You thought the awards season ended with the Oscars? Please. MTV’s just gearing up for their movie awards, which will be broadcast worldwide on June 8th — but we have all the nominations listed just a click away. (Interesting to note that not only were Paris Hilton & Rob Schneider nominated for awards, but also that "Hustle & Flow" earned three noms — a movie produced by "MTV Films.")
More than an award show, but a film unto itself, MTV: Music Television today announced the cast, or nominees, of the “2006 MTV Movie Awards.” Up for starring roles are the “40-Year-Old Virgin” and “Wedding Crashers,” each receiving five nominations. Also vying for the spotlight are “Batman Begins,” “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” “Hustle & Flow,” “Sin City” and “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith” with three nominations each. Filming June 3rd at Sony Picture Studios in Culver City, CA, the “2006 MTV Movie Awards” will premiere to audiences nationwide on Thursday, June 8th at 9pm ET/PT on MTV.
MTV also announced it will cast for new categories of “Best Hero,” “Sexiest Performance” and the “mtvU Student Filmmaker Award” for the first time ever. And in another Movie Awards first, all of this year’s categories, including “Best Performance,” will make no distinction between male and female. Breaking the gender barrier and award show tradition, both actors and actresses will be vying for the same coveted golden popcorns.
Fans can vote for the entire nominated cast of the “2006 MTV Movie Awards” by visiting movieawards.mtv.com before May 19th . Fans can also vote from their mobile phone by texting “MOVIEAWARDS” to 91757 to receive a ballot. Voting is also available by dialing toll free to 1-877-MTV-VOTE where fans can support their favorite nominees with a different category available for voting each day.
“This year’s Movie Awards will be more than an awards show — it’s an experience completely inspired by the movies, and everything we love about them,” said Christina Norman, President, MTV. “This year’s cast of movies and stars are all deserving nominees, and there is no doubt this year’s Movie Awards will in itself, be a movie to remember.”
Starring Hollywood’s hottest actors and celebrities, the “2006 MTV Movie Awards” promises to be one of the summer’s biggest blockbusters. Sources close to the production have remained tight lipped, revealing little of the project’s storyline or script except to say mystery, adventure and mayhem prevail. MTV will announce other starring roles in the upcoming weeks including the project’s leading man and/or lady, along with featured bands and performers making up the production’s soundtrack.
The “2006 MTV Movie Awards” will be seen in 171 countries/territories via 50 music programming services, and in 23 languages in more than 479.5 million households.
Nominees for the “2006 MTV Movie Awards” are:
*BEST MOVIE*
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Universal Pictures)
Batman Begins (Warner Bros. Pictures)
King Kong (Universal Pictures)
Sin City (Dimension Films)
Wedding Crashers (New Line Cinema)
*BEST PERFORMANCE*
Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line
Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain
Rachel McAdams – Red Eye
Steve Carell – The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow
Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line
*BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE*
Owen Wilson – Wedding Crashers
Adam Sandler – The Longest Yard
Steve Carell – The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Tyler Perry – Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Reunion
Vince Vaughn – Wedding Crashers
*BEST ON-SCREEN TEAM*
Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen & Romany Malco – The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott & Jessica Simpson – The Dukes of Hazzard
Jessica Alba, Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans & Michael Chiklis — Fantastic Four
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson & Rupert Grint – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson – Wedding Crashers
*BEST VILLAIN*
Cillian Murphy – Batman Begins
Hayden Christensen – Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Ralph Fiennes – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Tilda Swinton – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Tobin Bell – Saw II
*BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE*
Andre “3000” Benjamin – Four Brothers
Isla Fisher – Wedding Crashers
Nelly – The Longest Yard
Jennifer Carpenter – The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Romany Malco –The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Taraji P. Henson – Hustle & Flow
*BEST HERO*
Christian Bale – Batman Begins
Jessica Alba – Fantastic Four
Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Kate Beckinsale – Underworld: Evolution
Ewan McGregor – Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
*SEXIEST PERFORMANCE*
Beyonce Knowles – The Pink Panther
Jessica Alba – Sin City
Jessica Simpson – The Dukes of Hazzard
Ziyi Zhang – Memoirs of a Geisha
Rob Schneider – Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
*BEST FIGHT*
Kong vs. The Planes — King Kong
Stephen Chow vs. Axe Gang – Kung Fu Hustle
Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt – Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Ewan McGregor vs. Hayden Christensen – Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
*BEST KISS*
Jake Gyllenhaal & Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
Taraji P. Henson & Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow
Anna Faris & Chris Marquette – Just Friends
Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt – Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Rosario Dawson & Clive Owen – Sin City
*BEST FRIGHTENED PERFORMANCE*
Rachel Nichols – The Amityville Horror
Jennifer Carpenter – The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Derek Richardson – Hostel
Paris Hilton – House of Wax
Dakota Fanning – War of the Worlds
*mtvU STUDENT FILMMAKER AWARD*
Joshua Caldwell (Fordham University) – A Beautiful Lie
Sean Mullin (Columbia University) – Sadiq
Stephen Reedy (Diablo Valley College) – Undercut
Jarrett Slavin (University of Michigan) – The Spiral Project
Landon Zakheim (Emerson College) – The Fabulous Felix McCabe
*2006 MTV Movie Awards *
*Total Number of Combined Category Nominations*
The 40-Year-Old Virgin — 5
Wedding Crashers — 5
Batman Begins — 3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — 3
Hustle & Flow — 3
Sin City — 3
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith — 3
Brokeback Mountain — 2
The Dukes of Hazzard — 2
The Exorcism of Emily Rose — 2
Fantastic Four — 2
King Kong — 2
The Longest Yard — 2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith — 2
Walk the Line — 2
The Amityville Horror — 1
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — 1
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo — 1
Four Brothers — 1
Hostel — 1
House of Wax — 1
Just Friends — 1
Kung Fu Hustle — 1
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Reunion — 1
Memoirs of a Geisha — 1
The Pink Panther — 1
Red Eye — 1
Saw II — 1
Underworld: Evolution — 1
War of the Worlds — 1
* Nominees are chosen through a national poll of MTV and MTV2 viewers.
