The 2009 MTV Movie Awards premiered on May 31, 2009. Saturday Night Live’s Andy Samberg hosted the show, and he opened with a hilarious new take on recent hit movies. Taylor Swift and Justin Timberlake joined Andy’s previously-taped opening.
Nominees and Winners at 2009 MTV Awards
Best Movie Nominees – The Dark Knight, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Iron Man, Slumdog Millionaire, Twilight
Winner – Twilight
Best Female Performance Nominees –– Angelina Jolie (Wanted), Anne Hathaway (Bride Wars), Kate Winslet (The Reader), Kristen Stewart (Twilight), Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Winner – Kristen Stewart
Best Male Performance Nominees – Christian Bale (The Dark Knight), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Shia LaBeouf (Eagle Eye), Vin Diesel (Fast & Furious), Zac Efron (High School Musical 3: Senior Year)
Winner – Zac Efron
Breakthrough Performance Female Nominees– Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia!), Ashley Tisdale (High School Musical 3: Senior Year), Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire), Kat Dennings (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist), Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana: The Movie)
Winner – Ashley Tisdale
Breakthrough Performance Male Nominees– Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian), Bobb’e J. Thompson (Role Models), Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire), Robert Pattinson (Twilight), Taylor Lautner (Twilight)
Winner – Robert Pattinson
Best Comedic Performance Nominees– Amy Poehler (Baby Mama), Anna Faris (The House Bunny), James Franco (Pineapple Express), Jim Carrey (Yes Man), Steve Carell (Get Smart)
Winner – Jim Carrey
Best Villain Nominees– Derek Mears (Friday the 13th), Dwayne Johnson (Get Smart), Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight), Johnathon Schaech (Prom Night), Luke Goss (Hellboy II: The Golden Army)
Winner – Heath Ledger
Best Kiss Nominees– Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy (Wanted), Freida Pinto and Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire), James Franco and Sean Penn (Milk), Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson (Twilight), Paul Rudd and Thomas Lennon (I Love You, Man)
Winner – Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson
Best Fight Nominees– Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson (Bride Wars), Christian Bale vs. Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight), Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet (Twilight), Ron Perlman vs. Luke Goss (Hellboy II: The Golden Army), Seth Rogen and James Franco vs. Danny McBride (Pineapple Express)
Winner – Robert Pattinson, Cam Gigandet
Best WTF Moment Nominees– Amy Poehler peeing in the sink (Baby Mama), Angelina Jolie’s curved bullet kill (Wanted), Ayush Mahesh Khedekar jumping in the poop shed (Slumdog Millionaire), Ben Stiller tasting a decapitated head (Tropic Thunder), Jason Segel and Kristin Bell’s naked break up (Forgetting Sarah Marshall)
Winner – Amy Poehler
Best Song from a Movie Nominees – Jai Ho by A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire), The Wrestler by Bruce Springsteen (The Wrestler), The Climb by Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana: The Movie), Decode by Paramore (Twilight)
Winner – Miley Cyrus
Notable Performances
Host Andy’s monologue was definitely a top performance. He laid down ground rules no farting and no punching while taking jabs at stars Leighton Meister of Gossip Girl and actor Kiefer Sutherland.
Eminem returned to the stage with his new singles We Made You and Crack a Bottle. It was a great splash back on the scene.
Director J.J. Abrams and actor Will Ferrell sang a hilarious tribute to cool guys. Will was introduced as Neil Diamond.
Bruno entered in a confusing way – flying over the stage with angel wings and a bare bottom. He landed on Eminem, who freaked out. Eminem’s crew started beating him up, and Eminem stormed off. Not sure if it was real or fake, but Eminem looked outraged and offended.
Singers LeAnn Rimes and Chris Isaak and actor Forest Whitaker performed a very odd medley of Andy’s digital shorts.
Previews of Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, New Moon and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince were shown.
