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Miley Cyrus's VMA performance sets viewers abuzz

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Angela Mulholland - CTVNews.ca

Published: August 26, 2013 at 9:41a.m. EDT

Robin Thicke and Miley Cyrus perform 'Blurred Lines' at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. (Charles Sykes / Invision)

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