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'God's Pocket' Trailer: Watch One of Philip Seymour Hoffman's Final Performances (VIDEO)

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The trailer for "God's Pocket" offers audiences one of their last glimpses of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, and judging by the brutal events that unfold in the video, we're in for one hell of an emotional roller coaster.

"God's Pocket" focuses on Mickey Scarpato, who's desperately trying to cover up the mysterious death of his stepson. While a construction accident is blamed, the trailer makes it clear that Mickey had something to do with the young man's demise -- and it's only a matter of time before his wife (Christina Hendricks) catches on.

Mickey's wife enlists the help of a local journalist (Richard Jenkins) to uncover the truth about her son, and as the writer digs deeper into the story, it's clear he's zeroing in on Mickey, whose extended, intensifying mental unraveling is portrayed perfectly by Hoffman.

"The working men of God's Pocket are simple men," Jenkins narrates. "They work, marry, and have children. And until recently, they die like everyone else."

Whether Jenkins is referring to Mickey or his stepson, it seems that Mickey isn't exactly safe, either.

"God's Pocket," directed by John Slattery and also starring John Turturro, opens May 9.

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James Cameron's Reddit AMA: The Director's 10 Best Answers

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James Cameron popped by Reddit on Saturday to participate in an AMA session. While the director was mainly there to promote his Showtime climate change documentary series "Years of Living Dangerously," Cameron also answered a bunch of questions about other projects including those in the past ("Titanic," "Alien," "The Abyss") as well as those in the present and future (the currently in pre-production "Avatar" sequels, the long-gestating "Battle Angel" adaptation).

Here, we've combed through Cameron's numerous replies to highlight some of his best responses. Check them out below, and be sure to check out the entire exchange -- including Cameron's detailed outline of the search plan for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 -- for even more in-depth answers.

On who would win in a fight: A Na'vi, the Alien Queen, or the T-800 Terminator?
Is the T-800 armed or not armed? An Armed T-800 with a plasma rifle will clean house, all it has to do is shoot the Alien Queen, and have it bleed on the Na'vi. I would think that all three of them unarmed. Queen beats Na'vi. Queen beats T-800, because the T-800 would tear the arm off a queen, which would dissolve the mantel and shut down the cyborg. Now a Na'vi riding a leonopteryx, or a Na'vi riding a thanataur, that would be a different story.

On whether his films scare him, and using fear as fuel
No, I've never had nightmares about Terminators after I made the film. I had nightmares that inspired the film. But I always feel that making the film is the catharsis that stops the nightmares, if you will. For example, I used to always have nightmares about giant waves, tsunamis essentially. And when I made the Abyss, which had a giant wave scene in it, those stopped. Filmmaking is therapy.

On (ignoring) some good advice
As a film director, the best advice I ever got was from Roger Corman. He said "film directing is hard work, sit down as much as possible." The funny thing is, I never followed it! I always come in on first day of production, and there's a producer chair with my name on it, and I say "take it away! It won't be used." And then about 3/4 of the way through a long shoot, I relent, I start following Roger's advice towards the end of a production.

On Neil deGrasse Tyson's infamous complaint about the incorrect star patterns in "Titanic"...
I wasn't particularly embarrassed because I think that's an unbelievably specific nitpick and if that caused him to not enjoy the film, he may need to reevaluate his priorities. That said, because I'm such a perfectionist, I challenged him to provide me with the correct star fields and incorporated them into the future rereleases of the film. So, if you watch the film now, the stars are correct.

...and that other gripe that Jack could totally have fit on that plank with Rose
Mythbusters did an episode about this and proved that two people could have floated on the door in such a way that both could have survived, but it involved using both of their floatation vests rigged under the door in such a way that they wouldn't detach. What they neglected to incorporate was the amount of time that they would have had to spend submerged in 28 degree water to attach them that way. Also, Jack is a 19 year old guy processing a problem in real time, in water, at night, and already hypothermic, so that's a lot to ask of him.

