UNITED STATES : New Moon Named Best Movie of 2009, Twilight sequel ‘New Moon’ has been voted the best movie of 2009 in a new poll.

Heartthrob Robert Pattinson took away the title for Sexiest Male star, with 46.5pct votes, while co-star Taylor Lautner was named Best Male Breakout star, timesofindia.com quoted.

‘New Moon’ was also ranked as the year’s champ “chick flick.”

Although voters ranked “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” as the worst movie of 2009, as well as the second most disappointing film after “Bruno,” yet at the same time, they called it the year’s best action flick.

“Transformers” star Megan Fox was voted the year’s Sexiest Female thespian but voters also felt she gave the worst performance of ‘09.

“The Hangover” got was voted the year’s funniest movie, with 51.8pct votes, while Disney/Pixar’s “Up” was named the best animated film.

Sandra Bullock took the best performance by an actress prize for “The Blind Side.”

Meanwhile, Twilight series’ next instalment ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ was picked as the 2010 film fans most yearn to see.

LONDON: Brit actress Kate Winslet has been named the best international actress at this year’s Bambi Awards in Germany.

Winslet, 34, had been awarded the prize for her role in The Reader, in which she had played a German woman with a secret Nazi past.

“Ever since we made The Reader I’m always trying to find ways to come back – it was special.

The actress struggled to hold up the solid bronze and 18-carat gold trophy she was presented with at the ceremony.

“This is very heavy, so I’m going to put this down,” she said laughing.

The annual Bambi Awards acknowledge achievement in film, television, music and sports, and the panel praised her as “actress who doesn’t just slip into her roles but rather puts herself into the soul of her roles”

Kate Winslet plays Hanna Schmitz, a German woman in her thirties whose teenage lover is unaware of the dark secret in her past.

The awards, annually presented by Hubert Burda media, honor the best in international and national music, film, television, and sports.