A recap, in GIF form, of MTV's 2012 Video Music Awards, featuring Rihanna, Katy Perry, Frank Ocean, Lil Wayne, and more.

A collection of fashion choices throughout the history of MTV's Video Music Awards that must have made sense at the time.

I didn't bother watching the MTV Video Music Awards, but the former music channel's circle-jerk celebration of the music industry somehow drew 12.

This weekend, as millions of people on the East Coast rushed to the grocery store to get the last remaining cans of creamed eels and wadded beef on the shelves, most of the "Jersey Shore" cast was boarding a private jet to fly to the Video Music Awards in California.

I'm much too old and cynical to be watching MTV's Video Music Awards, but as a blogger I'm required to acknowledge that they happened.

Video Music Awards (MTV/VH1, Sunday) -- Of course, MTV hasn't played music videos in years, but it's an annual rite of summer: MTV spends a week praising itself for creating this awards show and remembering all the CRAZY and UNPREDICTABLE moments before airing something that's less an awards show than it is repeated attempts to create the next CRAZY and UNPREDICTABLE moment for next year's montage.

There's an easy way to gauge if you're too old to be cool: watch the VMAs.

As you may have guessed from the headline, Chelsea Handler will host MTV's Video Music Awards this year.

God bless the Internet.