Coverage of the 27th annual bash. Lady Gaga leads the pack with 13 nominations, followed by Eminen, who has eight. Scheduled performers include Justin Bieber; Kanye West; Florence and the Machine; Drake; and B.o.B. Chelsea Handler hosts. Presenters: Ashley Greene; Ke$ha; Nicki Minaj; Emma Stone; Penn Badgley; Trey Songz; Selena Gomez; and Ne-Yo.The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards is taking place now, on September 12, 2010 at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. MTV announced that Chelsea Handler will host the event. On August 3, the nominees were announced. Lady Gaga received the most nominations, being nominated for 13 awards (18 including nominations for her collaboration with Beyoncé for “Video Phone”). By being nominated for 13 awards, she became the most-nominated artist in VMA history for a single year, and subsequently became the first female solo artist to receive two nominations for Video of the Year when both “Bad Romance” and “Telephone” were nominated for the award. Eminem follows in second with 8 nominations for “Not Afraid” and 1 nomination shared with Drake for “Forever”. Beyoncé trails with 5 nominations of her own and shares 3 with Lady Gaga for “Telephone”, B.o.B. for 5, while 30 Seconds to Mars, Kesha and Florence and the Machine are both up for 4 each, making 30 Seconds to Mars the most-nominated rock act for the 2010 VMAs..

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