On why he put off other projects in favor of three "Avatar" sequels
My intention when I made Avatar was to do Battle Angel next. However, the positive feedback for Avatar and the support of the message of Avatar, encouraged me to do more of those films. For me, the success was a factor because I was encouraged by the fact that an environmental film, or a film about nature, could be successful. It's certainly not just about money. I'm considering success to mean the measure of the ability of the film to communicate. Every director wants their film to communicate. The biggest factor, however, is the drive to continue developing the world-- more characters, more creatures with unfettered creativity.

On the top-secret upcoming Disney World "Avatar" attraction
Well, Disney are doing a first-rate job designing it. It's going to be completely spectacular. It will be like being on Pandora. You will see real floating mountains. It's going to be a very magical experience just to be there and walk around. And the two rides will be absolute state of the art. But I don't how much they want to say about what those rides specifically will be, so I probably shouldn't say anymore than that. But from what I've seen so far, it will be amazing. I will be sad it's in Florida, because I won't be able to go a lot to it.

On the potential of surviving an alien invasion
The history on our planet is whenever a superior technology society encounters a society with lesser technology, the superior technology supplants the lesser society. There has never been an exception. So if the aliens come to us, it probably won't go well for us. A thousand years from now, if we're the ones going to where the aliens are (like the story told in Avatar) it won't go so well for the aliens.

On difficult film shoots and wanting to give up
I would say yes, that moment exists on every one of my films. I don't think about quitting, but I always think there might be a high probability that I will die trying. So far we've always figured it out, but Avatar felt the most hopeless. We were 3 years into a 4 year project before we saw the first usable shot.

On whether he sings "My Heart Will Go On" in the shower
No, I can't hit those high notes like Celine.

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The First 'Gone Girl' Trailer Delivers Chills, Thrills, and... Elvis Costello? (VIDEO)

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The highly anticipated trailer for David Fincher's adaptation of "Gone Girl" has finally dropped, and it's full of enough mystery, intrigue, and ironic musical cues to get you revved up for a good ol' fashioned whodunnit -- with a twist, of course. (It's 2014, after all.)

In the trailer, Ben Affleck's Nick Dunne looks adoringly at wife Amy (Rosamund Pike), who looks adoringly back at him. Then the adoration stops, and we see glimpses of contempt, concern, suspicion, and all-out hatred -- all punctuated to the tune of Elvis Costello's "She." Clearly, this is not a happy marriage. But you already knew that because you read Gillian Flynn's best-selling book, right? Right?

"Gone Girl" hits theaters October 3.

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Movies & TV Shows Are Still Mostly Written by White Men, Very Few Women, and Even Fewer Minorities

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While the 2014 Hollywood Writers Report from WGA West does show that television has seen an incremental increase in diversity since the last report was published in 2011, theatrical releases have instead seen a drop in the number of women and minorities employed by the industry. The 2014 report analyzed data from the 2011-2012 cable and broadcast television schedule, as well as films released in theaters during the same period, and focuses on the employment of women, minority, and older writers in relation to their white male counterparts.

The Hollywood Reporter has a detailed breakdown of some of the report's most stark statistics, including:

- Women make up just 27 percent of television writing staffs, and only 15 percent of film screenwriters (down from 17 percent in 2009). Female TV writers earn 92 cents for every dollar that while males earn, up from 91 cents in 2009. Those numbers are worse for film, though, with women earning just 77 cents per dollar, down from 82 cents in 2009.

- Minorities' presence in TV writing rooms has increased slightly since 2009, up to 11 percent in 2012 from 10 percent in 2009, though they still remain significantly underrepresented compared to U.S. population statistics. Their employment in the film industry is still also woefully small, making up just 5 percent of screenwriters, which is on par with the 2011 report, but down a percentage point from the previous report before that

- While older writers' presence in television and film remains solid -- those between ages 41 and 50 are part of the largest employment group in the industry -- they see a steep decrease after the age of 60.

The report's author, Darnell M. Hunt, the director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA, said that the study is meant to both highlight the disparity between these groups and white males, and spur action to one day change that disparity.

