Jackson, making his first major public appearance since decrying Sony Music for their alleged failure to promote his “Invincible” album, made no mention of the controversy in a short speech that thanked various Motown legends, his parents, and magician David Blaine, among others. Toward the end of the number, James Brown made a surprise appearance to duet with Fallon on “Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine.”īritney Spears presented Michael Jackson, celebrating his 44th birthday, with the artist of the millennium honor. Host Jimmy Fallon (“Saturday Night Live”) set a light-hearted mood right off the bat with a hilarious medley which found him impersonating Eminem, the White Stripes, Avril Lavigne, Dave Matthews, Nelly, and Enrique Iglesias (complete with a fake facial mole). Michelle Branch won the viewer’s choice award for “Everywhere,” while Dashboard Confessional took home the MTV2 award for “Screaming Infidelities.”īruce Springsteen and the E Street Band opened the 19th annual show with an outdoor performance of “The Rising” amid steady rainfall. Other multiple winners, with two each, were Pink’s “Get the Party Started” (best female video, best dance video), and No Doubt’s “Hey Baby” (best group video and best pop video). The White Stripes’ animated clip “Fell in Love with a Girl” received three awards: breakthrough video, best special effects, and best editing. The Web/Aftermath/Interscope album from which it is drawn, “The Eminem Show,” is No. In the “Without Me” clip, directed by Joseph Kahn, Eminem plays a comic superhero and parodies Moby, the late Elvis Presley, and Osama bin Laden. “Without Me” won the awards for video of the year, best male and best rap video, and best direction. With four awards, Eminem’s “Without Me” dominated as the big winner at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) last night (Aug.

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