MUMBAI: ‘Twilight: Eclipse’ dominated US music broadcaster MTV’s ‘2011 Movie Awards’, winning five awards including Best Film.
The show kept its tradition as Hollywood‘s most atypical and irreverent awards show with surprise appearances, raunchy roasts, exclusive sneak peeks and even a few laserboners.
The telecast kicked off with host Jason Sudeikis spoofing ‘The Hangover Part II’.
The show celebrated cinema‘s next generation of talent with first-time winners Justin Bieber, Chloe Grace Moretz, Ellen Page, Alexys Nycole Sanchez and Emma Stone, as well as returning favorites Tom Felton, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, among others.
The set featured lush green landscapes, a glowing hillside and cascading crystals that turned the night into a psychedelic summer night‘s dream. MTV used this backdrop for MTV to give viewers "first looks" at some of the year‘s most highly-anticipated movies, including ‘Super 8’ presented by J.J. Abrams, Steven Spielberg, Elle Fanning and Joel Courtney; never-before-seen footage from ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn-Part 1’; and a sneak peek clip from the concluding chapter of the most successful film franchise in movie history, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part 2’, introduced by the film‘s leading actress Emma Stone.
Fan favourite actress Reese Witherspoon was honored with this year‘s "MTV Generation Award." Following toasts by former co-stars Robert Pattinson and Patrick Dempsey, and upcoming co-star Chelsea Handler, Witherspoon poked fun at her presenters but also gave a message of empowerment to young women.
Stone became the second woman ever, after Reese Witherspoon, to win in the ‘Best Comedic Performance’ category. Stone then took her humour from the silver screen to the stage when she joined Sudeikis for a laugh-out-loud musical send-up that featured movie themed songs written by this year‘s host and featuring Foo Fighter‘s Dave Grohl on the gong.
Twilight’s star Stewart took home ‘Best Female Performance and Best Kiss for the third year straight. Chloe Grace Moretz took home awards for Best Breakout Star and Biggest Badass Star and child actor Alexys Nycole Sanchez won the first-ever Golden Popcorn in the Best Line From A Movie category.
There were many funny moments which included Jim Carrey - the star who has won the most "Movie Awards" ever - introducing the Foo Fighters while wearing a business suit made of green screen that projected images of landscapes, cities, explosions... and even a couple of humping dogs. The Foo Fighters brought down the house as they took the stage to perform ‘Walk’, the second single off their album ‘Wasting Light’.
Bieber made a surprise appearance and was awarded "Best Jawdropping Moment’. Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively from "Green Lantern" took the stage as "Jackass-3D" stars Steve-O, Chris Pontius and David England, along with "Twilight Saga" heartthrob Kellan Lutz, sported green laserboners in the audience.
