The 2008 MTV Movie Awards were presented live on June 1, 2008.
Maybe someone at MTV had a psychic moment: “Movie Awards Weekend Heats Up” was the headline on the channel’s website right around the time of the early morning blaze Sunday that turned a portion of Universal Studios into something resembling a 1970s disaster film.
(Top photo: Will Smith and his son, Jayden)
Lindsay Lohan, Verne Troye and Sean Diddy Combs
Despite the fire, the 2008 MTV Movie Awards and its national broadcast from Universal’s Gibson Amphitheatre went ahead as planned. And there was virtually no evidence of the real world amid the Hollywood fantasy.
Robert Downey, Jr.
Top stars such as Johnny Depp, Will Smith, Tom Cruise, Will Ferrell and Robert Downey Jr. attended. Other than comic actor Rainn Wilson’s mock threat about winners being set on fire if their speeches ran long and some stage pyrotechnics, there was no sign of the earlier ash or alarm.
The crowd cheered as Smith won best male performer for “I Am Legend” and Ellen Page from “Juno” won the counterpart trophy for actresses.
Depp took home two trophies and Adam Sandler won a career achievement award. “Transformers” won for best picture.
Megan Fox and Michael Bey
This was the 17th year of the awards show, and after the cruel humor of host Sarah Silverman last year, the sunnier Mike Myers took the job this year and staged a reunion with Dana Carvey for their loopy “Wayne’s World” roles, which they haven’t done since the mid-1990s.
Source: MTV Movie Awards impervious to studio fire
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Here is the list of nominees and winners.
BEST MOVIE
Juno
Transformers
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
I Am Legend
Superbad
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
Will Smith - I Am Legend
Shia LaBeouf- Transformers
Denzel Washington - American Gangster
Matt Damon - The Bourne Ultimatum
Michael Cera - Juno
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Ellen Page - Juno
Keira Knightley - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Katherine Heigl - Knocked Up
Amy Adams - Enchanted
Jessica Biel - I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
BEST VILLAIN
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Denzel Washington - American Gangster
Angelina Jolie - Beowulf
Topher Grace - Spider-Man 3
Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Adam Sandler - I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Jonah Hill - Superbad
Seth Rogen - Knocked Up
Amy Adams - Enchanted
BEST FIGHT
Matt Damon vs. Joey Ansah - The Bourne Ultimatum
Tobey Maguire vs. James Franco - Spider-Man 3
Hayden Christensen vs. Jamie Bell - Jumper
Sean Faris vs. Cam Gigandet - Never Back Down
Chris Tucker & Jackie Chan vs. Sun Ming Ming - Rush Hour 3
Alien vs. Predator- Aliens vs. Predator Requiem
BEST KISS
Shia LaBeouf and Sarah Roemer - Disturbia
Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey - Enchanted
Daniel Radcliffe and Katie Leung - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Ellen Page and Michael Cera - Juno
Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman - Step Up 2 The Streets
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Zac Efron - Hairspray
Seth Rogen - Knocked Up
Jonah Hill - Superbad
Michael Cera - Superbad
Chris Brown -This Christmas
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Megan Fox - Transformers
Christopher Mintz-Plasse - Superbad
BEST SUMMER MOVIE SO FAR
Iron Man
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Sex and the City: The Movie
Speed Racer
Via: Awards Daily - MTV Movie Awards
MTV Movie Awards 2008 (Photos & Video) 6-1-08
