VMAs

[Miramanee]

Here's an AP pic (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040829/482/aaa10108292216) of the band arriving at the award show.

Why are they dressed like they're going to perform? They aren't performing, right?

-Miramanee

[ShenGod]

Here's an AP pic (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040829/482/aaa10108292216) of the band arriving at the award show.

Why are they dressed like they're going to perform? They aren't performing, right?

-Miramanee
Just made my day. I always look to you for advice and knowledge because you have a cool nun lady thing as your avatar, and you put your name at the bottom of your posts. How godly!

[liberty_a320]

Nice find... and no, they aren't performing; it's been announced that they will be presenters (probably the Hip-Hop Award)... unless they come on as surprise performers? Hey, you never know with the VMA's...

Other theories:

- They'll talk about LifeBeat

- They'll present a Vanguard Award

- Yauch will bumrush the stage again

Help me out with some other ones...

[ShenGod]

Help me out with some other ones...
Tibetan Freedom.

[Gabriely]

oh my!!!!!!!!!!i hope they to performin...

mca is so hot!!!!!

[Thundercracker]

what's that 'W' with the line through it on Adrock's suit?

[Miramanee]

Horovitz is gonna rip open Diamond's jumpsuit to expose a nipple plate. Yauch will pretend like he's shocked.

[ShenGod]

Horovitz is gonna rip open Diamond's jumpsuit to expose a nipple plate. Yauch will pretend like he's shocked.
do you know how funny that will be? I will jump out of my window and down 20 or so feet into some bushes if that happens.

[Miramanee]

what's that 'W' with the line through it on Adrock's suit?

An anti-Bush button.

Yay, Adam! (y)


-Miramanee

[liberty_a320]

Here's another one Yahoo just posted:

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040829/i/r3855525089.jpg

[dee_bee_76]

From Getty Images:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/deebee76/mtvawardarrival.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/deebee76/mtvawardarrival03.jpg

[Miramanee]

From MTV.com:

...Before the main show, with the red carpet set up along the shore, artists had plenty of options for grand entrances, many of which were made by yacht. "We about to go to the Bahamas and just skip the VMAs," Ludacris said as he stepped off a vessel with Lil Jon. (P. Diddy shared his boat with Bruce Willis, Mase and Naomi Campbell, while Jessica Simpson rode hers with hubby Nick Lachey.)

Usher, who like Luda and many others came in a white suit, was the first to arrive by water, on a massive silver yacht. "I wanted not only the sexiest and flyest boat, but also the fastest," he said.

The Beastie Boys took the opposite approach, arriving on the same swamp burner the trio rode in their "Ch-Check It Out" video.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/miramanee/MTV_Video_Awards_2004/bboys_airboat.jpg
Photo: MTV

LOL. This is why I love the Beastie Boys.

-Miramanee

[EriNNa]

From MTV.com:

...Before the main show, with the red carpet set up along the shore, artists had plenty of options for grand entrances, many of which were made by yacht. "We about to go to the Bahamas and just skip the VMAs," Ludacris said as he stepped off a vessel with Lil Jon. (P. Diddy shared his boat with Bruce Willis, Mase and Naomi Campbell, while Jessica Simpson rode hers with hubby Nick Lachey.)

Usher, who like Luda and many others came in a white suit, was the first to arrive by water, on a massive silver yacht. "I wanted not only the sexiest and flyest boat, but also the fastest," he said.

The Beastie Boys took the opposite approach, arriving on the same swamp burner the trio rode in their "Ch-Check It Out" video.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/miramanee/MTV_Video_Awards_2004/bboys_airboat.jpg
Photo: MTV

LOL. This is why I love the Beastie Boys.

-Miramanee

Totally aGrEE... :D ! I love how the beasties always keep a kool style without dressing all fancy...and all that BLiNG BLiNG crap... they are authentic... (y) not like others who just care about image and all that stupid stuff. (n)

[liberty_a320]

The Beastie Boys took the opposite approach, arriving on the same swamp burner the trio rode in their "Ch-Check It Out" video.[/i]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/miramanee/MTV_Video_Awards_2004/bboys_airboat.jpg
Photo: MTV

LOL. This is why I love the Beastie Boys.

-Miramanee

Woo! Mean... Waiting for that to show up in the pre-show.

