Twilght rules the Boring and Dirty MTV Movie Awards

For the umpteenth year in a row, the Twilight series ruled over the MTV Movie Awards  with Twilight Saga: Eclipse scooping up 5 popcorn trophies including Best Movie. These fan voted awards are incredibly predictable due to the insanely loyal and cuckoo Twi-hard fans who ensure every victory possible for the atrocious Twilight movies. I mean how on Earth does Kristen Stewart win an acting award over Natalie Portman who just won an Oscar for the same performance? Ridiculous! But really, these awards are just fun and games when you think about it, especially considering how dirty the show was. Swear words were all over the place and it seemed like most of the attendees were drunk. (I’m really looking at you R Patz!). Unfortunately, the brazen atmosphere didn’t add up to a good show because it was boring and sorely not funny. Poor host Jason Sudekis bombed as big as his last movie, Hall Pass. In fact, I don’t really have anything else to say about this sad show, so why don’t we just look at the big, ahem “winners” below. And if you want highlights or lowlights and more info on the show, head to MTV here.

2011 MTV Movie Award Winners:
Best Male Performance: Robert Pattinson (Twilight: Eclipse)
Best Female Performance: Kristen Stewart (Twilight: Eclipse)
Best Fight: Robert Pattinson vs. Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel (Twilight: Eclipse)
Best Kiss: Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart (Twilight: Eclipse)
Best Jaw Dropping Moment: Justin Bieber, (Justin Bieber: Never Say Never) Performance Spectacular
Best Villain: Tom Felton (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 1)
Best Line from a Movie: Alexys Nycole Sanchez, (Grown Ups): “I want to get chocolate wasted.”
Best Scared as Shit Performance: Ellen Page (Inception)
Best Comedic Performance: Emma Stone (Easy A)
Best Breakout Star: Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass)
Biggest Badass Star: Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass)
Best Movie: Twilight Saga: Eclipse
MTV Generation Award: Reese Witherspoon

Rio, Reese and Madea celebrate at the Easter Box Office

While it wasn’t a blockbuster weekend at the box office, several films all did quite well ushering in a nice boost to movie grosses as we head into the summer season. Next week will bring a big opening for Fast Five, then we’ll have Thor and more Pirates, but for now, the birds are ruling the roost yet again as Rio held on top for a second week pulling in $26.8 million for a total of $81 million. That was enough to hold off Tyler Perry’s latest, Madea’s Big Happy Family, which grabbed a good but not great $25 million much lower than the previous Madea movies. Opening above expectations was the Reese Witherspoon/Robert Pattinson romance Water for Elephants which took in $17.5 million, a good number for a period romance. The other new film in the top ten was the Disney documentary African Cats which did solid business with $6.4 million. The bad news was the big drop for Scream 4 which tumbled 61% to $6.4 million and may end up being outgrossed by the tiny budgeted horror pic Insidious when all is said and done…. Take a look at the new top ten below and for all your box office needs, head to Box Office Mojo here.

TW	LW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count / Change		Average	Total Gross	Budget*	Week #
1	1	Rio	Fox	$26,800,000	-31.7%	3,842	+16	$6,976	$81,261,000	$90	2
2	N	Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family	LGF	$25,750,000	-	2,288	-	$11,254	$25,750,000	-	1
3	N	Water for Elephants	Fox	$17,500,000	-	2,817	-	$6,212	$17,500,000	$38	1
4	3	Hop	Uni.	$12,461,000	+16.3%	3,616	+8	$3,446	$100,500,000	$63	4
5	2	Scream 4	W/Dim.	$7,154,000	-61.7%	3,314	+9	$2,159	$31,158,000	$40	2
6	N	African Cats	BV	$6,400,000	-	1,220	-	$5,246	$6,400,000	-	1
7	5	Soul Surfer	TriS	$5,600,000	-23.0%	2,240	+26	$2,500	$28,664,000	$18	3
8	7	Insidious	FD	$5,384,000	-20.2%	2,130	-103	$2,528	$44,178,000	$1.5	4
9	4	Hanna	Focus	$5,277,000	-27.5%	2,384	-161	$2,214	$31,718,000	$30	3
10	8	Source Code	Sum.	$5,063,000	-18.5%	2,363	-194	$2,143	$44,664,000	$32	4

Is it The Advocate or Entertainment Weekly?

Ok, this picture says it all…. Twilight is officially more gay than  Richard Simmons, and I say that with love. Take a look at the new cover of The Advocate, er, I’m sorry, Entertainment Weekly for all the proof you need… And scene.

Robin, Channing and Julia named among People’s 50 Most Beautiful!

It’s that time of year again… yes, the time when People Magazine names its list of the 50 most beautiful people in the world! Or more accurately, the 50 most beautiful people in the entertainment world! There are several of the usual suspects on the list again like Julia Roberts (the cover girl), Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Aniston and J Lo, but there are also several new folks riding hot buzz that land in the issue. Among the first timers are Amanda Seyfried, Zoe Saldana, Robert Pattinson, Channing Tatum, Sofia Vergara, Zoe Saldana and Bradley Cooper. Tween singing sensation Justin Bieber also merited a mention somehow. I’m most excited that my favorite actress (after the glorious Meryl Streep) is included on the list, Miss Robin Wright. I’ve been a fan of this brilliant and stunningly never Oscar nominated actress going all the way back to her Emmy nominated role on the best soap in history, Santa Barbara. She’s been giving great and critically acclaimed performances for years in films like Forrest Gump (SAG & Golden Globe noms), The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, State of Play and She’s So Lovely (SAG nom). She may finally get in the Oscar race with this fall’s The Conspirator co-starring James MacAvoy and directed by Robert Redford. It tells the tale of Mary Surrat the only woman charged in the conspiracy to kill President Lincoln. Sounds like Awards bait to me… Check out the first set picture below and click here for more info on the film.

For more on People’s Most Beautiful and the full list, click here.

Robin Wright and James MacAvoy on set in The Conspirator

Aren’t you GLAAD?

Over the weekend in New York City, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, held the first of its three ceremonies celebrating the 21st GLAAD Media Awards. The kudos which honor fair, accurate and inclusive  portrayals of GLBT people in the media honored ABC’s Brothers and Sisters for Outstanding Drama Series for the 4th year in a row along with the wonderful and heartbreaking Lifetime movie Prayers for Bobby for Outstanding TV Movie or Miniseries. The Oprah Winfrey  Show took the Outstanding Talk Show episode title for an episode centering on Ellen DeGeneres & Portia DeRossi while One Life to Live won for Daytime Drama. (It was a bittersweet win considering the popular gay couple “Kish” is being written out in the next month). The Robert Pattinson drama about Salvidor Dali, Little Ashes, nabbed the award for Limited Release Film and the hilarious episode of Parks and Recreation about gay penguins won the Outstanding Individual TV Episode award.

Two wonderful ladies were honored for their personal work for the LGBT community as well. Tony and Emmy Award winnning Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon received the Vito Russo Award for promoting equality and The View’s Joy Behar was given the Excellence in Media award for her work with LGBT advocacy.

I only wish I had been there for this fantastic occasion in person. I went to the LA awards ceremony last year and it’s always an inspiring and entertaining evening put on by such a worthy organization. The next ceremony will be in LA on April 17 where they will award Oustanding Feature Film and Comedy Series among others.

For a full list of winners and ceremony details, click here: http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/21/ny/recipients