2009 MTV Movie Awards

2009 MTV Movie Awards
Date	Sunday, May 31, 2009
Venue(s)	Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City, California
Country	United States
Host(s)	Andy Samberg
Network	MTV

The 2009 MTV Movie Awards were presented on Sunday, May 31, 2009, at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California. Andy Samberg served as host for the 18th annual ceremony.

Performers

• Eminem — "We Made You" and "Crack a Bottle"
• Kings of Leon — "Use Somebody"

Presenters

• Anna Faris and Chris Pine — presented Breakthrough Female
• Michael Bay and Megan Fox — introduced an exclusive Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen sneak peek preview
• Shia LaBeouf — presented Best Fight
• Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha and Taraji P. Henson — introduced Eminem
• Jonah Hill and Vanessa Hudgens — presented Breakthrough Male
• Bruno — presented Best Male Performance
• Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson — introduced an exclusive Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince sneak peek preview
• Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds — presented Best Kiss
• Big Pak and Hayden Panettiere — presented Best WTF Moment
• Leighton Meester and Lil' Wayne — presented Best Song From a Movie
• Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner — introduced an exclusive The Twilight Saga: New Moon sneak peek preview
• Kiefer Sutherland, Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog and Zac Efron — presented the MTV Generation Award
• Cameron Diaz, Sofia Vassilieva and Abigail Breslin — presented Best Female Performance
• Sienna Miller and Channing Tatum — introduced Kings of Leon
• Danny McBride and Will Ferrell — presented Best Comedic Performance
• Denzel Washington — presented Best Movie

Awards

Best Movie

Twilight

• Iron Man
• The Dark Knight
• High School Musical 3: Senior Year
• Slumdog Millionaire

Best Male Performance

Zac Efron – High School Musical 3: Senior Year

• Christian Bale – The Dark Knight
• Robert Downey, Jr. – Iron Man
• Shia LaBeouf – Eagle Eye
• Vin Diesel – Fast & Furious

Best Female Performance

Kristen Stewart – Twilight

• Angelina Jolie – Wanted
• Anne Hathaway – Bride Wars
• Kate Winslet – The Reader
• Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Breakthrough Male

Robert Pattinson – Twilight

• Ben Barnes – The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
• Bobb'e J. Thompson – Role Models
• Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire
• Taylor Lautner – Twilight

Breakthrough Female

Ashley Tisdale – High School Musical 3: Senior Year

• Amanda Seyfried – Mamma Mia!
• Freida Pinto – Slumdog Millionaire
• Kat Dennings – Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
• Miley Cyrus – Hannah Montana: The Movie
• Vanessa Hudgens – High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Best Villain

Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

• Derek Mears – Friday the 13th
• Dwayne Johnson – Get Smart
• Johnathon Schaech – Prom Night
• Luke Goss – Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Best Comedic Performance

Jim Carrey – Yes Man

• Amy Poehler – Baby Mama
• Steve Carell – Get Smart
• Anna Faris – The House Bunny
• James Franco – Pineapple Express

Best Song From a Movie

Miley Cyrus — "The Climb" (from Hannah Montana: The Movie)

• A. R. Rahman — "Jai Ho" (from Slumdog Millionaire)
• Bruce Springsteen — "The Wrestler" (from The Wrestler)
• Paramore — "Decode" (from Twilight)

Best Kiss

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson – Twilight

• Sean Penn and James Franco – Milk
• James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie – Wanted
• Dev Patel and Freida Pinto – Slumdog Millionaire
• Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron – High School Musical 3: Senior Year
• Paul Rudd and Thomas Lennon – I Love You, Man

Best Fight

Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet – Twilight

• Ron Perlman vs. Luke Goss – Hellboy II: The Golden Army
• Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson – Bride Wars
• Heath Ledger vs. Christian Bale – The Dark Knight
• Seth Rogan and James Franco vs.Danny McBride – Pineapple Express

Best WTF Moment

Peeing in the Sink – Amy Poehler (from Baby Mama)

• Curved Bullet Kill – Angelina Jolie (from Wanted)
• Jumping in the Poop Shed – Ayush Mahesh Khedekar (from Slumdog Millionaire)
• Tasting the Decapitated Head – Ben Stiller (from Tropic Thunder)
• Naked Break-Up – Jason Segel and Kristen Bell (from Forgetting Sarah Marshall)

MTV Generation

• Ben Stiller

Notable moments

• The ceremony was considered more of a popularity contest. For instance, Twilight won five awards, and High School Musical 3: Senior Year won two awards, and was nominated for Best Movie. Some fans, displeased with the results, have called for a restructuring of the voting system, hoping to combat the disproportionate amount of Twilight supporters who had a much greater online presence before the movie was even released. Also there was criticism for The Climb winning Best Song from a Movie which became a category again for the first time since the 1999 MTV Movie Awards, and was not used since the 2009 MTV Movie Awards.

• Brüno, a flamboyant gay character played by Sacha Baron Cohen, staged a stunt with longtime friend Eminem in which he was "flying" overhead in the theatre toward the stage to present the award for Best Male Performance. Baron Cohen was dressed as an angel, and he was wearing only a jockstrap underneath his costume. In mid-flight, he was lowered upside-down from the rafters after an apparent problem with his wire harness. This caused him to land directly on top of Eminem in such a way that Baron Cohen's fully exposed buttocks area was positioned directly in Eminem's face. An apparently incensed Eminem angrily shouted "You serious?" and "Are you f**kin' serious?!" and then "Get this motherf**ker off me!", demanded that his bodyguards and members of D12 remove Baron Cohen from atop him, and left the theatre immediately. It was later found out that the pair had staged the stunt and had practiced. Eminem jokingly said "We've got everyone believing that it mistakenly happened. I laughed for about 3 hours after the show". Baron Cohen then announced the award winner (Best Male Actor, Zac Efron - High School Musical 3: Senior Year) while still hanging from harness wires above the audience. It has since been revealed that the entire incident was a pre-arranged stunt of which Eminem was aware. The show’s head writer Scott Aukerman, who was hired by host Andy Samberg, said: "Yes, the Bruno/Eminem incident was staged. That's all anyone wants to talk about, so let's get it out of the way. They rehearsed it at dress and yes, it went as far as it did on the live show then." Eminem would later say that he agreed to be part of the stunt since he is a big fan of Baron Cohen, and that after he "stormed" out of the theatre he admitted that he went back to his hotel room and "laughed uncontrollably for about three hours". Various reports said Baron Cohen was fully clothed during the rehearsal and Eminem did not expect him to wear a jock strap during the broadcast.

• Heath Ledger's performance as The Joker in The Dark Knight earned the late actor a posthumous award for Best Villain.

• While delivering her acceptance speech for the Best Female Performance award, Kristen Stewart outstretched her arm and accidentally dropped her golden popcorn trophy, breaking a piece of it off. Stewart quickly ended her speech with "So, I was just about as awkward as you thought I was gonna be. Bye!", much to the amusement of the audience. This was amusing since her character Bella is known for being ditzy and otherwise unreliable.

• Kiefer Sutherland jokingly broke down in tears while presenting the MTV Generation Award to Ben Stiller.

• When Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson were about to kiss, Kristen Stewart made an unplanned decision and left him "hanging".

Sneak Peeks

• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• The Twilight Saga: New Moon

External links

• 2009 MTV Movie Awards at the Internet Movie Database
• MTV Movie Awards official site
• "Lil Wayne and Will Ferrell Announced as MTV Movie Awards Presenters"

See also

• 2009 in film
• MTV
• MTV Movie Awards