<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b4c95a32-b183-4f84-8e72-7e52b17ea5cf/E860474D-6EE5-4735-B998-357CF99FCA59/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://omg.yahoo.com/news/comedian-russell-brand-to-return-as-mtv-music-awards-host/25224" href="http://omg.yahoo.com/news/comedian-russell-brand-to-return-as-mtv-music-awards-host/25224" style="font-size: 11px;">omg.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://omg.yahoo.com/news/comedian-russell-brand-to-return-as-mtv-music-awards-host/25224"><P><SPAN>British prankster <A href="http://omg.yahoo.com/celebs/russell-brand/1642">Russell Brand</A></SPAN> will host the <SPAN>MTV Video Music Awards</SPAN> again this year, <SPAN>MTV</SPAN> said on Tuesday.</p> <P> The flamboyant 34-year-old comedian, actor, radio and <SPAN>television presenter</SPAN> will return as the host of the awards that will air live from stages set up around New York, including <SPAN>Radio City Music Hall</SPAN>, on <SPAN>September 13</SPAN>, the cable channel said in a news release.</p> <P> Brand hosted the MTV Video Music Awards last year, raising eyebrows by describing then <SPAN>U.S. President George W. Bush</SPAN> as a "retarded country fella" and ridiculing oaths of virginity undertaken by teen idols the Jonas Brothers.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://omg.yahoo.com/news/comedian-russell-brand-to-return-as-mtv-music-awards-host/25224"><P> Brand was forced to quit BBC radio last year after taking part in lewd prank calls to "<SPAN>Fawlty Towers</SPAN>" actor Andrew Sachs on one of the British broadcaster's radio shows.</p> <P> Brand has already successfully branched out into the United States, including releasing his autobiography "<SPAN>My Booky Wook</SPAN>" and acting in Hollywood films including a role in the 2008 <SPAN>romantic comedy</SPAN> "<SPAN>Forgetting Sarah Marshall</SPAN>."</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E860474D-6EE5-4735-B998-357CF99FCA59/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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