2020 MTV VMAs Will No Longer Be Held at Barclays Center: Where They Plan to Hold the Event Instead

In light of the slew of canceled film festivals in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s New York Film Festival is hoping to pull out all the stops and become the premier film event in the US. And as a way of showing what that means, the NYFF organizers announced the Spotlight section for this year’s fest.

Keke Palmer has said there will be “something special” about this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, which are taking place in New York despite the coronavirus pandemic.

award show is taking place in the midst of the ongoing pandemic, especially since other award shows taking place later this year have recently announced their plan to go virtual. The VMAs have actually received an exemption from New York’s COVID-19 quarantine rules.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerAt the VMAs, it’s quarantine for thee, but not for me.New York City quarantine rules are now being enforced on travelers from 34 states, requiring a two-week isolation if arriving in the five boroughs for longer than a 24-hour stopover.That is, if you’re just a citizen.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: For the first time in the history of MTV’s Video Music Awards, the show will air live on a broadcast network.The 2020 VMAs will simulcast on the CW. The network joins 11 ViacomCBS brands, which also will carry the show live alongside MTV on Sunday, August 30, at 8 PM ET.Held amid a global pandemic, the 2020 VMAs will pay homage to the resiliency of New York, which has rebounded after once being the COVID epicenter of the world.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: For the first time in the history of MTV’s Video Music Awards, the show will air live on a broadcast network.The 2020 VMAs will simulcast on the CW. The network joins 11 ViacomCBS brands, which also will carry the show live alongside MTV on Sunday, August 30, at 8 PM ET.Held amid a global pandemic, the 2020 VMAs will pay homage to the resiliency of New York, which has rebounded after once being the COVID epicenter of the world.

The 2020 MTV VMAs are continuing to face many hurdles.

NEW YORK -- Chart-topping Grammy winners The Weeknd and Roddy Ricch are set to perform at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards this month. MTV announced Tuesday that Colombian singer Maluma and Latin boy band CNCO will also perform at the Aug.

NEW YORK -- Lady Gaga is ready to just dance at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards. MTV announced Thursday that Gaga, who is tied as the most-nominated act alongside Ariana Grande, will perform at the Aug.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorNew York Comic Con said Tuesday it is canceling its annual in-person convention this year at the Javits Center and instead will host an all-digital confab set for October 8-11.Organizer ReedPop said it is partnering with YouTube on the event, with exclusive live streams of panels set for NYCC’s YouTube channel.

The VMAs bowed to reality on Friday and announced that the VMAs will not be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, as originally planned. Instead, the Aug.

coronavirus pandemic. New York City was one of the first U.S.

The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards will no longer be held in the Barclays Center as previously planned.

adorable clip above.The ‘VMAs’ will be held live and in-person from Brooklyn’s Barclay Center on Sunday, Aug. 30 at 8 p.m.

Rebecca Davis editorNonprofit PEN America on Wednesday issued a moral clarion call to Hollywood to step up its efforts to resist Chinese censorship and increase transparency, singling out the MPA for appearing to defend free speech at home only when financially convenient.The New York-headquartered free speech advocacy group detailed the mechanisms by which China influences decision-making in Hollywood and offered recommendations for how to mitigate pernicious complicity with the world’s most