For his role as vampire Edward Cullen in “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” Pattinson won best male performance, best fight with Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel, and best kiss with Kristen Stewart. Team Jacob also earned some love from “Saturday Night Live” star Jason Sudeikis, the show’s host, who kicked off the silly ceremony at the Gibson Amphitheater by starring in his own version of “The Hangover” in which he went in search of a lost Taylor Lautner. The other “Twilight” winners were Stewart for best female performance and “Eclipse” for best movie.
“Natalie, sorry, but the popcorn is mine,” Stewart said mockingly, referencing fellow nominee Natalie Portman, who won the best actress Oscar earlier this year for “Black Swan.”
It was the third straight year that “Twilight” eclipsed the competition with the most wins at the fan-favorite ceremony. Last year, “New Moon,” the second installment of the “Twilight” film franchise, also earned awards for best movie, best kiss, best female performance and best male performance.
“The fact that we’re standing up here is a testament to all the hard work that went into 'Eclipse,'" Lautner said.
The awards are determined by fans’ online votes, which probably accounts for Justin Bieber’s win in the best jaw dropping moment category for his 3D concert film “Never Say Never.” The Canadian teen idol beat seemingly edgier scenes from such films as “Black Swan” and “127 Hours.”
The producers of “The Social Network” probably will not lose too much sleep wondering why Aaron Sorkin’s Oscar-winning script lost the best line from a movie category to the critical bomb “Grown Ups.” The winning quote, “I want to get chocolate wasted,” was uttered by child actress Alexys Nycole Sanchez.
Tom Felton won best villain for his role in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.” “This will look very nice in my downstairs toilet,” Felton said of his trophy. “Thank you.” The ceremony was filled with several awkward moments.
Sudeikis spent most of his opening monologue cracking jokes about the revelations that Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a child with a housekeeper. He also poked fun at singer-actress Selena Gomez, who embarrassingly hid her face from the cameras as he scolded her for kissing fellow teen sensation Bieber and swallowing “three of his baby teeth.”
“I really didn’t think I was going to win,” Pattinson said during his acceptance speech. “Zac Efron was crying and stuff in that little clip.”
The show also served as a promotional platform for Hollywood studios’ upcoming films as much as it did as an awards ceremony. Emma Watson, J.J. Abrams, Steven Spielberg and Elle Fanning were among the celebrities on hand to present sneak peeks at “Super 8,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” and “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part One.”
Presenters included The Foo Fighters, Lupe Fiasco and Trey Songz, and presenters of the trophies included Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Steve Carell, Shia LaBeouf, Patrick Dempsey, Cameron Diaz, Selena Gomez and Nicki Minaj.
