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| The Avengers becomes triple hero at MTV Movie awards | The Avengers becomes triple hero at MTV Movie awards |
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| With a cast of superheroes and villains, The Avengers saw off its competitors to become the big winner at the MTV Movie awards. | |
| The action adventure won three awards on Sunday, including the top prize, movie of the year. | The action adventure won three awards on Sunday, including the top prize, movie of the year. |
| "What's the opposite of humbled? We're Biebered to be standing here," said Avengers writer-director Joss Whedon as he accepted the golden popcorn trophy. "This is the award that means the most to me. I am so grateful and very excited for 2015; we're going to bring you Avengers 2." | "What's the opposite of humbled? We're Biebered to be standing here," said Avengers writer-director Joss Whedon as he accepted the golden popcorn trophy. "This is the award that means the most to me. I am so grateful and very excited for 2015; we're going to bring you Avengers 2." |
| The Avengers also won best fight and best villain for actor Tom Hiddleston. | The Avengers also won best fight and best villain for actor Tom Hiddleston. |
| Bradley Cooper and show host Rebel Wilson were each double winners. Cooper won the first prize of the night for his performance in Silver Linings Playbook and returned to the stage to accept best kiss honours for his smooch with co-star Jennifer Lawrence in that film. | Bradley Cooper and show host Rebel Wilson were each double winners. Cooper won the first prize of the night for his performance in Silver Linings Playbook and returned to the stage to accept best kiss honours for his smooch with co-star Jennifer Lawrence in that film. |
| Lawrence, who won the Oscar for her role in Playbook, was also a double winner, though she wasn't on hand. In addition to the kiss award she won the golden popcorn for her performance. | Lawrence, who won the Oscar for her role in Playbook, was also a double winner, though she wasn't on hand. In addition to the kiss award she won the golden popcorn for her performance. |
| Jamie Foxx was another double winner. He shared the best WTF moment award with Samuel L Jackson for their scenes together in Django Unchained and later thanked his daughter, parents and siblings in the audience as he accepted the Generation award for his career in film. | Jamie Foxx was another double winner. He shared the best WTF moment award with Samuel L Jackson for their scenes together in Django Unchained and later thanked his daughter, parents and siblings in the audience as he accepted the Generation award for his career in film. |
| Foxx stars in White House Down, getting its US release in June. | Foxx stars in White House Down, getting its US release in June. |
| Wilson, who opened and closed the show wearing Iron Man-style armour, won breakthrough performance for her work in Pitch Perfect and shared in the film's award for best musical moment. Its stars, including Brittany Snow and Skylar Astin, opened the show with a mash-up medley. | Wilson, who opened and closed the show wearing Iron Man-style armour, won breakthrough performance for her work in Pitch Perfect and shared in the film's award for best musical moment. Its stars, including Brittany Snow and Skylar Astin, opened the show with a mash-up medley. |
| Other musical acts were Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Selena Gomez, who debuted her new song Come and Get It with a Bollywood-inspired performance. | Other musical acts were Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Selena Gomez, who debuted her new song Come and Get It with a Bollywood-inspired performance. |
| The MTV Movie awards are as much about the anticipated films of the summer season as they are about the finest films of last year. Fans vote online for the winners in traditional and irreverent categories such as best fight, best kiss and best shirtless performance. Twilight actor Taylor Lautner won the shirtless award. | |
| The show also included new footage from Iron Man 3, released in April and May, and the world premiere of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire trailer, introduced by one of its stars, Liam Hemsworth. | The show also included new footage from Iron Man 3, released in April and May, and the world premiere of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire trailer, introduced by one of its stars, Liam Hemsworth. |