Miley Cyrus wins top prize at MTV Video Music Awards

Miley Cyrus won the award for Video of the Year for her hit single 'Wrecking Ball' at 2014 MTV Video Music Awards

LOS ANGELES: Miley Cyrus won the award for Video of the Year for her hit single Wrecking Ball, at Sunday's 2014 MTV Video Music Awards outside Los Angeles.

The singer beat out Beyonce and her husband JayZ, nominated for Drunk in Love, as well as Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCV for Fancy, and Pharrell Williams for Happy and Sia forChandelier.

But Beyonce shined as she closed the show, showing off her vocal power in front of a special audience member -- her daughter, Blue Ivy.

Cyrus, who sparked a furor at last year's MTV awards show with her controversial "twerking" on stage, avoided scandal this year.

Rapper Drake won Best Hip-Hop Video for "Hold On (We're Going Home)," which had also been contested by Canadian duo Majid Jordan.

Princess of pop Katy Perry won the trophy for Best Female Video with her song Dark Horse, featuring rapper Juicy J. The men's category was won by Ed Sheeran, 23, for his Sing, a duet which he recorded with Williams.

Best Pop Video went to the young Ariana Grande, the latest pop sensation, for the song Problem, which also features Iggy Azalea.

And New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde took home Best Rock Video forRoyals, a song that, in January, won her the Grammy for Song of the Year and Best Pop Single.

The first MTV awards were handed out in 1984. Winners receive a statuette of an astronaut on the moon, known as aMoonman award. - AFP 

Rita Rudaini tuntut mutaah RM300,000

Rita Rudaini

PELAKON terkenal, Rita Rudaini Mokhtar, 38, memohon tuntutan RM300,000 sebagai bayaran mutaah daripada bekas suaminya, Aidil Zafuan Abd Razak, 27, dekat sini.

Peguam, Datuk Zaidi Mohd Zain memberitahu anak guamnya memfailkan permohonan tuntutan itu pada 7 Julai lalu di Mahkamah Tinggi Syariah.

"Hari ini kes disebut di hadapan Pendaftar Mahkamah Tinggi Syariah, Atrasina Mohd Zahrullail," katanya.

Menurutnya, Aidil Zafuan selaku defendan tidak hadir tanpa sebarang alasan biarpun pihaknya telah menyerahkan saman pada 20 Ogos lalu.

"Sebelum ini defendan juga tidak hadir pada 14 Ogos menyebabkan proses yang berlangsung pada hari tersebut gagal.

"Mahkamah menetapkan 11 September depan sebagai sebutan,"katanya.

Mutaah adalah pemberian saguhati daripada suami kepada isteri yang diceraikan tanpa sebab munasabah berdasarkan syarak.

Rita Rudaini dan bekas suaminya yang juga Kapten Harimau Malaya bernikah di Songkhla, Thailand pada 2008 dan disahkan bercerai oleh Mahkamah Rendah Syariah Seremban pada 6 September 2013.

Pasangan itu dikurniakan dua cahaya mata iaitu Airit Rayyan Rizqin, 5, dan Airit Qaqa Arjuna, 3.

Sebelum ini, pada 8 November 2012, pelakon tersebut memfailkan tuntutan RM5,392 sebulan untuk nafkah anak mereka yang merangkumi perbelanjaan makan minum, pengasuh dan lampin pakai buang.

Anak seni kelahiran Pulau Mutiara itu turut menuntut RM100,000 sebagai nafkah tertunggak daripada bekas suaminya membabitkan kos bayaran rumah, makan minum, pakaian dan barangan asasi lain.

Tuntutan nafkah tertunggak tersebut difailkan pada awal Januari lalu. -- Sumber: Sinar Harian