The eligibility period for this year’s videos ranged from July 2020 to June 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday’s show kicks off a packed month of cultural events slated to return to New York after the pandemic wreaked havoc on the entertainment calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The glittery Met Gala, a star-studded event that raises money for the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Insitute, is set for Monday evening, with co-hosts to include Eilish. The three-day Governor’s Ball music festival is meanwhile scheduled for the weekend of September 24 in Queens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A stacked slate of artists lit up MTV’s 40th annual Video Music Awards on Sunday, returning in full force to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center after last year’s scaled-back pandemic show. The 2021 VMAs — a show known more for ostentatious performances, made-for-Twitter moments and wild costumes than the actual awards — was back with its signature elaborate performances before a masked full audience after a 2020 show that saw many celebrities accept prizes via video stream. The show opened with a pre-taped clip from none other than Madonna, who made VMA history at the 1984 inaugural show with a show-stopping performance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-destinations"],"yoast_head":"\n