Aladeen and dumped an urn containing what he said were the ashes of Kim Jong Il onto preshow host Ryan Seacrest's Burberry tuxedo.
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As part of the preshow, the audience leader, or "head mechanical, " walked through a series of pixel paddle moves, including circles and a flick-of-the-wrist action called the shimmer.