The 'Twilight' Stars' History With The MTV Movie Awards

The 'Twilight' Stars' History With The MTV Movie Awards
From Kristen Stewart dropping her award to her near-kiss with Robert Pattinson, 'The Twilight Saga' has provided the awards show with many memorable moments.



As host Aziz Ansari joked at the close of the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, the "New Moon" sweep of all the categories surprised, well, no one. In fact, anyone who's watched the Movie Awards over the past three years knows the vampire saga and the awards ceremony go together almost as well as a clumsy teen named Bella and the century-old bloodsucker who loves her.

Months before "Twilight" hit theaters back in November 2008, under-the-radar stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart — wearing matching Ray-Bans — and co-star Cam Gigandet attended the 2008 Movie Awards to introduce an exclusive clip from the Saga's first film during the pre-show — the pre-show! But by the time the trio and co-star Taylor Lautner appeared at the Video Music Awards a few months later to introduce "Twilight" soundtrack band Paramore, they'd gained plenty of buzz. In fact, many Twilighters were outraged when host Russell Brand supposedly interrupted Pattinson during his speech. Hordes of Twilighters took to the Web to express their frustration and anger at the host.



Fast-forward to 2009's Movie Awards and Pattinson, Stewart and Lautner had become worldwide superstars thanks to the runaway box-office success of "Twilight" and the ensuing "Twilight" mania sweeping the nation. "Twilight" scored five Golden Popcorns that night, including Best Movie, Best Female Performance for Stewart, Breakthrough Performance Male for Pattinson, Best Kiss for Stewart and Pattinson and Best Fight for Pattinson and Gigandet. "Twilight" nearly swept every category it was nominated in save for Best Song From a Movie, which went to Miley Cyrus instead of Paramore's "Decode."

The cast's appearance at the 2009 show garnered many memorable moments. While accepting her Golden Popcorn for Best Female Performance, Stewart famously fumbled her award, with it eventually thudding to the floor of the Gibson Amphitheatre stage (which is probably why one of the first things she did during her 2010 win was place the statue safely on the ground before her speech). Later, when Stewart and Pattinson won the honor for Best Kiss, the two torturously teased the audience with the possibility of a lip-lock. Pattinson took the gum out of his mouth, the two closed their eyes and leaned in, but before the pucker could take place, Stewart turned away yelling, "Thank you so much!"

Though fans likely felt slighted by the Pattinson/Stewart almost-kiss, they were aptly rewarded later in the ceremony when the duo and Lautner debuted the first "New Moon" trailer, which Pattinson called "a thank-you to the fans." A few months later at the 2009 VMA Awards, the stars doubly thanked fans by introducing an extended version of the "New Moon" trailer.

At this year's ceremony, the vampire saga finally completed its long-awaited sweep — not to mention, Twilighters got what they truly wanted: a quick onstage kiss between Bella and Edward, er, Stewart and Pattinson.