Twilight star Robert Pattinson stole the spotlight – and the popcorn-shaped trophies – at the MTV Movie Awards ceremony on Sunday.

Among the actor’s moments: winning three different awards, unexpectedly kissing co-star Taylor Lautner, and slipping the F-word past censors when presenting Reese Witherspoon with the special MTV Generation Award.

“It’s not always a bad thing to have sexual chemistry with your mother,” joked Mr Pattinson, who played the son of Ms Witherspoon’s character in Vanity Fair as well as her love interest in Water for Elephants.

For his role as vampire Edward Cullen in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Mr Pattinson won best male performance, best fight with Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel, and best kiss with Kristen Stewart.

Instead of smooching each other, Mr Pattinson declared he did not “feel like kissing” Ms Stewart before he descended back into the audience and planted his lips on Mr Lautner.

Team Jacob also earned some love from Saturday Night Live star Jason Sudeikis, the show’s host, who kicked off the ceremony at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California by starring in his own version of The Hangover in which he went in search of a lost Mr Lautner.

The other Twilight winners were Ms Stewart for best female performance and Eclipse for best movie.

“The fact that we’re standing up here is a testament to all the hard work that went into Eclipse,” Mr Lautner said. The non-vampire winners who picked up awards included Justin Bieber for best jaw-dropping moment for Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, Emma Stone for best comedic performance for Easy A, Alexys Nycole Sanchez for best line for Grown Ups, and Tom Felton for best villain for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.

The show also served as a promotional platform for Hollywood studios’ upcoming films as much as it did an awards ceremony.

Emma Watson, J.J. Abrams, Steven Spielberg and Elle Fanning were among the celebrities on hand to present sneak peeks at Super 8, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part One.

List of winners

Best movie: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Best male performance: Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Best female performance: Kristen Stewart, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Best comedic performance: Emma Stone, Easy A
Best breakout star: Chloe Grace Moretz, Kick-Ass
Biggest badass star: Chloe Grace Moretz, Kick-Ass
Best villain: Tom Felton, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Best kiss: Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Best fight: Robert Pattinson vs. Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Best jaw-dropping moment: Justin Bieber, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Best line from a movie: “I want to get chocolate wasted,” Alexys Nycole Sanchez, Grown Ups
Best scared performance: Ellen Page, Inception
MTV generation award: Reese Witherspoon

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