- I'm gonna take the honors
of bringin' this young lady out.
- Go for it, I'm gonna step outta frame.
- This young lady is not only a sweet, sweet girl
and a gorgeous, gorgeous girl,
but one of the best friends you could have.
(audience awing)
Ladies and gentlemen, Drew Barrymore!
(upbeat music)
- Hello!
Thank you Dennis.
From the moment REM burst on to the scene
with Radio Free Europe 14 years ago,
we knew that we were seeing and hearing
something very special.
The band from Athens, Georgia has always
made music that matters about the things that matter,
joy and hope and sorrow and pleasure,
giving a new voice to emotions beyond words
and always with mystery and magic, grace and dignity,
style and humor, REM's videos have given us
images that resonate long after the chords fade.
Here are some of the reasons why REM
is the winner of this year's Michael Jackson's
Video Vanguard Award.
(upbeat guitar strumming)
- Good! - How you guys doin'?
- Welcome to New York, welcome to the show!
(indistinct)
- People are goin' crazy! - Hi everybody!
- Now you guys really, really seem like
you are best friends, so tell us about
focusing on the set, how hard is it to focus
and actually get a movie done?
- We can't. - Yeah I was gonna
say the same thing.
It's not as hard to focus on the set
of Charlie's Angels as it is here
with all these people screaming at you and you're--
(audience screaming)
- Good answer, good answer. - Thank you.
- Was it easier, it was probably even harder
for you to focus Drew 'cause you produced the movie.
- Yes I know.
- Did you ever have to you know,
if these guys get outta hand, you gotta crack the whip?
- No. - She shouldn't
be drinking on CLL. - It's totally
not like that at all. - She's the whip cracker!
- I have to!
I have to drink right now.
- That was like a dominatrix joke.
- Every time I'm in a movie they're like give her the whip!
She's amazing!
She's an amazing producer and she never brings her.
She's an actress and then she's a producer
and she never brings the drama on to set
and it's amazing 'cause there's so much
that goes on behind the scenes.
- [Host] The Barrymore fingerprints are all over this one?
- From beginning to end. - Absolutely.
- I care about this film very much
because I wanted us to have an opportunity
as best friends to be able to work together
'cause that is the best thing in the world.
- Being friends, best friends, right.
- Making your dreams. (audience cheering)
Like doing what you wanna do in life
but with your friends is the grooviest thing in the world.
And then to put something out there that's.
(laughing) - We know, we know.
We're in the same boat. - We know all about it.
We're hangin' out with the angel's now.
The movie is definitely completely action-packed.
Now how hard is it to look good
and perform all these stunts at the same time?
- Well we have what we call the Glam Squad.
- We have a Glam Squad that hangs out with us
and we run around in stilettos
and that probably makes part of the movie,
you know the fun, the drama, the glamor.
- I'm piggy-backing off-- - Loads of fun and drama.
- Your mic by the way.
(chuckling)
I think also when you have an opportunity
to do something, you decide to go for it
so you just work on it until it looks good.
But there are some, oh my God,
if we put those in the movie, we look like not so good.
- Not so hot.
- So you get so excited when you hit it perfectly.
- Definitely. - You try and try
and try until you do.
- And I found myself a lot of times
pulling my hair outta my lip gloss.
(laughing)
And I was tryin' to be like an action star
without having to pluck the last bit.
(groaning)
(laughing)
- Lucy the first movie was such a success
with both the guys and the girls,
why do you think this one makes a good date movie?
- Because now the girls can go to the movies
and bring their boyfriends
and their boyfriends don't have to sit around
and be like ugh, why did my girlfriend
drag me to this movie and wait 'til the movie ends.
Now there's stuff for everyone.
- It's pretty sexy too. - It's sexy,
there's dancing, it's fun.
It's great for everybody
and I think that's the intention
the second one was supposed to have.
- [Cameron] Why are we rocking back and forth?
- I'm looking at you guys like.
