Backstage controversies steal show at MTV Awards

The backstage antics at this year's MTV Video Music Awards were more entertaining than the lacklustre action on stage, say critics.

According to pagesix.com, some of the events included a hassled Jared Leto, who acts as John Lennon's killer in an upcoming movie, being asked by a journalist to sing his favourite Beatles song to which Leto asked which country he was from. When the journalist replied Amsterdam, Leto snapped: "Don't embarrass your country!"

After receiving the award for best pop video Pink said: "Nick Lachey and Nicole Richie giving me the award was ironic. I can appreciate the irony."

Further, Axl Rose again promised that his much-awaited album "Chinese Democracy", which he has been working for the past 12 years, would be released by the end of the year.