May 2009
The hit films ‘Twilight’ and ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ are getting 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 Male Performance.’
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 May 31.
"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.
For more information, go to www.MovieAwards.MTV.com.
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