Sure the MTV Movie Awards are probably nothing more than one big payola scam, with the nominees determined by whichever movie studio buys the most advertisements on the channel and the winners decided by the machinations of foul agents hidden away in underground lairs. And yeah MTV is no longer respectable. It’s so bad that we all remember fondly the days of Jenny McCarthy and by comparison remember her as something of substance. All of that is true. The MTV Movie Awards is a symbol of corruption and corporate greed… but dammit it’s a really fun symbol of corruption and corporate greed. Call me one of the unwashed masses, but I’m tuning in anyway.
The awards are meaningless but the presentation is always a blast, even more so now that it’s live. Since us live and we love us some Moon Man presenting, I’ll be locked in right here updating this page live with the results tonight, along with various rumblings about what’s happening from my point of view on my couch in a ratty old pair of sweatpants.
But, if you’re not interested in my blather (or if you want to start reading my live blog from the beginning) you can skip over that right to our live updated list of the winners by clicking here for an auto-scroll to the bottom. Winners will be red and in bold.
In the meantime, here we go. Here’s what’s happening with 2009 MTV Movie Awards right now!
8:12 Michael Bay and Megan Fox on stage to intro an exclusive sneak peek at Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. In it, Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf hide in a desert ruin while a very angry robot chases them. Meh. For some reason I expected more. Very short.
8:09 Wasting no time! Anna Faris and Chris Pine on stage to present the award for Breakthrough Female. And the winner is… Ashley Tisdale, High School Musical 3. Um, if you’re in your third movie in a series does that really count as breakthrough? What, nobody watched the first two?
8:07 Andy Samberg raps the intro old school! Megan Fox not amused. Fred Armison does some sort of skit with Dr. Drew in the audience, it makes no sense. Cameron Diaz dances.
8:07 First web 2.0 reference. Viral video: Keyboard cat.
8:06 Samberg lays down ground rules for the evening. Farting ok. Punching not ok, unless you’re Kiefer Sutherland.
8:04 Andy Samberg, after several minutes naked, appears on stage in a tux after an intro by Justin Timberlake and a gratuitous Dick in a Box reference.
8:03 Andy Samberg beamed naked into the Enterprise transporter room which is run by… Aziz Ansari!
8:01 Samberg digitally inserted into the year’s big movies. He’s totally crushing on Twilight’s Edward.
8:00 Andy Samberg appears on screen, re-enacting Slumdog Millionaire. Sound returns to MTV. Here we go!
7:59 The Hills ends and the sound goes out. MTV with the technical problems.
7:50 Megan Fox commercial break! Brunettes > blondes.
7:47 CST Suffering through The Hills while waiting for the Awards to start. What happened to the pre-show? So… much… blonde… hair. I feel like I’ve had my eyeballs dipped in bleach. Actually, that might be preferable.
BEST MOVIE (voting stays live throughout the 2009 Movie Awards ceremony)
? The Dark Knight
? Director: Christopher Nolan, Producers: Charles Roven and Emma Thomas (Warner Bros. Pictures)
? High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Director: Kenny Ortega, Producers: Bill Borden and Barry Rosenbush (Walt Disney Pictures)
? Iron Man
Director: Jon Favreau, Producers: Avi Arad and Kevin Feige (Paramount Pictures)
? Slumdog Millionaire
Director: Danny Boyle, Producer: Christian Colson (Fox Searchlight)
? Twilight
Director: Catherine Hardwicke, Producers: Wyck Godfrey, Greg Mooradian and Mark Morgan
(Summit Entertainment)
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
? Angelina Jolie – Wanted (Universal Pictures)
? Anne Hathaway – Bride Wars (20th Century Fox)
? Kate Winslet – The Reader (The Weinstein Company)
? Kristen Stewart – Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
? Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount Pictures)
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
? Christian Bale – The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
? Robert Downey Jr. – Iron Man (Paramount Pictures)
? Shia LaBeouf – Eagle Eye (DreamWorks SKG/ Paramount Pictures)
? Vin Diesel – Fast & Furious (Universal Pictures)
? Zac Efron – High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE FEMALE
? Amanda Seyfried – Mamma Mia! (Universal Pictures)
? Ashley Tisdale – High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
? Freida Pinto – Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
? Miley Cyrus – Hannah Montana: The Movie (Walt Disney Pictures)
? Vanessa Hudgens – High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
? Kat Dennings – Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist (Columbia Pictures)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE MALE
? Robert Pattinson – Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
? Taylor Lautner – Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
? Ben Barnes – The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Walt Disney Pictures)
? Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
? Bobb’e J. Thompson – Role Models (Universal Pictures)
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
? Amy Poehler – Baby Mama (Universal Pictures)
? Anna Faris – The House Bunny (Columbia Pictures)
? James Franco – Pineapple Express (Columbia Pictures)
? Jim Carrey – Yes Man (Warner Bros. Pictures)
? Steve Carell – Get Smart (Warner Bros. Pictures)
BEST VILLAIN
? Derek Mears – Friday The 13th (Warner Bros. Pictures)
? Dwayne Johnson – Get Smart (Warner Bros. Pictures)
? Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
? Johnathon Schaech – Prom Night (Screen Gems)
? Luke Goss – Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Universal Pictures)
BEST FIGHT
? Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson – Bride Wars (20th Century Fox)
? Christian Bale vs. Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
? Ron Perlman vs. Luke Goss – Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Universal Pictures)
? Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet – Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
? Seth Rogen and James Franco vs. Danny McBride – Pineapple Express (Columbia Pictures)
BEST KISS
? Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy – Wanted (Universal Pictures)
? Freida Pinto and Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
? James Franco and Sean Penn – Milk (Focus Features)
? Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson – Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
? Paul Rudd and Thomas Lennon – I Love You, Man (Paramount Pictures)
? Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron – High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
BEST WTF MOMENT (New Category)
? Amy Poehler – Baby Mama, Peeing In the Sink (Universal Pictures)
? Angelina Jolie – Wanted, Curved Bullet Kill (Universal Pictures)
? Ayush Mahesh Khedekar – Slumdog Millionaire, Jumping in the Poop Shed (Fox Searchlight)
? Ben Stiller – Tropic Thunder, Tasting the Decapitated Head (DreamWorks SKG/ Paramount Pictures)
? Jason Segel and Kristen Bell – Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Naked Break-Up (Universal Pictures)
BEST SONG FROM A MOVIE (New Category)
? “Jai Ho” – AR Raham, Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
? “The Wrestler” – Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)
? “The Climb” – Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie (Walt Disney Pictures)
? “Decode” – Paramore, Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
