Gwen Stefani and Missy Elliott followed Green Days' eight MTV Video Music Award nominations, with six each, the TV cable channel announced Monday.(AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Green Day, Gwen Stefani, Missy Elliot lead nominees for VMAs
Updated at 16:22 on July 25, 2005, EST.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Luxury yachts and tricked-out cars. P. Diddy and Gwen Stefani. And lots and lots of water.
MTV announced Monday that its Video Music Awards will feature all of those elements next month as it seeks once again to reinvent an awards show that routinely lures big stars and makes racy headlines.
Punk rockers Green Day led all musical acts with eight nominations, Stefani and Missy Elliott followed with six and U2 with five.
P. Diddy will host the Aug. 28 awards show, which comes at the height of Miami's steamy summer and peak of hurricane season. He swooped in to Monday's beachfront announcement on a jet pack, landing on the sand and walking to the podium.
Wearing a white suit and a grey shirt with no tie, he promised that the show would include scene-stealing stunts as in the past. While there was plenty of sex appeal last year, there was little shock value compared to the 2003 show that featured the infamous Madonna-Britney Spears kiss.
"I'm going to tell the artists that if you want to get naked and run across the stage, go ahead and do it," P. Diddy said.
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