2012 MTV Movie Awards: 5 talking points

Johnny Depp plays guitar, Emma Stone steals the show, The Dark Knight Rises gets Twitter buzzing (again), and more highlights from Sunday night's awards

"What sets you apart can feel like a burden, but it's not," said Emma Stone during her acceptance speech for the first-ever Trailblazer award at the MTV Movie Awards.
(Image credit: Facebook.com/MTV)

The MTV Movie Awards have a history of producing controversial watercooler moments: Sacha Baron Cohen wearing a thong as the character Bruno and getting too close to Eminem for the rapper's comfort; Jim Carrey accepting his award dressed as a hippie-Jim Morrison hybrid; and Sarah Silverman eviscerating Paris Hilton with a cruel monologue. Did Sunday night's Hunger Games- and Twilight-dominated airing of the annual awards show contain any new moments to add to the canon? Here, five talking points from the telecast:

1. The Hunger Games vs. Twilight battle royale was a draw

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