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Star Wars leads winners at MTV Movie Awards

Published Sun, Apr 10, 2016 · 09:50 PM
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A PASSIONATE kiss, Leonardo DiCaprio's The 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.

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