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So I hear that the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards are being held September 7, 2008 in Los Angeles. Cool. Ahh I remember last time you were out west; Aerosmith, Green Day rocker Tre’ deciding to climb the Universal globe while Kurt Loder looked in horror and Marilyn Mason’s ass cheeks. Good Times. Anyway, wouldn’t it be cool MTV if John and Fall Out Boys play “Beat It” live on the show? Do you hear that John and Fall Out? Beat It live, so I can see you, John shred. So what if MTV is probably still figuring out who is going to host. Early bird catches the worm right?

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Oh and for those out in the internets who don’t know what a John Mayer, Fall Out Boy, or Beat It is here is videos of the Original by Michael Jackson featuring Eddie Van Halen and the redo by Fall Out Boy featuring John Mayer Oh and for good measure Eddie performing live with Michael. Now if only I didn’t procrastinate and got my John Mayer tickets for this weekend on time before they were all gone. Whole other story.

Beat It (The Original)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_8bFwDdISM

Beat It (2008)

Beat It live w/Eddie Van Halen

Yesterday was the deadline for AFTRA to accept their deal and they did.

After a bitter feud with sister union SAG over its primetime/TV contract, AFTRA’s membership on Tuesday approved the union’s new deal with the studios .

Slightly more than 62% of the voting members said yes to the pact.

“Today’s vote reflects the ability of AFTRA members to recognize a solid contract when they see it,” AFTRA president Roberta Reardon said late Tuesday. “We were faced with an unprecedented situation of another union mounting a well-funded and ferocious attack on our contract-ratification process. In the face of that kind of attack, I think the percentage that ratified this contract is really good, and I’m thrilled.”

SAG, whose leadership had contended that a separate deal with AFTRA would dilute its clout at the bargaining table, asserted that the referendum was skewed by nonactor members of the union.

“Clearly, many Screen Actors Guild members responded to our education and outreach campaign and voted against the inadequate AFTRA agreement,” SAG president Alan Rosenberg said. “We knew AFTRA would appeal to its many AFTRA-only members, who are news people, sportscasters and DJs, to pass the tentative agreement covering acting jobs. In its materials, AFTRA focused that appeal on the importance of actor members’ increased contributions to help fund its broadcast members’ pension and health benefits.”

Hollywood Reporter

SAG is set to make a decision on the contract proposed to them tomorrow.