This morning, Taylor Swift makes VMAs history while Madonna breaks a record of her own on a very big night. Plus, Nicole Scherzinger's painful pre-show accident, and Dakota Johnson has a blunt message for anyone gossiping about her love life, which I'm choosing to take personally.

☕ Madonna opens the VMAs with some very famous friends (and one baffling cameo)
☕ Taylor Swift makes VMAs history, plus her emotional tribute to Dolly Parton
☕ Inside Taylor Swift's Patient Zero video with Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell
☕ Nicole Scherzinger's painful accident just before going on stage
☕ Dakota Johnson's three word message about those romance rumours

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