2009 MTV Movie Awards Nominations

MTV announced the nominees for the 2009 MTV Movie Awards this morning.
The full announcement follows:

The hit films "Twilight" and "Slumdog Millionaire" get ready to battle
it out as MTV: Music Television announces this year's final nominees
for the "2009 MTV MOVIE AWARDS." Pitting Hollywood vampires against
the Mumbai slums, the movies' rabid fans proved their loyalty as they
sent both flicks to the head of the cinematic pack with each film
receiving nominations in six award categories including "BEST MOVIE,"
"BEST KISS" and "BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE MALE."

MTV will up the cinematic fun quotient this year by debuting the two
new categories "BEST SONG FROM A MOVIE" and "BEST WTF MOMENT." Fans
will get the chance to vote on such movie soundtrack hits as "The
Climb" from "Hannah Montana: The Movie" as well as pick this year's
most jaw-dropping "WTF" movie moment that left audiences speechless
such as the naked break-up scene in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." The
18th annual awards show will be executive produced by Emmy Award®
winning producer Mark Burnett. Hosted by Andy Samberg, the "2009 MTV
MOVIE AWARDS" will be broadcast LIVE from the Gibson Amphitheatre in
Universal City, CA on Sunday, May 31st at 9p.m./8p.m. C.

"This is the first year we've put the nominee decisions in the hands
of our audience. From 'Twilight' to 'Slumdog' -- this year's ceremony
belongs to our most avid movie fans," said Van Toffler, President, MTV
Networks Music, Logo and Films Group. "Our viewers' unending
enthusiasm for the movies they love is why we've given them the
platform to select the nominees for this year's show."

The "2009 MTV MOVIE AWARDS" marks the first year in which the final
nominees were decided on by the fans. From May 4 - May 27, viewers can
visit MovieAwards.MTV.com (www.MovieAwards.MTV.com) to vote for their
favorite film moments and actors but the category of "BEST MOVIE" will
be a fight to the end as voting for favorite film of the year will
remain open throughout the LIVE show. MovieAwards.MTV.com is the
official site for the "MTV MOVIE AWARDS" where fans can visit to vote
and stay to check out show promos starring Andy Samberg and some of
today's hottest celebs, get up-to-date info and watch MTV News nominee
interviews. During the voting window fans can also head over to
facebook.com/mtv, myspace.com/mtv, Flixster and IMDB.com for a special
"Movie Awards" social module that will enable them to cast their
votes, take polls, watch promo videos, get special news and tweets
about the show and special links to "Movie Awards" contests.

Nominees for the "2009 MTV MOVIE AWARDS" are:

BEST MOVIE (voting stays live throughout the 2009 Movie Awards
ceremony)
* The Dark Knight
o Director: Christopher Nolan, Producers: Charles Roven and Emma
Thomas (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* High School Musical 3: Senior Year
o Director: Kenny Ortega, Producers: Bill Borden and Barry Rosenbush
(Walt Disney Pictures)
* Iron Man
o Director: Jon Favreau, Producers: Avi Arad and Kevin Feige
(Paramount Pictures)
* Slumdog Millionaire
o Director: Danny Boyle, Producer: Christian Colson (Fox Searchlight)
* Twilight
o Director: Catherine Hardwicke, Producers: Wyck Godfrey, Greg
Mooradian and Mark Morgan (Summit Entertainment)

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
* Angelina Jolie - Wanted (Universal Pictures)
* Anne Hathaway - Bride Wars (20th Century Fox)
* Kate Winslet - The Reader (The Weinstein Company)
* Kristen Stewart - Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
* Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount
Pictures)

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
* Christian Bale - The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Robert Downey Jr. - Iron Man (Paramount Pictures)
* Shia LaBeouf - Eagle Eye (DreamWorks SKG/ Paramount Pictures)
* Vin Diesel - Fast & Furious (Universal Pictures)
* Zac Efron - High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney
Pictures)

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE FEMALE
* Amanda Seyfried - Mamma Mia! (Universal Pictures)
* Ashley Tisdale - High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney
Pictures)
* Freida Pinto - Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
* Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana: The Movie (Walt Disney Pictures)
* Vanessa Hudgens - High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney
Pictures)
* Kat Dennings - Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (Columbia Pictures)

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE MALE
* Robert Pattinson - Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
* Taylor Lautner - Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
* Ben Barnes - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Walt Disney
Pictures)
* Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
* Bobb'e J. Thompson - Role Models (Universal Pictures)

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
* Amy Poehler - Baby Mama (Universal Pictures)
* Anna Faris - The House Bunny (Columbia Pictures)
* James Franco - Pineapple Express (Columbia Pictures)
* Jim Carrey - Yes Man (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Steve Carell - Get Smart (Warner Bros. Pictures)

BEST VILLAIN
* Derek Mears - Friday The 13th (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Dwayne Johnson - Get Smart (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Johnathon Schaech - Prom Night (Screen Gems)
* Luke Goss - Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Universal Pictures)

BEST FIGHT
* Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson - Bride Wars (20th Century Fox)
* Christian Bale vs. Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.
Pictures)
* Ron Perlman vs. Luke Goss - Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Universal
Pictures)
* Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet - Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
* Seth Rogen and James Franco vs. Danny McBride - Pineapple Express
(Columbia Pictures)

BEST KISS
* Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy - Wanted (Universal Pictures)
* Freida Pinto and Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
* James Franco and Sean Penn - Milk (Focus Features)
* Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson - Twilight (Summit
Entertainment)
* Paul Rudd and Thomas Lennon - I Love You, Man (Paramount Pictures)
* Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron - High School Musical 3: Senior Year
(Walt Disney Pictures)

BEST WTF MOMENT (New Category)
* Amy Poehler - Baby Mama, Peeing In the Sink (Universal Pictures)
* Angelina Jolie - Wanted, Curved Bullet Kill (Universal Pictures)
* Ayush Mahesh Khedekar - Slumdog Millionaire, Jumping in the Poop
Shed (Fox Searchlight)
* Ben Stiller - Tropic Thunder, Tasting the Decapitated Head
(DreamWorks SKG/ Paramount Pictures)
* Jason Segel and Kristen Bell - Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Naked
Break-Up (Universal Pictures)

BEST SONG FROM A MOVIE (New Category)
* "Jai Ho" - AR Raham, Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
* "The Wrestler" - Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)
* "The Climb" - Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie (Walt Disney
Pictures)
* "Decode" - Paramore, Twilight (Summit Entertainment)

Mark Burnett serves as Executive Producer for the "2009 MTV MOVIE
AWARDS." Audrey Morrissey is Co-Executive Producer. Lee Rolontz is
Executive Producer for MTV, Garrett English is Executive in charge for
MTV and Jane Mun serves as Producer. Robin Reinhardt-Locke is
Celebrity Talent Executive.

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