'Twilight: Eclipse' Leads MTV Movie Awards Nods

MAY 4, 2011 - The third Twilight film led the contenders for the 2011 MTV Movie Awards with eight nominations, extending the vampire series' dominance of the cable channel's annual light-hearted salute to Hollywood.

The 2011 MTV Movie Awards is the only awards show where Black Swan Oscar winner Natalie Portman and Jackass 3D star Steve-O will compete with James Franco, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page and Justin Bieber to see who takes home the popcorn for BEST JAW-DROPPING MOMENT.

Meanwhile, newcomer Jesse Eisenberg will try to tackle Movie Award vets Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Daniel Radcliffe and Zac Efron for BEST MALE PERFORMANCE. In the brand-new category BEST LINE FROM A MOVIE, The Social Network takes on “Inception, Grown Ups and Easy A not once, but twice on the heels of the flick’s two nods for this year’s most memorable dialogue.

And while Zack Galifianakis walked away with a golden popcorn statue last year for Best Comedic Performance, this go-round lone female nominee Emma Stone’s hilarious performance in “Easy A” will attempt to tickle the funny bones of voters over infamous comedy actors Adam Sandler, Ashton Kutcher, Russell Brand and Zach Galifianakis.

The Awards show on Sunday June 5 will be hosted by Jason Sudeikis.

Here are the Nominees of the 2011 MTV Movie Awards:
BEST MOVIE:

Black Swan
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Inception
The Social Network
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE

Emma Stone (pic) – Easy A
Emma Watson – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Jennifer Aniston – Just Go With It
Kristen Stewart – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Natalie Portman – Black Swan

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE

Daniel Radcliffe (pic) – Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Jesse Eisenberg – Social Network
Robert Pattinson – Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Taylor Lautner – Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Zac Efron – Charlie St. Cloud

BEST BREAKOUT STAR

Andrew Garfield – Social Network
Chloe Grace Moretz – Kick-Ass
Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
Jay Chou – The Green Hornet
Olivia Wilde (pic) – TRON: Legacy
Xavier Samuel – Twilight Saga: Eclipse

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE

Adam Sandler (pic) – Just Go With It
Ashton Kutcher – No Strings Attached
Emma Stone – Easy A
Russell Brand – Get Him to the Greek
Zach Galifianakis – Due Date

BEST LINE FROM A MOVIE (New Category)

Alexys Nycole Sanchez – Grown Ups
“I want to get chocolate wasted.”

Amanda Bynes and Emma Stone – Easy A
Amanda Bynes: “There is a higher power that will judge you for your indecency.”
Emma Stone: “Tom Cruise?”

Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
“If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you’d have invented Facebook.”

Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield – Social Network
Justin Timberlake: “…a million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool?”
Andrew Garfield: “A billion dollars. And that shut everybody up.”

Tom Hardy – Inception
“You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger darling.”

BEST VILLAIN

Christoph Waltz – The Green Hornet
Leighton Meester – The Roommate (pic)
Mickey Rourke – Iron Man 2
Ned Beatty – Toy Story 3
Tom Felton – Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows: Pt 1

BEST FIGHT

Amy Adams vs. The Sisters – The Fighter
Chloe Grace Moretz vs. Mark Strong – Kick-Ass
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint vs. Death Eaters – Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows: Pt 1
Joseph Gordon-Levitt vs. Hallyway Attacker – Inception
Robert Pattinson vs. Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel – Twilight Saga: Eclipse

BEST KISS

Ellen Page and Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Inception
Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows: Pt 1
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson (pic) – Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner – Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis – Black Swan

BEST JAW-DROPPING MOMENT

James Franco – 127 Hours, Cuts Off His Arm
Justin Bieber – Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, Performance Spectacular
Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page – Inception, Paris Café Scene
Natalie Portman – Black Swan , Mutilation: Pulls The Skin Off Her Finger
Steve-O – Jackass 3D, Port-A-Potty Bungee Stunt

BEST SCARED-AS-SH**T PERFORMANCE

Ashley Bell – The Last Exorcism
Ellen Page (pic) – Inception
Jessica Szohr – Piranha 3D
Minka Kelly – The Roommate
Ryan Reynolds – Buried

BIGGEST BAD ASS STAR

Alex Pettyfer – I Am Number Four
Chloe Grace Moretz (pic) – Kick-Ass
Jaden Smith – The Karate Kid
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Inception
Robert Downey Jr. – Iron Man 2