<i>Brokeback</i> Wins MTV Movie Awards "Best Kiss"...

Wins MTV Movie Awards "Best Kiss"...

t's a bit loopy to search for cultural commentary in the MTV Movie Awards -- the trophy looks like shellacked popcorn for a good reason -- but there was an honest-to-goodness moment of gravity at the taping Saturday in Culver City when Jake Gyllenhaal accepted the award for best on-screen kiss for his lip-lock with Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain."

There had already been plenty of jokes made at the film's expense before pop star Justin Timberlake opened the envelope and read out the names ("Oh, it's the fellas...." the singer said in a faint voice) and Gyllenhaal arrived at the microphone a bit grumpy. But then he seemed to realize that the award meant that the show's voters, which is MTV's viewers, might be (gulp) more mature and tolerant than Oscar voters. "It's a big deal," the actor said.

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