Twilight Dominates ‘2009 MTV Movie Awards’
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To give you an idea on how Twilight has become the hottest talk of the town these days, the hit movie ran away with 5 popcorn awards at the recent 2009 MTV Movie Awards. Already known to be a hot film thanks to its stars, perhaps the best is yet to come and supporters and fans just can’t wait what is in store once New Moon comes out to hit theaters.
The MTV audience was treated to exclusive first looks at the highly anticipated movie releases of 2009 including The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, and Public Enemies.
Twilight dominated the ceremony, taking home the top honors for “Best Movie” at the conclusion of the night. Robert Pattinson won three statues for “Breakthrough Performance Male,” “Best Kiss” with co-star Kristen Stewart and “Best Fight” with Cam Gigandet. Kristen Stewart also won for “Best Female Performance.” High School Musical 3: Senior Year grabbed two awards as Ashley Tisdale won “Breakthrough Performance Female” and Zac Efron won “Best Male Performance.” Jim Carrey can add to his collection of statues after earning “Best Comedic Performance” for his role in Yes Man. Miley Cyrus earned her first golden popcorn statue for “Best Song From A Movie” for “The Climb.” Amy Poehler captured “Best WTF Moment” for her unforgettable scene in Baby Mama, and “Best Villain” went to the legendary performance Heath Ledger displayed in The Dark Knight.
The show got off to a hilarious start as Andy Samberg took fans through a parody of some of this year’s favorite films including Slumdog Millionaire, Twilight, The Reader and Star Trek. Andy’s wild journey included a cameo by Taylor Swift and ended with him naked in the back of a limo next to Justin Timberlake. Finally arriving onstage in time to open the show, Andy got the crowd hyped up with the help of Mixmaster Mike.
Dressed to the nines and backed by a 20 piece orchestra, Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker, Grammy Award winner LeAnn Rimes and multi-platinum recording artist Chris Isaak paid respect to Andy and his incredibly vibrant musical career as they serenaded the crowd with a classical arrangement of “Jizz In My Pants,” “I’m On A Boat,” “Lazy Sunday,” “Dick In A Box” and “Motherlover.” The talented trio earned a standing ovation as they turned these edgy hits into an operatic masterpiece.
Zac Efron, Kiefer Sutherland and Triumph the Insult Dog presented former MTV Movie Awards host Ben Stiller with the “MTV Generation Award” for his dynamic career and entertainment of MTV audiences over the years. The honorees began with lofty praises reminiscent of this year’s Oscars, but the tribute awkwardly turned into a no-holds-barred roast when Sutherland broke down sobbing and Triumph started taking jabs at Stiller.
Joined onstage by a New Orleans style brass ensemble and a hypeman, Eminem made a triumphant return to the MTV stage as he performed his latest singles “We Made You” and “Crack A Bottle” from his #1 album Relapse. Kings of Leon made their first-ever live appearance on MTV, performing their rock anthem “Use Somebody” off their Only by the Night album.
In true MTV Movie Awards fashion, the night was filled with laugh-out-loud parodies including the “Explosion” music video starring Andy “Bruce Springsteen” Samberg, Will “Neil Diamond” Ferrell and triple threat writer, director, producer JJ Abrams “as himself” on keyboards. Needless to say it left viewers with a whole new notion of Hollywood’s tough guys walking away from mega-movie explosions.
Always looking to break the mold when it comes to award shows, MTV teamed up with Orbit gum to perform a first-of-its-kind live commercial pod takeover featuring Hayden Panetierre and Big Pak, who presented Amy Poehler with the “Best WTF Moment” award.
The “2009 MTV Movie Awards” welcomed the top names in Hollywood, music and TV throughout the night as the list of superstar presenters included Denzel Washington, Cameron Diaz, Will Ferrell, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Kiefer Sutherland, Bruno, Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Sandra Bullock, Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Hayden Panetierre, Sienna Miller, Jonah Hill, Lil Wayne, Chris Pine, Anna Faris, Channing Tatum, Bradley Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Michael Bay, Ryan Reynolds, Leighton Meester, Taraji P. Henson, Rupert Grint, Ed Helms, Danny McBride, Justin Bartha, Sofia Vassilieva, Mixmaster Mike and Triumph The Insult Dog.
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