Entertainment Daily: MTV Awards - Hottest acts in music celebrate at MTV Awards
TAPE: EF01/0639
IN_TIME: 14:24:35
DURATION: 9:41
SOURCES: APTN/MTV/various record companies
RESTRICTIONS: music video/performance rights must be cleared, All MTV material = No re-use/re-sale without clearance
DATELINE: New York, 6 September 2001
SHOTLIST
Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Square, New York City
Thursday, September 6, 2001
APTN
1. pan from MTV News spinning sign to ext Metropolitan Opera House
2. pull fans to limo
3. arr Jennifer Lopez
4. arr Alicia Keys
5. arr Ja Rule
6. SOT JA RULE - "It's how the song said it would, video killed the radio star, that's how it is, it's for real."
7. b-roll Busta Rhymes signs t-shirt
8. b-roll Sheryl Crow with Molly Simms for House of Style interview
9. SOT SHERYL CROW - I'm excited, I don't know who is playing, who is up for anything so it's going to be fun for me."
10 arr Will Smith
11.pan Lincoln building to 'NSync
11 b-roll Britney Spears (nominated for Best Pop Video for "Stronger")
12. b-roll Mick Jagger
13 SOT Mick Jagger (on Britney Spear's performance) - "I just spoke with her and she said that she was going to do something brave, Idon't quite know what that means, brave for her."
14. b-roll Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock doing VH1 House of Style interview with Molly Simms
15. b-roll Janet Jackson
16. b-roll P Diddy
17 b-roll Eve
18 b-roll Destiny's Child
19 SOT CRAIG DAVID - "So flattering to be here and to have a nomination as well, at the same time it's my first year in America and to be a part of this whole thing is great for me and so I'm looking to enjoy the night, it should be cool."
A MANDATORY CHYRON "COURTESY MTV" MUST BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
USE OF ANY FOOTAGE.
MTV - mandatory courtesy
20. ws auditorium
21. Backtreet boys arr on stage
22 SOT AJ MCLEAN - "Good evening and hello everybody, first of all I would like to thank MTV and everybody for the support during my time of need. I really appreciate it. Today 64 days sober I'm proud of myself. I'm going to keep on doing it, anybody can do it, god bless you, I want to thank you fellas and thank all our fans."
23. Performance Britney Spears (with tiger and snake)
24. Macy Gray, Mary J. Blige and Nelly present Best New Artist in a Video - "The winner is Fallin' Alicia Keys."
25. Clip video Alicia Keys 'Fallin'
26. SOT speech ALICIA KEYS - "I'm trying to be cool, I don't even know how to stand at the podium."
27. c/a The Edge
28. Ja Rule and Estella Warren (Planet of the Apes) present Best R&B Video Award to Destiny's Child for "Survivor"
29 Clip 'Survivor', Destiny's Child
30.SOT speech DESTINY'S CHILD - "Everyone thank you so much to the fans, thank you MTV for playing Destiny's Child and to everyone on the TRL tour thank you so much god bless you."
31. clip video 'Weapon of Choice' Fatboy Slim (winner 6 technical awards including best direction & best breakthrough)
32. SOT speech Spike Jonze, director Weapon of Choice video - "I'd like to thank these two men, my collaborators in this amongst many. Norman Cook who made the music and Christopher Walken who of course danced the dance."
33. Performance 'NSync and surprise appearance from Michael Jackson 'Pop'
34. c/a Janet Jackson
35. Ananda Lewis and Ryan and Serene -- two viewer choice voters -- announce Viewers Choice Award to NSYNC
35. Best Dance Video Award announced for to NSYNC by Jessica Simpson, Mandy Moore, Dream
36 Tenacious D presents Best Group Video Award to NSYNC for 'Pop'
37. Sheryl and Nikka Costa present Best Pop Video Award to NSYNC for 'Pop'
38 Justin Timberlake kisses Britney Spears
39. Clip video 'Pop' 'NSync
40. SOT speech 'NSync - "All the fans we love you, our crew, our stage manager, we thank Michael for coming out on stage with us, that was huge, he just made five fans so happy. We also want to thank all the groups out there we know how hard it is, we love you."
41. Mick Jagger presents Best Video of the the Year to the Ladies from 'Moulin Rouge' for 'Lady Marmalade'
42. clip 'Lady Marmalade', Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya and Pink featuring Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott 'Lady Marmalade'
43. SOT backstage, Christina Aguilera & Ladies of 'Moulin Rouge' (on making video & winning award) - "It was so much fun working with these girls. It was the most fun project and I'm not ashamed to say that I would have been thoroughly disappointed If I didn't win something with these girls."
