2001 MTV Movie Awards ~ Presenters & Guests

Winners Were Unveiled at the 2001 MTV Movie Awards

SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 3 /PRNewswire

Two-stepping hosts and costumed apes started off the night at the 2001 MTV Movie Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA. Hosted by Jimmy Fallon and Kirsten Dunst, the 2001 MTV Movie Awards premiered on MTV on Thursday, June 7, 2001.

A film spoof of The Mummy Returns featured Fallon and Dunst as the fearless heroes along with Snoop Dogg and Oded Fehr battling against their evil nemesis played by Rob Schneider. Interspersed with film clips of Tom Hanks, a parody of Castaway spotlighted Andy Dick as the other castaway. The dynamic team of Fallon and Dunst also performed a musical parody of Madonna's Don't Tell Me featuring dancers donning the actual ape costumes from the upcoming film Planet of the Apes. Laughs continued when Fallon and Dunst took on an upset Adam Sandler and Britney Spears. All in all, Fallon impressed the audience with several impersonations including Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, and Jerry Seinfeld.

Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, and Pink gave the first and only live performance of Lady Marmalade. The Dave Matthews Band gave a stellar performance of their single, The Space Between. It was scorching hot when Weezer performed H*** Pipe on a stage filled with fire and smoke.

Highlights of the night included presenters Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker flying onto the stage "Crouching Tiger" style, a comical language translation between David Spade and Zhang Ziyi, and some of the surprisingly revealing thoughts of Jim Carrey. In addition, George Lucas presented the honor of "Best New Filmmaker" to Sophia Coppola for her film Virgin Suicides.

The star-studded list of presenters included: Aaliyah, Halle Berry, Jackie Chan, Sean Puffy Combs, Destiny's Child, Cameron Diaz, Drea de Matteo, Shannon Elizabeth, Brendan Fraser, Alyson Hannigan, Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicole Kidman (via satellite from Australia), Chris Klein, Johnny Knoxville, Ashton Kutcher, George Lucas, Mike Myers, Tara Reid, Christina Ricci, The Rock, Seann William Scott, David Spade, Julia Stiles, Mena Suvari, John Travolta, Chris Tucker, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Zhang Ziyi.