‘Crashers’
wins three MTV Movie Awards
Jake Gyllenhaal takes home
two awards, including best kiss
CULVER
CITY, Calif. - Last summer’s “Wedding Crashers” was the big winner at
Saturday’s 2006 MTV Movie Awards, collecting three prizes, including the
coveted Golden Popcorn trophy for best movie.
The
film also earned breakthrough performance honors for Isla Fisher and best
on-screen team award for Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.
The
unconventional awards show, held on a soundstage at Sony Studios, celebrates
the fun of films with prizes recognizing the best on-screen hero, villain,
kiss and fight, as well as sexy, funny and frightened performances.
Host
Jessica Alba turned current blockbusters into comedic treats with parodies
of “The Da Vinci Code,” “Mission Impossible: III” and “King
Kong.”
“It
was a lot of work” making the mini-movies, she told The Associated Press.
“At the end of the day, I needed a bath and a cry.”
Alba
took home her own Golden Popcorn trophy for her sexy performance in “Sin
City.”
Jake
Gyllenhaal was a double winner. He beat out Oscar-winner Reese Witherspoon
for best performance and teamed with “Brokeback Mountain” co-star Heath
Ledger for best kiss.
“This
is a real honor, not just for me and Heath but for all of you, that you
picked this movie and this kiss over all the other ones,” Gyllenhaal said.
Awards
are based on fan votes.
Rapper
LL Cool J presented Spike Lee with the Silver Bucket of Excellence for “Do
the Right Thing,” his 1989 film examining racial tensions. The prize
honors a movie from the past that has present-day resonance.
“The
sad thing is that the issues that we tried to address with ‘Do the Right
Thing’ are still with us today, so how much progress have we made?” Lee
asked as he accepted his award.
Will
Ferrell presented fellow funnyman Jim Carrey with the MTV Generation Award
for his diverse body of work.
“This
man’s versatility makes Thomas Jefferson look like a big fat idiot,”
Ferrell said.
Wearing
an all-white suit, Carrey took the stage with a cadre of winged angels and
performed a spontaneous hip-shaking jig.
The
show also featured musical performances by soul duo Gnarls Barkley, rockers
AFI and scantily clad songbird Christina Aguilera, who performed “Ain’t
No Other Man.”
The
show is scheduled to air at 8:30 p.m. June 8 on MTV.
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