‘The Avengers’ takes top prize at MTV Movie Awards
With a cast of superheroes and villains, The Avengers beat out its competitors to become the big winner at the MTV Movie Awards.
The action romp won three awards Sunday, including the top prize, movie of the year.
“What’s the opposite of humbled? We’re Biebered to be standing here,” said Avengers writer-director Joss Whedon as he accepted the final golden popcorn trophy. “This is the award that means the most to me. I am so grateful and very excited for 2015; we’re going to bring you Avengers 2.”
The Avengers also won best fight and best villain for actor Tom Hiddleston.
Bradley Cooper and show host Rebel Wilson were each double winners at the ceremony at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, Calif. Cooper won the first prize of the night for his performance in Silver Linings Playbook and returned to the stage to accept best kiss honors for his smooch with co-star Jennifer Lawrence in that film. Lawrence, who won the Oscar for her role in
Playbook, was also a double winner, though she wasn’t on hand Sunday. In addition to the kiss award, she won the golden popcorn for her performance, but the prize wasn’t presented on camera.
Wilson, who opened and closed the show wearing Iron Man-style armor, won breakthrough performance for her work in Pitch Perfect and shared in the film’s award for best musical moment. Its stars, including Brittany Snow and Skylar Astin, opened the show with a mash-up medley.
Twilight heartthrob Taylor Lautner won the shirtless
award. Here is the list of winners in the 2013 MTV Movie Awards:
• Best Male Performance: Bradley Cooper, Silver
Linings Playbook
• Best WTF Moment: Jamie Foxx and Samuel L.
Jackson, Django Unchained
• Best Fight: Robert Downey Jr., Scarlet Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans and Jeremy
Renner, The Avengers • Trailblazer: Emma Watson • Best Kiss: Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley
Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook • Comedic Genius: Will Ferrell • Breakthrough Performance: Rebel Wilson, Pitch
Perfect
• Best Shirtless Performance: Taylor Lautner, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 • Best Villain: Tom Hiddleston, The Avengers • Best Hero: Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit • Best Musical Moment: Rebel Wilson, Pitch
Perfect
• Movie Of The Year: The Avengers