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As you should be well aware by now, MTV hosted it’s annual Video Music Awards celebration last night at the Nokia Theater in downtown Los Angeles, CA and by pretty much all accounts, the show wasn’t the best one ever. Because there was no host, the entire show felt messy and disjointed. Some of the performances were stellar (Adele and Beyoncé, I’m lookin’ at you), others were less than stellar (take your pick of the rest) and the show overall just didn’t mesh for me. I was happy for some of the award winners (Britney Spears and Nicki Minaj, lookin’ at you) and very disappointed and offended by others (in particular I’m referring to the blatant and unabashed homophobe that I cannot bring myself to even mention by name who won Best New Artist), which left me with an overall feeling of …. malaise over the whole thing. Click below to see some of the photos from last night’s fete and try to focus on the positives with me, ok?

Last night my friend Jen and I trekked our way East to the sleepy hamlet of Pomona, CA to see Jared Leto in concert. Yes, the rest of his band 30 Seconds to Mars was there as well but to be honest, there wasn’t much spotlight on them at all … in fact, the stage lighting was so dark, it was difficult to see that anyone else was on stage except for rockstar Leto … but, to be honest, that was perfectly fine by us.

My plans for a night of dancing last night kinda fell apart at the last second but a new plan was formed for a big dance party celebration this weekend … therefore, I wasn’t too broken up about it. Instead, I stayed in and played a bunch of sweet records … natch. My plans for tonight are more exciting, tho, cuz my friend Jen and I will be trekking our way to Pomona, CA tonight to see 30 Seconds to Mars (and Jared Leto) LIVE in concert.

Last month we got to see the “edited for broadcast” semi-censored version of the new 30 Seconds to Mars music video for their single Hurricane and today we get to see the final, Director’s Cut, totally uncensored version of the vid. 30StM frontman Jared Leto tweeted this week that the version of the video we saw previously was NOT the uncensored version:

Despite the fact that we saw a censored and less censored version of the video last month, we have not yet seen the totally uncensored version of the video … until now. 30 Seconds to Mars have finally released the Director’s Cut version of Hurricane … here are a few screencaps:

For the most part, the video is very much the same in tone and storyline … but this version of the video features a few more sexual scenes as well as imagery of nekkid women. After the jump, if you dare, check out the NSFW uncensored version of the 30StM music video for Hurricane …

Yesterday it was reported that the new 30 Seconds to Mars music video for their new single Hurricane had been banned from being broadcast on TV … but, that band has no bearing on the video being shown online so today we get to see the full, 13 minute music video in its full and uncensored form. Leto gave an interview to Entertainment Weekly about the banning of Hurricane and revealed that he was surprised the video didn’t pass muster with the network censors, particularly because the version they submitted was not as explicit as the original version they created:

Jared Leto wasn’t completely surprised when TV networks refused to air his band’s racy “Hurricane” video. “We always knew there would be some images that would have a tough time getting through,” says the Thirty Seconds to Mars singer, who called the Music Mix while driving to the band’s next gig in Brighton, England today. “But we didn’t expect this kind of pushback that we’re getting now.” In fact, the “Hurricane” clip that 30STM submitted for TV had already been edited down from the original. “I had always planned on having an explicit version and then a version that was not so explicit,” Leto says. “The version that we were trying to get on broadcast is not the explicit version, and that’s still having a really difficult time.” Leto wonders just why the networks were so offended by the video’s sexual images. “I’m not interested in provocation for provocation’s sake,” he says. “I just think it’s interesting that when you turn on the news or whatever else catches your interest, how much violence and negativity is available out there. As soon as it comes time for sexuality, it’s a big shock that people are sexual beings. It’s an interesting double standard to me.” Now he is debating how whether to edit “Hurricane” further to meet TV standards. “You know, at another time I would say, ‘Absolutely not.’ I would refuse 1,000 percent to change what I felt was important. But with this film, I’m not so sure I would cut off the nose to spite its face, so to speak…There are creative solutions to every problem. Certainly it would be difficult for people to air a 13-minute-long music video slash short film, regardless of the content. I think people have dealt with this in different ways in the past. People have made cuts.

