We already know that last month's MTV Video Music Awards brought together host Russell Brand and Rivers Cuomo collaborator Katy Perry. Now it seems like a professional relationship might have got its start that night at Radio City Music Hall.

Yesterday on Twitter, Justin Bieber approached Diddy about a collaboration. "Do you want this song I produced and sing on on your album?" he asked the legendary hip-hop mogul. He then followed up with a series of tweets to try to rally his followers. "Everyone tell @iamdiddy we need to make this J Bieber / P Diddy collab song happen," he wrote. He later re-tweeted a note from one of his followers that suggested that people on Twitter make "#diddyandbieber" a trending topic.

Clearly, his persistence paid off, as Diddy responded to one of Bieber's tweets. "Send me the song," Diddy wrote. "I'll check it out. Thanks."

Could we be hearing Bieber's voice on Last Train to Paris, or might Diddy be dropping some knowledge on Bieber's full-length debut? No matter what becomes of this new team-up, we can safely say that MTV News provided the platform for their first meeting. During the VMA Pre-show, Sway talked to Bieber and Diddy (accompanied by Dirty Money) simultaneously, noting that it was the first time the two had crossed paths. Though they didn't converse during the segment, they did agree that it was important to carry on the legacy of Michael Jackson. Check out the opening minutes of what could be a fruitful professional relationship.

Another week has come to a close in the MTV Newsroom, which was full of stage-crashers, divas, tributes, apologies, untimely deaths, bare-chested werewolves and Kermit the Frog. Just in case you want you missed any of the excitement flying around this particular tube in the series, here are the week's highlights.

» The Video Music Awards aired this past Sunday, which featured Kanye West's stage-crashing attack on Taylor Swift, Janet Jackson's tribute to Michael and some wacky arrivals care of Pink, Swift, Cobra Starship, Lady Gaga and the All-American Rejects. Check out all the behind-the-scenes interviews and insight that MTV News put together to cover the biggest party of the year.

» In the wake of the VMAs, Taylor Swift prepared for her appearance on "The View" with a trip to see Kings of Leon on Long Island.

» Meanwhile, Kanye West spent his time after the VMAs apologizing regularly and profusely. That didn't stop the Internet from dropping Kanye into all manner of famous photos, and then taking some time off before going back to the well.
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"It was very emotional for me and I was trying not to cry. And I got choked up a few times. It gave me goosebumps. I thought [the dancers] looked incredible. They had just learned it. [It's] just like you're seeing all these carbon copies of your brother, and because he left such an impression with his style on so many different generations — and, still, this generation — and to see them try to mimic him to the T and doing an incredible job at it as if he was the one that taught them — 'No, this is how you do it' — and to see them look so close to his movement, it just touched me. It really touched me."

-Janet Jackson discussing the deep emotional journey she went on while creating the tribute to her brother at the MTV Video Music Awards. Janet gives a candid interview and takes viewers behind the scenes in "The Making of Janet Jackson's Video Music Awards Tribute Performance," which airs Saturday (September 19) at 12:30 p.m. on MTV. The show will include a lengthy sit-down with Jackson as well as footage of the planning and rehearsal stages.

Over the 25 year history of the MTV Video Music Awards, there has rarely been a more stirring and emotional introduction to the show than this year's tribute to Michael Jackson. The show began with a spoken introduction from Madonna, who recounted her appreciation for Jackson and told the story about the time they spent together.

What followed was a performance for the ages: A series of dancers came out to re-enact some classic Jackson moves before Janet Jackson joined them to sing her part of "Scream" (the only duet she ever recorded with her late brother) and mirror his dance solo in the middle of the famous music video for the track.

Of course, the performance didn't come from nowhere, as Janet and the rest of the dancers went through intense rehearsals to make it into an ideal tribute to Michael's legacy and memory. "The Making of Janet Jackson's VMA Tribute Performance," which airs Saturday at 12:30 p.m. on MTV, will provide an exclusive look behind the scenes and take you from the tribute's inception to its final execution.

