Beyonce's performance, acceptance speech

I have a newfound respect for Beyoncé after she rocked her VMA performance and then brought Taylor Swift out to finish her speech when Beyoncé won Video of the Year. Watch both below:

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Lady Gaga's VMA performance, acceptance speech

After Perez Hilton, I may be Lady Gaga's earliest/most loyal fan. I fell in love with her music and her image after seeing her "Just Dance" video for the first time on Hilton's site last summer. This was way before the song was ever played on the radio (followed by three other hits), before she wore the infamous Kermit dress and before the is she or isn't she a she controversy.

So, I was overjoyed upon hearing that she was performing at the 2009 VMAs.

While I thought her singing and performance of "Paparazzi" were great, her decision to smear blood over her body and fake hang herself at the end was a little too over the top for me. As were her outfits! Seriously, the feather neck brace, the red lace dress-mask in one and the eskimo face hood were just ridiculous! Of course, she plans to be over the top and outrageous, but she probably should have toned it down a bit.

What did you think of Gaga last night? If you missed her performance, you can check it out below as well as the red dress-mask she wore to accept her Best New Artist award.

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What is wrong with Kanye?!

Kanye West displayed what I'd like to call unsportsmanlike conduct at tonight's MTV Video Music Awards when he upstaged Taylor Swift during her acceptance speech for Best Female Video. This—after other such outbursts, and I'd say this guy needs some serious anger management help.

If you didn't see the outburst heard round the world at the 2009 VMAs, the clip is below.

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MTV's College Life

If you're by a TV, turn it to MTV and watch "College Life," a "real" reality show self-filmed by UW-Madison freshmen. It's so bad, and the freshmen drama is so dumb, that it's great. The show has caused quite the controversy on campus, with the university putting out a statement of disapproval. Dean of Student Lori Berquam said the below in a statement:

“We understand the power of MTV and were initially honored to be considered for a program that could showcase our unique experience. But the ‘College Life’ they’re selling is nothing more than a stereotype that disrespects our students and harms our institution and the value of a UW-Madison degree.”

I agree with Berquam that the show gives a poor "reality" of UW-Madison, but as a student I wouldn't go as far as saying it harms the value of a UW-Madison degree. I am embarrassed for these particular freshmen because they are so full of unnecessary drama. Freshmen make mistakes, and hopefully this show is one such mistake. The show follows eight people out of a total of 40,000+ on this campus. Outsiders should NOT see this as a reflection of the entire student body, and I don't think they will. Seriously, the network has it bookended with "The Hills." How realistic could it be?