'Star Wars' leads winners at MTV Movie Awards

LOS ANGELES -- A passionate kiss, Leonardo DiCaprio's "Revenant" bear encounter and a foul-mouthed hosting duo dominated Saturday's profanity-laden MTV Movie Awards, where "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" came away the top winner.

"The Force Awakens," the third-highest grossing film of all time, led with 11 nominations and beat out blockbusters such as "Jurassic World" and "Avengers: Age of Ultron" for movie of the year. Lead star Daisy Ridley won best breakthrough performance.

"It's especially amazing to be part of a film that represents all genders - two genders - and races and ages in such a positive and aspirational way," Ridley said.

It's all about the unpredictable and irreverent moments at Viacom Inc's fan-voted Movie Awards, which taped Saturday in Los Angeles and will air Sunday on the MTV network.

Hosts Kevin Hart and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson set the tone for the evening as they opened with curse words and insults, at one point dressing up as Batman and Superman to throw barbs at the A-list superhero actors in attendance.

They also rapped about Oscar-winner DiCaprio having sexual intercourse with a bear in "The Revenant."

"Pitch Perfect 2" stars Rebel Wilson and Adam Devine won best kiss and recreated their messy film smooch, passionately grabbing each other on stage.

Charlize Theron won best female performance for playing Imperator Furiosa in "Mad Max: Fury Road." She said the film was "in part a story of the power of women and the power to create our own destinies," dedicating her win to "all the Furoisas."

Halle Berry introduced actor-singer Will Smith as a "champion for diversity" when awarding him the MTV Generation Award. Smith joked the accolade was "the old ass dude award."

"I want to display love, play roles that have dignity and I just want to help in this world," the "Concussion" star said.

Other winners included hip hop biopic "Straight Outta Compton" for best true story, Ryan Reynolds for best comedic performance and best fight for "Deadpool," Amy Poehler for best virtual performance in "Inside Out" and Chris Pratt for best action performance for "Jurassic World."

Actress Melissa McCarthy crowd-surfed to the stage to accept the Comedic Genius award, saying "I'm the first woman to receive this award but I am certainly not the first one to deserve it."

"My mother taught me not to fear being the butt of the joke, not to worry about being likeable or perfect, and to lovingly go for the kill," she said.

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Superheroes rule at raunchy MTV Movie Awards

LOS ANGELES -- The comic book superheroes of "The Avengers" and comedy romance "Silver Linings Playbook" ruled at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday on a night packed with irreverent jokes about body parts and sneak peeks of some of the year's biggest upcoming films.

"The Avengers" picked up three awards, including the top prize, movie of the year, along with best villain for Tom Hiddleston's turn as the evil Loki, and best fight.

"This is the award that means the most to me. I am so grateful and very excited for 2015 - we're going to bring you 'Avengers 2,'" director Joss Wheedon said, accepting the movie of the year award and confirming that a sequel was in the works.

Jennifer Lawrence added two popcorn-shaped trophies to her Oscar for her turn as an outspoken young widow in "Silver Linings Playbook."

She won for best female performance and shared the best kiss award with co-star Bradley Cooper, who was voted best male performance for his role as a bipolar man in the comedy romance.

Hosted by "Pitch Perfect" comedy star Rebel Wilson, the annual youth-oriented show brought out some of the most popular stars on television, movies and music.

The MTV Movie Awards, one of Hollywood's biggest youth-friendly ceremonies, rewards movie performances from the past year as well as promoting upcoming blockbusters and new music.

A heavily pregnant Kim Kardashian, dressed in a modest, long-sleeved black dress, and Brad Pitt whose new movie "World War Z" opens in June, were among the presenters while teen singer Selena Gomez debuted her new single "Come & Get It."

Keeping it edgy

Wilson, who took home the breakthrough performance award for her role as Fat Amy in musical comedy "Pitch Perfect," kept up a stream of edgy jokes about male and female sexuality, appearing at one point with a fake extra nipple.

Seth Rogen and Danny McBride dropped their pants in a skit on male physiques and "Twilight" heartthrob Taylor Lautner turned up sporting a false beer gut to collect his trophy for best shirtless performance.

Fans, who vote online for the awards, chose "Django Unchained" actors Jamie Foxx and Samuel L. Jackson for best "WTF moment" for the scene in which Foxx's vengeful slave berates and unleashes a volley of gunshots at Jackson's servile black manservant.

Foxx was also honored with the MTV Generation Award.

Viewers for the more than two hour-show broadcast around the world live from Los Angeles were treated to sneak peeks of "Iron Man 3," and "Star Trek Into Darkness" ahead of their openings around in late April and May.

They also got a first exclusive look at "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" ahead of the release in November of the sequel to the young adult hit movie.

Emma Watson, 22, who found fame as brainy schoolgirl Hermione Granger in the first "Harry Potter" movie in 2001, was presented with the Trailblazer Award. She has gone on to make some 15 movies, including lead roles in all eight Potter films.

"I look back at all of the work I have done over the past 14 years and many things come to mind, notably how bad my hair was in the first Harry Potter film!" the British actress joked, accepting her award. "Becoming yourself is really hard and confusing," she added.

Will Ferrell won the Comedic Genius Award for his long career on film and television including "Elf," "Saturday Night Live" and "Anchorman."

Raunchy comedy "Ted," which went into Sunday's award show with seven nominations, ended the evening with just one win -- best on-screen duo for Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane's crude, inappropriate talking teddy bear.

