor.
Taylor Swift performed her song "You Belong To Me" which began with video of her performing underground in the New York city subway and then singing live outside standing on top of a taxi in front of Radio City Music Hall. Her performance came only minutes after the Kanye West incident.
Best new artist Lady Gaga was dressed in white for her performance of "Paparazzi" which ended with the edgy pop sensation dripping in blood and suspended in the air.
Katy Perry and Joe Perry -- no relation -- performed "We Will Rock You" before bringing host Russell Brand on stage.
Pink performed an amazing aerial ballet while singing "Sober."
Muse performed "Uprising" at a separate theater in their first U.S. television performance.
Britney Spears accepted her best pop video from backstage at one of her concerts.
Best rock video winners Green Day brought a huge crowd of fans up on stage at the end of their performance of "East Jesus Nowhere."
Jay-Z and Alicia Keys closed the show with their tribute to New York, "Empire State Of Mind"
Sneak peeks of the upcoming Michael Jackson movie made from his final rehearsals and the latest in the Twilight series, New Moon, were shown.
All-American Rejects, 303, Pitbull, Solange and Kid Cudi performed with the house band headed up by MC Wale (pronounced wall-LAY). Cudi paid tribute to the late DJ AM who was the house band with Travis Barker last year.
RED CARPET HIGHLIGHTS

Pink arrived to the red carpet in a fire engine.
Lady Gaga rolled up in a limousine with Kermit the Frog as her date. She was wearing an all-black outfit trimmed in feathers. Kermit quipped: "I'm just happy that it's not made out of people I know."
Taylor Swift arrived in a white Cinderella-style carriage led by two white horses.
Cobra Starship showed up in a New York sightseeing bus.
Shakira and Pink should have called each other to find out what they were going to wear to the awards because they showed up in identical dresses.
Real life moon man Buzz Aldrin was on hand to announce the breakthrough video award winners, Matt And Kim for "Lessons Learned." Red carpet host Sway pointed out that the Moonman statuette was inspired by the astronaut.
2009 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS LIST

VIDEO OF THE YEAR: Beyonce, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)."

BEST FEMALE VIDEO: Taylor Swift, "You Belong With Me."

BEST ROCK VIDEO: Green Day, "21 Guns."

BEST POP VIDEO: Britney Spears, "Womanizer."

BEST MALE VIDEO: T.I. featuring Rihanna, "Live Your Life."

BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO: Eminem, "We Made You."

BEST NEW ARTIST: Lady Gaga.

BEST VIDEO THAT SHOULD HAVE WON A MOONMAN: Beastie Boys, "Sabotage."

BEST BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO: Matt and Kim, "Lessons Learned."

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY: Beyonce, "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

BEST DIRECTION: Green Day, "21 Guns"

BEST EDITING: Beyonce, "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS: Lady Gaga, "Paparazzi"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Green Day, "21 Guns"

BEST ART DIRECTION: Lady Gaga, "Paparazzi"