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European MTV Music Awards rickrolled

Steven Hodson — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:45:46 +0000

Other than being the cause de celeb of the Rickrolling phenomena does anyone really remember who the hell Rick Astley is? Well apparently about 100 million people do in Europe as they all voted for him as the Best Act Ever at the MTV Europe Music Awards.

The number of votes he got was more than all the votes for U2, Britney Spears and The Beatles combined. All this based on his 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up that became the basis of an internet trend called Rickrolling in which people are tricked into watching his videos. His hit song has now been watched more than 20 million times on YouTube.

As Richard Godfrey; a senior VP at MTV and executive director of the awards said in an interview

“We’ve been well and truly Rickrolled,” Richard Godfrey, a senior vice-president at MTV and executive producer of the awards said. “We wanted to see who our audience would nominate and, given that we’re in Liverpool, we thought it would be someone like the Beatles. But before the nominations were even announced he shot into the lead.”

Rickrolled – the Literal version (via Nothing to do qith Arbroath)

Will Britney Have a Second Disastrous Year at the VMAs?

Meieli Sawyer — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:30:52 +0000

Are you as terrified as I am for Britney Spears tonight at the VMAs? The clock is ticking down, and I’m not sure if I want to see something fabulously sensational or watch Brit prove that she’s cleaned up her act for real. There’s also the possibility that she’ll whip out a performance after all, since MTV has kept us guessing.

9 pm ET SHARP, September 7th. If there are going to be any f-ups, it’s live! That always makes for a good time.

Dina Lohan, Mom of the Year? Surely You Jest.

Meieli Sawyer — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:00:08 +0000

Wild child Lindsay Lohan has gotten enough attention to last a lifetime, but it’s much too stereotypical to blame the parents, right? Probably– but at the same time, praising them probably serves as total overcompensation.

Mingling Moms, a Long Island social group, has popped out of the woodwork to honor Dina Lohan for not doing much– just for raising Lindsay and getting her into the spotlight. She’s not the only one, thank goodness, with other honors going to moms who have raised celebrity-grade brood, from Natalie Portman’s mother Shelley Stevens Hershlag to Patricia Vian, Mariah Carey’s mother.

Could we sense just a little awkward tension in the Mingling Mom’s rep’s most recent statements? “We’re just honoring celebrities’ moms on Long Island. It’s something for Mother’s Day.” *Just*? Way to downplay your own celebrity awards banquet. Could someone be getting a tad defensive?

I have a feeling that someone’s going to be plugging “Living Lohan” at a certain banquet in Long Island today.

Image: Harper’s Bazaar