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Zhang Ziyi conquers MTV
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ZHANG ZIYI conquered the MTV Movie Awards, waltzing off with the trophy for Best Fight Scene as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" added to its weighty haul of awards from this year' top prize ceremonies.
Director John Woo maintained the Asian flavour of the proceedings, scooping a Best Action Sequence award for "Mission: Impossible 2".
Tough women were very much to the fore at the awards on Saturday as "Charlie's Angels" star Cameron Diaz also claimed two trophies.
"Gladiator" was named best film by the viewers of cable television channel MTV, who vote on the awards, and Julia Roberts claimed a trophy for best female performance in "Erin Brockovich." Those two were also winners at the Oscars -- Hollywood's top film awards -- earlier this year.
But unlike the Oscars, the MTV awards show is irreverent and pokes fun at the movies. MTV viewers, too, generally pick action films, or so-called "popcorn movies," for their favourite films, and MTV awards winners with a bucket of golden popcorn.
The other big winner was action star Tom Cruise for best male performer in action flick, "Mission: Impossible 2.
Hosts Jimmy Fallon, of TV's "Saturday Night Live," and Kirsten Dunst ("Bring It On"), opened the show with a parody of "The Mummy Returns," in which they tried to wipe off the facial markings of a Magi warrior.
The night's first popcorn bucket for Best On-Screen team of actors went to the trio of female action stars from "Charlie's Angels," Drew Barrymore, Diaz and Lucy Liu.(SD-Agencies)
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