MTV Movie Awards, the Fans Have Spoken

13 Apr, 2014

“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” earned the prize for best film at Sunday night’s MTV Movie Awards, besting even top Oscar winner “12 Years a Slave.”

“Hunger Games” stars also took home some of the night’s biggest awards. Jennifer Lawrence won best female performance and Josh Hutcherson was voted best male performer.

Oscar winner Jared Leto and Jonah Hill, an Oscar nominee, picked up early MTV Movie Awards, voted for by fans rather than the film industry elite.

Host and late-night comedian Conan O’Brien kicked off the unbuttoned awards on Sunday by trying to break the record for the most celebrity cameos in his intro, notching up 50. Among them were Taylor Swift, who gave him a manicure, and Internet sensation Grumpy Cat, who slept in the front row of the audience.

Hill won best comedic performance for his role as the drug-addled swindling stockbroker in director Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street,” a role for which he was nominated for the Oscar for best supporting actor.

“I want to thank my hero Martin Scorsese, my favorite person of all time,” said Hill, upon receiving MTV’s award in the shape of a movie popcorn bucket.

Leto won best on-screen transformation for his role as a transgender woman in “Dallas Buyers Club,” a role for which he won the best supporting actor Oscar.

Zac Efron took one of the audience’s favorite awards of the night, best shirtless performance for “That Awkward Moment,” and eventually took off his shirt with help from singer Rita Ora as he accepted the award.

Actress Mila Kunis won best villain for her role as Theodora, Wicked Witch of the West in “Oz The Great and Powerful.”

Voters select the winners online and voting for the top award of the night, movie of the year, continued during the show.

The big losers on Oscar night “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “American Hustle” led nominees for the awards, each landing eight nods.

The MTV Trailblazer Award went to actor Channing Tatum for his versatility in playing everything from a dancer from the wrong side of the tracks to a hero trying to save the world from danger.

Mark Wahlberg, who most recently starred in the Afghanistan war drama “Lone Survivor, will receive this year’s MTV Generation Award, an honor given to those who engage with the MTV audience throughout their careers.

Complete list of winners;

Movie of the Year: “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”
Best Female Performance: Jennifer Lawrence, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”
Best Male Performance: Josh Hutcherson, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”
Best Fight: Orlando Bloom and Evangeline Lilly vs. Orcs, “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”
Best Kiss: Jennifer Aniston, Will Poulter and Emma Roberts, “We’re The Millers”
Best Shirtless Performance: Zac Efron, “That Awkward Moment”
Best Villain: Mila Kunis, “Oz The Great And Powerful”
Best Comedic Performance: Jonah Hill, “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Best Onscreen Transformation: Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club”
Breakthrough Performance: Will Poulter, “We’re the Millers”
Best Scared As Sh-t Performance: Brad Pitt, “World War Z”
Best Onscreen Duo: Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, “Fast and Furious 6”
Best #WTF Moment: Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Best Musical Moment: Backstreet Boys, “This Is The End”
Best Cameo: Rihanna, “This Is The End”
Best Hero: Henry Cavill, “Man of Steel”
Favorite Character: Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley), “Divergent”

MTV Trailblazer Award: Channing Tatum
Generation Award: Mark Wahlberg

Reuters

Image FREDERICK M. BROWN

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