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hosted by...
shawn and marlon wayans

performances by...
christina aguilera, blink 182, fred durst, eminem, janet jackson, nelly, nsync, red hot chili peppers, rage against the machine, sisqo, britney spears

appearances by...
98 degrees, aaliyah, bono, toni braxton, gisele bundchen, busta rhymes, jim carrey, chyna, carson daly, d'angelo, robert deniro, destinys child, dr dre, jakob dylan, eve, jimmy falon, macy gray, richard hatch, kate hudson, kid rock, wyclef john, lenny kravits, lil kim, ll cool j, jennifer lopez, ricky martin, method man, moby, mandy moore, vincent pastore, pink, redman, chris rock, the rock, ben stiller, sting, tenacious d, steven tyler, lars ulrich, mark wahlberg, serena williams, venus williams, renee zellweger

mtvs opening act...
aaliyah, christina aguilera, blink 182, bono, destinys child, eminem, eve, wyclef john, kid rock, lenny kravits, lil kim, limp bizkit, jennifer lopez, madonna (by phone), moby, mandy moore, nelly, pink, nsync, red hot chili peppers, sisqo, britney spears, lars ulrich, mark wahlberg, papa roach (performs last resort and broken home)

what happened?
renee zellweger introduces janet jackson who performs doesn't really matter
dr dre and steven tyler present best group award to blink 182
the rock and kid rock present best dance video award to jennifer lopez for waiting for tonight
bono and adam clayton of u2 introduce rage against the machine who perform guerilla radio
jimmy falon nsync parody
jakob dylan and kate hudson present best new artist in a video award to macy gray for i try
venus and serena williams via satellite introduce sisqo who performs thong song medley
parody of macy grays i try video
ricky martin presents best female video award to aaliyah for try again
destinys child and wyclef john present best male video award to eminem for the real slim shady
carson daly introduces sean fanning and together they introduce britney spears who performs i can't get no satisfaction and oops! i did it again medley
giselle bundchen and lenny kravitz present best hip hop video award to sisqo for thong song
ll cool j and macy gray present best pop video award to nsync
jim carrey introduces eminem who performs the real slim shady and the way i am medley
chris rock and ? present the video vanguard award to the red hot chili peppers who perform californication
napster skit with lars ulrick of metallica
moby and pink present best rap video award to dr dre and eminem
aaliyah and ananda lewis introduce nsync who perform this i promise you, bye bye bye and it's gonna be me medley
d'angelo and jennifer lopez present best rock video award to limp bizkit and during his acceptance speach, tim commerford of rage against the machine climbs the shows background prop, trying to knock it over in anger
toni braxton and 98 degrees present the international awards
carson daly, limp bizkit and kid rock discuss the tim commerford incident
mark wahlberg introduces nelly who performs country grammer
sting and eve present best r&b video award to destinys child for say my name
ben stiller and robert deniro present best direction in a video award to johnathon dayton and valerie davis for the red hot chili peppers californication
chynna and richard hatch (first season survivor winner) introduces christina aguilera who performs genie in a bottle and come on over medley then fred durst joins her onstage to perform a bit of his song
little kim and vincent pastore present viewers choice award to nsync
britney spears and christina aquilera introduce whitney houston (later joined by bobby brown) who presents best video award to eminem for the real slim shady
lars ulrich introduces blink 182 who performs all the small things