As I told you earlier, Britney Spears won three awards last night, sweeping the board at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. After her cringeworthy comeback performance last year, it felt like this year she'd finally got it all together — she looked stunning in her mini-dress as she opened the show with a skit featuring Jonah Hill (UK readers, you can watch it all unfold on MTV tonight from 8pm). Rihanna, T.I, Christina Aguilera and the Jonas Brothers also put on some memorable performances, with Pink's spectacle of a performance standing out as a particular highlight.

Host Russell Brand has definitely split opinion, much as he does in the UK — you definitely either love him or you hate him! A remark about President Bush possibly didn't warm him to some members of the audience early on, plus a couple of British slang remarks appeared to confuse the international audience — for instance, it appears "yobbos" is not used across the pond! I can't wait to watch it in full tonight to see if he got lost in translation, or if he was off his game.

To see a list of all the winners, as well as a massive gallery of photos from the show and audience, just read more
BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Britney Spears, "Piece of Me"

BEST MALE VIDEO
Chris Brown, "With You"

BEST DANCING IN A VIDEO
Pussycat Dolls, "When I Grow Up"

BEST ROCK VIDEO
Linkin Park, "Shadow of the Day"

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
Lil Wayne, "Lollipop"

BEST NEW ARTIST
Tokio Hotel, "Ready, Set, Go!"

BEST POP VIDEO
Britney Spears, "Piece of Me"

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Britney Spears, "Piece of Me"

BEST ART DIRECTION
Gnarls Barkley "Run"

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Gnarls Barkley "Run"

BEST DIRECTION
Erykah Badu "Honey"

BEST EDITING
Death Cab For Cutie "I Will Possess Your Heart"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
White Stripes "Conquest"

BEST SPECIAL FX
Kanye West and T-Pain "Good Life."

Images include: Britney Spears, Chris Brown, Rihanna, Lindsay Lohan, Ashlee Simpson, Pete Wentz, Paris Hilton, Benji Madden, Samantha Ronson, Larry Rudolph, Russell Brand, Seth Green, Clark Duke, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Pink, Ciara, Jonas Brothers, Kanye West, Kid Rock, Josh Peck, Drake Bell, Chace Crawford, Lauren Conrad, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, Vanessa Hudgens, Zac Efron, T.I, Jordin Sparks, John Legend, Slipknot, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Slash, Shia LaBeouf, Katy Perry, Leona Lewis, Demi Moore, Jamie Foxx, Christina Aguilera.

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