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"Katy Perry, Adele and Britney Spears were the big winners at this year&amp;#039;s MTV Video Music Awards. Perry took home the night&amp;#039;s biggest prize of &amp;#039;Video of the Year&amp;#039; for her single &amp;#039;Firework&amp;#039; at Sunday&amp;#039;s ceremony, which was held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. The popstar also walked away with the gongs for &amp;#039;Best Collaboration&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Best Special Effects&amp;#039;, both of which were awarded for her Kanye West team-up, &amp;#039;E.T.&amp;#039;  Adele collected three technical awards for her &amp;#039;Rolling in the Deep&amp;#039; video - &amp;#039;Best Art Direction&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Best Cinematography&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Best Editing&amp;#039;.  It was initially reported that she also had won the &amp;#039;Best Direction&amp;#039; accolade, but MTV later issued a clarification stating that the Beastie Boys had won the prize for &amp;#039;Make Some Noise&amp;#039;. Spears scooped &amp;#039;Best Pop Video&amp;#039; for &amp;#039;Till The World Ends&amp;#039;, and was presented with the &amp;#039;Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award&amp;#039; by Lady GaGa, in honour of her career in the music industry. GaGa herself won two trophies for &amp;#039;Born This Way&amp;#039; - &amp;#039;Best Female Video&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Best Video With A Message&amp;#039; - and Justin Bieber picked up &amp;#039;Best Male Video&amp;#039; for &amp;#039;U Smile&amp;#039;.   Beyonc\u00C3\u00A9, who announced her pregnancy at the event, won &amp;#039;Best Choreography&amp;#039; for &amp;#039;Run the World (Girls)&amp;#039;, and Nicki Minaj&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Super Bass&amp;#039; was named &amp;#039;Best Hip-Hop Video&amp;#039;. Tyler, the Creator was named &amp;#039;Best New Artist&amp;#039; and Foo Fighters nabbed &amp;#039;Best Rock Video&amp;#039; for &amp;#039;Walk&amp;#039;. &amp;gt; Read the full list of winners at this year&amp;#039;s MTV Video Music Awards Watch Katy Perry&amp;#039;s video for &amp;#039;Firework&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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