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Blood, buttocks, snakes and angry rants are just some of the surprises served up by the MTV Video Music Awards over the last three decades, and at today’s ceremony, there is stiff competition to deliver the show’s next most outrageous stunt. R&B star Beyonce and newcomer rapper Iggy Azalea lead the nominees at the Video Music Awards, or VMAs, with eight nods each, and winners will receive the “Moonman” statuettes at the newly renovated Forum arena in Inglewood, California

OPINION: As I write this, John Green’s novel

Australian rapper Iggy Azalea may have had a rapid rise through the US charts but on Friday (local time) she took a big fall: right off the stage at a concert.

Greymouth might have produced the country’s first home-grown X Factor winner – but the West Coast hasn’t made the cut for this year’s pre-audition tour.

To the world, it was just another catchy tune.

For a slight woman – all delicate limbs and fine blonde hair – Sophie Henderson

Treadmills are boring.

REVIEW: Without question my Film of the Year So Far (and with nearly two-thirds down, that’s not a trivial declaration), Boyhood may be notable for its form rather than its content, but both aspects are exemplars of How to Make a Great Film. Together, the process and the story combine to deliver a hugely affecting cinematic experience which is well worth the nearly three hours you’ll spend on it.

At the top of Capitol Records Tower in Los Angeles, in a room full of suits, Georgia Nott suddenly found she couldn’t breathe. The 20-year-old had been whipped to the States with older brother Caleb, 22, on the strength of a song the duo put on music-sharing website Soundcloud.