As you can see from this exclusive preview, paying homage to one of the most iconic dancers in pop history takes a considerable amount of focus and effort.

The final version of the performance was supremely polished and ran through many of Michael's hits, including "Thriller," "Bad," "Smooth Criminal" and finally "Scream." The dancers were dressed in costumes that represented different fashion eras of Michael's life and incorporated all of his stylistic touchstones, from the white socks to the red leather jacket — save for Janet, who came out wearing a futuristic-looking outfit that matched the style of the classic "Scream" video. "It's the most fun I ever had," Jackson said of the performance. "And I know he was watching."

"After years of working with Miss Piggy, I've gotten really good at not letting anyone else grab the mic. I didn't see Kanye after the incident, but I would have told him to do what he's been doing: apologize. It's not that easy being wrong, but if you own up to your mistake, you'll almost always be forgiven. There are exceptions, but I won't mention her by name."

-Kermit the Frog addressing Kanye West's microphone-swiping performance at the MTV Video Music Awards. In an interview with People, Kermit drove home the fact that he was merely giving Lady Gaga a ride to the VMAs and was not actually his date, despite the fact that they repeatedly kissed on the read carpet. "As far as kissing Lady Gaga goes, she is a very good kisser, but it was not a romantic kiss. It was a kiss for good luck," he said. "Kissing a frog is good luck for the person giving the kiss — but bad luck for the frog if his pig finds out."

There were several memorable arrivals at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, including Lady Gaga showing up with a Muppet on her arm, Pink cruising in a fire truck and Taylor Swift emerging from a horse-drawn carriage. But one of the arrivals was so big it simply couldn't fit in the confines of the preshow. Before storming Radio City Music Hall, sitting in with house band Wale and UCB and voicing their opinions about Kanye West, the All-American Rejects brought along a marching band and arrived at the red carpet on a massive parade float.

The band eased their way to the VMA red carpet on the very patriotic-looking float as the two-dozen member marching band played the group's hit "Gives You Hell." Once the conveyance stopped, frontman Tyson Ritter (dressed in a red suit, obviously before he donned his all-glitter ensemble), drummer Chris Gaynor and guitarists Nick Wheeler and Mike Kennerty emerged from the vehicle and hit the red carpet. Ritter gave the MTV cameras some devil horns before greeting fans and heading into the venue for the show.

After taking some time off for the show, the Rejects head back out on the road on Friday to re-join the Blink-182 reunion tour. They'll stick with them for the rest of the U.S. stretch of the tour and then head over to Europe for another set of dates before returning to the States for a tour with Taking Back Sunday. Though the group wasn't nominated for any awards on Sunday, their in-house performance coupled with their larger-than-life arrival made it a memorable night for the Oklahoma quartet.

"We can appreciate her being overwhelmed and inspired, but we would have appreciated it if she would have did it from her seat."

-Alicia Keys giving her thoughts on Lil Mama's cameo appearance during her and Jay-Z's performance of "Empire State of Mind" at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards. Keys was initially hesitant to talk to "Today" co-hosts Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb about the incident, but she eventually opened up. She mostly had positive things to say about her performance on Sunday and about the show in general. "It's a classic New York song — new Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli," said Keys of "Empire State of Mind," which appears on Jay-Z's just-released and chart-topping The Blueprint 3. "I don't know, it's a beautiful New York song. I love it. It's great to perform in New York at the VMAs. The whole room was crazy." Keys also weighed in on the other big interruption of the evening: Kanye West's invasion of the stage during Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for Best Female Video. "I think that obviously he knew that wasn't in the best taste, in retrospect," she said. "I think he realized that wasn't quite the right thing to do."

