Twilight sweeps MTV Awards...

Twilight sweeps MTV Awards

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Posted 7 months ago by Queenoftab
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Vampire movie "Twilight" took the honors at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, but it was an unscripted stunt involving "Borat" actor Sacha Baron Cohen and singer Eminem that stole the live show.

"Twilight" swept up five awards, including best movie, best kiss and best fight at the irreverent fan-driven event where viewers had a sneak preview of the movie`s forthcoming sequel "New Moon."

Australia`s Heath Ledger won the award for best villain, adding to the slew of trophies awarded to the "Dark Knight" actor after his death in January 2008.

But it was the outrageous Cohen, promoting his upcoming movie "Bruno" in which the British actor plays a gay Austrian fashionista, who brought the house down.

Sweeping high above the studio on a harness, Cohen hit an obstacle, spun down toward the audience and landed face down in the lap of Eminem, exposing his naked bottom to both the white rapper and to millions of viewers watching the awards show live on television.

MTV said Eminem stormed out "in a heated rage" after the incident at the Gibson Amphitheatre near Los Angeles where the live awards show was taking place.

"This is very exciting TV," host Andy Samberg ad-libbed.

"I enjoyed his (Cohen`s) precision landing," actor Ben Stiller told reporters backstage. "I did not see that coming."

The MTV awards are nominated and voted on by fans through online polls, producing a more populist selection than the Oscars or the Golden Globes. Winners get a golden popcorn statuette.

"Slumdog Millionaire," which won a leading eight Oscars in February, went into Sunday`s MTV Movie awards with six nominations but came away empty-handed.

"Twilight" won none of the mainstream movie awards earlier this year but has taken more than $382 million at the box office worldwide and has turned its star Robert Pattinson from an unknown into an international heartthrob.

Viewers on Sunday also got brief previews of other popular blockbusters due for release later in 2009, including "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen", and "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."
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posted by akshata
i agree with all the above comments..twilight deserves all the glory... the novel is awesome n i love edward pattinson
posted 6 months ago

 
 
posted by baby_vogel
Twilight deserves all of the awards and the appreiciation. I`m glad they won at least some (: It`s a really great story
posted 6 months ago

 
 
posted by queen_quennie
TWILIGHT SAGA - om book to movie...I`m holding my breath...when i started reading the book, i never had a good sleep, even in my dreams the characters show themselves...the story is all over my mind. It`s so intense! MAKAADIK - i get addicted! LOL... so as teh movie...I`m so excited! i think most people in the whole world are..definitely a box office..would earn triple that the first one! GOSH...
posted 7 months ago

 
 
posted by fathom
hi my name is fathom twilight is the best movie.all the people love the movie twilight. and they have in the movie a hot boys
posted 7 months ago


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