Will Smith will receive the Generation Award, given to acknowledge an actor’s body of work throughout his career, and Ariana Grande is among the performers.
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Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry, who introduced Jones with his prize, explained: “May can be a success for diversity in Hollywood, blazing a path for celebrities by displaying that somebody of any colour can play any role, and may start any movie and acquire any award and start to become the largest freaking celeb inside the entire planet”.
MTV celebrated the 25th anniversary of the MTV Movie Awards on Saturday night. The ceremony was co-hosted by Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California on Saturday.
The show honors the year’s biggest action-packed blockbusters that usually tend to be shunned during Hollywood’s annual awards season.
The duo performed a comedy song together about The Revenant, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, with the lyrics: “Leo got f***** by a bear.”. Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Melissa McCarthy and Chris Hemsworth…
This year, the network has pulled out all the stops, recruiting A-list performers and presenters to celebrate this year’s most popular films and their stars.
“It feels especially unbelievable to be part of a film that reps all genders… races and ages in such a positive and aspirational way”, she said.
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 the first award of the night: best female performance for “Mad Max: Fury Road”.
Accepting the award, he joked that the Generation Award was “code for the old-ass dude award”.
Ryan Reynolds collected two awards – best comedic performance for his role in comic book movie Deadpool, and best fight for a sequence in the film with Ed Skrein. From MTV-branded onesies (Tyler Posey) to a Little Mermaid-esque seashell bra (Halsey), the show drew quite the crowd.
“Our son was destined to be tough, but thanks to you he’s going to be smart, too”, Pratt said.
Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Melissa McCarthy and Chris Hemsworth are set to bring their star power to the MTV Movie Awards this weekend.
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Other winners included Jennifer Lawrence, who was named Best Hero for her performance as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, and Amy Poehler, who was given the Virtual Performance award for her voice role as Joy on Inside Out.
