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mtv movie awards excerptThe 26th annual MTV Movie Awards was not its usual event this weekend as it was the first time it combined movie and television categories and removed gendered categories. Beauty and the Beast was the big winner of the night, taking home multiple statues and being the inspiration for the event’s opening number.

Set immediately before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope, it tells the story of how the rebels got their hands on the plans to the Death Star, as well as depicting the first victory won by the rebel alliance and alluded to in the opening crawl to the first film in the Star Wars saga.

An original “V” joins the reboot series, Dan Aykroyd reunites with Jim Belushi, Owen Benjamin decides to star in a series with his name in it, Lie to Me cast a “Lost” alum, TBS lands a Sweeney lead, and TNT lands a Dushku lead, while TV Lands eyes a return for none other than Fran Drescher.