Friday, August 07, 2020

Keke Palmer to Host 2020 MTV Video Music Awards; Channels True Jackson in New Trailer

Keke Palmer is officially the host of the 2020 VMAs! MTV revealed the exciting news in a new promo that featured Keke calling up ‘True Jackson’ and remixing the hit Nickelodeon show’s theme song.


Keke Palmer is your VMAs queen! The 26-year-old actor/singer extraordinaire will be hosting the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards live on Aug. 30 at 8 p.m. To celebrate this epic announcement, Keke calls her legendary alter-ego True Jackson. True Jackson, the character Keke played on the hit Nickelodeon series True Jackson, VP from 2008 to 2011, is now a CEO!

True is very impressed that the Hustlers star is hosting the VMAs this year. They both agree that True Jackson needs to be the one to style Keke for the VMAs. “I need a look that says snack, sticky, thick,” Keke says. True Jackson knows that Keke needs a “True Jackson original design.”


The show will air live from New York City. When True Jackson realizes how little time she has to whip something up, she calls for Lulu and Ryan to come help. The trailer ends with Keke remixing the True Jackson, VP theme song,"Change It Up," with a special new VMA twist in honor of hosting the VMAs. This remix is just as catchy as the original! You know what this calls for? A True Jackson revival! Give us True Jackson, CEO!

“From my head to my toes / I’m the host and you know / Bring the music / It’s just what I do,” she sings in the clip.

BTS, Doja Cat, and J Balvin are just a few of the artists set to perform this year. This will be BTS’ first-ever VMA performance and the TV debut of their new, English-only single, “Dynamite,” which is set to be released on August 21. Additional performers will be announced at a later date. Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga lead this year’s nominations with nine nods each, closely followed by Billie Eilish and The Weeknd with six nominations.

Fans can vote for 15 of this year’s categories on MTV’s voting site up until Aug. 23, and voting for the PUSH best new artist will remain open until the show begins.

“We’re thrilled to have the multi-talented Keke Palmer as this year’s VMAs host,” said Bruce Gillmer, President of Music, Music Talent, Programming & Events for ViacomCBS Media Networks. “Keke is an energetic force and a quadruple threat with unmatched comedic wit who will make this year’s show truly unforgettable.”

The 2020 VMAs are set to take place Aug. 30 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, with performances from iconic locations across the five boroughs, designed "to honor the spirit and resilience" of the city hit particularly hard by the novel COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic this spring. However, due to ongoing concerns over COVID-19, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced back in June that there will be a limited audience at the event, or none at all.

The VMAs would be the first event to take place at the Brooklyn arena since the pandemic forced the closure of live-entertainment venues, and cancellation of concerts and other events in New York.

After a particularly rough experience with the pandemic, with as many as 11,000 new cases a day in April, New York has seen the number of daily new coronavirus cases decline since then and stay below 1,000 a day for the past month.

The awards show will be executive produced by ViacomCBS Media Networks' president of music, music talent, programming and events Bruce Gillmer and Den of Thieves co-founder Jesse Ignjatovic. Den of Thieves' Barb Bialkowski will serve as co-executive producer.

As for a True Jackson, VP reboot/revival, Keke and her True Jackson, VP co-star Matt Shively have teased in recent months that as revival was in the works for 2021!

The actor, host and activist recently went viral with a video of her urging members of the National Guard to march with racial justice protesters in Los Angeles.

Palmer was shown speaking to the National Guard while participating in the protest, one of many that have occurred worldwide since the death of George Floyd, and referencing President Donald Trump's controversial "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" tweet about the demonstrations.

“You have a president talking about the Second Amendment as a use for people to come out here and use firearms against the people protesting. This is the message that we’re seeing," she says in the video that went viral on social media. "You have to pay attention to what’s going on. We have a president that’s trying to incite a race war, and when the borders are closed. We can’t leave. You have people in here that need your help. This is when you and y’all can stand together with the community, with society, to stop the governmental oppression. Period. We need you.”

The VMAs host reveal comes hours after Disney announced Thursday that Palmer will voice a new character for its upcoming Disney+ reboot, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, based on the original Disney Channel series.

“There’s a new girl coming to town!” Palmer wrote in an Instagram post introducing her character. “Prepare to fall in love with 14-year-old activist Maya Leibowitz-Jenkins, voiced by ME!!!”

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Sources: HollywoodLife, E! News, ET, The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, Variety.
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