The MTV Movie Awards is not the kind of place to celebrate A Beautiful Mind. Heck, Seann William Scott winning a trophy proved that.
But thankfully, that's what sets it apart from the Oscars, as the 2002 edition honored fan fave The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as the year's Best Movie, named Denzel Washington Best Villain rather than Best Actor for his corrupt cop in Training Day--and hosted Kelly Osbourne's singing debut with a cover of Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach."
All told, Peter Jackson's Hobbit tale and Baz Luhrmann's dizzying musical Moulin Rouge led the way Saturday with two golden popcorn trophies apiece.
In addition to Best Movie, Lord scored a Breakthrough Male Performance honor for elvin hunk Orlando Bloom, while Moulin Rouge gave Nicole Kidman a Best Female Performance trophy and an award for Best Musical Sequence, along with crooning costar Ewan McGregor.
"I'm really bummed we didn't get Best Kiss," Kidman told the crowd at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. "We should have rehearsed more, we needed to kiss more, Ewan."
Sorry, Nicole: Best Kiss honors instead went to Seann William Scott and Jason Biggs for their lip-lock in American Pie 2.
Oscar also-ran Will Smith picked up Best Male Performance for his beefed-up role as the Champ in Ali. "I'm a baaaaad man!" he proclaimed upon receiving the honor.
And A Walk to Remember may not have been a movie to remember, but MTV viewers still gave teeny-popper Mandy Moore points for the crossover attempt, naming her Breakthrough Female actress.
Other big winners Saturday: Reese Witherspoon scoring Best Comedic Performance for Legally Blonde (despite admitting that her daughter thought Donkey from Shrek was funnier), Vin Diesel and Paul Walker grabbing Best On-Screen Team for The Fast and the Furious and the attack scene in Pearl Harbor getting the award for Best Action Sequence. In an oddly serious moment for the MTV Awards, director Michael Bay dedicated his golden popcorn to those who lost their lives in the real-life attack.
The 11th annual MTV Awards were chosen by the viewers themselves, nearly 8 million of whom voted online for their faves. The taped ceremony also featured performances by Osbourne, the White Stripes and Eminem, and will air on MTV Thursday at 9 p.m.
Here's a complete list of the winners:
Best Movie:Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Male Performance: Will Smith, Ali
Best Female Performance: Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge
Breakthrough Performance, Male: Orlando Bloom, Lord of the Rings
Breakthrough Performance, Female: Mandy Moore, A Walk to Remember
Best Villain: Denzel Washington, Training Day
Best Comedic Performance: Reese Witherspoon, Legally Blonde
Best On-Screen Team: Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, The Fast and the Furious
Best Kiss: Jason Biggs and Seann William Scott, American Pie 2
Best Action Sequence: Attack scene, Pearl Harbor
Best Fight: Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan versus a Hong Kong gang, Rush Hour 2
Best Musical Sequence: Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge
Posted by Jen on Monday, June 3, 2002 @ 06:25 p.m.
Either way, chances are the Material Mom's handlers won't confirm rumors that she's expecting her third child until she actually leaves the hospital delivery room with a stroller.
Per tradition, Madonna's ever-evasive publicist on Monday denied a British news report quoting the megastar's dad as saying that, yes, she is pregnant.
"We are very excited that she is expecting again," Tony Ciccone reportedly told Britain's Sunday People. "It is always exciting when your children have children."
And it's just as exciting when your children's publicists deny it. Longtime Madonna spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg--who once even denied reports of Madonna's wedding to Guy Ritchie just weeks before the ceremony--says these latest murmurs are not true. (Expect the paparazzi to remain on tummy-watch for the time being.)
The 43-year-old star already has two children--5-year-old Lourdes (her daughter with former personal trainer Carlos Leon) and 18-month-old son Rocco, her first child with director-husband Ritchie. Little Rocco was born just three months before the twosome tied the knot in Scotland.
If the Ciccone patriarch truly did spill the beans to a British paper, he didn't reveal much else, like when the child might be due.
"It's an area I can't really talk about," he said. "I don't know if Madonna's child is a boy or a girl yet; we just want it to be healthy."
