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.

'Brokeback Mountain' lovers Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath
Ledger who are set to battle it out with real life couple Brad Pitt and
Angelina Jolie, who locked lips in their action hit last year 'Mr and Mrs
Smith' for best Kiss.

MTV Movie Awards nominees 2006

BEST MOVIE

'Batman Begins''
'The 40-Year Old Virgin'
'King Kong'
'Sin City'
'Wedding Crashers'

BEST PERFORMANCE

Steve Carell, 'The 40-Year Old Virgin'
Jake Gyllenhaal, 'Brokeback Mountain'
Terrence Howard, 'Hustle & Flow'
Rachel McAdams, 'Red Eye'
Joaquin Phoenix, 'Walk the Line'
Reese Witherspoon, 'Walk the Line'

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE

Steve Carell, 'The 40-Year Old Virgin'
Tyler Perry, 'Madea's Family Reunion'
Adam Sandler, 'The Longest Yard'
Vince Vaughn, 'Wedding Crashers'
Owen Wilson, 'Wedding Crashers'

BEST ON-SCREEN TEAM

Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen and Romany Malco, 'The 40-Year Old
Virgin'
Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott and Jessica Simpson, 'The Dukes of
Hazzard'
Jessica Alba, Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis, 'Fantastic
Four'
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, 'Harry Potter and the Goblet
of Fire'
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, 'Wedding Crashers'

BEST VILLAIN

Tobin Bell, 'Saw II'
Hayden Christensen, 'Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith'
Ralph Fiennes, 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'
Cillian Murphy, 'Batman Begins'
Tilda Swinton, 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe'

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

Andre '3000' Benjamin, 'Four Brothers'
Jennifer Carpenter, 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose'
Taraji P. Henson, 'Hustle & Flow'
Isla Fisher, 'Wedding Crashers'
Nelly, 'The Longest Yard'
Romany Malco, 'The 40-Year Old Virgin'

BEST HERO

Jessica Alba, 'Fantastic Four'
Christian Bale, 'Batman Begins'
Kate Beckinsale, 'Underworld: Evolution'
Ewan McGregor, 'Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith'
Daniel Radcliffe, 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'

SEXIEST PERFORMANCE

Jessica Alba, 'Sin City'
Beyonce Knowles, 'The Pink Panther'
Rob Schneider, 'Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo'
Jessica Simpson, 'The Dukes of Hazzard'
Ziyi Zhang, 'Memoirs of a Geisha'

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 and Heath Ledger, 'Brokeback Mountain'
Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard, 'Hustle & Flow'
Anna Faris and Chris Marquette, 'Just Friends'
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith'
Rosario Dawson and 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'

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