- It's comforting! - It feels so good.
(indistinct) - So safe!
- We're not functional right now.
- I'm in a cradle of their flesh right now
and it makes me so happy.
- Adam is hangin' with us the entire show
and now it is time to bring out
a giant star who's done a hell of a lot of movies.
- I'm gonna take the honors of bringin'
this young lady out. - Go for it,
I'm gonna step outta frame.
- This young lady is not only a sweet, sweet girl
and a gorgeous, gorgeous girl
but one of the best friends you could have.
Ladies and gentlemen, Drew Barrymore!
(audience screaming)
(upbeat music)
- Hi Drew! - Hi, hi!
It's good to see you.
Good to have you on the show here.
- I wanna say hi to everyone
and be like hang out and like talk
and touch and I don't know.
- But it's not the Oscars, it's okay.
- Oh I no I don't mean like on a congratulary--
Self thing, I just wanna get to know everyone.
- Right on.
- I gotta ask you a question because Adam,
I love Adam's movies but he always seems
to work his friends into the mix too and I love it!
We got a shirtless Rob Schneider
with his big saggy man boobs floppin' around.
- You got to see he backside too.
- He's got a nice tush. - His little tush hangs out.
- Is it a nice little plump?
What's it like hangin' out on set?
Is it like a frat house?
That's how I imagine it.
- It's really fun you know
and isn't it ideal to take the people
you love and work with. - Exactly Drew.
- Sure. - To be loyal
and work with people that you have this amazing
communication with and you're sharing
the same creative ideas and just
have the best time doing it.
- And then I gotta tell ya. (audience cheering)
Drew, out of our frat house
people would associate my friends
with being a frat house, Drew probably
can burp the loudest, don't you think?
- Seriously can you do it right now?
(burping softly) - That was all right.
- That was so weak! - Standing ovation.
- That was beautiful. (indistinct)
- Now Adam, the new movie with Drew Barrymore of course,
50 First Dates, it's open today,
you can go check it out in theaters tonight.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, I hope you like it.
- The last movie with Drew, the Wedding Singer,
the last movie you did with her, the Wedding Singer,
you guys did together, is actually being
turned into a Broadway show I read?
- Yeah.
- How did this happen?
- It just happened.
Those guys wanted to do it, New Line wanted to do it.
And it's gonna be fun to go see that.
- You're very musical so I can see the association
and it is the Wedding Signer, therefore there are songs,
it's Broadway. - Sure.
- [Host] You're not gonna be staring in it are you?
- No we're not in it right?
- No. - We're not in it.
- But we should go!
- We're gonna go opening night, I know that.
- Yeah, yeah! - If we can,
that would be excellent.
- If they'll let us. - If they give us a ticket.
- Right.
(audience applauding)
- And the best On-Screen team
is Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, 50 First Dates!
(soft music)
- Hey thank you!
Thank you, thanks very much! - Thank you so much.
(laughing)
Thank you.
- Who do we thank? - Hawaii.
- We wanna thank Hawaii.
We had a great time in Hawaii. - Yes lots.
- Makin' the movie. - Pucca Shells.
- The Pucca Shells, we wanna thank the Pucca Shells,
we wanna thank the-- - The sunrises.
- The sunrises (beep), we wanna thank that (beep).
(audience applauding)
- All the people of Hawaii.
- The people of Hawaii, that Samolan guy who massaged me.
(laughing)
- The delicious food, the sunsets!
I set sunrises.
- And the (beep), that guy with the (beep).
- That's probably why I said sunset, sunrise.
- That one guy we don't wanna thank
is the one who said he was bringin' the (beep),
but didn't show up. - Yeah no thank you to him.
But thank you to you guys.
- Yeah thank you all very much.
- This is so cool, thank you.
- It was a fun movie to make and we appreciate it.
Thank you!
- Thank you so much!
(audience applauding)
- I'm here with my boo, the lovely Drew Barrymore.
