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In a night where the MTV voters seemed to try their best to be as diverse as possible in their annual Movie Award winners, only one star of the silver screen appeared to be a unanimous fan favorite — Johnny Depp, who managed to win honors in both the Best Comedic Performance and the Best Villain categories.

“I’m not a very funny person,” the actor, who could barely be heard over the screams of the audience, claimed while accepting his Best Comedic Performance award for his now-iconic role of Captain Jack Sparrow in last summer’s mega-hit Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. “Not even remotely funny.”

Looking dashingly handsome and clean-cut, Depp, who turns 45 on June 9, was called upon later in the evening to make a repeat trip to the stage when his title role in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street was awarded in the Best Villain category.

Oddly enough, though Johnny won both of these categories, it was Will Smith who voters rewarded with the Best Male Performance award for his role in I Am Legend. Joined onstage by his son Jaden, Will remembered having been at the 1988 MTV Movie Awards — except… the annual ceremony didn’t begin until 1992.

For Juno star Ellen Page, who walked away from both the Oscars and Golden Globes empty-handed, she appeared to be somewhat consoled by her win in the Best Female Performance category.

Zac Efron, who was in the audience with on-off girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens, managed to thank everyone but his gal-pal during his acceptance speech for Best Breakthrough Performance in Hairspray.

Tom Cruise got down on one knee to present the Generation Award to goofball Adam Sandler, who then launched into a self-aggrandizing version of “Nobody Does It Better,” after which he announced, “This is the most arrogant thing I’ve ever done.”

Of course, what are the MTV Movie Awards without the oddball categories that give the ceremony its unique flavor? There was Best Kiss, presented to Step Up 2: The Streets’ Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman by an almost naked Rainn Wilson (thank God for strategically placed teddy bears!) and Megan Fox. And Best Fight, awarded to Never Back Down’s Sean Faris and Cam Gigandet.

And one of the evening’s biggest controversies came during the presentation of the Best Summer Movie So Far category, as Seth Rogen and James Franco whipped out a “pretend” baggie of marijuana and smoked a “fake” joint — “This certainly isn’t good sh–,” Franco told the audience after taking a puff — before presenting the award to Iron Man. However, since the cameras pulled as far away as possible from the podium during this presentation, it was hard to tell exactly what was going on onstage.

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20th Annual Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2008 held at UCLA Pauley Pavilion in Westwood, California, yesterday. In attendance were Miley Cyrus, Emile Hirsch, Abigail Breslin, America Ferrera, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ross McCall, Cameron Diaz, Brendan Fraser, Jodie Foster, Chris Brown, Jesse McCartney, Shia LaBeouf, Lil Mama, Nia Long, Hayden Panettiere, Ashlee Simpson, Rihanna, and Jordin Sparks.

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Oscar winner Diablo Cody chose to wear her own shoes to the Academy Awards on Sunday night after turning down the chance to wear designer Stuart Weitzman’s ‘million dollar shoes’. The Juno screenwriter balked at the idea of wearing Weitzman’s shoes after realizing she had become a pre-Oscars publicity figure, insisting she had no idea the footwear crafted especially for her were the fabled Kwait diamond items celebrities have been selected to wear to the Academy Awards since 2002.

In a furious posting on her MySpace.com website last week, Cody fumed, “I’m actually really p**sed about this… They’re using me to publicize their stupid shoes and NOBODY ASKED ME. I would never consent to a lame publicity stunt at a time when I already want to hide.” And she stuck to her promise, leaving the Weitzman shoes at home and hitting the Oscars red carpet in a cheaper pair.

After her Best Original Screenplay win, Cody added, “It was the silliest thing. Nobody asked me, nobody talked to me, it was just this crate in the room with my name on it. (I wore my) regular shoes… I’m actually not sure (how much they cost), but I’m sure it is nowhere near a million dollars. If I had a million dollars I would help people.”

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Why was late actor Brad Renfro cut from the video tribute at Sunday’s Oscars?

“It was really an editing decision because we can’t fit everyone in,” a rep for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said. “There was no specific reason.”

The montage featured footage of late actors, including Heath Ledger, who passed away a week after Renfro.

Renfro died of a heroin overdose in his L.A. home January 15th.

The actor made his big film debut, opposite Susan Sarandon, in 1994’s The Client. His film credits include Sleepers, Apt Pupil and the acclaimed independent film Ghost World.

What do you think? I know that I only recognized a few of the names, but afterwards, I knew that Brad was missing from the montage. What a disservice to his career!

