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Aziz Ansari to make MTV Movie Awards a fun event

By April MacIntyre May 12, 2010, 20:54 GMT

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The full list of the MTV Movie Award nominees is now released.

"The Hangover" is leading the pack with 6 nominations, "New Moon" and "Avatar" follow in close second with 5 each.

Host Aziz Ansari and Kristen Wiig in “Hurt Locker”

Aziz Ansari Hosts the “2010 MTV Movie Awards” LIVE on Sunday, June 6 at 9pm ET/8pm C

The “2010 MTV Movie Awards,” has allowed film fans everywhere to make “The Hangover,” “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” and “Avatar” this year’s top nominated films.

Fans can expect to see another cinematic fight to the finish as these three battle with two mega-movies nipping at their nominated heels: “The Proposal” and “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.”

Winner voting for the “2010 MTV Movie Awards” in 12 returning and brand-new categories begins today, Wednesday, May 12 at 12pm ET/9am PT at MovieAwards.MTV.com and closes Saturday, June 5. 

Nominees for the “2010 MTV Movie Awards” have the following to say about their nominations and the fans that voted:

“Six years ago I sat in the nosebleeds with my family watching the awards as a fan. Now I'm a nominee and we won't have to use binoculars to see the show.”                                                                                                                            

– Jake Abel, nominated in the “BEST FIGHT” category for the feature film “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief”

“I am so honored and very humbled by the nominations. Thank you to all the fans that voted for me and my penis.”    

– Ken Jeong, nominated in the “BEST WTF MOMENT” and “BEST VILLAIN” categories for the feature film “The Hangover" 

“I'm completely honored to be nominated for ‘Breakout Star’ and ‘Best Fight.’  I've been a fan of movies for as long as I can remember and it's really cool to think that the fans voted for me in the same categories that some of my own favorite actors were once nominated. Plus, who doesn't love Aziz Ansari!? I can't wait for the show, thank you to all of the fans who voted!”

 – Logan Lerman, nominated in the “BEST BREAKOUT STAR” and “BEST FIGHT” categories for the feature film “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief”

“The moment I heard it my heart jumped a little and oddly I have ALWAYS wanted golden popcorn!!”                 

– Gabourey Sidibe, nominated in the “BEST BREAKOUT STAR” category for the feature film “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire”

Nominees for the “2010 MTV Movie Awards” are:

BEST MOVIE (voting stays live throughout the 2010 Movie Awards ceremony)

·         Alice In Wonderland

Director: Tim Burton, Producers: Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd, Joe Roth and Richard D. Zanuck

(Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

·         Avatar

Director: James Cameron, Producers: James Cameron and Jon Landau (Twentieth Century Fox)

·         Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Director: David Yates, Producers: David Heyman and David  Barron (Warner Bros. Pictures)

·         The Hangover

Director: Todd Phillips,  Producers: Todd Phillips and Dan Goldberg (Warner Bros. Pictures)

·         The Twilight Saga: New Moon                                                                                                                     

Director: Chris Weitz, Producers: Wyck Godfrey and Karen Rosenfelt (Summit Entertainment)

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE

·         Amanda Seyfried – Dear John (Screen Gems/Sony Pictures)

·         Emma Watson – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner Bros. Pictures)

·         Kristen Stewart – The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Summit Entertainment)

·         Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side (Warner Bros. Pictures)

·         Zoe Saldana – Avatar (Twentieth Century Fox)

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE

·         Channing Tatum – Dear John (Screen Gems/Sony Pictures)

·         Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner Bros. Pictures)

·         Robert Pattinson – The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Summit Entertainment)

·         Taylor Lautner – The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Summit Entertainment)

·         Zac Efron – 17 Again (Warner Bros. Pictures)

BEST BREAKOUT STAR

·         Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air (Paramount Pictures)

·         Chris Pine – Star Trek (Paramount Pictures)

·         Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (Lionsgate)

·         Logan Lerman – Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (Twentieth Century Fox)

·         Quinton Aaron – The Blind Side (Warner Bros. Pictures)

·         Zach Galifianakis – The Hangover (Warner Bros. Pictures)

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE

·         Ben Stiller – Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (Twentieth Century Fox)

·         Bradley Cooper – The Hangover (Warner Bros. Pictures)

·         Ryan Reynolds – The Proposal (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

·         Sandra Bullock – The Proposal (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

·         Zach Galifianakis – The Hangover (Warner Bros. Pictures)

BEST VILLAIN

·         Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company)

·         Helena Bonham Carter – Alice In Wonderland (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

·         Ken Jeong – The Hangover (Warner Bros. Pictures)

·         Stephen Lang – Avatar (Twentieth Century Fox)

·         Tom Felton – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner Bros. Pictures)

BEST FIGHT

·         Beyoncé Knowles vs. Ali Larter – Obsessed (Screen Gems/Sony Pictures)

·         Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber vs. Ryan Reynolds – X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Twentieth Century Fox)

·         Logan Lerman vs. Jake Abel – Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (Twentieth Century Fox)

·         Robert Downey Jr. vs. Mark Strong – Sherlock Holmes (Warner Bros. Pictures)

·         Sam Worthington vs. Stephen Lang – Avatar (Twentieth Century Fox)

BEST KISS

·         Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson – The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Summit Entertainment)

·         Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning – The Runaways (Apparition)

·         Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds – The Proposal (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

·         Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner – Valentine’s Day (Warner Bros. Pictures)

·         Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington – Avatar (Twentieth Century Fox)

BEST WTF MOMENT

·         Betty White – The Proposal, Cops a Feel (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

·         Bill Murray – Zombieland , Bill Murray?!  A Zombie?! (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures)

·         Isabel Lucas – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Unexpected Transformation (Paramount Pictures)

·         Ken Jeong – The Hangover , Naked Trunk Surprise (Warner Bros. Pictures)

·         Megan Fox – Jennifer’s Body, Vomits a Mysterious Black Ooze (Twentieth Century Fox)

GLOBAL SUPERSTAR (New Category)

·         Robert Pattinson

·         Kristen Stewart

·         Taylor Lautner

·         Johnny Depp

·         Daniel Radcliffe

BEST SCARED-AS-SH**T PERFORMANCE (New Category)

·         Alison Lohman – Drag Me To Hell (Universal Pictures)

·         Amanda Seyfried – Jennifer’s Body (Twentieth Century Fox)

·         Jesse Eisenberg – Zombieland (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures)

·         Katie Featherston – Paranormal Activity (Paramount Pictures)

·         Sharlto Copley – District 9 (TriStar Pictures/Sony Pictures)

BIGGEST BADASS STAR (New Category)

·         Rain

·         Angelina Jolie

·         Channing Tatum

·         Sam Worthington

·         Chris Pine