Kanye throws a tantrum after losing at MTV awards

Kanye throws a tantrum
after losing at MTV awards

LAS VEGAS — Kanye West says he’ll never return to MTV. The 29-year-old rapper, who was shut out at the Video Music Awards on Sunday night, threw a tantrum in front of media and crew backstage as the MTV show was ending. West, waiting for an elevator in a crowded hallway, began yelling about losing all five categories for which he was nominated, including male artist of the year. “That’s two years in a row, man ... give a black man a chance,” said West, stomping around his entourage and directing his comments at a reporter. “I’m trying hard man, I have the ... No. 1 record, man.” It was the latest outburst from West at an awards show. Last year, he crashed the stage at the MTV Europe Awards after not winning for best video. West’s latest album, “Graduation,” is due out today.

‘Frankenstein’ will do
monster box office

NEW YORK — It was a sight you don’t see too often in this age of telephone and Internet sales: a line at a Broadway theater box office, stretching almost halfway down 42nd Street from the Hilton Theatre past the Hello Kitty store. By midmorning Monday, an estimated 150-200 people were waiting patiently to purchase tickets for “Young Frankenstein,” the Mel Brooks musical, whose box office at the Hilton opened at 10 a.m. “Young Frankenstein,” based on Brooks’ 1974 film comedy, stars Roger Bart as the title character. Also in the cast are Megan Mullally (of TV’s “Will & Grace”) playing Elizabeth (the Madeline Kahn role in the film), Andrea Martin as Frau Blucher, Sutton Foster as Inga, Fred Applegate as Kemp, Christopher Fitzgerald as Igor and Shuler Hensley as the monster.

Today’s birthdays

Movie director Brian De Palma is 67. Rock singer-musician Tommy Shaw (Styx) is 54. Sports reporter Lesley Visser is 54. Actress Virginia Madsen is 46. Actress Kristy McNichol is 45. Musician-composer Moby is 42. Singer Harry Connick Jr. is 40. Rapper Mr. Black is 30. Rapper Ludacris is 30.