Poll: Was 'Twilight Saga: Eclipse' robbed at the Teen Choice Awards?

In past years, "Twilight Saga" films always swept the Teen Choice Awards and "Eclipse" was the fave to lead the way again Sunday night, but it got –- well –- eclipsed in some top races.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" pulled off a real magic trick by doing what the previous Potter pix couldn't do –- that is, drive a stake into the award hopes of the trendy vampire flicks. According to the award pundits at Gold Derby, "Twilight Saga: Eclipse" was expected to win choice sci-fi/fantasy film; Robert Pattinson was supposed to win male hottie sci-fi fantasy actor and share the trophy for best lip lock with Kristen Stewart.

However, "Harry Potter" won the film prize; Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson won the smooch award; Justin Bieber was hailed as top hottie. Watson even beat Stewart for best sci-fi actress. "Twilight" did win the actor's prize for sci-fi/fantasy fare, but it went to Pattinson's studly rival Taylor Lautner.

Lesser "Twilight" stars Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene won the scene stealer categories, and Pattinson won a token consolation prize -- choice vampire –- but otherwise there was little recognition for "Twilight" compared to previous years. Why? Is everybody just now caught up in hysteria over the release of the last "Harry Potter" film?

-- Tom O'Neil

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When the "Twilight" film franchise comes to a close next summer, the movie's stars might want to consider opening up a surf shop. Because for what seemed like the umpteenth year in a row, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and the rest of the "Twilight" crew swept the Teen Choice Awards -- where instead of walking off with glittering trophies, winners take home waxed-up surfboards.

Lautner took home the prize for choice movie actor in a sci/fi fantasy flick -- "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," of course -- while Pattinson was named choice movie actor and vampire. Meanwhile, the film's lesser-known stars, Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene, were awarded the choice scene stealers prize.

All of the winners for the award show -- which were held at Universal City's Gibson Amphitheater on Sunday night and hosted by "The Big Bang Theory's" Kaley Cuoco -- were selected by the public via online voting in the weeks leading up to the telecast.

Some of the evening's other big winners? Taylor Swift, whose gal pal Emma Stone was on hand to honor her for scoring six different prizes.

Meanwhile, Swift's other BFF, Selena Gomez, performed with her band the Scene as her boyfriend, Justin Bieber, mouthed the lyrics to her new single and danced from the audience. Gomez took home five surfboards for choice TV comedy actress, music single, best love song, musical group -- and, most important -- female hottie.

Appropriately, her beau was named choice male hottie. How adorable. (He also won three other prizes, including choice twit -- whatever that means.)

Oh, but the adults weren't left empty-handed. Plenty of stars over the ripe age of 30, like Cameron Diaz, Ed Helms, Ellen DeGeneres and Ashton Kutcher all walked away with surfboards of their own.

Upon accepting the award for movie actor in a romantic comedy, Kutcher -- who seemed to have walked in straight off the set of "Two and a Half Men" -- took the opportunity to lecture the young'uns.

"Don't charge anything on a credit card if you don't already have money in the bank to pay for it," he cautioned. Then he broke into a rendition of Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream." Enough said.

Keep reading for a full list of winners.

Predictions: 'Twilight Saga: Eclipse' will sweep Teen Choice Awards

"Twilight Saga: Eclipse" will win at least six trophies at Sunday night's Teen Choice Awards, according to Gold Derby. Separate predictions made by the website's users and editors agree that it will sweep these six categories:

Choice sci-fi/fantasy film
Choice lip lock: Robert Pattinson, Kristin Stewart
Choice male hottie: Robert Pattinson
Choice scene stealer, female: Ashley Green
Choice movie actor, sci-fi/fantasy: Robert Pattinson
Choice movie actress, sci-fi/fantasy: Kristen Stewart

Gold Derby's editors believe "Twilight's" Kellan Lutz will win Choice scene stealer, male, but the site's users pick Justin Timberlake ("The Social Network").

They also clash over what will win Choice movie drama: Editors opt for Robert Pattinson's "Water for Elephants" and site users pick "Black Swan." See predictions in more races. Click on the word "more" in each chart title to see full prediction data on each race.

— Tom O'Neil

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Photo: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in "Twilight Saga: Eclipse." Photo credit: Summit.

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"Twilight Saga: Eclipse" struck out at the Oscars, but the teen vampire movie is the "King's Speech" of the Teen Choice Awards. The pop culture phenomenon about an angsty teen played by Kristen Stewart caught in a love triangle with a vampire (Robert Pattinson) and a werewolf (Taylor Lautner) nabbed 12 TCA nominations.

"Eclipse" is competing for Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, along with acting, scene stealing and villain awards. However, for the teen set, all that really matters is the Choice Movie: Liplock category, which includes nods for Stewart’s smooches with Pattinson and Lautner.

Fans, who get to vote for their favorites leading up to the Aug. 7 show, will have to choose between the "Twilight" gang and their old rivals from "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 1," another top contender. But Teen Choice isn't just about the sci-fi/fantasy flicks, with a wide range of movies, music and television up for awards too. Scroll through the list to see who's battling it out for a surfboard this year.

Poll: Who gave the best acceptance at the MTV Movie Awards?

"This will look really good on my downstairs toilet," Tom Felton ("Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1") said as he accepted the MTV Movie Award for best villain for the second consecutive year.

That was just one of the many outrageous things that occurred when winners took the spotlight at the MTV Movie Awards. But was that the best acceptance?

Perhaps Robert Pattinson gets to claim that distinction for ambushing Taylor Lautner with a smooch when he won best kiss along with Kristen Stewart ("Twilight Saga: Eclipse")? Right afterward, Pattinson grabbed Stewart and hauled her off, purring, "I want to take you backstage!"

