Eminem won the MTV award for Best Hip Hip Video last night for 'We Made You', which spoofs US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, Amy Winehouse and Jessica Simpson.

Madonna opened the MTV Video Music Awards 2009 in New York with a personal tribute to Michael Jackson, accusing herself and the world of “abandoning him”.

Beyonce Knowles and Lady Gaga have been nominated for nine MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs).