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Summary The Hunger Games and its stars came up big winners at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday.
The Hunger Games swept four categories in what proved to be a tame evening atthe typically outrageous awards show.But the coveted movie of the year trophy, voted for by theaudience online throughout the show, went to The Twilight Saga- Breaking Dawn: Part 1, beating out The Hunger Games andHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.The Hunger Games picked up awards for best male and femaleperformances by Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence, besttransformation by Elizabeth Banks and best fight.The nights more irreverent categories such as beston-screen dirtbag went to Horrible Bosses star JenniferAniston for her role as a foul-mouthed dentist, and best kisswent to Twilight leads Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinsonfor the fourth year in a row.Host Russell Brand, known for his raunchy antics, played uphis cockney accent and launched into jokes about his short-livedmarriage to singer Katy Perry, thanking Kim Kardashian fortaking the pressure off me due to her brief marriage to KrisHumphries.His barbs were also directed at pop star Justin Bieber,Charlie Sheen, John Travolta, Kanye West and Shame actorMichael Fassbender, for profiting from sex addiction.Notable moments came from Batman Christian Bale who gavean emotional introduction to an exclusive trailer for theupcoming film The Dark Knight Rises, after footage of HeathLedger as the Joker was shown from the second installment of theChristopher Nolan Batman franchise.Prometheus stars Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbenderfeigned a fight scene while presenting, and Magic Mike starsMatthew McConaughey, Channing Tatum and Joe Manganiello temptedthe audience with a near strip-tease.The Descendants star Shailene Woodley picked up thebreakthrough performance award, Spiderman actress Emma Stonewas given the Trailblazer award and Dark Shadows actor JohnnyDepp was presented the 2012 Generation Award for his prolificcareer spanning three decades.
