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Woodley, 'Fault in Our Stars' sweep 2015 MTV Movie Awards
Los Angeles, April 13
Shailene Woodley and Ansel
Elgort-starrer romantic comedy-drama film “The Fault in Our Starsâ€
clinched the top honours at the 2015 MTV Movie Awards, including Movie
of the Year and Best Female Performance.
The award show took place at the Nokia Theatre Los Angeles Live here on Sunday, reports variety.com.
Woodley
was the first big winner of the night, after she won the best female
performance for her role in “The Fault in Our Starsâ€. She was nominated
along with Jennifer Lawrence (“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1â€),
Emma Stone (“Birdmanâ€), Reese Witherspoon (“Wildâ€) and Scarlett
Johansson (“Lucyâ€)
Woodley took the opportunity to thank the author of the book “The Fault in Our Starsâ€, on which the film is based.
“I
feel like this award belongs to John Green. He gave this world a
beautiful masterpiece, a gift in ‘The Fault in Our Stars.’ It changed my
life when I read it and being a part of this film dramatically
influenced who I am today,†she said.
The 2014 film was honoured
as the Movie of the Year. Others included in the category were “American
Sniperâ€, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1â€, “Guardians of the
Galaxyâ€, “Gone Girlâ€, “Boyhoodâ€, “Whiplash†and “Selmaâ€.
Woodley and Elgort were also given the award for Best Kiss in “The Fault in Our Starsâ€.
Meanwhile,
Bradley Cooper took home the trophy for Best Male Performance for his
role as Chris Kyle in biographical war drama film “American Sniperâ€. He
was vying for the trophy against Chris Pratt for “Guardians of the
Galaxyâ€, Ansel Elgort ("The Fault in Our Stars"), Miles Teller in
“Whiplash†and Channing Tatum (Foxcatcher).
Zac Efron and Dave
Franco-starrer “Neighbors†was next up in the list with three wins,
including Best Duo, Best Shirtless Performance (for Efron) and Best WTF
Moment.
The third film in the “The Hunger Games†franchise,
“Mockingjay - Part 1†clinched the award for Best Musical Moment (for
Jennifer Lawrence) and Best On-Screen Transformation for Elizabeth
Banks.
Actor Channing Tatum was given the award for Best Comedic
Performance for his role in “22 Jump Streetâ€; the Best Scared-As-S**t
Performance award was taken by singer-actress Jennifer Lopez (“The Boy
Next Doorâ€); and the award for Best Fight was given to “The Maze Runnerâ€
for the Dylan O’Brien versus Will Poulter action sequence.
Three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep took the award for Best Villian for “Into the Woodsâ€