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Johnny Depp makes surprise appearance at MTV Video Music Awards

Rapper Jack Harlow flew out to the opening of the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, with Johnny Depp as Moonman making a surprise float above the audience. We started our performance in a mock airplane walking down the aisle while playing “First Class”. The rapper joined Fergie on stage as she sang her 2006 jam, wearing a sparkly silver dress with red letters that read “First Class.”

During the show, Depp made a surprise appearance about three months after his verdict in a defamation lawsuit with ex-wife Amber Heard. I put on an astronaut costume and floated from the ceiling.

“And you know what? I needed a job,” Depp told an audience at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Ready)” and got Taylor Swift out of her seat to dance.

Harlow’s name was called back on stage to collect the show’s first award for a guest appearance on Lil Nas X’s song “Industry Baby,” winning best collaboration. Both Harlow and Lil Nas X are among the frontrunners with her 7th place each.

“This is for champs,” said Lil Nas X, before Harlow thanked him for collaborating on the chart-topping single. He competed for Artist of the Year alongside Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles and Lizzo.

Kendrick Lamar was nominated for 7 categories, while Harry Styles and Doja Cat were closely nominated with 6 each. Five each for Sheeran, Billie Eilish, Drake, Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd.

Swift won Best Feature Video for her “All Too Well: The Short Film.” She spoke about the singer creating her first short film and thanked several people including actors Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien who have worked on her project.

Taylor Swift wins Best Long Form for “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)” at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, August 28, 2022 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. Video Award Winner (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

“We put our hearts into this,” Swift said.

Styles won Album of the Year for “Harry’s House”. He was unable to attend the awards due to a show at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

Harlow is doing double duty, joining LL Cool J and Nicki Minaj as the show’s host.

Minaj performs hits throughout her career and wins the show’s Video Vanguard Award.The honor is named after Michael Jackson.

Nicki Minaj Nicki Minaj accepts the Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Bad Bunny will also perform.

Madonna is an artist with 20 wins, the most in MTV history, and the only artist to be nominated for each of the VMA’s 50 years of awards. She earned her 69th nomination for her 14th studio album ‘Madame X’.

Lamar was nominated at the VMAs for the first time since 2018, nominated in a category known as Best Hip-Hop, Director, Visual Effects, Editing, and Video for Good, winning for his songs “Family Ties” and “N95.” did. Competing for the best cinematography.

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