Twilight Sweeps MTV Awards

Comedy writer comes clean on web

(NEWSER) - Make no butts about it: Eminem’s run-in with Sacha Baron Cohen’s derrière was staged, the Los Angeles Times reports. The man who wrote the bit for Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards took to the web to clear up the brouhaha for posterior—er, posterity. “Yes, the Bruno/Eminem incident was staged. They rehearsed it at dress (rehearsal),” Scott Aukerman explained. More»

From Britney and Madonna's kiss to Eminem's Bruno encounter

(NEWSER) - Awards shows are always good for unscripted celebrity drama—the unexpected smooches, the sore losers. PopEater counts down the most buzz-worthy awards show moments of the decade.

1. The kiss heard around the world: During the 2003 MTV VMAs, Madonna, and Britney Spears put on a show to remember.
2. Gracious? Not exactly. Faith Hill lost her cool when Carrie Underwood won an award at the 2006 Country Music Awards.

Angry rapper storms out of MTV Movie Awards

(NEWSER) - MTV added new category Best WTF Moment to this year’s Movie Awards, but the real WTF moment came courtesy of prankster Sacha Baron Cohen, the New York Daily News reports. Cohen—dressed as gay fashionista Bruno—descended from the ceiling in a jockstrap and angel wings, landing butt-first on a less-than-amused Eminem. The rapper, whose expletive-laden response was bleeped by the live show's censors, angrily stormed out of the theater. More»

Twilight , High School Musical steal the show

(NEWSER) - Heath Ledger won Best Villain last night at the MTV Movie Awards, but he was in the minority: Most of the awards went to tween fare, with Twilight snagging three, High School Musical 3 grabbing two, and Miley Cyrus winning one, E! reports. Jim Carrey and Amy Poehler were the only actors to join Ledger as winners from “grown-up” movies, while Ben Stiller won the MTV Generation Award. More»

House , Glee win for TV; Eminem, Katy Perry nail music awards

(NEWSER) - Bloodsuckers were the hit of MTV's People's Choice Awards last night as the Twilight Saga: Eclipse crew grabbed top movie, best film acting team, and best movie actress honors. "Wow, this is unreal," said a chatty Kristen Stewart. "I was a vampire this morning in Baton Rouge, so this is really weird." Johnny Depp won favorite film actor after a record 175 million fan votes, Adam Sandler won for top comedic star, and Toy Story 3 was voted favorite family movie, reports AP . Fans chose TV hit House as favorite TV drama, and Hugh Laurie and Lisa Edelstein as top drama actors. Glee nailed best comedy. More»