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At Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards, Eminem will be opening the show with a performance.

MTV general manager Stephen Friedman said, "We thought that there’s no better way to kick off the show than a performance from Eminem.”

We know he's been on top of the charts this year, but it's a pretty jarring way to start off the night.

Thoughts????

P.S. People who will NOT be performing at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday: Lady GaGa, Beyonce, Katy Perry, Pink, Taylor Swift and more people we actually give a shiz about!

We already knew Jon Hamm was the man, but now it's 100% confirmed.

GQ has named Mad Men's Jon Hamm the MAN OF THE YEAR.

Between the success that Mad Men had at the Emmys and this prestigious award from GQ, Hamm must be on top of the world right now.

We think GQ made the right move. Honestly, who's cooler than Don Draper? We can't think of too many people!

Do U think Jon Hamm deserves to be called Man Of The Year?

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Excellent news!

One of our favorite new bands, The xx, won the UK's Barclaycard Mercury Prize for their debut album, xx!

The award honors the best album of the year coming from a British or Irish singer or group, and includes a $30,000 prize!

Frontman Oliver Sim says:

"I don't know what we were expecting but we weren't expecting this."

Congratulations, guys! We definitely think you deserve it - that album is AMAZING!

Thoughts??

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Way to make everybody feel bad about themselves, over-achiever HBO!

Due to HBO’s obliteration of the competition in long-form categories at the Emmys, there’s now talk of splitting up the awards between TV series and longform cable projects/TV movies.

Opponents to the proposition of splitting the awards show in half argue a few points, which make plenty of sense. Here are some of the highlights of the argument:

-HBO brings high-profile A-list talent to the Emmys

-HBO deserves the awards, since they devote the time, energy, and money to their projects

-If other networks start creating miniseries and longform projects in the future, it would make it difficult to have two separate awards shows

Here are some of the anti-HBO arguments:

-Other networks can’t afford the major budgets that HBO devotes to projects, and therefore they are at a loss

-Shows that the majority of people watch aren’t represented and given recognition at the Emmys

-Categories such as the one for reality show hosts were not represented at the Emmys, which doesn’t make sense because those shows get much larger draws than HBO programs

Should be inneresting to see if opponents to HBO’s dominance of the Emmys are able to make any type of impact.

…Either that, or MAYBE they can make some sort of other arrangement where HBO is allowed to stay in the Emmys, but they need to start making less quality programs. They could always limit the epic war dramas and start producing more documentaries about legal Nevada-based brothels!

Are U on Team HBO or Team Everyone Else?

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