11 Celebrity Highlights We're Thankful For This Year

Beyoncé took the stage at the MTV VMAs in August, singing a medley of her self-titled visual album before putting an end to those pesky divorce rumors as she was honored with the Video Vanguard Award by her husband, Jay Z. In addition to being blessed with an incredible performance by Beyoncé, we also got to see her 2-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, in her first-ever public appearance. Blue pretty much stole the show; as the cameras panned to her sitting on her dad's lap in the audience, we saw her clapping and dancing along in her seat — and was there anything sweeter than that "Yay, Mommy!" she yelled into the mic on stage?

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