VH1 News — Fall Out Boy, T-Pain, Tokio Hotel, Paramore and Young Jeezy found ways to make their VMA arrivals stand out, from monster trucks to elephants. more info

Stereogum — When I was a kid, the Video Music Awards was the most exciting night in modern rock. You never knew which member of Nirvana was gonna get hit in the head with a bass. It was crazy. That was a long time ago, though, back when Arsenio Hall was conside... more info

The Newsroom — MTV News - 2008 - T-Pain Has Kanye On The Brain more info

Idolator — Oh HI! It's dickdogfood. I welcome you to Idolator's liveblog of the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. Now before I became a quasi-anonymous commentator legend, I was known as Michael Daddino. (I still am, in certain obscure circles.) Once, during that lo... more info

VH1 News — Lil Wayne and T-Pain talked about their VMA performance during rehearsals Saturday. "I'm gonna kill it," Wayne promised. more info

MTV.com News — Taylor Swift brought the gold, Ashlee Simpson embraced her bump, and lots of guys were digging tweed this year.By Jocelyn Vena Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus arrive at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards Photo: AP Photo/Matt Sayles Short, sweet an... more info

MTV.com News — 'How'd [Wayne] jump on that stage like that?' T-Pain exclaims during rehearsal.By Shaheem Reid Lil Wayne rehearses for his VMA performance on Saturday Photo: Chris Polk/ FilmMagic HOLLYWOOD -- If T-Pain had any say, his good friend Lil Way... more info

Discobelle.net — Timbaland is back and burning up the blogs today with the futuristic infused track “Talk” that also features autotune master T-Pain. (Thanks to Ian Different Kitchen) Timbaland (ft. T-Pain) - Talk (zShare) more info

Stereogum — Will you watch? Sunday night is football night in America, says Al. But also it marks the Silver Anniversary of MTV's Video Music Awards, and despite last year's masterful display of waning cultural relevance, there may be reasons still to tune in t... more info

MTV.com News — Tha Carter III is 2008's best-selling album so far, making Weezy's stage time more important than ever.By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by MTV News staff Lil Wayne Photo: Paul Morigi/WireImage Lil Wayne fans are Lil Wayne fans t... more info