Tuesday, June 2, 2009

2009 MTV Movie Awards

Twilight cleans up at star-studded awards show, hosted by Samberg

BY EMIL TIEDEMANN

Going into Sunday night's (May 31st) MTV Movie Awards with seven nominations, last year's mega hit Twilight (Summit Entertainment) collected five "golden popcorn" trophies, including Best Movie (beating out The Dark Knight, Slumdog Millionaire, Iron Man, and double winner High School Musical 3: Senior Year), Breakthrough Male Performance for Robert Pattinson, and Best Female Performance for Kristen Stewart, who dropped her award onstage.

Although Miley Cyrus' "The Climb," from Hannah Montana: The Movie, was named Best Song at the ceremony, the 16-year-old phenom was not booked to perform it at the telecast. Instead, the stage of the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California saw performances by Kings of Leon ("Use Somebody") and comeback kid Eminem ("We Made You"/"Crack a Bottle" medley). Following wins at the Golden Globes and Oscars, the late Heath Ledger was posthumously named Best Villain for his now-iconic role as The Joker in The Dark Knight, last year's top-grossing film.

Hosted by Saturday Night Live comic Andy Samberg, the 18th annual MTV Movie Awards also included appearances by big-names like Keifer Sutherland (Mirrors), Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds (The Proposal), Chris Pine (Star Trek), Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (Race to Witch Mountain), Anna Faris (The House Bunny), Sacha Baron Cohen (Bruno), and the casts of the new Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson) and Transformers (Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox). Below is the complete list of the winners at the show.

Best Movie: Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
Best Male Performance: Zac Efron (High School Musical 3: Senior Year)
Best Female Performance: Kristen Stewart (Twilight)
Breakthrough Male Performance: Robert Pattinson (Twilight)
Breakthrough Female Performer: Ashley Tisdale (High School Musical 3: Senior Year)
Best Comedic Performance: Jim Carrey (Yes Man)
Best Villain: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Best Kiss: Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart (Twilight)
Best Fight: Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet (Twilight)
Best Song: "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana: The Movie)
Best WTF ("What the Fuck") Moment: Amy Poehler for "Peeing in the Sink"
(Baby Mama)

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