[liberty_a320]

More pics here (plenty of 'em, but you can only view thumbnails unless you have a subscription): http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=CLB&str=15409&styp=clbi&nm=Beastie%20Boys&nbc1=1

and more at Getty Images (http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/cfw/FrameSet.aspx?s=ImagesSearchState|0|30|0|1|||0|0|0 |0|7|beastie+boys|0|0&p=7)... the latest ones:

http://cache.gettyimages.com/comp/51237301.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE7F9CD95D11365232957A46804A9F E340621B2AC3A62513D3

http://cache.gettyimages.com/comp/51237295.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE7F9CD95D1136523287E1927CF94A 70E7621B2AC3A62513D3

http://cache.gettyimages.com/comp/51237292.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE7F9CD95D11365232F9FB3B2EAB83 5E81621B2AC3A62513D3

[Miramanee]

I read in an AP report about the awards show that, when asked about the jumpsuits, Mike D. said they were "designed by Versace." LOL.

Even more funny is a press release (http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-29-2004/0002240245&EDATE=) written and distributed by MTV, which erroneously states the band "were surprised when a 'heckler' dressed as Bigfoot started shouting at them from the audience." It's nice that MTV employs people to write incorrect facts about its own awards show.

-Miramanee

[Laver1969]

Arriving on a fanboat...now that's classic!!!

[Miramanee]

More pics (http://www.lfi.co.uk/dynevent-action-nl.do?page=4&noipp=24&eventid=76199)

[SpuffyRJ]

They look really cool in all the pictures and happy (which is important).

btw.. side note.. i saw there pics for LifeBeat on one of the sites..was that on TV? or no? since it was for mtv2.

Thanks.

[chechina]

Can somebody tell me when during the show they actually appear so I can catch it during the re-run? I tried to watch it on Sunday, but I fell asleep...

[gratitude]

chechina, catch the last 45 min. they're right after alicia keys ray charles tribute thing.

[beastie-girl]

omg! they are right after alicia keys? damn thats when i left the room! awww :mad: :( ummm on the pics that miramanee posted, who's the girl they are with? is that adrocks girlfriend?

[liberty_a320]

ummm on the pics that miramanee posted, who's the girl they are with? is that adrocks girlfriend?

Yup.

[Miramanee]

In case anyone cares, both Variety and USA Today report the band attended P. Diddy's post-VMA party at the Ice Palace in downtown Miami. Other celebrities reportedly at that party were Mandy Moore, New Edition, Bruce Willis, Paris Hilton, and the Olsen twins. (More party info (http://www.palmbeachpost.com/accent/content/accent/epaper/2004/08/30/mtvparties0830.html))

I heard from a friend of mine who is a lighting technician and was involved in the production of the VMAs. He said that all the events surrounding the awards show in Miami were -- I'll quote him exactly -- "like a 'Girls Gone Wild' video." LOL.

-Miramanee

[liberty_a320]

In case anyone cares, both Variety and USA Today report the band attended P. Diddy's post-VMA party at the Ice Palace in downtown Miami. Other celebrities reportedly at that party were Mandy Moore, New Edition, Bruce Willis, Paris Hilton, and the Olsen twins. (More party info (http://www.palmbeachpost.com/accent/content/accent/epaper/2004/08/30/mtvparties0830.html))

Yeah, WireImage posted some pics here (http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=CLB&str=15409&styp=clbi&nm=Beastie%20Boys&nbc1=1).

[spastica]

AHH!


i want to see the pics from wireimages.com!
does anyone have a username & password for a registred user?

[Johanna]

what's that 'W' with the line through it on Adrock's suit?
think the W stands for War...

[Pyper]

I thought the W was for George W Bush, though I guess it could be both.

[zoejones]

It stands for Walker as in George Walker Bush as in no 'W' in 2005. Although war has become synonomous with his name in the past 4 years.

Now off of politics, does anyone have a larger version of the pic(s) with Kathleen Hanna? It's hard to find recent pictures of her or the rest of Le Tigre.

[liberty_a320]

... does anyone have a larger version of the pic(s) with Kathleen Hanna? It's hard to find recent pictures of her or the rest of Le Tigre.

I couldn't find any larger pics of her with the Beasties at the VMA's, but here's a pic of Le Tigre:

http://cache.gettyimages.com/comp/50782106.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DEEBC9C7A4F93B8ACBACE77BDBC925 86BE