Your film, The Best Place To Start,
directorial debut about why Uncle Sam
gives the cold shoulder to young voters,
where did you get the title for it?
- Actually a man named J.L Chestnut
who was Martin Luther King's attorney
in the height of Civil Rights.
And I wanted to go Selma Alabama
where one of the most famous marches took place
because I wanted to learn about our history,
why it's so important to vote,
why it is important to honor and respect
what these people went through
and the struggle women, ensuring the suffrage's movement,
the right to vote, in 1923, that was so not long ago.
And the 60's the Civil Rights movement,
and you could only vote at 21 and not 18,
very short time ago.
This is not only, not our generation
but the generation of our parents,
of all the people around us, and to respect
that history and learn from it is so important.
And then there's another side of the documentary too
where I speak to a lot of comedians
and different politicians but to find
the lighter side of things
and it explores all these different things
and I broke down at certain points making this.
I would just cry and be like this is
such an overwhelming world.
I don't know what to do.
And then there were moments where I saw
the inspiration and the light.
And it's all in there.
And it's all encompassing and it was just
a wonderful journey and I would be very honored
if anyone sees it.
(audience cheering)
- [Host] And, we're ready to go!
All right welcome to MTV Spring Break Face Off,
we're on location at the City Nightclub in Cancun Mexico.
Beautiful out here.
Wish you could be here!
And here to give us the play by play on all
of today's action are the stars of the movie,
Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore!
First of all, welcome to the show.
Thank you guys for stoppin' by.
- Thank you!
- Let's talk about the movie for a bit.
Now Jimmy, in the movie you play an absolute
sports fanatic, isn't that right?
- Yeah in the movie I'm a huge Red Sox fan.
A wicked Pissah, wicked Pissah!
(audience cheering)
The guy's obsessed, obsessed.
- And Drew, how does your character deal with this guy?
- Well I mean she loves him and when you love somebody
you gotta love them for who they are.
So but how do you find the balance, I don't know.
But I like sports nuts, I'm down with the sports nuts.
- Very nice, all right.
- It's the first week of April, it's finally warmin'
up outside, and baseball season is upon us
and along with it comes a new baseball flick
called Fever Pitch, the two movie stars are here today.
So let's bring 'em out right now, Jimmy Fallon
and Drew Barrymore, come on out!
(audience cheering) - What's happenin'?
- How you doin'?
All right that's it!
That's it!
That's better. This crowd is great, the energy's great!
- Well they're happy to see ya man.
It's good to have you back on TRL.
- Good, good to see you my man.
- I'm gettin' used to seein' y'all two together
'cause you've worked on SNL a couple times,
you shot the movie Fever Pitch now.
Are you guys safe to say, good friends off camera as well?
- Oh yeah. - Yeah, definitely.
- I love hanging out with Jimmy.
(laughing)
(mumbling)
He's so funny too, you don't understand.
It's so nice when somebody makes you laugh all the time,
it's the best. - For sure, for sure.
- I love you Jimmy! (chuckling)
- Thank you, that's me.
(laughing)
- Well thank you.
- Has someone said Happy Valentine's Day to you yet?
A text message maybe?
- I got a few texts, they were all from friends.
- Okay good. - So I'm very.
And one was from a dog, so that was interesting.
- Really, a dog?
The first dog has learnt to--
Interesting. - An actual dog.
- Are you really into Valentine's Day,
or is it just like another day?
For me it's just like anot--
I don't hate it but I'm not that thrilled about it.
- Well I think it's kind of like this perfect,
I think there's a way to look at the glass half full.
I think if you're single, you can sorta take
all that love that you normally give out to other people
and give it to yourself and your friends.
And if you're lucky enough to receive it,
then wow, all the better. - That's true.
- So I think it's a win-win situation.
- It is a win-win.
All right, but enough about Valentine's Day.
Music and Lyrics, the premiere, New York City on Monday.
You attended the premiere right?