Best Motion Picture
WINNER: “No Country for Old Men”
· “Atonement”
· “Juno”
· “Michael Clayton”
· “No Country for Old Men”
· “There Will Be Blood”

Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role
WINNER: Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood”
· George Clooney in “Michael Clayton”
· Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
· Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah”
· Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises”

Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role
WINNER: Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose”
· Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”
· Julie Christie in “Away From Her”
· Laura Linney in “The Savages”
· Ellen Page in “Juno”

Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role
WINNER: Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men”
· Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”
· Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War”
· Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild”
· Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton”

Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role
WINNER: Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton”
· Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There”
· Ruby Dee in “American Gangster”
· Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement”
· Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone”

Achievement In Directing
WINNER: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for “No Country for Old Men”
· Julian Schnabel for “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
· Jason Reitman for “Juno”
· Tony Gilroy for “Michael Clayton”
· Paul Thomas Anderson for “There Will Be Blood”

Adapted Screenplay
WINNER: “No Country for Old Men” by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
· “Atonement” by Christopher Hampton
· “Away From Her” by Sarah Polley
· “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” by Ronald Harwood
· “There Will Be Blood” by Paul Thomas Anderson

Original Screenplay
WINNER: “Juno” by Diablo Cody
· “Lars and the Real Girl” by Nancy Oliver
· “Michael Clayton” by Tony Gilroy
· “Ratatouille” by Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco
· “The Savages” by Tamara Jenkins

Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Song)
WINNER: Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova for “Falling Slowly” from “Once”
· Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for “Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted”
· Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas for “Raise It Up” from “August Rush”
· Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for “So Close” from “Enchanted”
· Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for “That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted”

Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Score)
WINNER: Dario Marianelli for “Atonement”
· Alberto Iglesias for “The Kite Runner”
· James Newton Howard for “Michael Clayton”
· Michael Giacchino for “Ratatouille”
· Marco Beltrami for “3:10 to Yuma”

Achievement In Cinematography
WINNER: Robert Elswit for “There Will Be Blood”
· Roger Deakins for “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”
· Seamus McGarvey for “Atonement”
· Janusz Kaminski for “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
· Roger Deakins for “No Country for Old Men”

Achievement In Film Editing
WINNER: Christopher Rouse for “The Bourne Ultimatum”
· Juliette Welfling for “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
· Jay Cassidy for “Into the Wild”
· Roderick Jaynes for “No Country for Old Men”
· Dylan Tichenor for “There Will Be Blood”

Achievement In Costume Design
WINNER: Alexandra Byrne for “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”
· Albert Wolsky for “Across the Universe”
· Jacqueline Durran for “Atonement”
· Marit Allen for “La Vie en Rose”
· Colleen Atwood for “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”

Achievement In Art Direction
WINNER: Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo for “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
· Arthur Max and Beth A. Rubino for “American Gangster”
· Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer for “Atonement”
· Dennis Gassner and Anna Pinnock for “The Golden Compass”
· Jack Fisk and Jim Erickson for “There Will Be Blood”

Best Animated Feature Film
WINNER: “Ratatouille”
· “Persepolis”
· “Surf’s Up”

Best Animated Short Film
WINNER: “Peter & the Wolf”
· “I Met the Walrus”
· “Madame Tutli-Putli”
· “Même les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)”
· “My Love (Moya Lyubov)”

Best Live Action Short Film
WINNER: “Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)”
· “At Night”
· “Il Supplente (The Substitute)”
· “Tanghi Argentini”
· “The Tonto Woman”

Best Documentary Feature
WINNER: “Taxi to the Dark Side”
· “No End in Sight”
· “Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience”
· “Sicko”
· “War/Dance”

Best Documentary Short Subject
WINNER: “Freeheld”
· “La Corona (The Crown)”
· “Salim Baba”
· “Sari’s Mother”

Best Foreign Language Film
WINNER: “The Counterfeiters” (Austria)
· “Beaufort” (Israel)
· “Katyn” (Poland)
· “Mongol” (Kazakhstan)
· “12″ (Russia)

Achievement In Visual Effects
WINNER: Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood for “The Golden Compass”
· John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier for “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”
· Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier for “Transformers”

Achievement In Makeup
WINNER: Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald for “La Vie en Rose”
· Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji for “Norbit”
· Ve Neill and Martin Samuel for “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”

Achievement In Sound Editing
WINNER: Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg for “The Bourne Ultimatum”
· Skip Lievsay for “No Country for Old Men”
· Randy Thom and Michael Silvers for “Ratatouille”
· Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood for “There Will Be Blood”
· Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins for “Transformers”

Achievement In Sound Mixing
WINNER: Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis for “The Bourne Ultimatum”
· Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland for “No Country for Old Men”
· Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kanefor “Ratatouille”
· Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe for “3:10 to Yuma”
· Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin for “Transformers”