LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shailene Woodley and Jennifer Lopez were among the early winners at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday night.
The irreverent show doles out such cheeky honors as best kiss and best shirtless performance, but also serves as an unofficial promotional platform for the upcoming blockbuster season.
As the first winner of the night for best female performance in “The Fault in Our Stars,” Woodley, who received the trailblazer award, gave an emotion speech dedicated to the book’s author, John Green.
“He gave this world a beautiful masterpiece,” she said directly to Green, who was seated in the audience. Woodley said that the book changed her life when she read it and that his words will transcend the test of time.
Lopez won for best scared-as-s–t performance for playing the unlucky teacher in the campy thriller “The Boy Next Door.”
“I’m so glad you enjoyed the ride,” Lopez said in her acceptance speech.
Films such as Marvel space adventure “Guardians of the Galaxy” and coed comedy “Neighbors” are also competing for the fan-voted Golden Popcorn statuettes. In addition to the kiss and shirtless categories, other wacky awards include best villain, and best WTF moment. Vin Diesel, Sofia Vergara and Mark Wahlberg are among the presenters.
Host Amy Schumer, still a rising comedian, joked at the outset that, “half of you don’t know who I am and half of you think I’m Meghan Trainor,” she said, referring to the “All About that Bass” singer, before poking fun at MTV, Hillary Clinton and even Harrison Ford.
“This is going to be the party of the year. I just hope Harrison Ford doesn’t crash it,” Schumer said, referring to the actor’s recent plane crash.
The casualness of the show at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles was also reflected in the attire and attitude of the attendees.
On the steamy blue carpet before the show “Teen Wolf’s” Tyler Posey sported a weather appropriate look of denim shorts and sneakers without socks.
“You can just have so much fun,” he said of the show. “It’s silly and there’s usually a lot of alcohol.”
“This is definitely not the Oscars,” added “22 Jump Street” actress Jillian Bell.
But the real focus was on what’s coming up at the multiplex this summer, with previews planned for “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” ”Paper Towns” and “Pitch Perfect 2.”
Robert Downey Jr. is picking up a special award and will be joined onstage by “Avengers” co-stars Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson and Chris Hemsworth. But there’s an agenda behind the accolade, of course: the promotion of “Ultron.”
Stars like Rebel Wilson from other summer films are also expected to appear on the show in support of their projects.
Even host Schumer has a film to promote: “Trainwreck,” a relationship comedy from director Judd Apatow that Schumer wrote and stars in.
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Entertainment Writer Derrik J. Lang also contributed to this report.
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