"Before we are likely to realize meaningful, sustained change ... other industry players -- the networks, studios, and agents -- will have to go well beyond what they have routinely done in the past to address the troubling shortfalls evident on the diversity front among writers," Hunt wrote in the report. "Only then will the industry position itself to make the most of opportunities afforded by audiences whose story needs are becoming more diverse by the moment."

A summary of the report can be found here. The entire document will be released in June.

[via WGA, h/t The Hollywood Reporter]

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Looks Like David Fincher Won't Be Directing That Steve Jobs Biopic After All

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It looks like David Fincher will not be directing that Steve Jobs biopic after all -- and it has nothing to do with his choice of leading man.

The Hollywood Reporter writes that studio Sony is actively looking to replace Fincher after the director demanded too much money and control over the feature, including $10 million in up-front payment and oversight of the film's marketing. Sources tell THR that Sony balked at Fincher's requests, and were already wary of working with the director after a disastrous marketing campaign for 2011's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," where Fincher requested that the studio spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on promotional materials that were ultimately useless.

THR writes that Fincher could potentially re-enter negotiations with Sony to retain the job, but sources tell the trade that the director needs to cut down on his "ridiculous" demands.

"You're not doing 'Transformers' here. You're not doing 'Captain America," the source said. "This is quality - it's not screaming commerciality. He should be rewarded in success but not up front."

Fincher's initial attachment to the feature -- an adaptation of Walter Isaacson's bestselling Jobs biography -- was billed as a reunion of the Oscar-winning team behind "The Social Network." Producer Scott Rudin and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (who won the Academy Award for "Network"'s screenplay) are also on board the project.

However, earlier reports indicated that Fincher's involvement was contingent on securing his number one choice to play Jobs: Christian Bale. While the THR report doesn't indicate whether that stipulation was another sore spot with Sony (Bale has no far not signed on to the project), it very well may have contributed to the studio's alleged frustration with the director.

We'll see how this all shakes out in the coming weeks and months. The biopic will certainly move forward, but it appears that someone else may be behind the lens.

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10 Movies That Barely Escaped a Life on Skinemax (PHOTOS)

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Ever since the advent of cable TV, the idea of leaving the comfort of one's own home for a crowded movie theater with the intention of getting turned on has gotten less and less appealing. Why go out when Shannon Tweed, Shannon Whirry, or some other strategically nude woman named Shannon can set the mood with an improbably-hunky cable guy / pizza delivery dude?

Although not limited to Cinemax's infamous After Dark lineup, the "Skinemax" flick has been a safe haven for couples (and, let's face it, horny single dudes) to get sensual without the icky aftertaste of the hardcore stuff. Despite this comfortable niche, big studios still try to lure mainstream audiences to their big-budget, star-studded versions of these softcore sensations with mixed results.

In dubious honor of "Under the Skin" (Scarlett Johansson is an alien using sex to lure men to their death) and "Nymphomaniac" (Charlotte Gainsbourg tells tales of her many, many exploits in the sack) attempting to forge art-house fare out of ludicrous sexiness, we're counting down 10 mainstream movies that could have easily been Skinemax fare.

WARNING: The following images are sort of NSFW.

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Watch a Seriously Futuristic Clip From 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' (VIDEO)

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At last night's somewhat sleepy MTV Movie Awards, Ellen Page made an appearance on stage to introduce a clip from her upcoming superhero epic "X-Men: Days of Future Past." Why celebrities are appearing on awards shows just to present new clips from their upcoming movies is kind of beyond me. But still. Page ominously introduced the clip by saying, "A war is coming..." Eep! Then she ran down the movie's unnecessarily complicated plot about two sets of X-Men (one from the distant future and one from the recent past) uniting to stop a threat to all mutant-kind. And then they showed the clip.