The list

Following is a list of winners in the fan-voted awards:

MOVIE OF THE YEAR
"The Avengers"

BEST HERO
Bilbo Baggins, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Rebel Wilson, "Pitch Perfect"

BEST SCARED-AS-S**T PERFORMANCE
Suraj Sharma, "Life of Pi"

BEST ON-SCREEN DUO
Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane, "Ted"

BEST SHIRTLESS PERFORMANCE
Taylor Lautner, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn- Part 2"

BEST FIGHT
Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner vs. Tom Hiddleston, "The Avengers."

BEST KISS
Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"

BEST WTF MOMENT
Jamie Foxx and Samuel L. Jackson, "Django Unchained"

BEST VILLAIN
Tom Hiddleston, "The Avengers"

BEST MUSICAL MOMENT
Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, Alexis Knapp, Ester Dean and Hana Mae Lee, "Pitch Perfect"

COMIC GENIUS AWARD
Will Ferrell

GENERATION AWARD
Jamie Foxx

TRAILBLAZER AWARD
Emma Watson

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FilAm group Legaci rockets to fame with Justin Bieber

Pop sensation Justin Bieber has company on the stages he's been storming. Discovered on YouTube just like the shaggy-haired teen idol was Legaci - a group of four Filipino-American R&B singers who are part of a wave of Pinoy talent cresting in America.



Before making it to Saturday Night Live and Ellen, Legaci could be found auditioning for talent shows everywhere. You name it, they tried it. The late ’90s found the group as part of a larger Filipino R&B boom in Northern California alongside groups like Pinay, DNH and Kai.

They circuited the clubs and college campuses, released two albums and auditioned for television talent competitions with open calls: “American Idol," “The Sing Off," “America’s Got Talent" and MTV’s “Top Pop Group."

Despite their obvious talent, they weren't getting any big breaks. So they turned to YouTube.

Which turned out to be a good thing, because it was through their YouTube video of Bieber's runaway hit "Baby" that they skyrocketed to invisible fame. The video had been posted for just one day when Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, invited Legaci to join them.

A week after the call, Legaci found themselves rehearsing with Bieber in New York and performing live with Bieber on MTV, and on New York's top pop radio station Z100. This time, their talent isn't going unrecognized, despite being overshadowed by Bieber, who is, of course, still in the spotlight. Bieber has adjusted his set to give way for Legaci to perform one of their own songs.

While most of their exposure now is shared with Bieber - many of their Twitter followers and YouTube subscribers are also Bieber fans - Legaci may just be making it big on their own. A record deal with Braun is already in the works.

Asian-Americans are a rarity onstage, but the gates to the mainstream are opening a bit wider as Legaci joins the ranks of Charice Pempengco, the Pussycat Dolls' Nicole Scherzinger, and Allan Pineda - more popularly known as Apl.de.ap of the Black Eyed Peas. —VS/HS, GMANews.TV

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Judge says Lohan violated terms of her bail

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BEVERLY HILLS (AP) – Lindsay Lohan's alcohol-monitoring bracelet got her in trouble Tuesday with a judge who doubled the actress' bail to $200,000.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel determined Lohan violated the terms of her release after a closed-door meeting with the actress' attorney and a prosecutor. Revel did not detail the violation, but said her decision was made after receiving "results" issued by a court-ordered alcohol monitor.

District Attorney's spokeswoman Shiara Davila-Morales said it was an "alcohol-related violation," but did not have further details.

A source familiar with Lohan's case told The Associated Press that the violation was reported after the "Mean Girls" star appeared at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday night.

Lohan was not present in court Tuesday, but several denials of wrongdoing were posted on the actress' Twitter account shortly before and after the hastily called hearing.

Lohan's $200,000 bail was posted less than two hours after the hearing, a move that quashed a bench warrant issued for the actress' arrest by the judge.

Lohan's attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, issued a statement Tuesday, saying the device indicated the "presence of a small amount of alcohol" on Sunday night.

"Having just received the report, I am not in a position to speak to its accuracy or validity, however Ms. Lohan maintains that she has been in complete compliance with all of the terms of her probation and her bail," Chapman Holley said in a statement.

Lohan has been required to wear the device since May, when she missed a court hearing. Lohan is due back in court on July 6, when Revel will decide whether Lohan has violated her probation.

Lohan, 23, is facing jail time if the judge determines she has failed to comply with the terms of her probation.

The actress has received multiple chances and admonishments from the court, which extended her probation in October by a year after Lohan struggled to complete the terms in time.

At the May hearing, Revel set Lohan's bail at $100,000, which she revoked on Tuesday. The judge also issued a bench warrant for Lohan's arrest, but that may be quashed if the actress is able to post the new bail amount.

David Perez, a bail bondsman, posted Lohan's $100,000 bail last month and said he was not concerned with posting the additional sum ordered Tuesday.

Authorities said they did not have additional details on what Lohan's alcohol-monitor registered in order to be found in violation.

The bracelet is designed to test the skin for alcohol every half hour by sampling a person's perspiration. There are also sensors that check for tampering.

Lohan appeared at the MTV awards show on Sunday. She also attended at least one of the show's after-parties.

She covered up the ankle monitor on the show's red carpet by wearing long pants.

The actress has been on probation since August 2007 after pleading guilty to misdemeanor drug charges and no contest to three driving charges.

Despite spending 84 minutes in jail and performing mandatory service at the county morgue, Lohan has repeatedly struggled with the terms of her sentence. In October, a judge extended her probation for another year but Meyers warned the actress she was facing jail time if she violated her probation.

The extension was the third time Lohan escaped punishment after her alcohol-education program notified the court the actress had violated its rules. Two of the instances were described as misunderstandings; the third was chalked up to a busy work schedule.

Chapman Holley said Lohan missed the hearing last month because her passport had been stolen while the actress was at the Cannes Film Festival.