E! Online - The red carpet of the Video Music Awards was its own kind of eye-popping spectacle, but during the show I couldn't take my eyes off Britney Spears. And I wasn't the only one—she had at least two bodyguards watching over her the whole time. At one point a fan tried to approach her, but one of the guys gently told him to beat it.

AP - Chris Brown was tied to two of the hottest women at the MTV Video Music Awards: Rihanna and Britney Spears.

AP - They cheered, they cried and gave the show a standing ovation even before the first note was sung.

AP - Russell Brand seemed a little out of place as the host at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Reuters - A year after her disastrous comeback attempt at the MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears swept the event on Sunday, winning the first three "Moonman" statuettes of her career.

AP - A minute-by-minute account of what went down inside the VMAs:

AP - The MTV Video Music Awards are all about unique collaborations and blowout performances, but a few show guests Sunday added a touch of politics in this hot election year.

AP - Britney Spears has provided some of the most memorable moments in the history of the notoriously unpredictable MTV Video Music Awards, for better and for worse.

AP - LOS ANGELES — No Madonna kiss. No Michael Jackson cameo. No flying Howard Stern. Not even a Kanye tantrum.

E! Online - I feel like a total creep asking this (I'm too old to be thinking about them!), but I'm a fashion student and I simply must know: Do the Jonas Brothers have a stylist? What are some of the labels they wear most?

Reuters - Pop star Madonna, once accused by the Vatican of staging one of the most satanic shows in history, surprised fans by dedicating her hit "Like a Virgin" to the pope at a sold-out concert held in Rome.

AP - Another year, another attempted comeback for Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards.

E! Online - If a former associate has his way, Gene Simmons could be wagging his tongue in court.