The clip features giant robots, known in the comic books as "Sentinels," being dropped from the sky and sent after our beloved X-Men... Although these are, for the most part, a bunch of X-Men you've never seen before. There's Omar Sy as the cybernetically enhanced Bishop, Fan Bingbing as Blink, Booboo Stewart as Warpath, and Adan Canto as Sunspot. What their powers are remains kind of a mystery because all we see are energy blasts and portals opening up, with very little context, but they are joined by some familiar faces, including Page's Kitty Pryde and Shawn Ashmore's Iceman. Together they fight the giant invading robot forces. Which is kind of your thing if you're an X-Man (or woman).

"X-Men: Days of Future Past" brings together the stars of the original movies (Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman), with the younger counterparts from "X-Men: First Class" (Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence) as they untangle an epic situation involving alternate universes, time travel, and lord knows what else. The movie will simultaneously be out May 23rd, 2014 and June 27th, 1975 (get it?)

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Best Pixar Movies on Blu-ray and DVD (PHOTOS)

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As we approach Easter and Passover, it's also the end of Spring Break season. Many families throughout the country (including my own) are gearing up for a week away or of "staycation" in their homes. Whether you're going on a roadtrip, plane trip, or just staying close to home, the kids are going to be in the mood for more entertainment, and we can't think of a better set of movies to highlight than those from the geniuses at Pixar Animation.

We're highlighting 10 of the best Pixar DVDs, not ranked as overall movies but as actual DVDs (well, technically Blu-Rays) with extras that are in most cases are just as entertaining as the movies themselves.

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EXCLUSIVE: Watch a scene from the "Monsters University" short, "Party Central" (VIDEO)

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Billy Bob Thorton on FX's 'Fargo' and 'a Haircut Gone Wrong'

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NEW YORK (AP) - After failed attempts and broken dreams, by golly, someone went and put "Fargo" on series TV.

The 10-episode season premieres Tuesday at 10 p.m. EDT on FX. And it mesmerizes. As a furtherance of the 1996 crime classic by Joel and Ethan Coen that starred Frances McDormand, William H. Macy and Steve Buscemi, the TV adaptation is a wonder.

Like that movie, the series is set in rural, snow-glazed Minnesota, but 20 years later (in 2006), and is stocked with new characters, deadly mischief and a bounty of stars including Allison Tolman as a bright-eyed deputy and Martin Freeman as a nebbishy insurance salesman (distant echoes of the roles played by McDormand and Macy in the film). Also on hand are Colin Hanks, Bob Odenkirk, Oliver Platt, Kate Walsh, Keith Carradine, Adam Goldberg, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, and more.

At the core of its deliciously deranged narrative is Lorne Malvo, a sotto-voce psycho whose mysterious path brings him to the town of Bemidji, with many repercussions.

Lorne is played by Billy Bob Thornton, who radiates still menace while sporting what he calls "a haircut gone wrong."

"This was not from a salon," Thornton explains. "It was done by a friend. But looking in the mirror, I thought, 'Wow - this dark character having bangs, which you associate with innocence, would be great.' So we decided to go with it."

The man bringing "Fargo" back to life after ill-fated tries by NBC and CBS in the late 1990s is Noah Hawley, who serves as the show runner, an executive producer and the writer of all 10 episodes.

Somehow Hawley internalized the rules and deadpan tone of the Coens (who are also onboard as executive producers), then ran with their sense of twisted realism to create his own thing.

"He captured the Coen Brothers' spirit, got their vibe, and yet he didn't imitate 'em," says Thornton. "I thought, if you've done that, you've done something great."

And when he encountered Lorne Malvo in Hawley's pilot script, "I don't know why, but I just went, 'Yeah. That fits: a hand in a glove.'

"I liked the idea of playing a guy who has no conscience," Thornton goes on. "He has this weird sense of humor. He likes to mess with people. And as we went along I started thinking, he's a loner, so messing with people is actually his social life, his recreation."

This is a guy who, when threatened on his home turf by a thug twice his size, unconcernedly steps to his bathroom, drops his trousers and takes a seat. His foe, appalled, beats a hasty retreat.

"He doesn't like weakness," Thornton adds. "He has this weird curiosity about weak people. And he sees them as people he can use."

