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"The Force Awakens," the third-highest grossing film of all
time, led with 11 nominations and beat out blockbusters such as
"Jurassic World" and "Avengers: Age of Ultron" for movie of the
year. Lead star Daisy Ridley won best breakthrough performance.
"It's especially amazing to be part of a film that represents
all genders - two genders - and races and ages in such a
positive and aspirational way," Ridley said.
It's all about the unpredictable and irreverent moments at
Viacom Inc's fan-voted Movie Awards, which taped Saturday in Los
Angeles and will air Sunday on the MTV network.
Hosts Kevin Hart and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson set the tone for
the evening as they opened with curse words and insults, at one
point dressing up as Batman and Superman to throw barbs at the
A-list superhero actors in attendance.
They also rapped about Oscar-winner DiCaprio having sexual
intercourse with a bear in "The Revenant".
"Pitch Perfect 2" stars Rebel Wilson and Adam Devine won best
kiss and recreated their messy film smooch, passionately
grabbing each other on stage.
Charlize Theron won best female performance for playing
Imperator Furiosa in "Mad Max: Fury Road". She said the film was
"in part a story of the power of women and the power to create
our own destinies," dedicating her win to "all the Furoisas".
Halle Berry introduced actor-singer Will Smith as a "champion
for diversity" when awarding him the MTV Generation Award. Smith
joked the accolade was "the old ass dude award".
"I want to display love, play roles that have dignity and I just
want to help in this world," the "Concussion" star said.
Other winners included hip hop biopic "Straight Outta Compton"
for best true story, Ryan Reynolds for best comedic performance
and best fight for "Deadpool," Amy Poehler for best virtual
performance in "Inside Out" and Chris Pratt for best action
performance for "Jurassic World".
Actress Melissa McCarthy crowd-surfed to the stage to accept the
Comedic Genius award, saying "I'm the first woman to receive
this award but I am certainly not the first one to deserve it".
"My mother taught me not to fear being the butt of the joke, not
to worry about being likeable or perfect, and to lovingly go for
the kill," she said.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; editing by Franklin Paul)
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