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MTV sets dates for Video Music Awards and Movie Awards

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October 20, 2011 / 11:45 AM EDT / CBS News

Britney Spears poses with the Video Vanguard Award backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 28, 2011, in Los Angeles. AP

(CBS/AP) NEW YORK - MTV has scheduled dates for next year's MTV Movie Awards and Video Music Awards.

The 2012 MTV Movie Awards will air live from Los Angeles on June 3.

Pictures: MTV Movie Awards 2011
Pictures: MTV Video Music Awards 2011

After an August date in Los Angeles this year, the VMAs will move to Sept. 9. A host city hasn't been announced. The show will also air live on the network.

The announcement was made Thursday.

This year's VMAs, which featured a sneak peek at the highly-anticipated film "The Hunger Games," drew an audience of 12.44 million people, which gave MTV its biggest audience since 1993.

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