Having drawn Freeman's jammed-up pipsqueak into his lair, Lorne shares his code on being tough: "We used to be gorillas. All we have is what we can take and defend."

Speaking with a reporter in New York last week, the 58-year-old Thornton is jauntily clad in pants with broad black-and-navy stripes, T-shirt, leather jacket, boots and knit fingerless gloves.

He is friendly, easygoing and charismatic with his soft Southern accent - like his character, a force to be reckoned with.

"The most important thing for an actor to know is who he is," Thornton says. "He's got to know, 'OK, I'm the guy for this role - or not.' Like I always tell people, 'If you're doing a movie about Charles de Gaulle, get a French man. That ain't me.'

"People will say, 'Well, you need to stretch yourself as an actor.' But if you start trying to play people who are inherently not you, that's not going to be your strongest stuff."

No one can say Thornton hasn't stretched. He has scored in popcorn comedies like "Bad Santa" and "Mr. Woodcock" between decidedly grown-up dramas: the Coen Brothers' "The Man Who Wasn't There," ''Monster's Ball," ''A Simple Plan" and, of course, "Sling Blade," which he wrote, directed and starred in, winning an Oscar for best adapted screenplay and a best actor nod.

He arrived in Los Angeles as a young man from backwoods Arkansas, looking to write for Hollywood or form a rock band (music remains a lifelong passion).

This country boy with a hayseed triple name may have seemed like a long shot in Tinseltown, "but I've always believed in providence," says Thornton. "Things were really hard at first, but I always had this belief that it was going to be OK."

Then he found his way into an acting class.

"My desire was just to be a working actor," he replies when asked the scope of his career goal. His ideals: the great character actors Strother Martin and Warren Oates.

"I thought I'd always be sixth or seventh on the call sheet. I never expected much more. So I thought I'd really made it on 'Hearts Afire,'" the early '90s political sitcom starring John Ritter with Thornton in a supporting role. "But years before, I thought I'd made it when I had just one scene on 'Matlock'!

"It was all fine," he sums up, "all along the way."
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EDITOR'S NOTE - Frazier Moore is a national television columnist for The Associated Press. He can be reached at fmoore@ap.org and at http://www.twitter.com/tvfrazier
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Box Office: Can 'Oculus' Producer Jason Blum Succeed Outside His Horror Comfort Zone?

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It's no surprise that the one-two punch atop this weekend's box office chart was the second weekend of "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" (with an estimated $41.4 million) and the debut of family cartoon "Rio 2" (estimated at $39.0 million), but the real drama lay in the fate of the No. 3 movie. That was horror film "Oculus," which rode a wave of positive buzz and even critical kudos to a third-place debut estimated at $12.0 million, enough to beat this weekend's other new wide release, Kevin Costner's sports-management dramedy "Draft Day" (No. 4 with an estimated $9.8 million).

Much of the credit for success of "Oculus" will go to producer Jason Blum (whether he deserves it or not), since Blum is by default the leading auteur in horror movies today, even though he doesn't write or direct them. As a producer, he's hit on a formula that turns micro-budgeted horror movies into profitable franchises, including "Paranormal Activity," "Insidious," and "The Purge."

Now, it's no surprise when a Blum-produced movie goes into the black its first weekend by opening with a take that's more than twice what it cost to make. Nor was it a surprise that "Oculus" debuted with an estimated $12.0 million, almost exactly what pundits had predicted.

Still, "Oculus" isn't a conventional Blumhouse Pictures movie, since Blum bought it after it was already made, rather than nurturing it from the script stage, as he usually does. That shift, along with some others that Blum is making, makes us wonder: Is Blum abandoning his successful formula? Has the model run out of gas? And can he succeed outside of his comfort zone?

