Afterall she didn’t appear at the ceremony but she did show up at the official after party looking extremly casual and sweet at the same time! Update: Fellow singer Shontelle was also going to attend VMA but she didn’t go either! Suspicious!

We don’t know why, but Rihanna did not attend the 2009 Video Music Awards. She and Stevie Boi confirmed that she would be there, but there was not sign of her. Maybe RiRi just changed her mind. This was the first time Rihanna was not there since the beggining of her career, in 2005.

However, “Live Your Life”, by T.I. feat. Rihanna, won the award of “Best Male Video” – congratulations to T.I., Rihanna and the fans who voted!

Don’t forget that Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West will perform “Run This Town” at the Jay Leno Show tomorrow in Los Angeles!

All the 2009 VMA updates will be posted here. If you want to get all the latest news about it, refresh this page to check the updates.

• 5:50PM (NYC time): Julie Chang, a reporter for Fox 5 New York, updated her Twitter with the following message: At the VMAs, Rihanna just walked by. We don’t know if it’s true or not, we will know in the next hours.

• 6:20PM (NYC time):  More people on Twitter are saying that Rihanna is really there. She may do something special, there’s no reason for her to arrive so early. Let’s wait and see!

• 6:30PM (NYC time): Click here to watch the red carpet live.

• 7:00PM (NYC time): The awards shows will start in 2 hours! If you don’t have MTV, you can watch it live here.

• 7:55PM (NYC time): The celebrities are already walking the red carpet, there’s no sign of Rihanna yet.

• 8:15PM (NYC time): The awards show will start in 45 minutes! As usual, Rihanna is one of the latest to walk the red carpet – don’t forget that she may not walk the red carpet, like she did at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards.

• 8:30PM (NYC time): The fans are screaming Rihanna’s name all the time. Still no sign of her!

• 8:50PM (NYC time): No sign of Rihanna…

• 8:55PM (NYC time): Well, looks like RiRi is really not going to walk the red carpet. Hopefully we will see backstage/audience pictures. The 2009 MTV Movie Awards will start in 5 minutes! Be sure to watch, hopefully Rihanna will surprise us.

• 9:30PM (NYC time): No sign of Rihanna…

• 9:45PM (NYC time): No sign of Rihanna…

• 10:10PM (NYC time): No sign of Rihanna…

• 10:30PM (NYC time): Still no sign of Rihanna! Well, seems like she changed her mind, because last night she said she was going to attend!

• 10:35PM (NYC time): “Live Your Life”, by T.I. feat. Rihanna, won the award of “Best Male Video” – congratulations to T.I., Rihanna and the fans who voted! They were not there to receice the moonman.

• 11:30PM (NYC time): The 2009 Video Music Awards is over and so is this coverage. Rihanna did not attend the awards show.

We’ve decided to dedicate the whole day to MTV Video Music Awards. Rihanna has confirmed to us that she’s going to appear there. This will be her first award ceremony appearance for a long long time so please excuse us for being so excited about this! I’ve created a separate, temporary gallery where we will add all VMA pictures, including some old pics for the starter. Enjoy! More pictures are being added…