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MTV Awards Bounce Back After Britney

by merrie | September 10, 2007 at 03:00 am

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Kicking off the show Sunday night with her
new single, "Gimme More," Spears looked bleary and unprepared, much
like her recent tabloid exploits on the streets of Los Angeles. She
walked through her dance moves with little enthusiasm. She appeared to
have forgotten the art of lip-synching. And, perhaps most unforgivable
given her once-taut frame, she looked embarrassingly out of shape.

Thankfully, after Spears' dismal start and an awkward, off-color intro by comedian Sarah Silverman, the show rebounded with several exciting performances. (There was even more drama in the audience: an off- camera fight broke out between Pamela Anderson exes Kid Rock and Tommy Lee, leading Diddy to remark: "It's not just the hip-hop artists that sometimes have a problem.")

Timberlake's suite was packed with revelers, alcohol and eight lingerie-clad stripper
types on raised platforms. Before he accepted the Quadruple Threat of
the Year award at his suite, the DJ summoned the partygoers to watch
the monitor and go crazy if Timberlake won.