Misconceptions About Mtv Movie Awards

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MTV Movie Awards is an annual show hosted by different celebrities . People vote for their favourites online and sometimes the award categories can be quite strange, such as "Best Death". The nominees gather in the audience and the winners are called up on the stage to say an acceptance speech. They are recorded and streamed on the internet for the whole world, so they are expected to behave properly, although that is not always the case.
Last month, during the Movie Awards, Jamie Dornan, an actor nominated for his role as Christian in "50 shades of Grey", decided to show up disheveled and obviously drunk. The whole crowd gasped audibly when the man tripped and fell onto the floor while trying to walk up the steps. His speech

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