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'Transformers' Feels Power Of An MTV Best Film Award

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: June 2, 2008

The "Transformers" have another chunk of metal to add to their collection.

The blockbuster about robots in disguise took home the golden popcorn trophy for best film at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday night, and Johnny Depp won two buckets for best comedic performance and best villain at the awards show.

In one of the show's many over-the-top moments, presenters Seth Rogan and James Franco, stars of the upcoming stoner comedy "Pineapple Express," pretended to smoke marijuana before handing out the popcorn trophy for a new category: best summer movie so far.

"Kids, don't really smoke fake weed like this," Rogan told the crowd at the Gibson Amphitheatre in California.

As they pulled out the "contraband," the cameras pulled away to a wide angle, staying that way until Rogan and Franco left the stage. Franco later said MTV put them up to the joke, but that someone from the network decided at the last minute that they couldn't go through with it - but it was too late.

Tom Cruise presented Adam Sandler with the Generation Award, the MTV Movie Awards' highest honor, for his various comedic and "stupid" performances over the years. Sandler sang a live version of "Nobody Does It Better" alongside a bevy of backup dancers clad in skintight gold outfits. Among them: Rob Schneider.

"It's the most arrogant thing I've ever done," Sandler said.

Other winners included Will Smith for best male performance for "I Am Legend"; Zac Efron for best breakthrough performance for "Hairspray"; and Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman for best kiss in "Step Up 2: The Streets."

The Associated Press

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