It looks like the Red Hot Chili Peppers will walk away from Thursday night's 2000 MTV Video Music Awards with at least one statuette.

It was announced on Wednesday that the Chili Peppers will be honored with the network's Video Vanguard Award at Thursday night's VMAs. Comedian Chris Rock will be on hand at New York's Radio City Music Hall to present the Chili Peppers with the award, which recognizes the band's "outstanding contribution to the music video medium."

The Chili Peppers are also scheduled to perform at the VMAs and are up for five other awards, including Video Of The Year and Best Group Video for "Californication."

MTV also announced that Venus and Serena Williams, Mark Wahlberg, Gisele Bundchen, D'Angelo, Renee Zellweger, Toni Braxton, Jimmy Fallon, Wyclef Jean, and WWF superstar Chyna will join Jennifer Lopez, Robert De Niro, Fred Durst, Jakob Dylan, Macy Gray, Kate Hudson, Kid Rock, Lenny Kravitz, L.L. Cool J, Moby, Pink, Ben Stiller, U2's Bono and Larry Mullen, Tenacious D, 98 Degrees, Destiny's Child, Dr. Dre, Eve, "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch, Lil' Kim, Ricky Martin, Nelly, Snoop Dogg, Sting, The Rock, Metallica's Lars Ulrich, and others at the award show.

Sisqo, Christina Aguilera, 'NSYNC, Eminem, Blink-182, DMX, Janet Jackson, Rage Against The Machine, and Britney Spears are also on tap to perform on Thursday night.

The ceremony kicks off at 8 p.m. (ET), and MTV News' pre-show coverage gets rolling at 6:30 p.m. MTV News Online will be providing up-to-the-minute coverage as well throughout the evening and will give viewers the chance to sound off on the show as it happens.

Catch all the sizzlin', star-packed VMA action direct from Miami on August 28. MTV News' preshow kicks things off at 6:30 p.m. ET/PT, followed by big show at 8 p.m.

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