MTV Movie Awards Nominations Revealed
"The Wolf of Wall Street," "American Hustle" and "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" lead the pack at the annual fan-voted April 13 awards show, hosted by Conan O'Brien.
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With awards season over, Oscar heavyweights and box-office juggernauts will vie for the top prizes at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards.
After coming up empty-handed at the Academy Awards, Paramount’sThe Wolf of Wall StreetwithLeonardo DiCaprio and Columbia’sAmerican Hustlefeaturing a top-billed cast will have another shot at taking home hardware at the April event, leading the pack with eight nominations apiece. Following close behind is box-office smashThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire with seven nominations and theJennifer Aniston-Jason Sudeikis comedyWe’re the Millerswith six.
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Best picture Oscar winner12 Years a Slave, theAnchorman sequel,Dallas Buyers Club, The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugandThis Is the Endeach received four nominations.
Late-night hostConan O’Brien will lead the annual ceremony, which will be broadcast live from L.A. Live’s Nokia Theatre on April 13 at 9 p.m. PT/ET on MTV. Often serving as a kick-off to the summer movie season, the MTV Movie Awards are voted on by the fans. (Voting for most of the categories takes place at www.MovieAwards.MTV.com through April 12, while voting continues during the show for Movie of the Year.)
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Several major categories have a heavy Oscar presence, with12 Years a Slave, American HustleandThe Wolf of Wall Streetvying for the top Movie of the Year award against The HobbitandCatching Fire. Best female performance pits four Oscar nominees (Amy Adams, Sandra Bullock,Jennifer Lawrenceand winnerLupita Nyong’o) againstWe’re the Millers‘Jennifer Aniston.The same goes for best male performance with four nominees (DiCaprio, Bradley Cooper, Chiwetel Ejioforand winnerMatthew McConaughey) competing againstCatching Fire’sJosh Hutcherson.
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The MTV Movie Awards also keeps true to its pop culture roots with categories like best scared-as-shit performance (Rose Byrne, Jessica Chastain, Vera Farmiga, Ethan HawkeandBrad Pittare nominated), best shirtless performance (Aniston,Sam Claflin,DiCaprio, Zac Efron and Chris Hemsworth are nominees) and best musical moment (This Is the End, American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street, Identity Thief and We’re the Millers). Signature best kiss category pits Lawrence and Adams’American Hustleliplock againstJoseph Gordon-Levitt/Scarlett Johansson(Don Jon), James Franco/Ashley Benson/Vanessa Hudgens (Spring Breakers),Shailene Woodley/Miles Teller(The Spectacular Now) and Aniston/Emma Roberts/Will Poulter(We’re the Millers).
Perhaps the oddest combination of people goes to best cameo whereRobert DeNirowill go up against dynamic duoAmyPoehlerandTina Fey,Kanye West,Joan Rivers andRihanna. Another notable nomination includes a posthumous one forPaul Walker in best on-screen duo (shared withVin Diesel).
Jesse Ignjatovic, Lee Lodgeand Jen Jonesserve as executive producers with MTV’sGarrett English.Wendy Plaut is co-executive producer and executive in charge of celebrity talent, withAmy Doyle as executive in charge of music and celebrity talent.Joanna Bomberg is executive in charge of music talent.
The full list of nominees below.
MOVIE OF THE YEAR
12 Years a Slave(Fox Searchlight Pictures)
American Hustle (Columbia Pictures)
The Hobbit: The Desolation ofSmaug(Warner Bros. Pictures)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire(Lionsgate)
The Wolf of Wall Street(Paramount Pictures)
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
• Amy Adams – American Hustle(Columbia Pictures)
• Jennifer Aniston –We’re the Millers (New Line Cinema)
• Sandra Bullock – Gravity (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Jennifer Lawrence –The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Lionsgate)
• LupitaNyong’o – 12 Years a Slave(Fox Searchlight Pictures)
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
• Bradley Cooper –American Hustle(Columbia Pictures)
• LeonardoDiCaprio –The Wolf of Wall Street(Paramount Pictures)
• ChiwetelEjiofor – 12 Years a Slave(Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• JoshHutcherson –The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Lionsgate)
• MatthewMcConaughey –Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
• Liam James –The Way Way Back (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• Michael B. Jordan –Fruitvale Station (The Weinstein Company)
• WillPoulter –We’re the Millers(New Line Cinema)
• Margot Robbie –The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount Pictures)
• Miles Teller –The Spectacular Now(A24 Films)
BEST KISS
• Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams –American Hustle(Columbia Pictures)
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson –Don Jon (Relativity Media)
• James Franco, Ashley Benson and Vanessa Hudgens –Spring Breakers (A24 Films)
• ShaileneWoodley and Miles Teller – The Spectacular Now (A24 Films)
• Emma Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and WillPoulter –We’re the Millers (New Line Cinema)
BEST FIGHT
• Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (Paramount Pictures) – Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, DavidKoechner and SteveCarell vs. James Marsden vs.Sacha Baron Cohen vs.Kanye West vs. Tina Fey and AmyPoehler vs. JimCarrey and MarionCotillard vs. Will Smith vs. LiamNeeson and John C. Reilly vs. GregKinnear
• Identity Thief (Universal Pictures) – Jason Bateman vs. Melissa McCarthy
