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August 25, 2013 06:00 pm -04

Iconic MTV Moonman Gets Edgy Look for 2013 VMAs

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MTV aired its first Video Music Awards in 1984 — the year Madonna unforgettably seduced the stage while performing "Like a Virgin." At that show and every subsequent VMAs for the past 29 years, winners took home a trophy shaped as an astronaut on the moon.

But this year, the "Moonman" got an edgy makeover from Brooklyn artist KAWS to celebrate the VMAs being the first major awards show to be held in Brooklyn, New York.

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MTV will dole out the Kid Robot-esque Moonman only at the 2013 VMAs, which will broadcast live from the Barclays Center starting at 9 p.m. ET Sunday. Read more...

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