MTV Movie Award Nominations

The Nominations for the 2009 MTV Movie Awards have been released!
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I am really surprised to see Iron Man with only 2 nominations and Twilight with 7. Kristen Stewart for Best Female Performance?!? Right. Are these based on popularity? Talent? Box office totals? What?

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)

2009 MTV MOVIE AWARDS: Total Number of Combined Category Nominations

Twilight 7
Slumdog Millionaire 6
High School Musical 3: Senior Year 5
The Dark Knight 4
Wanted 3
Baby Mama 2
Bride Wars 2
Get Smart 2
Hannah Montana: The Movie 2
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army 2
Iron Man 2
Pineapple Express 2
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 1
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button 1
Eagle Eye 1
Fast & Furious 1
Forgetting Sarah Marshall 1
Friday The 13th 1
The House Bunny 1
I Love You, Man 1
Mamma Mia! 1
Milk 1
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist 1
Prom Night 1
The Reader 1
Role Models 1
Tropic Thunder 1
The Wrestler 1
Yes Man 1

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