Straight Outta Compton, which only earned one Academy Award nomination (for writing, and all of the nominees were white) this year, won big at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday.
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His best thank you was saved for his lovely wife of three years, Blake Lively.
“The reason I’m standing up here is because of you guys”. Will Smith and Melissa McCarthy both received special awards.
J.J. Abrams and Daisy Ridley accept the movie of the year award for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” with co-hosts Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart during the 2016 MTV Movie Awards on April 9, 2016. Studios in Burbank, California, he said: “I have been trying to get “Deadpool” made for over a decade and I failed and it’s you the fans that got this made”. It was the usual hodgepodge of wacky performances, movie trailer premieres, and – oh yeah – awards, but one performance definitely took the cake for being the most WTF moment of the whole damn night.
The Lonely Island paid tribute to Will Smith winning the Generation Award by rapping a medley of Smith’s popular songs while dressed in Fresh Prince attire. “When I first heard that MTV wanted to give me the Generation Award, I thought that was code for the “Old Ass Dude Award”, he said as the crowd laughed. Co-star Adam Driver was awarded Best Villain.
Smith’s “Suicide Squad” which is showing August also debuted with an exclusive clip. I want to display love.
“That’s the most extravagant entrance I’ve ever experienced”, said Redmayne, who, after a bunch of men in suits with suitcases danced their way to the stage, popped out of a suitcase himself.
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Actor Alexander Skarsgard went for a pantless look at Saturday’s taped award show as he presented an award with actor Samuel L. Jackson – who was wearing trousers – for Best Movie Award.
