2009 MTV Movie Awards Winners
Twilight, the popular vampire drama based on the best-selling novel of the same title by Stephenie Meyer,cleaned up during the ceremony, taking home five out of the seven nominations including the top honor, Best Film prize in Los Angeles.
Other winners include “High School Musical 3”, “Yes Man”, “The Dark Knight” and “Baby Mama”. “High School Musical 3” brought home two kudos for Best Male Performance and Breakthrough Performance Female, while the others took in one each. “Yes Man” gave Jim Carrey a Best Comedic Performance win, “The Dark Knight” won Best Villain for Heath Ledger and “Baby Mama” earned Amy Poehler her Best WTF Moment.
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“, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen“, “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” and “Public Enemies.”
The 2009MTV Movie Awards was aired live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California starting at 9 P.M. ET on Sunday, May 31. Hosted by Saturday Night Live” star Andy Samberg, it saw musical performances from Kings of Leon and Eminem. Presenters of the night were Chris Pine,Sacha Baron Cohen, Kiefer Sutherland, LeAnn Rimes and Anna Faris among others.
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart
Complete winner list of 2009 MTV Movie Awards (winners appear in bold)
BEST MOVIE (voting stays live throughout the 2009 Movie Awards ceremony)
- Twilight
- The Dark Knight
- High School Musical 3: Senior Year
- Iron Man
- Slumdog Millionaire
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
- Angelina Jolie – Wanted
- Anne Hathaway – Bride Wars
- Kate Winslet – The Reader
- Kristen Stewart – Twilight
- Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
- Christian Bale – The Dark Knight
- Robert Downey Jr. – Iron Man
- Shia LaBeouf – Eagle Eye
- Vin Diesel – Fast & Furious
- Zac Efron – High School Musical 3: Senior Year
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE FEMALE
- Amanda Seyfried – Mamma Mia!
- Ashley Tisdale – High School Musical 3: Senior Year
- Freida Pinto – Slumdog Millionaire
- Miley Cyrus – Hannah Montana: The Movie
- Vanessa Hudgens – High School Musical 3: Senior Year
- Kat Dennings – Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE MALE
- Robert Pattinson – Twilight
- Taylor Lautner – Twilight
- Ben Barnes – The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
- Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire
- Bobb’e J. Thompson – Role Models
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
- Amy Poehler – Baby Mama
- Anna Faris – The House Bunny
- James Franco – Pineapple Express
- Jim Carrey – Yes Man
- Steve Carell – Get Smart
BEST VILLAIN
- Derek Mears – Friday The 13th
- Dwayne Johnson – Get Smart
- Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
- Johnathon Schaech – Prom Night
- Luke Goss – Hellboy II: The Golden Army
BEST FIGHT
- Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson – Bride Wars
- Christian Bale vs. Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
- Ron Perlman vs. Luke Goss – Hellboy II: The Golden Army
- Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet – Twilight
- Seth Rogen and James Franco vs. Danny McBride – Pineapple Express
BEST KISS
- Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy – Wanted
- Freida Pinto and Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire
- James Franco and Sean Penn – Milk
- Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson – Twilight
- Paul Rudd and Thomas Lennon – I Love You, Man
- Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron – High School Musical 3: Senior Year
BEST WTF MOMENT (New Category)
- Amy Poehler – Baby Mama, Peeing In the Sink
- Angelina Jolie – Wanted, Curved Bullet Kill
- Ayush Mahesh Khedekar – Slumdog Millionaire, Jumping in the Poop Shed
- Ben Stiller – Tropic Thunder, Tasting the Decapitated Head
- Jason Segel and Kristen Bell – Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Naked Break-Up
BEST SONG FROM A MOVIE (New Category)
- “Jai Ho” – AR Raham, Slumdog Millionaire
- “The Wrestler” – Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler
- “The Climb” – Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie
- “Decode” – Paramore, Twilight
MTV Movie Awards | Sacha Baron Cohen and Zac Efron
The show’s most jaw-dropping moment came when bare-bottomed British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, dressed as a giant dove and in character asBruno, fell from the roof of the Universal Amphitheater onto rapper Eminem’s lap.
The prank appeared not to be a joke — and the rapper stormed off with his entourage in tow:
