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MTV's 2010 Twilight Movie Awards Nominations

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (34)

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The MTV Movie Awards air tonight. It’s one of those shows that you usually completely forget about until Sunday night rolls around and you can’t find anything else to do and you run across it while channel surfing and then wish that you hadn’t but you can’t really force yourself to turn away so you stick it out for another hour and end up hating yourself.

Just me?

Well, on the off chance that you’re actually planning to watch the ceremony tonight, and you want to be well-educated in advance as to who you’d like to direct your ire at, I’ve provided this year’s nominations below. It’s Twilight heavy. And most of the nominations are an embarrassment. But, I reluctantly give props to the Movie Awards for finding a way to put both Bill Murray and Betty White in the same category. Ideally, MTV could also find a way for them both to win and share a kiss during their shared acceptance speeches. That might make the show almost worth watching.

Aziz Ansari will host, and it might be a good idea not to watch if you’d like to keep your fondness for him completely intact.

Best Movie
Alice In Wonderland
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hangover
The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Best Female Performance
Amanda Seyfried - Dear John
Emma Watson - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Kristen Stewart - The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Zoe Saldana - Avatar

Best Male Performance
Channing Tatum - Dear John
Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Robert Pattinson - The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Taylor Lautner - The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Zac Efron - 17 Again

Best Breakout Star
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Chris Pine - Star Trek
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Logan Lerman - Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Quinton Aaron - The Blind Side
Zach Galifianakis - The Hangover

Best Comedic Performance
Ben Stiller - Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Bradley Cooper - The Hangover
Ryan Reynolds - The Proposal
Sandra Bullock - The Proposal
Zach Galifianakis - The Hangover

Best Villain
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
Helena Bonham Carter - Alice in Wonderland
Ken Jeong - The Hangover
Stephen Lang - Avatar
Tom Felton - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Best Fight
Beyoncé Knowles vs. Ali Larter - Obsessed
Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber vs. Ryan Reynolds - X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Logan Lerman vs. Jake Abel - Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Robert Downey Jr. vs. Mark Strong - Sherlock Holmes
Sam Worthington vs. Stephen Lang - Avatar

Best Kiss
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson - The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning - The Runaways
Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds - The Proposal
Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner - Valentine’s Day
Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington - Avatar

Best WTF Moment
Betty White - The Proposal
Bill Murray - Zombieland
Isabel Lucas - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Ken Jeong - The Hangover
Megan Fox - Jennifer’s Body

Global Superstar
Robert Pattinson
Kristen Stewart
Taylor Lautner
Johnny Depp
Daniel Radcliffe

Biggest Badass Star
Rain
Angelina Jolie
Channing Tatum
Sam Worthington
Chris Pine

Best Scared Performance
Alison Lohman - Drag Me to Hell
Amanda Seyfried - Jennifer’s Body
Jesse Eisenberg - Zombieland
Katie Featherston - Paranormal Activity
Sharlto Copley - District 9









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Comments

I don't begrudge Aziz Ansari doing what he has to to build a career.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at June 6, 2010 1:12 PM

Awww...

I am old enough to remember when the MTV Movie Awards were really, really entertaining. And cool.

Categories like "Best Fight," "Best Kiss" and "Best Comedic Performance" et al. were like a breath of fresh air. No, really.

And now...I just...it's just so...

*heavy sigh* MTV is just so fuckin' LAME.

Posted by: Jerce at June 6, 2010 1:16 PM

The best way I can put it is this:

Betty White, a woman pushing 90, is far too cool to be having anything to do with the MTV Movie Awards.

Posted by: Jerce at June 6, 2010 1:17 PM

If I were Johnny Depp I'd be mildly offended.

Posted by: SB at June 6, 2010 1:21 PM

Oh no not these two, please. Count me as one of the few people walking the earth that thinks Bill Murray is so not funny.

One a personal note I love Betty White, I grew up watching her and my mom absolutely loved herself some Betty White. Lets just say that Betty ain’t no spring chicken anymore, she’s so old she used to breast feed Milton Berle, and if she makes one false move well then there goes her hip. I mean that broad is out there working like her light bill is past due. Her friends need to do an intervention and put her shit into conservatorship.

Posted by: Pookie at June 6, 2010 1:49 PM

Who's Rain??? Why is s/he a badass?

Posted by: dene at June 6, 2010 1:56 PM

And why choose a stage name that brings up way too many unrelated results on Google?

Posted by: dene at June 6, 2010 1:57 PM

That's Korean Pop Superstar Rain my friend. Google and enjoy.

Posted by: wuggle at June 6, 2010 2:00 PM

"Global Superstar" "Biggest Badass Star"

The hell? Are these actual categories? I know these awards mean fuck all, but skimming that list made me feel anger/embarrassment/disbelief/HAHAHA before settling on "meh."

And for "Best WTF Moment," allow me to nominate the realization that MTV is actually still around, existing somewhere, somehow, against all rules of logic and law of decency.

Posted by: Mick J at June 6, 2010 2:14 PM

Wow. The nominees are a bit colon heavy. Especially that Harry Potter flick. ;-)

Posted by: ceejeemcbeegee at June 6, 2010 2:17 PM

Rain did Ninja Assassin. A movie that you witness some massive fucking ninja action but don't quite get to see the action. You know it's happening right in front of you yet a lone tear strolls down your face because it's in the shadows.

For those of you who are unaware - shadows are dark, some would say black. If there is no illumination to this area WE CAN'T FUCKING SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

That film still pisses me off.

