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Katy Perry, Adele score at Video Music Awards

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 | Katy Perry

The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony went without a host or much sense of direction Sunday night at Nokia Theatre, as a heartfelt tribute to singer Amy Winehouse and a career-rehab performance from Chris Brown offered strong moments over the course of a wildly inconsistent evening.

In the salute to Winehouse, who died last month at 27, British comedian Russell Brand recalled first hearing her “raw, from-the-guts-of-humanity voice” in London before he knew who she was. “She suffered from alcoholism and drug addiction. A lot of people just get the disease; not everyone gets the talent Amy was blessed with.”

Brand then turned the segment over to Tony Bennett, who had recorded a duet in March with Winehouse for his forthcoming album. “She was so unbelievable,” Bennett said. “Of all the young artists I’ve ever met in the last 20 years, she was a true jazz artist in the tradition of Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday. She had the gift. With real jazz, you can’t just be a jazz singer; either you’ve got it or you haven’t.”

Video footage from their session on the pop classic “Body and Soul” segued into Bruno Mars’ onstage rendition of her bouncy Motown-rooted song “Valerie” in one of the night’s most exuberantly moving live performances.

RB singer Brown scored another with his high-flying performance in which he and other performers were flown through the theater as he sampled his hit “Yeah 3X,” Wu-Tang Clan’s “Protect Ya Neck” and Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”

Brown continues efforts to rebuild his career after becoming a virtual pop star non grata because of his attack on then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009 on their way to the Grammy Awards.

Katy Perry’s “Firework” was named overall video of the year, which she accepted sporting a yellow cube that appeared to be embedded in her head.

“Oh, my goodness, thank you so much,” Perry said as she picked up her VMA Moonman statuette for the video that had logged more than 227 million views as of Sunday night. “I’m very proud of the song it stands for.”

Perry and Adele videos won three each, making them the night’s big winners. Besides overall video of the year for “Firework,” Perry won for collaboration and special effects, both for “E.T.” with Kanye West. Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” video collected awards in three so-called professional categories: art direction, cinematography and editing.

Lady Gaga had many of her peers and other onlookers slack-jawed with her opening performance-art appearance as her chain-smoking, expletive-spewing greaser alter-ego Jo Calderone, which she carried through the evening.

“Earlier tonight they told me I got best video with a message,” Gaga-as-Calderone said when she accepted her second VMA for “Born This Way” in the female video category, after winning the newly added category of best video with a message. “There are so many great artists in this room.

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