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This years MTV Video Music Awards didnt feature a big reveal like last years, but there were plenty of surprises and debuts. Rihanna, who took home Video of the Year for "We Found Love," unveiled a new gamine pixie cut. Gabby Douglas did back flips onstage while Alicia Keys sang her new single "Girl on Fire." The rest of the Fierce Five was in attendance, too, presenting and then shown dancing and singing along during One Directions performance.

 

Taylor Swift premiered her latest hit, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," live, as the camera suggestively panned to her former paramour Taylor Lautner in the audience. And speaking of former beaus, Robert Pattinson took the stage alongside the male Twilight contingent to premiere an exclusive clip from Breaking Dawn - Part 2. (Kristen Stewart, meanwhile, is in Toronto to promote On the Road.) As for the nights red carpet style, check out the top looks—with an emphasis on "look" for a few—below.