MTV.com News — Video Music Awards casting director Rob Crawford explains what it takes to get into the show, airing live Sunday at 9 p.m.By James Montgomery, with reporting by Tim Kash Megan Fox Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images Some 35,000 people appl... more info

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Rolling Stone — • BEP, Modest Mouse Close Bumbershoot • Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Mraz Rock Bumbershoot • Bumbershoot: Sheryl Crow, De La Soul • Michael Jackson Laid to Rest in L.A. • Green Day Set Next Breakdown Video • Beck’s All-Star Leonard Cohen Cover • ... more info

MTV.com News — Janet will kick off the awards show, which airs live Sunday at 9 p.m.By Eric Ditzian Janet Jackson performs at the 1990 Video Music Awards Photo: MTV Michael Jackson has contributed some of the most unforgettable moments in the history of ... more info

Rolling Stone — • Michael Jackson Laid to Rest in L.A. • Green Day Set Next Breakdown Video • Beck’s All-Star Leonard Cohen Cover • Wolfmother Rock Secret NYC Show • Weekend Rock List: School Songs • “I Am T-Pain” iPhone App Arrives • News Ticker... more info

Live Daily — The debut run of "American Idiot," the play based on the Green Day [ tickets ] album of the same name, has been extended by three weeks due to record-breaking sales and unprecedented demand for seats, according to a press release issued by the Berkel... more info

Director of 500 Days Of Summer, Marc Webb will be directing the next Green Day Video '21st Century Breakdown'. Webb directed the most recent Green Day video '21 Guns' as well as Green Day's 'Waiting'. more info

Rolling Stone — Green Day announced yesterday on their official Website that the next single off 21st Century Breakdown will be the album’s title track. For the music video, the band — who you can see next week performing on the MTV Video Music Awards — will o... more info

MTV.com News — Fefe Dobson, Phoenix also set to perform at MTV parties, beginning Thursday, September 10.By MTV News staff Cobra Starship's Gabe Saporta Photo: Daniel Boczarski/ Getty Images The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards will air live from New York's i... more info

MTV.com News — Cast -- including Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner -- to appear on show.By Eric Ditzian Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images You probably thought we were done with the blo... more info