Currently, Madonna is giving birth to mediocre reviews in Up for Grabs, a London stage production in which she plays a conniving art dealer.
Posted by Jen on Monday, June 3, 2002 @ 06:23 p.m.
One Lucky Teen Wins Trip for Two to Los Angeles to Attend the 2002 Teen Choice Awards
NEW YORK, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- seventeen, the all-American magazine, announced today the nominees for THE 4TH ANNUAL 2002 TEEN CHOICE AWARDS which is scheduled to air Monday, August 19 (8-10 p.m. ET/PT) on FOX, with Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears and Sarah Michelle Geller taking the lead for the most nominations. Teen's age 13-19 can vote for the winners by mailing in the ballot found in seventeen's July and August issues or by logging onto seventeen.com .
"THE 2002 TEEN CHOICE AWARDS provides teenagers a fun forum to voice their opinions about the hottest actors, musicians and athletes," said Annemarie Iverson, seventeen's editor-in-chief. "Unlike most awards shows that tell the viewers who the best artists are, THE 2002 TEEN CHOICE AWARDS allows for the teens' personal participation in determining the results."
In promotion of the big event, seventeen also announced "seventeen's Ticket to the Stars Sweepstakes," a contest that will result in fulfilling one lucky teen's dreams of attending the awards show in person. The grand prizewinner will be awarded a 3-day/2-night all-expenses paid trip for two to Los Angeles, CA and two tickets to attend the Teen Choice Awards event. The winner will also receive $250 spending cash for the trip. Teens can enter to win by logging onto seventeen.com
In addition, seventeen is producing a special "Stars and Style" issue that includes features on THE 2002 TEEN CHOICE AWARDS and will be available on newsstands this summer.
For more information about THE 2002 TEEN CHOICE AWARDS or "seventeen's Ticket to the Stars Sweepstakes," visit seventeen.com or check out the July issue of seventeen, available on newsstands May 31, 2002.
THE 2002 TEEN CHOICE AWARD nominees are:
Movies - Best Actress in a Comedy: Selma Blair (The Sweetest Thing),
Cameron Diaz (The Sweetest Thing), Sarah Michelle Gellar (Scooby-Doo),
Anne Hathaway (The Princess Diaries), Gwyneth Paltrow (Shallow Hal),
Christina Ricci (Pumpkin), Winona Ryder (Mr. Deeds), Reese Witherspoon
(The Importance of Being Earnest)
Movies - Best Actor in a Comedy: Jason Biggs (American Pie 2), Jack Black
(Shallow Hal), Matthew Lillard (Scooby-Doo), Freddie Prinze, Jr. (Scooby-
Doo), Adam Sandler (Mr. Deeds), Ben Stiller (Zoolander), Chris Tucker
(Rush Hour 2), Barry Watson (Sorority Boys)
Movies - Best Actress in a Drama/Action Adventure: Drew Barrymore (Riding
in Cars With Boys), Sandra Bullock (Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya
Sisterhood), Kirsten Dunst (Spider-Man), Jennifer Lopez (Enough), Mandy
Moore (A Walk to Remember), Natalie Portman (Star Wars Episode II: Attack
of the Clones), Britney Spears (Crossroads), Liv Tyler (The Lord of the
Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
Movies - Best Actor in a Drama/Action Adventure: Ben Affleck (Changing
Lanes), Hayden Christensen (Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones),
Josh Hartnett (Black Hawk Down), Tobey Maguire (Spider-Man), Brad Pitt
(Ocean's 11), The Rock (The Scorpion King), Will Smith (Men in Black 2),
Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings)
Movies - Best Comedy: American Pie 2, Not Another Teen Movie, Orange
County, The Princess Diaries, Scooby-Doo, Shallow Hal, The Sweetest Thing,
Zoolander
Movies - Best Drama/Action Adventure: A Beautiful Mind, Black Hawk Down,
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Lord of the Rings, Men in Black
2, Moulin Rouge, Spider-Man, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Movies - Best Chemistry: Amanda Bynes and Frankie Muniz (Big Fat Liar),
Josh Hartnett and Shannyn Sossamon (40 Days and 40 Nights), Tobey Maguire
