- 2008 MTV Movie Awards
The 2008 MTV Movie Awards broadcasted the 17th annual movie awards show live on Sunday,
June 1 , at theGibson Amphitheatre inUniversal City, California . The ceremonies were hosted by Mike Myers, the backstage by Tim Cash.Host
Musical performers
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Coldplay (performing "Viva la Vida")
*Pussycat Dolls (performing "When I Grow Up" alongside guest dancersJabbaWockeeZ )
* Chris Brown (A little dance opening with Mike Myers spoof ofMiley Cyrus and Jon M. Chu's online dance battle)
*Adam Sandler (A parody ofCarly Simon 's "Nobody Does It Better " upon accepting his MTV Generation award), along with the guitar solo from Pink Floyd's song "Mother"Acting performances
* Mike Myers and
Dana Carvey performing a sketch of their famousSaturday Night Live characters Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar fromWayne's World . In this sketch they presented a list of the 10 best porn movie names inspired by recent movies: 10) Horton Hears A Ho 9) 8) I Am Legend...In Bed 7) The Suck-It List 6) I Know Who Drilled Me 5) Scat-Atouille 4) Gush Hour 3 3) No Country For Old Balls 2) Alvin In The Chipmunks 1) Iron Man
*Ben Stiller ,Robert Downey Jr. andJack Black in an office trying to make a viral video to promote their new movie, "Tropic Thunder ". The video is directed and written by Stiller's (fictituos) nephew Carl. The video heavily involves Black in costume as a panda from his movieKung Fu Panda getting beaten up, tortured, and attacked in the groin by Downey in costume as Iron Man, they even go as far as shoving a stick of dynamite up Black's nose.Presenters
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Jack Black - Best Movie
*Steve Carell - Best Comedic Performance
*Tom Cruise - Generation Award
*Robert Downey Jr. - Best Movie
*Anna Faris - IntroducedThe Pussycat Dolls
*Megan Fox - Best Kiss
*James Franco - Best Summer Movie So Far
*Brendan Fraser - Best Villain
* Anne Hathaway - Best Comedic Performance
*Jennifer Hudson - Best Male Performance
*Lindsay Lohan - Breakthrough Performance
*Katharine McPhee - IntroducedThe Pussycat Dolls
*Danny McBride - Best Fight
*Seth Rogen - Best Summer Movie So Far
*Rumer Willis - IntroducedThe Pussycat Dolls
*Will Ferrell - Best Fight
*Dwayne Johnson - Best Comedic Performance
*Edward Norton - IntroducedColdplay
*Ben Stiller - Best Movie
*Emma Stone - IntroducedThe Pussycat Dolls
*Liv Tyler - IntroducedColdplay
*Verne Troyer - Breakthrough Performance
*Sean Combs - Breakthrough Performance
*Rainn Wilson - Best Kiss
*Sarah Jessica Parker - Best Male PerformanceNominees and winners
Winners for each category are in bold.
Best Movie
* "Transformers"
* "Superbad
* "Juno"
* ""
* ""
* "I Am Legend"Best Male Performance
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Will Smith - "I Am Legend"
*Michael Cera - "Juno"
*Matt Damon - "The Bourne Ultimatum"
*Shia LaBeouf - "Transformers"
*Denzel Washington - "American Gangster"Best Female Performance
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Ellen Page - "Juno"
*Amy Adams - "Enchanted"
*Jessica Biel - "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry "
*Katherine Heigl - "Knocked Up "
*Keira Knightley - "Breakthrough Performance
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Zac Efron - "Hairspray"
*Nikki Blonsky - "Hairspray"
*Megan Fox - "Transformers"
* Chris Brown - "This Christmas"
*Michael Cera - "Superbad"
*Jonah Hill - "Superbad"
*Christopher Mintz-Plasse - "Superbad"
*Seth Rogen - "Knocked Up "Best Comedic Performance
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Johnny Depp - ""
*Amy Adams - "Enchanted"
*Jonah Hill - "Superbad"
*Seth Rogen - "Knocked Up "
*Adam Sandler - "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry "Best Kiss
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Briana Evigan &Robert Hoffman - "Step Up 2 the Streets "
*Amy Adams &Patrick Dempsey - "Enchanted"
*Shia LaBeouf &Sarah Roemer - "Disturbia "
*Ellen Page &Michael Cera - "Juno"
*Daniel Radcliffe &Katie Leung - "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"Best Villain
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Johnny Depp - ""
*Javier Bardem - "No Country for Old Men"
*Topher Grace - "Spider-Man 3 "
*Angelina Jolie - "Beowulf"
*Denzel Washington - "American Gangster"Best Fight
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Sean Faris vs.Cam Gigandet - "Never Back Down "
* "Alien" vs. "Predator" - "
*Hayden Christensen vs.Jamie Bell - "Jumper"
*Matt Damon vs.Joey Ansah - "The Bourne Ultimatum"
*Tobey Maguire vs.James Franco - "Spider-Man 3 "
*Chris Tucker &Jackie Chan vs.Sun Ming Ming - "Rush Hour 3 "Best Summer Movie So Far
* "Iron Man"
* "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull "
* ""
* ""
* "Speed Racer"MTV Generation Award
* "
Adam Sandler "External links
* [http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2008/ MTV Movie Awards official site]
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