Updated: Sept. 7, 2012 at 9:34 AM

2012 MTV VMAs (43 images)

Stars attend the MTV Video Music Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on September 6, 2012. UPI/Jim Ruymen

Rapper Riff Raff arrives for the MTV Video Music Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on September 6, 2012. UPI/Jim Ruymen

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Singer Alicia Keys arrives for the MTV Video Music Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on September 6, 2012. UPI/Jim Ruymen

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Singer Alicia Keys arrives for the MTV Video Music Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on September 6, 2012. UPI/Jim Ruymen

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Singer Alicia Keys arrives for the MTV Video Music Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on September 6, 2012. UPI/Jim Ruymen

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Singer Rita Ora arrives for the MTV Video Music Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on September 6, 2012. UPI/Jim Ruymen

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Musician Tom Petty arrives with his wife Dana (R) and daughter Adria (L), for the MTV Video Music Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on September 6, 2012. UPI/Jim Ruymen

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