Blum has become a success by doing something that ought to be easy but isn't. He allows his directors and writers near-complete creative freedom by keeping the budgets to a minimum. (An extreme minimum in the case of "Paranormal Activity," made with a cast of unknowns for just $15,000; the more typical Blum chillfest these days is made for up to $5 million and may contain a recognizable star or two.) He likes horror, he has said, because it's easier to make horror films on the cheap than action films or period dramas. He chooses writers who also direct, so their vision remains consistent from page to screen. His films tend to be high in jolts but low in gore, relying on the power of suggestiveness to make viewers' imaginations do much of the work that's only hinted at on screen. And he tends to make stories about families, creating characters that are easy to identify with so that viewers will be all the more frightened for them once they're placed in peril.

Even though Blum picked up "Oculus" rather than making it in-house, the movie still hews closely to Blum's own blueprint. The director is co-writer Mike Flanagan, a relative unknown who based "Oculus" on one of his own short films and has an ambitious plan for further installments. The stars are genre favorites from TV ("Doctor Who" actress Karen Gillan and "Battlestar Galactica"'s Katee Sackhoff) who are not household names to most moviegoers. The story centers on a family -- specifically, a brother and sister struggling against a supernatural force.

Blum's model sounds simple enough, so why don't more producers follow his lead? A couple reasons. One is that it requires the producer to put a lot of trust in the visions and storytelling skills of indie filmmakers, some of whom are relatively inexperienced. Few producers are willing to cede that much control and trust to untried writers and directors. Second, while his movies may boast a huge ratio of return on their initial investments, we're still talking about just tens of millions of dollars. Blum likes to work with the major Hollywood studios to get as wide a distribution pattern as he can, but those studios would rather be in the blockbuster business; they'd rather spend $150 million to make $450 million than spend $5 million to make $80 million.

Even though Blum's financial risk is always low, he doesn't always score giant profits. This past January's "Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones" earned just $32.5 million domestically (though it did much better overseas), suggesting that the well is running dry after five installments of that franchise.

Plus, Blum has been trying to branch out beyond horror, without much success so far. He produced action-comedy "Stretch," which features a name cast (including Blum regular Patrick Wilson, Chris Pine, Ed Helms, and Jessica Alba) and a name director ("The Grey"'s Joe Carnahan), but Universal pulled it from its March 2014 release at the last minute, and no other distributor has picked it up, meaning the movie will probably go straight to video-on-demand or iTunes.

Coming up, in addition to a "Purge" sequel and more of the kind of horror movies that have been his bread and butter, Blum has in the works "The Boy Next Door," a conventional thriller starring an actual movie diva, Jennifer Lopez, and "Jem and the Holograms," a live-action version of the Hasbro-toy-inspired musical cartoon series of the 1980s. It's hard to imagine how Blum could make either of these movies for his customary $5 million or less.

It's not clear if Blum is trying to diversify his portfolio, stretch his creative muscles, or plan his exit strategy from the humbly-budgeted horror business. But the success of "Oculus" suggests that he has more tricks up his sleeve than his history of homemade horror might suggest.

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MTV Movie Awards Winners 2014: Who Took Home the Golden Popcorns?

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JESSICA HERNDON, AP Film Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) - "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" earned the prize for best film at Sunday night's MTV Movie Awards, besting even top Oscar winner "12 Years a Slave."

"Hunger Games" stars also took home some of the night's biggest awards. Jennifer Lawrence won best female performance and Josh Hutcherson was voted best male performer.

Zany categories were also in abundance. Zac Efron earned best shirtless performance, while properly accepting his award, well, shirtless.

Plenty of golden popcorn-shaped prizes were handed out at the 22nd annual MTV Movie Awards, but it was the summer movie teasers - and the stars attached to them - that really had Hollywood excited.

Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Jamie Foxx, stars of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," coming May 2, introduced a brief clip of the film showing Spider-Man (Garfield) and the sparkling blue villain Electro (Foxx) battling in New York's Times Square.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, the star of "Godzilla," opening May 16, presented Orlando Bloom with the award for best fight for his and Evangeline Lilly's tussle with the Orcs in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug."

Ellen Page, one of the stars of the upcoming "X-Men: Days of Future Past," introduced a clip from the film that sees the X-Men joining forces with their younger selves.

