KATY PERRY TO PERFORM "LIKE A VIRGIN" AT VMASBritish comic Russell Brand has revealed "I Kissed a Girl" singer Katy Perry will perform "Like a Virgin" at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards.
"There's a lot of virginity and lesbianism going on at the show," the English host told reporters at a press preview held Thursday, at the Paramount Pictures lot where the ceremony will be held.
Brand dubbed the Jonas Brothers "God's favorite virgins."
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When the Jonas Brothers hit the stage on Sunday, "it will make the concept of an afterlife seem tame by comparison," Brand joked.
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The Jonas Brother will have some competition from Christina Aguilera.
Aguilera, clad in sky-high heels and hot-pink lipstick, joined Brand at the preview to announce she'll be belting her new single "Keeps Getting Better," which is also the name of the best-of album she's releasing in November.
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"You're going to get a first look and a first listen at my new image and my new sound," Aguilera told reporters. "The last album, the style and sound was about vintage glam - this one is all about the future."
Aguilera said that this would be the first time her son Max would be able to see her on TV, to which, Brand joked, "The VMAs are going to be so great that Christina Aguilera is willing to risk her newborn baby's sight!"
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T.I. also showed up with news that he'll be debuting a new song with Rihanna.
Later, Brand dished that the Jonas Brothers requested to be introduced by Taylor Swift. He cracked that Swift was "a decision made from below their sexy little waists."
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Brand's most shocking announcement?
Kanye West will be closing the show.
At the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, according to the AP, West was upset about being shut out of all five categories in which he was nominated, that West claimed he would "never return to MTV."
The 25th annual awards telecast, will air live at 9 p.m. ET/PT from Paramount Studios in Hollywood.
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