Vampire movie Twilight led the way at the Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night – scoring a massive 11 wins.
The bloodsucker film was named best movie drama in the ceremony at Universal Studios’ Gibson Amphitheatre, with its stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart taking home best actor trophies. The hit 2008 picture also secured wins in a string of off-beat categories including best romance and best liplock, while Cam Giganget was named best villain and Taylor Lautner lauded as the year’s fresh face male.
Pattinson was also named choice male hottie alongside choice female hottie Megan Fox. Other big winners in the acting categories were Hugh Jackman who picked up two prizes for his comic book blockbuster X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Zac Efron who landed two honors for his role in 17 Again and a further award for his turn in High School Musical 3: Senior Year.
Teen drama Gossip Girl ruled the TV section, picking up four awards, including best drama show and best actor awards for Leighton Meester and Chace Crawford. Ed Westwick was named best TV villain. Miley Cyrus landed four surfboard trophies in the acting categories – two for her big screen outing in Hannah Montana: The Movie and two for her Hannah Montana TV show. Her father Billy Ray Cyrus was named TV’s top parental unit for his part in the teen franchise and her co-star Emily Osment was named best TV sidekick.
Cyrus also led the way in the music categories with her hit track The Climb being named single of the year and her Jonas Brothers collaboration Before the Storm winning best summer song.
Taylor Swift was named best female artist and handed the best female album award for her hit record Fearless while Jason Mraz landed the male equivalent in both categories, winning best male album for We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things. Other music stars to pick up honors included Kanye West (rap artist), Beyonce (R&B artist) and Paramore (rock group).
The Jonas Brothers, who hosted the show and performed their track Much Better, won five surfboards, including male red-carpet icons and breakout TV show (Jonas). The night also saw performances from the Black Eyed Peas, Sean Kingston and Miley Cyrus, who went on to present Britney Spears with the coveted Ultimate Choice award, telling the crowd, "I’m a big fan of hers!"
