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News - MTV ANNOUNCES THE "2008 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS" NOMINEES FOR "VIDEO OF THE YEAR" MTV ANNOUNCES THE "2008 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS" NOMINEES FOR "VIDEO OF THE YEAR"


MTV ANNOUNCES THE "2008 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS" NOMINEES FOR "VIDEO OF THE YEAR"

AND "BEST ROCK VIDEO"

August 19, 2008, 01:37 AM

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JONAS BROTHERS, FALL OUT BOY, FOO FIGHTERS,
CHRIS BROWN, LINKIN’ PARK, PUSSYCAT DOLLS, THE TING TINGS, PARAMORE, SLIPKNOT AND BRITNEY SPEARS MAKE UP THIS YEAR’S
“2008 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS” NOMINEES
FOR “VIDEO OF THE YEAR” AND “BEST ROCK VIDEO”

New York, NY (August 18, 2008) –– Viewer voting for the 2008 MTV VMAs nominees has ended with a bang! For the fourth consecutive week MTV viewers have helped determine nominees for the “2008 MTV Video Music Awards” and this Friday on FNMTV Premieres artists up for “Best Rock Video” and” Video of the Year” were revealed. The competition for the highly anticipated award of the year is hot and includes everyone from English indie-pop band The Ting Tings for “Shut Up And Let Me Go” to Britney Spears, who already finds herself in the running for “Best Female Video” and “Best Pop Video” for “Piece of Me.” As previously announced, MTV’s 25th annual Video Music Awards will be hosted by comedian/actor Russell Brand and will air live and only one time in its original incarnation, on Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 9PM SHARP (Live ET/Tape Delayed PT). Lil Wayne , Jonas Brothers and Kid Rock have already been confirmed to perform at this year’s show. Presenters and additional performers for the “2008 Video Music Awards” will be announced at a later date.
The “2008 MTV Video Music Awards” nominees for “Video of the Year” includes multiple nominees Britney Spears – “Piece of Me, Jonas Brothers - “Burnin Up,” Chris Brown – “Forever,” and Pussycat Dolls – “When I Grow Up.” Rounding out the “Video of the Year” noms is British duo The Ting Tings with “Shut Up And Let Me Go.” Artists vying for this year’s “Best Rock Video” are Paramore, Slipknot, Linkin’ Park, Foo Fighters and Fall Out Boy.

AND THE NOMINEES ARE…

VIDEO OF THE YEAR:
Britney Spears
"Piece of Me"
Blackout
Jive/Zomba Label Group
Director: Wayne Isham


Jonas Brothers
"Burnin Up"
A Little Bit Longer
Hollywood Records
Director: Brendan Malloy/Tim Wheeler


Chris Brown
"Forever"
Exclusive The Forever Edition
Jive/Zomba Label Group
Director: Joseph Kahn


Pussycat Dolls
"When I Grow Up"
Doll Domination
Interscope Records
Director: Joseph Kahn


The Ting Tings
"Shut Up and Let Me Go"
We Started Nothing
Columbia
Director: Alex & Liane

BEST ROCK VIDEO:

Paramore
"crushcrushcrush"
Riot!
Fueled By Ramen
Director: Shane Drake


SlipKnot
Psychosocial
All I Hope For Is Gone
Roadrunner
PR Brown


Linkin Park
"Shadow of the Day"
Minutes to Midnight
Warner Bros. Records
Director: Joe Hahn


Foo Fighters
"The Pretender"
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
RCA
Director: Sam Brown


Fall Out Boy
"Beat It"
LIVE in Phoenix
Island Records
Director: Shane Drake


Official sponsors of “2008 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS” are GM, Pepsi, TAG Body Spray, Taco Bell, Rhapsody and Verizon Wireless.
This year, one lucky viewer will get the chance of a lifetime trip by joining “Do Good. Go to the VMAs.” Think.MTV.com, MTV’s online community for youth activism, is hooking up one young activist and shipping them off to Los Angeles to attend the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards alongside the biggest stars in the industry. From July 24th through August 22nd, all Think.MTV.com members who join the “Do Good. Go to the VMAs” group, at Good. Go to the Do Good. Go to the VMAs | Group | Think MTV, can enter to win two tickets to the VMAS on September 7, 2008 along with travel and hotel accommodations when MTV takes over Los Angeles for this year’s show.

Jesse Ignjatovic/Den of Thieves is the Executive Producer, for the “2008 MTV Video Music Awards.” Dave Sirulnick is Executive Producer. Chris Choun/Ish Entertainment is Co-Executive Producer. Jane Mun is Producer. Amy Doyle, Joanna Bomberg and Robin Katz are Music Talent Executives. Robin Reinhardt-Locke is Celebrity Talent Executive. Garrett English is Executive in Charge of Production.

Telescope is the Official Business Advisor of the “2008 MTV Video Music Awards” Nominee Voting period.

Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy) and Pete Wentz announce this year’s VMAs nominees for “Best Rock” video.
Related Links:
Pete Wentz announces “Video of the Year” nominees: ;vid=266202MTV Press Center: www.mtvpress.com
2008 VMA Logo: http://mtvpress.com/img/releases_downloadable_art/VMA08_logo_horizontal_ver2.jpg













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