44. Performance Missy Elliott (With dedication to Aaliyah) Ludacris, Nelly Furtado, Trina 'Get Ur Freak On'
45 SOT JANET JACKSON (on Aaliyah) - "In this time of our lives I draw upon her example of faith that one day we will be together again."
46. Best Male Video Award presented to Moby by Christine Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya and Pink
47. Clip video Moby featuring Gwen Stefani 'South Side'
48 SOT backstage MOBY (on how he intends to celebrate) - "In typical rock star style I was going to go out and smoke crack with hookers but ... that's what everybody does isn't it."
49. Will Smith presents Best Female Video Award to Eve
50 Clip video Eve featuring Gwen Stefani 'Let Me Blow Ya Mind'
51. SOT speech EVE thanks Gwen Stefani - "For real, thank you so much, this is so crazy."
52. U2 (winners 2001 Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award) introduce The Ramones - "New York City has given a lot of things but the best thing it ever gave us was a punk rock group called The Ramones without whom a lot of people would never have gotten started, certainly us. They lost Joey Ramone and I would like to give an award to the remaining Ramones who are going to appear in a very un-punk rock situation right now."
53. Performance U2 'Elevation'.
FATBOY SLIM SWEEPS BOARD AT MTV AWARDS.
Fatboy Slim's 'Weapon of Choice' video was the big winner at Thursday's MTV Video Music Awards, winning six of the nine awards for which it was nominated, but it was the sexy video 'Lady Marmalade' that took home the year's top trophy.
On the over-the-top-goings-on front, Puff Daddy entered straddling an 18 wheeler truck while rapping his latest single 'Bad Boys For Life', the host made fun of Backstreet Boy AJ McLean's battle with alcohol abuse, Britney Spears writhed with snakes and the power went down just before U2's performance.
'Lady Marmalade,' the 'Moulin Rouge'-inspired video, was a collaboration featuring Pink, Christina Aguilera, Mya and Lil' Kim. It also received an award for best video from a film.
The night's other big winner was 'N Sync, who received four awards for their special-effects laden video, 'Pop', including the viewer's choice award.
The 'Weapon of Choice' clip by Fatboy Slim, a DJ, doesn't even feature the artist; its star is actor Christopher Walken, dancing around an empty hotel lobby. Among the early awards it nabbed was for best direction, for Spike Jonze, and best choreography. Fatboy Slim, real name Norman Cook, flew to New York with wife Zoe Ball for the show, playing a surprise set at a trendy club in the city earlier in the week.
As always, however, the awards themselves tend to be an afterthought, upstaged by the evening's over-the-top moments. Thursday was no exception, as 'N Sync capped off a colorful rendition of 'Pop' with the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson.
Jackson gyrated for only a few seconds to 'N Sync's hit, but received a standing ovation from the crowd.
Another anticipated moment was Spears' performance of her new song, 'I'm A Slave For You,' which featured the singer slithering on stage with a snake and a tiger, despite the protestations of animal rights campaigners PETA. The radical campaign group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) had written to the 19-year-old star requesting that she not use big cats on stage, but the appeal failed and the singer performed a raunchy routine in a bikini top and low-cut hot pants.
Her choreographer Wade Robson defended the routine, saying: "There wasno mistreatment of any animals. They had trainers and handlers." He added: "She was not afraid of the tiger. But the snake freaked her out."
Mudvayne won the MTV2 award spotlighting emerging artists, but it was hard to concentrate on the heavy metal group's acceptance speech: They appeared at the podium in gory makeup that made them look as if they had been shot in the forehead, with fake blood oozing down their face and chest.
And Macy Gray upstaged the announcement of the award for best new artist as she urged everyone "to take a minute and concentrate on my dress," which read: 'My new album drops Sept. 18, 2001.'
The night was not without its glitches: As U2 was about to perform 'Elevation', a technical problem forced MTV to cut to commercials until it was fixed.
"So MTV weren't paying their electricity bill," quipped Bono before the group received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award for lifetime achievement.
Collaborating with No Doubt's Gwen Stefani proved to be good move for Moby and Eve; the DJ won best male video for his 'South Side' video featuring Stefani, and Eve won best female video for 'Let Me Blow Ya Mind,' also with Stefani.
Comedian-host Jamie Foxx got the evening off to a somewhat raunchy start. After parodying the evening's setting at the Metropolitan Opera House with opera renditions of hits like '"Bootylicious,' he launched into a monologue that had to be bleeped by MTV censors.
Foxx had previously said he would not lampoon celebrities during the show, but apparently had a change of heart, joking about Mariah Carey's recent nervous breakdown and Backstreet Boy AJ McLean's battle with alcohol abuse.
The Backstreet Boys gave out the evening's first award, for Best Hip-Hhop video. Before OutKast picked up their trophy, McLean thanked MTV and fans for supporting him during his recent stint in rehab.