Posted by: Zerath at June 6, 2010 2:20 PM

None of those people are badasses, also some of these films are pretty old, get with the times, MTV.

Posted by: Steph at June 6, 2010 2:30 PM

Do people still watch MTV? And by "people" here I mean "their target demographic" because obviously none of us care about it anymore.

I hope.

Posted by: Bequafina at June 6, 2010 2:35 PM

Oh, Dustin. Sunday nights are for medical freakshows on TLC/Discovery Health. I mean, if a week passes without seeing a special about parasitic twins, obese shut-ins, or people who survived streetsigns smashing through their skulls, I don't know what I'd do. I mean, I'm already dreading the fact that no freakshows are on until 10PM. I guess I can suffer through that special on pig overpopulation in America, but I can't guarantee I won't just go to bed, instead.

Posted by: Robert at June 6, 2010 2:56 PM

Most of this crap reads more like Nickelodean Kids' Choice Awards nominations.

Posted by: snapnhiss at June 6, 2010 3:04 PM

Obsessed gets a mention. Finally! And for Best Fight too.

This is a great day for cinema.

Posted by: TSF at June 6, 2010 3:13 PM

Betty White Will Choke a Vampire

Betty White can choke my vampire anytime.

Posted by: EricD at June 6, 2010 3:15 PM

I remember the first MTV Movie Awards. Back then it was AWESOME, new and just fun. Now it's old and boring. The MTV Movie Awards is just embarrassing now. No one watch it.

Posted by: madclawmannn at June 6, 2010 3:20 PM

Everyone involved with this crap needs to DIAF. MTV is the death knell of culture.

Posted by: Craig at June 6, 2010 3:26 PM

Hmm, there's a word that best sums up both MTV and these nominations. CRAP.

Posted by: RJ at June 6, 2010 3:55 PM

They should just rename their presentation to the Lowest Common Denominator Awards, for God's sake. People are *allowed* to like Twilight, but MTV always seems to pick Twilight for more than one award, and if not that, they pick crappy movies like Jennifer's Body or Transformers.

Posted by: Oracle at June 6, 2010 3:56 PM

2 items.

First - Pookie - you are NOT alone! I am with you totally on the Bill Murray front.

Second - Biggest Bad-ass? Betty f*n White! Come on, get with it!

Posted by: Uncler JR at June 6, 2010 4:01 PM

Global Superstar
Robert Pattinson
Kristen Stewart
Taylor Lautner
Johnny Depp
Daniel Radcliffe

Johnny Depp should sue them for even mentioning him alongside that lot. Daniel Radcliffe gets a pass however because he reminds me of a Labrador puppy - eager, fluffy, and likely to piddle on the carpet when excited.
What? I find that attractive in a man.

Posted by: the artist formerly known as squeeziee at June 6, 2010 4:10 PM

I'll be watching. I can't help it. I can honestly say I've liked Aziz Ansari in everything I've seen him in.

Posted by: Optimus Rhyme at June 6, 2010 4:18 PM

Well, Dustin, if I may quote you from a later post (I know, fucking eerie, right?): "What’s up with America? It’s like the masses have suddenly developed a modicum of taste. Have they suddenly become discriminating?"

The prosecution rests its case.

Posted by: Uriah Creep at June 6, 2010 5:20 PM

RAAAAAAIIIINNNN!!!

*shakes fist*

Posted by: AlwaysConfused at June 6, 2010 6:01 PM

Y'all, I'm sorry I'm hosting this shit but a brother needs to get his career going, you know what I'm sayin'? I heard a rumor that Betty White will be there and maybe she'll up my street cred.

My motto: get drunk and make your dreams come true.

Posted by: Aziz Ansari at June 6, 2010 6:23 PM

Best Scared Performance?

*headhumancentipede*

Posted by: figgy at June 6, 2010 6:33 PM

Channing Tatum nominated for anything other than Best Block of Wood immediately negates the whole sad affair. Guy couldn't act his way out of a mime's glass box.

Posted by: TylerDFC at June 6, 2010 7:35 PM

It's weird that there are a couple of truly excellent, deserving performances tucked in with all that shit. Like Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air for best breakout star and Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds for Best Villain.

Of course, they won't win.

Posted by: DominaNefret at June 6, 2010 7:51 PM

Rain is the shit. He is the most famous Asian male celebrity around the world next to Jet Li, Jackie Chan, and Bruce Lee and the funny thing is that he is a singer in Korea not a martial artist. Rain is the shit and I voted for him 5 times lol

Posted by: Queenie at June 6, 2010 7:59 PM

It's incredible to think that, 20-25 years ago, MTV was the barometer of all things cool. And now, they're just not.

Posted by: Fredo at June 6, 2010 8:02 PM

Jolie? A badass? I'm thinking I could break Jolie in half with two fingers. I bet she'd squ ... um, shriek and run away if you yelled "Boo!"

Wait ... I agree with half of that. Jolie is an ass. She should have made the five most (rationally) hated actresses.

Posted by: , at June 6, 2010 8:39 PM

I only saw 5 mins. of this thing and haven't been so angry in my life. Thank god i'm not the only one who thinks this is ridiculous. And whats funny is all ifind online is people hating it.....where are the people who like this shit??? oh, maybe because they already have been sniper rifled like they should be. But seriously is MTV going to consider any of this???

Posted by: big d at June 7, 2010 2:48 AM