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MOON MISSION: With biz types making their way into town for MTV's VMAs spectacular at the Forum, wonderers are wondering what water-cooler moments are likely to come from this year's broadcast—last year's show, you'll recall, produced buzzed-about optics and audio from Miley Cyrus, Robin Thicke, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Macklemore, Mary Lambert and others. Who will join Video Vanguard honoree Beyoncé onstage? Will everyone in the audience get married? Who will get poked with a foam finger or other pointy extremity? We're champin' at the bit to find out. (8/21p)