- Yeah I did.
I actually had to take a picture of the marque
'cause it was of the Ziegfeld Theater
and you know like-- - Beautiful.
- We're all transforming into AMC Multiplex (indistinct).
It was so nice to be at one of the old school movie houses.
- I've seen a few premieres there,
it's a classic theater.
It's beautiful. - It really is.
- Now it's a packed theater though too.
You can see probably, what, 500 people in that auditorium?
- It's huge.
Yeah it's just old and beautiful
and traditional. - Do you like environment,
watching movies with a lot of other people around you?
- You know what, yes.
Because that's sort of like the one and only time
it'll be that way, you know.
Otherwise it's gonna be on like TBS on Sunday morning
and you'll be like oh hi, there it is,
in my bed on a Sunday morning.
- That's not a bad thing either though too.
- There ain't gonna be 500 people there.
- Right, totally.
Well you've done a bunch of romantic comedies,
Fever Pitch, Wedding Singer.
- [Together] 50 First Dates.
- Absolutely. (audience cheering)
- I love Adam Sandler!
I mean he's the best! - Sandler's the best!
Sandler's the man.
Are you done with romantic comedies though?
This is the rumor that I've heard around here.
- Yes I know and it's hard 'cause you say one thing
and it sort of gets you know twisted
into a million different directions.
But here's the deal, it's totally not my last one.
- It isn't, okay good. - I love doing them.
In fact Adam and I just wrote a script recently
that we were thinking about.
- Oh good, okay. - And we're gonna,
we waited a few years between the Wedding Singer
and 50 First Dates as we probably will again
because we wanna find the right thing to do together.
And I will absolutely do more.
I would like to try some other things.
I do wanna find my range and challenge myself
and face fears but I will never deny a genre
that I absolutely love.
- Well that's great.
And Adam's great at that too
and you guys probably compliment each other very well.
(audience cheering) So we appreciate that.
- Thank you! - She's the host
of her own upcoming daytime show, the Drew Barrymore Show!
Drew Barrymore!
- Music videos paint the picture of the moment.
They define the culture, they can shock us,
thrill us, entertain us, and the best,
they can even change us.
Tonight we celebrate the visionaries behind
the most influential videos of the year.
Here are the nominees for Best Direction.
(air whirring softly)
- [Announcer] Best Direction.
♪ Don't ♪ Dua Lipa, Don't Start Now.
Directed by Nabil.
Harry Styles, Adore You, directed by Dave Meyers.
Billie Eilish, Xanny, directed by Billie Eilish.
Doja Cat, Say So, directed by Hannah Lux Davis.
Taylor Swift, The Man, directed by Taylor Swift.
The Weekend, Blinding Lights, directed by Anton Tammi.
- And the VMA goes to, Taylor Swift, the Man!
(audience cheering) - Guys this is amazing!
This is the very first video that I've ever
directed on my own and I just, I'm so grateful for this.
I wanted to take an opportunity
to say thank you to the team who believed in me
as a first time director and made this video with me,
Rodrigo Prieto, my DP, my AD Jo Oz Osborne,
my editor Chancler Haynes, Ethan Tobman
who designed the sets, Joseph Cassell who styled everybody,
Bill Corso and his amazing team
for turning me into a guy, which was very thrilling.
I also wanna thank Grant Miller at Ingenuity
who did all the visual effects.
There are two women who I've worked with in the past
on music videos who were the ones
who this time around, convinced me that I really
was up to the challenge of directing on my own
and those women were my producers on this video,
Rebecca Skinner and Jill Harden, so thank you for that.
I was told that this was an industry voted award.
So I wanna say thank you to everyone
in the industry who voted for this video.
But I also really wanna thank the fans
because you are the only reason
why the industry cares about anything that I do.
Any everything that you guys have done with folklore
this summer, I'm just so blown away and taken aback
by your generosity to me.
So, thank you for everything.
I hope I get to see you soon.