• The Hobbit: The Desolation ofSmaug(Warner Bros. Pictures) – Orlando Bloom and Evangeline Lilly vs.Orcs
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire(Lionsgate) – Jennifer Lawrence, JoshHutcherson and SamClaflin vs. Mutant Monkeys
• This is the End (Columbia Pictures) – Jonah Hill vs. James Franco and SethRogen
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
• Kevin Hart –Ride Along (Universal Pictures)
• Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount Pictures)
• Johnny Knoxville –Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (Paramount Pictures)
• Melissa McCarthy –The Heat(20th Century Fox)
• JasonSudeikis –We’re the Millers (New Line Cinema)
BEST SCARED-AS-S**T PERFORMANCE
• Rose Byrne –Insidious: Chapter 2 (FilmDistrict)
• JessicaChastain – Mama(Universal Pictures)
• VeraFarmiga –The Conjuring (New Line Cinema)
• EthanHawke –The Purge (Universal Pictures)
• Brad Pitt –World War Z (Paramount Pictures)
BEST ON-SCREEN DUO
• Amy Adams and Christian Bale – American Hustle(Columbia Pictures)
• MatthewMcConaughey and JaredLeto –Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)
• Vin Diesel and Paul Walker –Fast & Furious 6 (Universal Pictures)
• Ice Cube and Kevin Hart –Ride Along (Universal Pictures)
• Jonah Hill and LeonardoDiCaprio –The Wolf of Wall Street(Paramount Pictures)
BEST SHIRTLESS PERFORMANCE
• Jennifer Aniston – We’re the Millers (New Line Cinema)
• SamClaflin –The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Lionsgate)
• LeonardoDiCaprio –The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount Pictures)
• Zac Efron – That Awkward Moment (Focus Features)
• ChrisHemsworth – Thor: The Dark World(Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
#WTF MOMENT
• SteveCarell, Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd and DavidKoechner –Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (Paramount Pictures)
The Channel 4 News Team’s afternoon is no longer a delight as their speeding van filled with bowling balls, scorpions and hot oil takes a tumble on the highway.
• Johnny Knoxville and JacksonNicoll –Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (Paramount Pictures)
Johnny Knoxville and JacksonNicoll manage to strike fear into a room full of unsuspecting beauty pageant-loving parents thanks to a bump n’ grind dance routine to a Warrant classic.
• Cameron Diaz –The Counselor (20th Century Fox)
Having sex in a car is pretty much a rite of passage, but having sex with a car? Cameron Diaz’sMalkina gets down and dirty with a bright yellow Ferrari to show the world how it’s done.
• LeonardoDiCaprio –The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount Pictures)
LeonardoDiCaprio’s iconic portrayal of excessive Wall Street player JordanBelfort takes a turn for the insane when he takes his Lamborghini for a spin.
• Danny McBride and Channing Tatum –This is the End (Columbia Pictures)
Danny McBride shows an apocalyptic world, and uncomfortable theater-goers everywhere, that there’s no better pet than a scantily-clad Channing Tatum.
BEST VILLAIN
• BarkhadAbdi – Captain Phillips (Columbia Pictures)
• BenedictCumberbatch – Star Trek into Darkness(Paramount Pictures)
• MichaelFassbender – 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• MilaKunis –Oz The Great and Powerful (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• Donald Sutherland –The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Lionsgate)
BEST ON-SCREEN TRANSFORMATION
• Christian Bale –American Hustle (Columbia Pictures)
• Elizabeth Banks –The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Lionsgate)
• Orlando Bloom –The Hobbit: The Desolation ofSmaug (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• JaredLeto –Dallas Buyers Club(Focus Features)
• MatthewMcConaughey –Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)
BEST MUSICAL MOMENT
• Backstreet Boys, JayBaruchel, SethRogen and Craig Robinson – This is the End(Columbia Pictures)
Spoiler alert!Backstreet Boys reunite in heaven to perform “Everybody” with signature boy band moves and flair for this unforgettable apocalyptic ending.
• Jennifer Lawrence– American Hustle(Columbia Pictures)
Lawrence cleans and dances her frustrations away as she mouths the words to70s classic “Live and Let Die.”
• LeonardoDiCaprio –The Wolf of Wall Street(Paramount Pictures)
During his wedding reception,DiCaprio’s fraudulent JordanBelfort pops and locks it to BoDiddley’s “Pretty Thing.”
• Melissa McCarthy – Identity Thief(Universal Pictures)
To ease the tension of stealing Sandy’s identity, McCarthy’s Diana shows her musical range as she attempts to sing along with the car radio — and even hits that high note in “Barracuda.”
• WillPoulter –We’re the Millers (New Line Cinema)
With eyes wide shut,Poulter’s KennyRossmore throws it back to the90s with a hilarious rendition of TLC’s “Waterfalls.”
BEST CAMEO PERFORMANCE
• Robert DeNiro –American Hustle(Columbia Pictures)
• AmyPoehler and Tina Fey – Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (Paramount Pictures)
• Kanye West –Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (Paramount Pictures)
• Joan Rivers –Iron Man 3(Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• Rihanna –This is the End (Columbia Pictures)
BEST HERO
• HenryCavill as Clark Kent – Man of Steel (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Robert DowneyJr. as Iron Man –Iron Man 3 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• Martin Freeman as BilboBaggins – The Hobbit: The Desolation ofSmaug (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• ChrisHemsworth as Thor –Thor: The Dark World(Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• Channing Tatum as JohnCale –White House Down (Columbia Pictures)
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