MTV MOVIE AWARDS

MTV Movie Award noms unveiled

"300" leads field with five nods; "Pirates," "Borat," "Blades" also honored.

From City News Service, The Envelope

April 30, 2007

The war epic "300" received five nominations today for the 2007 MTV Movie Awards, followed by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" with four nods.

"Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," "Blades of Glory" and "The Devil Wears Prada" got three nominations each.

Sarah Silverman will host the 16th annual awards show, to be broadcast from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City on June 3.

It will be the first-ever live broadcast of the event, which spotlights the cinematic best kiss, best villain and best fight of the year, among other categories.

The show will feature what MTV is billing as its "first-ever user- generated" category, "Best Movie Spoof." Viewers will have the opportunity to submit their own original movie shorts parodying films from the past year via an interactive Web site (http://mtvmovieawards.yahoo.com), with the winner announced during the ceremony.

Another new category -- "Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet" -- offers a look at expected summer blockbusters.

Making its return this year is the "mtvU Best Filmmaker on Campus" award, offering the winner national exposure at the MTV Movie Awards and a $25,000 development deal with MTV Films.

Fans will decide who wins MTV's Golden Popcorn award statuettes, according to Emily Yeomans of MTV.

Fans can vote by visiting movieawards.mtv.com before May 29th or by voting from their mobile phones by texting "MOVIES" to 22422. Voting is also available by dialing toll-free to 1-877-MTV-VOTE.

And for the first time ever, live voting will be offered during the show. One category will remain open, and viewers will be asked to cast their votes via mtv.com and text messaging on their wireless phones.

"This year's star-studded show will be live, and inspired by all the new ways our audience experiences the movies," said MTV President Christina Norman. "From texting their vote for 'Best Fight,' to uploading their own original movie spoofs, to posting photos online, fans are just a click away from being in the spotlight in this year's celebration of the movies and stars they love."