Over the weekend, in preparation for the MTV Video Music Awards, MTV News gave you an uninterrupted live peek at the ongoing construction of the red carpet area outside of Radio City Music Hall. Once the show wrapped up, we gave you a behind-the-scenes look at the red carpet construction with a few statistics thrown in (5,000 square feet of carpet, over six miles of electrical cable, 50 stagehands finishing a five day job in about 36 hours). But in case you want to take a look at the red carpet being built but don't have that much time on your hands, fear not, as we've got the entire construction in thirty seconds. A time-lapse camera was installed to capture single frames every few seconds, and here is the result.

It's not included in the video, but the strike was even more efficient: Everything was cleared out of the front of the building by the time the big show ended so that people could exit out of the main doors of Radio City Music Hall, and by mid-Monday there was nary a trace of MTV's presence in the area. It was a tremendous undertaking, but clearly it paid off, as it allowed us to see Lady Gaga's date, Buzz Aldrin's VMA debut, iJustine's Twitter coverage and, of course, Beyoncé.

There are only a few people at MTV who have ever interviewed Madonna. And all the people who have interviewed Madonna all have a certain prestigious history with the network: Kurt Loder, John Norris, a high-level producer here and there.

So you could imagine my surprise when, in the middle of my VMA backstage broadcast for V-Cast Sunday night at the MTV Video Music Awards, a dude in the press department ran up to me and said, "Dude. Madonna. Now."

Whaaat?

The interview went really well. Hell, I'd even say amazingly well. I know this because Madonna's longtime press guru didn't tackle me after our chat veered into zany territory. Watching the tape back, I have to say Madonna seemed to enjoy herself. She was an amazing sport when I asked her a million questions about Lady Gaga. She shared her legendary lightning-fast wit with me. And my producer made her cackle at one point. Score!

But I think I might have creeped her out when I admitted I was obsessed with her 12-year-old daughter, Lourdes. In fact, I know I did. Because Madonna told me.

In my defense, I'm not obsessed with Lourdes in any seedy way. I just find her newly-emerging public persona to be really exciting. She has a funky fashion sense and she just made an appearance in her mom's new video. It seems like Lourdes is dipping her toe into the fame pool. I meant to ask Madonna a legitimate question about Lourdes but instead what came out was, "Are you creeped out that I'm obsessed with your daughter?"

Sorry, Madonna! I promise next time I get to interview you I'll be more prepared and ask you all about your upcoming greatest hits album. But admit it: You had fun with me, right?

Kanye West's stage-crashing appearance at Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards made the Internet explode with tweets, blog rants and at least one video mash-up. Reactions, condemnations and parodies move as quickly as people can conceive them.

Though West has repeatedly apologized (and finally called Swift himself yesterday, seemingly putting the beef to bed), the Web still hasn't forgiven him, and anybody with access to Photoshop is not going to let him off the hook that easily. West's interruption has created a meme that sees West interrupting any number of events, each time telling somebody that he'll let him or her finish and then talking about how much better something else is. For example, West drops in on Shaquille O'Neal shooting a foul shot and says, "I know you about to miss this free throw and I'm gonna let you finish, but Ray Allen has one of the best free throw percentages of all time!" He also dropped in on the moon landing, telling Neal Armstrong, "I'm really happy for you and I'm gonna let you finish, but Russia had one of the best space programs of all time!" He explains to Dr. King, "Last night I had one of the best dreams of all time!" And he even puts down Edward Cullen, saying, "Edward, I'm very happy for you and I'm gonna let you sparkle, but 'True Blood' has some of the best vampires of all time!"

Of course, like any good Internet meme, it eventually comes back to eat itself, as evidenced by this photo of Kanye interrupting his own interruption. And like any good Internet phenomenon, there's also a fake Twitter account that drops interruptions on various things, like "I'ma rent 'Signs' again but my haircut had some of the best crop circles of all time!" and "Yo @DrakkardNoir I'm really happy for your @DrakesKnee recovery, Ima let you finish but Ben Carson had one of the best surgeries of all time!"