Entertainment & Arts

2009 MTV Video Music Awards red carpet

Whitney Port (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)

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Sept. 14, 2009 8:15 AM PT

Kanye West upstaged Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga kissed a frog and bled over the stage, and Janet Jackson honored her brother at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in NYC. See the stars before they took the stage...

Taylor Lautner ('New Moon')

Taylor Lautner (‘New Moon’) (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)

Faye Dunaway

Faye Dunaway (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)

Keri Hilson

Keri Hilson (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)

Adrian Bailon

Adrian Bailon (Peter Kramer / Associated Press)

Stephanie Pratt

Stephanie Pratt (Peter Kramer / Associated Press)

Lo Bosworth

Lo Bosworth (Charles Sykes / Associated Press)

Maria Menounos

Maria Menounos (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)

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