Pattinson also had a remarkable acceptance speech for the best fight award, which he claimed for "Twilight Saga: Eclipse" along with Xavier Samuel and Bryce Dallas Howard.

When Howard said to him at the podium, "I guess I should say I'm so sorry I tried to hurt you, Rob," he replied: "It's fine. I ripped your head off ... and now you're pregnant."

Stewart had a truly winning moment when she bagged the golden popcorn statuette for best female performance over Natalie Portman ("Black Swan"). Gleefully, she exulted, "Natalie, sorry, but the popcorn is mine!"

-- Tom O'Neil

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Photo: Rob Pattinson and Taylor Lautner lock lips. Credit: Matt Sayles / Associated Press

MTV Movie Awards: Winners list

So after all the silliness, randy humor and musical performances, who actually walked away with trophies at the MTV Movie Awards Sunday night? Here's the list of winners:

Movie: “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.”

Male performance: Robert Pattinson, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.”

Female performance: Kristen Stewart, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.”

Comedic Performance: Emma Stone, “Easy A.”

Breakout Star: Chloe Grace Moretz, “Kick-Ass.”

Biggest Badass Star: Chloe Grace Moretz, “Kick-Ass.”

Best Villain: Tom Felton, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.”

Best Kiss: Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.”

Best Fight: Robert Pattinson vs. Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.”

Best Jaw-Dropping Moment: Justin Bieber, “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.”

Best Line from a Movie: “I want to get chocolate-wasted,” Alexys Nycole Sanchez, “Grown Ups.”

Best Scared ... Performance: Ellen Page, “Inception.”

Generation Award: Reese Witherspoon.

-- Staff and wire reports

Photo: Multiple-award winners, including for best kiss, Kristen Stewart as Bella and Robert Pattinson as Edward in "Twilight Saga: Eclipse." Credit: Kimberley French / Summit Entertainment

MTV Movie Awards: Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner lock lips

 
The most memorable moment at the MTV Movie Awards? That's easy. Robert Pattinson and "Twilight" costar Kristen Stewart won for best kiss (just like last year), but instead of giving the audience an in-person encore liplock, the lanky 25-year-old British heartthrob abandoned Stewart (who could be heard uttering, "Oh, man, this is silly") and bounded off stage. As the crowd cheered, Pattinson found Taylor Lautner (who plays his onscreen rival for Stewart's affections) and gave him a long, messy smooch on the lips.

Just as the MTV trophy show once gave us same-sex snogging between Madonna and Britney Spears and, more recently, Scarlett Johansson and Sandra Bullock, the pop-culture outlet has now given us a guy-on-guy kiss — or should that be a vampire and werewolf kiss?

Love is everywhere, especially when there's popcorn to be sold.

— Geoff Boucher

 

Photo: Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson accept the best kiss award as presenter Ryan Reynolds watches at the MTV Movie Awards. Credit: Reuters.

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"Harry Potter," "Twilight" and Justin Bieber were the brands to bet on in the awards categories Sunday night and no surprise considering the fierce loyalty and online power of young girls. The winners looked amused at times, and their acceptance speeches were just as odd as the categories.

Robert Pattinson -- the "Twilight" star who ranks titan of greatest magnitude with the Clearasil crowd -- and Bryce Dallas-Howard won in the best fight category, and Pattinson, looking at his pregnant "Twilight" costar, came up with this gem: "I ripped your head off and now you're pregnant."    

-- Geoff Boucher

Photo: Robert Pattinson accepting the award for best male performance at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday with presenters Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis. Credit: Matt Sayles / Associated Press

Poll: Who'll win best kiss at the MTV Movie Awards?

Normally, when trying to predict who'll win the battle over best kiss at the MTV Movie Awards, it's safe to bet on "Twilight Saga" stars. Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have won the category the last two years for the original "Twilight" and its "New Moon" sequel.

However, this year there are two nominee pairings from "Twilight Saga: Eclipse" -- Kristen Stewart's latest pucker with Pattinson, plus her sneaky smooch with Taylor Lautner. If they split the "Twilight" vote, then that means that all three could get, well, a big kiss-off at the MTV Movie Awards.

Daniel Radcliffe's awkward kiss with Emma Watson in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 1" could prevail, but beware: Radcliffe's earlier lip lock with Katie Leung in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" lost to Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman's smooch in "Step Up 2: The Streets" (2008).

A more likely usurper will be the girl-on-girl action between Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis in "Black Swan." This category has a history of same-sex kisses winning like Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen ("Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," 2007) and Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal ("Brokeback Mountain," 2006).

-- Tom O'Neil

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"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" is probably a shoo-in to win best picture at the MTV Movie Awards, which will be doled out Sunday. After all, the first two installments of "The Twilight Saga" won the top prize in 2009 and 2010.

But what about the other categories? Is it possible that a bit of "Twilight" fatigue has set in? That's hard to imagine considering "New Moon" and its stars swept all five of its MTV Movie Award categories last year: best film, male performance (Robert Pattinson), female performance (Kristen Stewart), kiss (Pattinson and Stewart) and global superstar (Pattinson). It lost only two nominations and those were in categories where one "Twilight" contender beat another. (Pattinson crushed Taylor Lautner for best actor and Stewart for global superstar.)

Stewart has won best actress here for the last two years, but her loss to Pattinson in the superstar race suggests she might be vulnerable. She faces a major challenge in the lead actress contest from recent Oscar champ Natalie Portman in "Black Swan," which is so popular that it's also up for best picture at the MTV Movie Awards.

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-- Tom O'Neil

Photo: "Twilight Saga: Eclipse." Photo: Summit Entertainment