'Twilight' leads nominees at 2009 MTV Movie Awards
Posted Monday, May 4, 2009 at 1:17 PM Central
by Tim Briscoe
MTV sure knows its demographic. Twilight, the novel adaptation with a heavy young female following, grabbed seven nominations for this year's MTV Movie Awards.
The vampire romance earned nods for Best Picture, Best Female Performance (Kristen Stewart), and Breakthrough Performance Male (Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner).
Big Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire was second in nominations with six. Along Twilight and Slumdog in the Best Movie race are The Dark Knight, High School Musical 3: Senior Year and Iron Man.
The always playful awards show adds two new categories: Best Song from a Movie (why didn't the music network have this before?) and Best WTF Moment (surely you understand this acronym). One has to wonder why all of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button wasn't nominated in that latter category.
Below are all the nominees. Andy Samberg hosts this year's ceremony. It'll air live on May 31. Viewers can vote for their favorites now on MTV.com.
Best Movie
Best Female Performance
- Anne Hathaway, Bride Wars
- Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Angeline Jolie, Wanted
- Kristen Stewart, Twilight
- Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Male Performance
- Christian Bale, The Dark Knight
- Vin Diesel, Fast & Furious
- Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
- Zac Efron, High School Musical 3: Senior Year
- Shia LaBeouf, Eagle Eye
Breakthrough Performance Female
- Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie
- Kat Dennings, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
- Vanessa Hudgens, High School Musical 3: Senior Year
- Freida Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire
- Amanda Seyfried, Mamma Mia!
Breakthrough Performance Male
- Ben Barnes, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
- Taylor Lautner, Twilight
- Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
- Robert Pattinson, Twilight
- Bobb'e J. Thompson, Role Models
Best Villain
- Luke Goss, Hellboy II: The Golden Army
- Dwayne Johnson, Get Smart
- Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
- Derek Mears, Friday the 13th
- Johnathon Schaech, Prom Night
Best Kiss
- Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron, High School Musical 3: Senior Year
- Paul Rudd and Thomas Lennon, I Love You, Man
- James Franco and Sean Penn, Milk
- Freida Pinto and Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
- Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, Twilight
- Angeline Jolie and James McAvoy, Wanted
Best Fight
- Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson, Bride Wars
- Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
- Ron Perlman and Luke Goss, Hellboy II: The Golden Army
- Seth Rogen, James Franco, and Danny McBride, Pineapple Express
- Robert Pattinson and Cam Gigandet, Twilight
Best WTF Moment
- Amy Poehler peeing in a sink, Baby Mama
- Jason Segel and Kristen Bell naked break up, Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- Ayush Mahesh Khedekar jumping in the poop shed, Slumdog Millionaire
- Ben Stiller tasting a decapitated head, Tropic Thunder
- Angeline Jolie curved bullet kill, Wanted
Best Song From a Movie
- Miley Cyrus "The Climb," Hannah Montana: The Movie
- Paramore "Decode," Twilight
- A.R. Raham "Jai Ho," Slumdog Millionaire
- Bruce Springsteen "The Wrestler," The Wrestler
Do you have any interest in the MTV Movie Awards? Is it an equal to the Oscars yet? We'd love to get your opinion.