‘We’ve got gold hubcaps spinning, crazy popcorn, butter — it’s a mess,’ Anton Goss says. By Kara Warner 2010 MTV Movie Awards set Photo: MTV News While the MTV Movie Awards show itself is always packed with surprises from attendees, presenters and winners, one of the unsung, slightly under-the-radar heroes is the show’s flashy, highly technologically enhanced stage design. Will there be showers of golden popcorn? Hidden trapdoors or elevators? Performers flying from the ceiling? MTV’s Jim Cantiello recently caught up with production designer Anton Goss to get a sneak peek at his fancy set designing computer, where he showed off a few of the “looks” that will gild the Gibson Ampitheather in classic MTV gold come Sunday. “We have three main looks,” Goss offered. “We have a ‘TV look,’ we have a ‘film-reel look’ [and] I call this one my ‘pimp my ride look,’ ” he described while loading the different graphics and stage layouts on his laptop. “We’ve got gold hubcaps spinning, crazy popcorn, butter — it’s a mess.” “The ‘secret look’ is the one we’re most proud of,” Goss said with a conspiratory grin, and then offered only a vague description: “We had a lot of fun with that. … It’s shocking.” This is Goss’ second turn as production designer for the MTV Movie Awards stages. He’s a seasoned pro where TV set decor is concerned, having designed episodes of “The Bachelor,” “Last Comic Standing,” the 2010 People’s Choice Awards and the Spike Video Game Awards; he’s also made the rounds in the daytime talk-show circuit, having designed for “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” the latter for which he won a Daytime Emmy in 2009. Don’t miss the live red-carpet coverage, exclusive movie clips and fist-pumping action on MTV News’ “Jersey Shore Blow-Out at the MTV Movie Awards,” airing live from Los Angeles this Sunday, June 6, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Then stay tuned for the 2010 MTV Movie Awards at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Related Videos Get Ready For The 2010 MTV Movie Awards! Related Photos ‘New Moon,’ ‘Avatar,’ ‘Hangover,’ More Duke It Out As 2010 Movie Awards Nominees
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