Dlisted — There were rumors that President Obama declared that Kanye West is a jackass after hearing about "the mic snatchin'." Well, Obama really did say that and TMZ got a hold of the audio, which was recorded right before he was about to do an inte... more info

E! Online — Kanye West wants to work on himself all right—on stage. Last night, Mr. Sincerity went on The Jay Leno Show and proclaimed that he was taking a break to reflect on his Taylor... more info

TMZ — TMZ has obtained the audiotape of President Barack Obama calling Kanye West a "jackass" for hijacking Taylor Swift's acceptance speech during the VMAs.The audio was recorded just before Obama went on camera to do an interview with CNBC. Before the ... more info

Live Daily — Though Kanye West has so far issued apologies to Taylor Swift [ tickets ] via his blog and on "The Jay Leno Show," he apparently hasn't reached out to Swift personally about his outburst during her acceptance speech at Sunday's (9/13) MTV Video Music... more info

ET Online — ET has learned that moments after country music starlet Taylor Swift revealed on ABC's "The View" that Kanye West had not personally apologized to her for their tense moment at the "2009 MTV Video Music Awards" -- the rap star phoned in to the s... more info

Live Daily — Shortly after Taylor Swift [ tickets ] appeared on the ABC-TV daytime talk show "The View" and said that Kanye West [ tickets ] had yet to reach out to her personally about his outburst during her acceptance speech at Sunday's (9/13) MTV Video Music ... more info

VH1 News — Kanye West called Taylor Swift on Tuesday to personally apologize for disrupting her speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. She has reportedly accepted his apology. more info

Live Daily — Kanye West [ tickets ], during a short interview Monday night (9/14) before he performed with Jay-Z and Rihanna on the debut of "The Jay Leno Show," again apologized for his outburst at Sunday night's (9/13) MTV Video Music Awards. During Sunday's... more info

VH1 News — Kanye West and Lady Gaga announced their Fame Kills tour dates. The announcement comes a day after West pledged to take off following his VMA outburst. more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Polk/Getty A shade under nine million viewers tuned into this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, meaning that the VMAs’ largest television audience since 2004 tuned in to see Kanye West steal the spotlight from Taylor Swift. Of course, also he... more info