Twilight Saga sweeps Teen Choice Awards

Twilight Saga sweeps Teen Choice Awards

MUMBAI: Twilight Saga swept this year‘s Teen Choice Awards grabbing a total of eleven awards.

The film series based on Stephenie Meyer‘s novels was the biggest winner at the ceremony when it picked up the ‘Choice Movie: Liplock‘ for lead stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart‘s kiss in The Twilight Saga: New Moon. The film also won the Choice Movie: Chemistry trophy.

Taylor Lautner, who plays werewolf Jacob Black in the film took home the Choice Fantasy: Movie Actor and Choice Male: Hottie awards. Pattinson and Stewart won the Choice Summer Movie Star: Male and Choice Summer Movie Star: Female accolades respectively.

Hollywood star Sandra Bullock won the Choice Movie Actress: Drama award for her performance in The Blind Side, the role that also won her the Best Actress Oscar.

Twilight was not the only vampire drama to dominate the event, which was hosted by California Gurls singer Katy Perry. Hit series The Vampire Diaries scooped seven awards in the television category, including Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi, while the show‘s leading couple Paul Wesley and Nina Dobrev won the Choice Actor and Choice Actress statuettes in the TV Fantasy/Sci-Fi category.