In the tease, some X-Men attempt to battle ruthless metal monsters using their special abilities. It's the first appearance for some of the mutants - Blink, Sunspot, Warpath and Bishop.

The MTV Movie Awards have become the ideal platform for the Hollywood studios to promote their summer movies and this year was no exception.

First-look footage from "The Fault in Our Stars," starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, showed the beginnings of the onscreen couple's romance in the heartfelt comedy.

Jared Leto presented Mila Kunis with the award for best villain for "Oz the Great and Powerful." ''You just made my 12-year-old self dream come true," said Kunis while holding her golden popcorn prize. "And I just realized I'm the only woman nominated and I won."

Receiving this year's trailblazer award was Channing Tatum. The first male to gain the honor after Stone and Emma Watson, Tatum accepted the award from his "Jupiter Ascending" co-star Kunis and his "22 Jump Street" co-star Jonah Hill. Tatum admitted he thought he was being punked when he found out he would get the award.

On-hand to objectify the best male performance nominees were Leslie Mann, Cameron Diaz, Nicki Minaj and Kate Upton. "Matthew McConaugh-heyyy," said Minaj. "I have a pair of bongos you can play." But it was Josh Hutcherson who earned the win.

Jordana Brewster introduced the special tribute to Paul Walker, who died in a car crash last November. "I witnessed the generosity of his heart every day I was with him," she said. "He wanted to make a difference in this world. His charm, wit, spirit and his beautiful smile will live on." Clips from a number of his films and a glimpse of footage of the actor accepting the MTV movie award for breakthrough male performance in 2002 were shown.

"I'm always going to be here for you even when you tell me to go," Vin Diesel said in a video clip. "That's who Paul Walker was."

Mark Wahlberg collected the generation award. "I know what this really means," said Wahlberg, adding that this is the award that signifies "You're done."

"Many people have gotten this award before. Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston...and you know what they all have in common? They're all old. This is the too old to come back award," said Wahlberg. "But it was as great run! I'm a lucky guy to have gone from being incarcerated to having a one-hit rap career to having an underwear modeling career to... I'm about to cry in a minute."

Host Conan O'Brien kicked off the ceremony with a challenge to gain 50 celebrity cameos for his opening segment, a shtick with Will Arnett that merged two categories - best fight and best kiss - and a musical number about hating musical numbers in big awards shows.

Walking out to a track by rapper Rick Ross, O'Brien joked that he was almost injured by the show's flashing pyrotechnics. "Fire, explosions and rap music: all things you associate with Conan O'Brien," he deadpanned.

Earlier in the evening, Amanda Seyfried had trouble reading the teleprompter, blaming it on not wearing her contacts. "So far this is going about as well as the Oscars," said her co-presenter Seth MacFarlane - referencing his 2013 Academy Award hosting gig - before the pair presented Hill with his award for best comedic performance for "The Wolf of Wall Street."

Hill's initial thanks went to all of his friends with whom he used to watch the show back home before making it to the ceremony himself.

In the preshow awards, the prize for best cameo performance went to Rihanna for her appearance in the comedy "This is the End." Later, Rihanna took to the stage with Eminem to perform their hit "The Monster." Performing tacks from the soundtrack of "Divergent," Ellie Goulding sang "Beating Heart," while Zedd took the stage for "Find You."

Best kiss went to Emma Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and Will Poulter.

The MTV awards had some stiff competition from other networks on Sunday night, including the latest installment of HBO's popular "Game of Thrones" and the final season premiere of AMC's "Mad Men."
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Here's the New 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' TV Spot From the MTV Movie Awards (VIDEO)

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Did you miss the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" TV spot that aired during the MTV Movie Awards? Don't worry; we've got you covered. The 30-second glimpse at the turtle-powered movie offered a bit of the same footage we saw in the teaser released not too long ago, with a few new bits to tide us over, as well as a voiceover from -- could it be? -- Splinter himself.

Expect a lot more Turtle Power when the full-length trailer hits the interwebs sometime soon.

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" hits theaters August 8.

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