VMAs 2020: Behind the Scenes with Host Keke Palmer

Chadwick Boseman was remembered at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards on Saturday when Keke Palmer dedicated the show to the Black Panther actor who died on Friday from colon cancer at age 43. "We dedicate tonight's show to a man whose spirit touched so many," said Palmer.

MTV VMAs brought some of the biggest names in music to the stage for a virtual awards show that raised the bar for event TV in the age of the coronavirus pandemic.

2020 MTV VMAs were moved from Barclays Center to various outdoor locations in the city — as well as remotely from Los Angeles and, for K-pop sensation BTS, South Korea — it was clear that this wasn’t going to look or feel like any other VMAs.And it didn’t. As the first major live awards show in the COVID era, it didn’t have the same energy that we’re used to from one of the biggest nights in show biz.But still, the show — hosted by “Hustlers” actress-singer Keke Palmer — had to go on.

After months of racial tension have rocked the globe, the topic was addressed at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards. Host Keke Palmer was the first the address the Black Lives Matter movement at Sunday's event.

Keke Palmer is pulling double duty at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards!

Hustlers one time, but here's another reminder to watch it again. Palmer is a standout in the film.) She's also been a longtime, outspoken advocate for racial equality.

coronavirus couldn’t rain on Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s parade at the 2020 VMAs Sunday night.Gaga grabbed the spotlight, as only she can, alongside her “Rain on Me” collaborator during a performance of their single from Gaga’s dance-centric “Chromatica,” which was one of the most anticipated albums of the summer.Sporting a high-tech face mask, lots of leather and a splash of purple, Gaga did a quick-hit of her song “911” before segueing into an energetic rendition of “Rain on Me” with Grande,

Keke Palmer has officially kicked off the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards! The 27-year-old actress, dressed in a stylish, feather-fringed art deco flapper gown as she took to the digital stage, delivered a fun and impassioned opening monologue about the power of music to make cultural change.«This is incredible. I can't believe MTV asked me to host.

The MTV VMAs began tonight with a tribute to Black Panther's Chadwick Boseman, with the show's host Keke Palmer dedicating the ceremony to him."We need to take the time to talk about the devastating loss of Chadwick Boseman, an actor whose talent and passion is a true inspiration to all the fans he touched and everyone he encountered," she said. "We dedicate tonight’s show to the man whose spirit touched so many.

Keke Palmer is ready for change. Are you? The singer and actress was one of the first faces we saw when the 2020 VMAs kicked off, and it was fitting — she is the show's host, after all.

2020 VMAs on MTV.The K-pop band, whose obsessive fans are known as the ARMY(a k a Adorable Representative MC for Youth), made their first-ever MTV Video Music Awards performance, performing after taking home best group and best K-pop trophies.

Black Panther. He died in his home, with his wife and family by his side.

The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards were dedicated to the late Chadwick Boseman.

2020 VMAs Sunday night.The 30-year-old Canadian singer kicked off the show with his performance, described in advance as a “keyed-up, dazzling” showcase. He lived up to the hype with a rooftop version of his hit single “Blinding Lights” from the observation deck at Hudson Yards, complete with a background of fireworks.The Weeknd pre-taped parts of his performance there and in Brooklyn last week.

2020 MTV Video Music Awards honored Chadwick Boseman two days after the Black Panther star lost his battle with cancer.“Before we get into the music tonight, we need to take the time to talk about the devastating loss of Chadwick Boseman, an actor whose talent and passion is a true inspiration to all the fans he touched and everyone he encountered,” Keke Palmer said at the top of the Sunday, August 30, ceremony, which she hosted.

Former Nickelodeon star Keke Palmer is set to host the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, after the unfortunate cancellation of her midday talk show on ABC earlier this summer. Nevertheless, the multi-hyphenate talent, 27, has “got the bug” for hosting, and has no plans to quit anytime soon. “Keke would really like to do another talk show and that’s the direction she’d like to focus her career on right now,” a source close to the TV personality told HollywoodLife exclusively.

coronavirus pandemic.The 2020 VMAs will celebrate the year’s best music videos Sunday on MTV — just not in the manner they’re used to.