Teen movies sweep MTV awards
The show, which thumbed its nose at more high-brow awards' programs with dirty jokes and shameless plugs for
Hollywood's upcoming summer blockbusters, also featured a 20th anniversary tribute to the 1985 teen drama The Breakfast Club.
Breakfast Club stars Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, and Anthony Michael Hall were all on hand to receive the award an oversized bucket of silver popcorn.
"It's pretty amazing to do a movie that's lasted for so long," Ringwald said as she arrived at the show.
The night's other big moment was Tom Cruise's acceptance of a lifetime achievement award presented to him by his new girlfriend, Katie Holmes.
"If I've been able to entertain you at all, OK? Then, I thank you for allowing me to do so," Cruise said.
The top award went to Napoleon Dynamite, a low-budget flick about a socially awkward teenager in rural Idaho.
Mean Girls, a comedy about a clique of popular but nasty girls, also picked up three awards, including best female performance for its star, Lindsay Lohan.
The show also featured its usual dose of irreverence, including a stunt in which host Jimmy Fallon grabbed actress Sandra Bullock's breasts.
Dustin Hoffman, who picked up the award for best comedic performance for his role in Meet the Fockers, also contributed one of the show's racier moments, which he said was inspired by rapper Eminem's performance earlier in the show.
"I noticed Eminem... he touched himself about 37 times," Hoffman said, then repeatedly touched his groin while listing those he wanted to thank for his award.
Best on-screen kiss went to Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling for The Notebook. To accept their award, the pair re-enacted the steamy kiss, with McAdams doing a running jump across the stage into Gosling's arms.
"Do we really need to say anything?" McAdams said at the podium following the stunt.
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