Greatest Week For Pop Culture Ever? Maybe, just, Maybe!

This week I'm going to blog about three of the most important moments in pop culture history which happen to be taking place THIS WEEK: the VMAS, Whitney's comeback, and The Lost Symbol. Yes, that is a book.

FINALLY! The VMA'S return to their trashy, avant garde glory. For the first time since 2003 I'm going to remember the Video Awards for some glorious moment of pop history, not an epic Britney with blonde weave and pig belly hot train wreck of a disaster. Ever since the show travelled to Miami for a structureless and Diddy filled in the round show, the VMAS have lost their trade mark spunk and controversy. As ratings fell, MTV attempted to regain viewers by "reinventing the show," which only led to claustrophobic performances in hotel rooms and bloated IMAX screens floating over Timbaland's head. Even worse, they hired actors and Diddy, not stand up comedians, to host the show.

However, with a return to Radio City and a more simplistic stage design the show has reclaimed its title as most pointless and entertaining award show of all time. Madonna kicked off the spectacle with an emotional and honest eulogy for MJ. Unlike his epic memorial, she sounded sincere and recognized how we abandoned him. Then his sister delivered a flawless performance of "Scream" after impersonators performed a medley of "Thriller," "Bad," and "Smooth Criminal." A screen shot of MJ and his sister from the song's video summed up this expression of sisterly love. Finally, a Jackson delivers a tribute aimed at celebrating their brother, not their own career. This moment will be remembered as one of the most sincere moments of the show.

As everyone knows Kanye made a fool of himself. He now joins the ranks of the dude from Rage Against the Machine and Eminem as the VMA village idiot. Blame the Hennisy, Kanye!

Gaga summed up the nights return to amazingness. Her outrageous costume changes (4 BLOODY OUTFITS), self mutilation, remix of Paparazzi, and shout out to "God and the Gays" recalls the best moments of Britney and Madonna, the VMA queens! More on this on my weekend post about pop culture right now. Jay Z's performance now ranks with other respectable Jay Z performances which catapulted his singles to the #1 spot.

Only thing missing from the show was Britney. She symbolizes the show after all. Hopefully next year, she brings back her controversy filled performances. After all, she's been quite a good girl lately!