"Today is 64 days sober, and I'm proud of it," he said to applause.
As the group made its way off the stage, Foxx held out a bottle to them. "You want some champagne, some champagne?" he joked before the stunned crowd. "It's apple cider, apple cider! You can drink apple cider, can't you?"
Moments later, however, the mood turned somber with a tribute to Aaliyah, who was killed Aug. 25 in a plane crash. Janet Jackson, Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott, Ginuwine and Timbaland joined Aaliyah's brother, Rashad Haughton, in remembering the 22-year-old singer and actress, who was to be a presenter Thursday evening.
"I think what we've got to learn out of this to appreciate each other while we're here on earth," said Elliott, who wore a white jacket with Aaliyah's image on the back and her name on the side. "I love you Aaliyah, and you're forever missed."
Bono also paid tribute to Joey Ramone, who died earlier this year of lymphoma, as he introduced the remaining members of the legendary punk rock group The Ramones to the audience.
Among the evening's performers was Jennifer Lopez, who sang her latest hit 'I'm Real' with rapper Ja Rule during the show; Linkin Park; U2; Jay-Z and Elliott, who dedicated her performance to Aaliyah.
Prior to the show, fans who gathered outside to greet their favourite stars were treated to concert performances by Alien Ant Farm, City High and Eve.
Sean 'P.Diddy' Combs made the grandest entrance: He arrived on top of an 18-wheeler truck, rapping his latest hit, 'Bad Boys for Life.'"
Stars at the event included veteran rocker Mick Jagger, who arrived alone, and Craig David, currently in America trying to repeat his British success.
Janet Jackson arrived hand-in-hand with a mystery man, while newly-engaged Jennifer Lopez was accompanied by fiance Chris Judd, but continued her series of revealing fashions with leopard-skin hotpants and top.
And Pamela Anderson created a frenzy on the red carpet when she appeared with new boyfriend Kid Rock, dressed in a low-cut, midriff-baring leather top and hotpants.
The awards ceremony was aired live on MTV.
And the winners were . . .
Best Video of the Year: 'Lady Marmalade' by Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya and Pink featuring Missy Elliott.
Best Male Video: 'South Side', by Moby, featuring Gwen Stefani.
Best Female Video: 'Let Me Blow Ya Mind', by Eve featuring Gwen Stefani
Best Group Video: 'Pop', by NSync.
Best Rap Video: 'Ride Wit Me', by Nelly.
Best R&B Video: 'Survivor', by Destiny's Child.
Best Hip Hop Video: 'Ms Jackson', by Outkast.
Best Dance Video: 'Pop', by NSync.
Best Rock Video: 'Rollin', by Limp Bizkit.
Best Pop Video: 'Pop', by NSync.
Best New Artist in a Video: 'Fallin', by Alicia Keys.
Best Video from a Film: 'Lady Marmalade', by Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya
and Pink featuring Missy Ellliott.
Best Direction: 'Weapon of Choice', by Fatboy Slim.
Best Choreography: 'Weapon of Choice', by Fatboy Slim.
Best Special Effects: 'Rock DJ', by Robbie Williams.
Best Art Direction: 'Weapon of Choice', by Fatboy Slim.
Best Editing: 'Weapon of Choice', by Fatboy Slim.
Best Cinematography: 'Weapon of Choice', by Fatboy Slim.
BreakthroughVideo: 'Weapon of Choice', by Fatboy Slim.
MUSIC DETAILS
TITLE: Fallin'
ARTIST: Alicia Keys
WRITER: Keys
PUBLISHER: EMI
LABEL: J Recordings
TITLE: Survivor
ARTIST: Destiny's Child
WRITER: Dent/Knowles/Knowles
PUBLISHER: Windswept Pacific / Sony
LABEL: Sony
TITLE: Pop
ARTIST: 'NSync
WRITER: Timberlake/Robson
PUBLISHER: Zomba
LABEL: Zomba
TITLE: South Side
ARTIST: Moby featuring Gwen Stefani
WRITER: Hall
PUBLISHER: Warner
LABEL: Mute Records
TITLE: Lady Marmalade
ARTIST: Christina Aguilera
WRITER: Crewe/Nolan
PUBLISHER: Jobete
LABEL: Interscope
TITLE: Let Me Blow Ya Mind
ARTIST: Eve featuring Gwen Stefani
WRITER: Jeffers/Young/Elizondo/Storch/Jordan
PUBLISHER: Windswept Pacific / Universal
TITLE: Elevation
ARTIST: U2
WRITER: Clayton/Evans/Hewson/Mullen
PUBLISHER: Blue Mountain
LABEL: Universal