Yes, people do make cuts … in fact, 30 Seconds to Mars made cuts to Hurricane so that it could be broadcast on MTV. The video, clocking in at 13 minutes long, has already aired on MTV in its censored version a few times. After the jump, check out the video in its edited for broadcast, NSFW form. While the video isn’t all that explicit, there is female nudity and there are many scenes that are deffo not suitable for watching at work …

At the start of this month, we got our first look at Jared Leto on the set of the new 30 Seconds to Mars music video for their new single Hurricane. Just last week, we got our first look at the first footage from the 20-minute long film … and it seemed like the vid’s release was just a few days away. Today we learn from Leto himself on his official Twitter profile that the video for Hurricane has been banned from broadcast on US television due to some of the imagery in the video:

Looks like #HURRICANETHEFILM has been banned / Working on solutions for #HURRICANETHEFILM. Going to post one of the many emails we received listing broadcast issues. Stay tuned..

On his official website/blog, Jared posted the full text of one of the emails he received from TV broadcasters that spells out in great detail all of the reasons why Hurricane in its uncut version will not be broadcast on TV. The email is an enlightening read because it reveals many elements from the video that have not yet been revealed in any other way. After the jump, read the full text of the email to find out what television broadcasters here in the US do not want you to see …

Earlier this month we got our first look at Jared Leto stripped to the waist on the set of the new 30 Seconds to Mars music video for their new single Hurricane and today we get our first look at footage from the soon-to-be-released video, behold:

I understand the video for Hurricane will be a 20 minute long short film, which means that 30StM frontman Jared Leto has been taking advice from Kanye West (who just released a 30 minute music video of his own in support of his new album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and who collaborates with 30StM on Hurricane). After the jump, check out 2 short preview videos that give us a taste of what’s in store when the Hurricane music video drops any day now …

Back in September MTV threw its biggest party of the year here in SoCal at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. Last night, MTV threw its second biggest party of the year in Madrid, Spain at the 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards. Here are a few photos of some of the celebs who walked the red carpet at La Caja Magica in Madrid last night:

Don’t you just LOVE how Miley Cyrus had to raid Colonel Sanders‘s closet to find something to wear to the EMAs last night? The Best Hip Hop award went to Eminem, Best Pop went to Lady Gaga, Best Rock went to 30 Seconds to Mars and Best Live Act went to Linkin Park. Click HERE to see who else took home awards last night at the 2010 MTV EMAs. After the jump, check out some photos and a video performance from the big show itself …

A couple of weeks ago 30 Seconds to Mars frontman (and sometimes actor) Jared Leto posted a shirtless photo of himself along with the caption “Real Men Wear Skirts” on his official Twitter profile … today we learn that his shirtless served a purpose. Jared and 30StM were filming a new music video for their new single Hurricane and the skirt sans shirt look was necessary for the video shoot. Here are a couple promo photos that were shot on the set of the Hurricane music video set:

As some of you may know, Hurricane is the song that 30StM recorded with Kanye West on guest vocals … and while Kanye will be heard on the track in this music video, it’s not entirely clear if he will appear in the video as well. My guess is that yes, Kanye will appear in the video because we all know how unshy Kanye is about appearing anywhere. If they’re smart, 30StM will stay mum on Kanye‘s possible appearance in the vid until Hurricane gets released. To be honest, I could care less if Kanye West is in the video or not … as long as Jared is gonna be shirtless in the video, I’ll deffo be checkin’ it out.

[Source, thanks Kammie}

So … last night MTV threw its biggest party of the year, the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards … and despite attempts to hype up the possible drama that might’ve gone down on the show ended up giving us a fairly quiet and painfully drama-free awards show … much to many people’s chagrin. I was able to attend the show last night and from my perspective the show was OK but clearly lacking the excitement from VMA shows from days of yore. Here are a few photos from the red carpet arrivals last night:

Again, for me the carpet was kinda lackluster … kinda quiet. The Jersey Shore kids came out, some of the nominees did as well but really there wasn’t anything to get all excited about the entire time. I will say that Ciara looked the best on the carpet last night. Her dress was amazing … she was a vision just walking down the carpet. There weren’t too many fugly looks … but, as you might expect, the Jersey Shore kids brought way too much tan to the snow white carpet. After the jump, check out some photos from the show itself and find out what the Washington Post had to say about the 2010 MTV VMAs. I think you’ll find their sentiments echo the sentiments of many who watched last night …