and Kirsten Dunst (Spider-Man), Mandy Moore and Shane West (A Walk to
Remember), Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen (Star Wars Episode II:
Attack of the Clones), Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar
(Scooby-Doo), Britney Spears and Anson Mount (Crossroads), Chris Tucker
and Jackie Chan (Rush Hour 2)
TV - Best Actress in a Comedy: Jennifer Aniston (Friends), Courteney Cox
Arquette (Friends), Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle), Lisa Kudrow
(Friends), Mila Kunis (That '70s Show), Debra Messing (Will & Grace),
Megan Mullally (Will & Grace), Laura Prepon (That '70s Show)
TV - Best Actor in a Comedy: Zach Braff (Scrubs), Topher Grace (That '70s
Show), Seth Green (Greg the Bunny), Sean Hayes (Will & Grace), Ashton
Kutcher (That '70s Show), Matt LeBlanc (Friends), Bernie Mac (The Bernie
Mac Show), Frankie Muniz (Malcolm in the Middle)
TV - Best Actress in a Drama: Jessica Alba (Dark Angel), Lauren Ambrose
(Six Feet Under), Jessica Biel (7th Heaven), Alexis Bledel (Gilmore
Girls), Jennifer Garner (Alias), Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire
Slayer), Katie Holmes (Dawson's Creek), Keri Russell (Felicity)
TV - Best Actor in a Drama: Scott Foley (Felicity), Joshua Jackson
(Dawson's Creek), James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Jared
Padalecki (Gilmore Girls), Scott Speedman (Felicity), Barry Watson (7th
Heaven), Tom Welling (Smallville), Shane West (Once and Again)
TV - Best Sidekick: Keiko Agena (Gilmore Girls), Alyson Hannigan (Buffy
the Vampire Slayer), Allison Mack (Smallville), Erik Per Sullivan (Malcolm
in the Middle), Busy Phillips (Dawson's Creek), Michael Rosenbaum
(Smallville), Wilmer Valderrama (That '70s Show), Nick Wechsler (Roswell)
TV - Best Comedy: The Bernie Mac Show, Friends, Greg the Bunny, Malcolm in
the Middle, Scrubs, The Simpsons, That '70s Show, Will & Grace
TV - Best Drama/Action Adventure: Alias, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dark
Angel, Dawson's Creek, Felicity, Gilmore Girls, 7th Heaven, Smallville
TV - Best Reality Show: American Idol: The Search for a Superstar,
Becoming, Blind Date, Fear Factor, The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, The
Osbournes, The Real World, TRL
TV - Best Personality: Ben Curtis (Dell Computer "dude"), Carson Daly,
Andy Dick, Jimmy Fallon, Jamie Kennedy, Ananda Lewis, Ozzy Osbourne, Jon
Stewart
Music - Best Album: 8701 (Usher), Hybrid Theory (Linkin Park),
Missundaztood (Pink), No More Drama (Mary J. Blige), Rock Steady (No
Doubt), Satellite (P.O.D.), Songs in A Minor (Alicia Keys), Word of Mouf
(Ludacris)
Music - Best Single: "Ain't It Funny" (J.Lo and Ja Rule), "Fallin'"
(Alicia Keys), "Get the Party Started" (Pink), "Girlfriend" ('N Sync
featuring Nelly), "Hey Baby" (No Doubt), "I'm a Slave 4 U" (Britney
Spears), "Whenever, Wherever" (Shakira), "U Don't Have To Call"(Usher)
Music - Best Female Artist: Mary J. Blige, Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys,
Jennifer Lopez, Alanis Morissette, Pink, Shakira, Britney Spears
Music - Best Male Artist: Craig David, Enrique Iglesias, Ja Rule, Jay-Z,
Ludacris, Moby, Nelly, Usher
The Look - Female: Hottie: Jessica Alba, Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz,
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears,
Reese Witherspoon
The Look - Male: Hottie: Brandon Boyd (Incubus), Josh Hartnett, Ashton
Kutcher, Brad Pitt, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Tom Welling, Shane West
Sports - Best Female Athlete: Sue Bird (basketball), Jennifer Capriati
(tennis), Kelly Clark (snowboarding), Sasha Cohen (ice-skating), Mia Hamm
(soccer), Sarah Hughes (ice-skating), Michelle Kwan (ice-skating), Venus
Williams (tennis)
Sports - Best Male Athlete: Kobe Bryant (basketball), Tony Hawk
(skateboarding), Derek Jeter (baseball), Danny Kass (snowboarding), Johnny
Mosley (skiing), Shaquille O'Neal (basketball), Apolo Anton Ohno (speed
skating), Alex Rodriguez (baseball)
Posted by Jen on Monday, June 3, 2002 @ 06:20 p.m.
