Taylor Swift and Kanye West Headline MTV's VMA Promos

Pink, Alicia Keys, One Direction also get face time

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Taylor Swift and Kanye West, whose fracas at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards remains one of the most pathetic incidents in TV history, are reuniting at the 2012 VMAs, which take place tonight—at least in the promotional department. Swift and West are two of five acts anchoring the network's 30-second promos for the show. Postproduction studio Click 3X, led by creative director Mark Szumski, worked with MTV on the spots. "MTV asked the artists to collaborate on the promos specifically in the selection of the imagery," says Szumski.

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