{"id":38951,"date":"2026-09-28T09:42:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/?p=38951"},"modified":"2026-09-28T09:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:42:56","slug":"celebrity-status-vmas-box-office-and-songwriters-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/blogs\/mornings\/2026\/09\/celebrity-status-vmas-box-office-and-songwriters-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Status &#8211; VMAs, Box Office And Songwriters Hall Of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>For Monday, September 28th:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MTV Video Music Awards were on handed out last night, and after directing 18 of her own music videos throughout her career, Taylor Swift took home the inaugural VMA for Artist Director. Presenting the award was Dakota Johnson, who also had a role in\u00a0Taylor&#8217;s newest video for Patient Zero which debuted at the VMAs. Taylor also now holds the record for most VMA wins surpassing Beyonce&#8217;s 30.<br><br>Nirvana\u00a0received the Video Vanguard Award, and other winners on the night included a few for Madonna, BTS, Bruno Mars, Ella Langley\u00a0and Olivia Rodrigo, among others. And Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, Seth Rogen and Julia Garner\u00a0were among those who\u00a0joined Madonna for her first VMAs performance since 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the box office, ahead of &#8216;Avengers: Doomsday&#8221;s December debut, &#8216;Avengers: Endgame&#8217; was re-released in theatres and took the top spot with $26 million in North America. A few million behind was &#8216;Resident Evil&#8217;, and\u00a0&#8216;Heart of the Beast&#8217; starring Brad Pitt,\u00a0took third spot with $20 million, just ahead of Robert Pattinson in Primetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also a big weekend for some Canadian artists. Loverboy, Roch Voisine, Feist and The Tragically Hip were inducted into the Canadian Songrwriteres Hall of Fame&nbsp;during a ceremony at Massey Hall. Performers like Amanda Marshall, Talk and more helped pay tribute to the honorees and a purple hat hung on a mic stand to remember Gord Downie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Dakota Johnson had a three-word response for the speculation about her&nbsp;rumored romance with rapper Machine Gun Kelly&#8230; &#8220;Get a life.&#8217; (That didn&#8217;t really answer the question though, did it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For Monday, September 28th: The MTV Video Music Awards were on handed out last night, and after directing 18 of her own music videos throughout her career, Taylor Swift took home the inaugural VMA for Artist Director. 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