Monday, June 3, 2002
By ANGELA PACIENZA
Canadian Press
TORONTO -- The reality of the music business is that nearly every hot new star has some sort of musical past. And 17-year-old pop-rocker Avril Lavigne is no different.
As a little girl, Lavigne made a cassette of herself singing along with superstar Shania Twain and entered it in a contest hosted by a country radio station in her small Ontario town.
A few weeks later she walked on to the stage of a crowded stadium in Ottawa, stuck her chin out and belted out What Made You Say That in a duet with Twain.
"It was the biggest rush of my life," Lavigne says over the phone from Norfolk, Va., where she was recently promoting her debut album, Let Go. "I walked out on stage and I was the happiest person in the world."
Fast forward three years and the singer, who also plays guitar, has virtually become an overnight success. With a major U.S. label backing the album and a debut single, Complicated, that stands as the most frequently heard song on Canadian radio, Lavigne is poised to be the country's next major musical export.
"All the stuff that's happened, I've always wanted," says the self-assured teen who sings with the same angst as Alanis Morissette but has the spunky, you-don't-own-me attitude of Pink. "I really believe in myself . . . it's kind of what I expected."
The "stuff" she's referring to is the showering of attention from radio and television stations including MuchMusic and MTV and a slew of teen magazines like Seventeen and YM. This week the singer will make her late night debut with Jay Leno. She also received wide exposure after one of her songs played during the season finale of Felicity.
On the surface Lavigne is the typical teenager -- her vocabulary is littered with the words "like," "stuff," and "cool." She worries about her hair, fusses about her eyeliner, likes to chase cute boys and loves her "doggie" Sam, who has to stay at her parents' house in Napanee, Ont., while she criss-crosses Canada and the United States promoting her work.
But look a little deeper and the feisty guitarist, who's developing a strong teen fan base with her skater punk image, is self-confident and sassy. Her songs are up-front testimonials about teen life and praise individuality over poseur culture.
Lavigne, who used to sing country music at fairs and talent contests, got her break less than two years ago during a visit to New York City with her Ontario manager. A representative from Arista Records heard the teenager sing and put her in front of boss Antonio (L.A.) Reid, who has helped steer the careers of Pink, Toni Braxton, TLC and Usher.
Shortly after her 16th birthday, Lavigne was offered a contract. She dropped out of school (she was in Grade 11) and moved to New York with her older brother Matt keeping watch.
"I wasn't going to turn it down," she said about leaving school unfinished. "It's been my dream all my life."
That dream includes not being passed off as another pop princess.
"I'm not like them. I'm just being myself, being real."
And while Lavigne, who taught herself to play guitar at age 12, had no plans to typecast herself a "skater chick," she'd rather that than don a crop-top and mini-skirt to sell records.
"I won't change anything because I think the most important thing is being yourself and that's what I'm going to continue to do."
Lavigne's drive is what theatre director Tim Picotte remembers most about the singer.
"She knew back then what she was going to do and she just kept plugging away at it," said Picotte, who directed Lavigne when she was 11 in two musical productions for Lennox Community Theatre in Napanee, Ont.
"Avril has always had the sparkle, she's got showmanship . . . she's always had that since I've know her."
Posted by Jen on Monday, June 3, 2002 @ 06:16 p.m.
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