'Juno' and 'Superbad' Among 2008 MTV Movie Awards Nominees

On Tuesday, May 6, MTV announced the nominees for the 17th annual MTV Movie Awards and two comedy movies, 'Superbad' and 'Juno', have become the leader of the pack.

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Continuing its annual celebration of honoring best films and Hollywood's talents, MTV is gearing up for 17th MTV Movie Awards by announcing the list of nominees up for the golden popcorn statuettes on Tuesday, May 6. Among those nominated for the special event, Judd Apatow's comedy "Superbad" and Jason Reitman's acclaimed dramedy "Juno" show off their dominations by collecting 5 and 4 nods respectively.

Though mostly the two movies garnered gongs in different categories, they would have to battle it up for the supreme prize, Best Movie award. In the particular category, they also will be facing stiff competitions from four other blockbuster nominees, "Transformers", "Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End", "I Am Legend" and "National Treasure: Book of Secrets".

Besides landing the Best Movie count, "Superbad" and "Juno" also put up its young cast ensemble, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Michael Cera and Ellen Page, for other prizes. "Superbad" brings Best Comedic Performance and Breakthrough Performance nominations for Hill and Breakthrough for Cera and Mintz-Plasse, whereas "Juno" puts up Page and Cera for Best Female Performance, Best Male Performance and Best Kiss gongs.

Aside from the two films and those thesps, the nominations also see Johnny Depp, Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Topher Grace and Javier Bardem to compete for Best Villain. Additionally, in the category of Best Summer Movie So Far, MTV gave the nods to "Iron Man", "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "Sex and the City", "Speed Racer" and "The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian".

The ceremony of 2008 MTV Movie Awards will be held on June 1 and will be broadcast live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California. The event will hosted for the second time by comedian Mike Myers. The complete nominees list can be seen via MTV or simply read it below.

2008 MTV Movie Awards' list of nominees:

Best Movie:

• "Juno"
• "Transformers"
• "Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End"
• "I Am Legend"
• "Superbad"
• "National Treasure: Book of Secrets"

Best Male Performance

• Will Smith, "I Am Legend"
• Shia LaBeouf, "Transformers"
• Denzel Washington, "American Gangster"
• Matt Damon, "The Bourne Ultimatum"
• Michael Cera, "Juno"

Best Female Performance

• Ellen Page, "Juno"
• Keira Knightley, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End"
• Katherine Heigl, "Knocked Up"
• Amy Adams, "Enchanted"
• Jessica Biel, "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry"

Best Villain

• Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd"
• Denzel Washington, "American Gangster"
• Angelina Jolie, "Beowulf"
• Topher Grace, "Spider-Man 3"
• Javier Bardem, "No Country For Old Men"

Best Comedic Performance

• Johnny Depp, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End"
• Adam Sandler, "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry"
• Jonah Hill, "Superbad"
• Seth Rogen, "Knocked Up"
• Amy Adams, "Enchanted"

Best Fight

• Matt Damon vs. Joey Ansah, "The Bourne Ultimatum"
• Tobey Maguire vs. James Franco, "Spider-Man 3"
• Hayden Christensen vs. Jamie Bell, "Jumper"
• Sean Faris vs. Cam Gigandet, "Never Back Down"
• Chris Tucker & Jackie Chan vs. Sun Ming Ming, "Rush Hour 3"
• Alien vs. Predator, "Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem"

Best Kiss

• Shia LaBeouf and Sarah Roemer, "Disturbia"
• Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey, "Enchanted"
• Daniel Radcliffe and Katie Leung, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
• Ellen Page and Michael Cera, "Juno"
• Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman, "Step Up 2 The Streets"

Breakthrough Performance

• Zac Efron, "Hairspray"
• Seth Rogen, "Knocked Up"
• Jonah Hill, "Superbad"
• Michael Cera, "Superbad"
• Chris Brown, "This Christmas"
• Nikki Blonsky, "Hairspray"
• Megan Fox, "Transformers"
• Christopher Mintz-Plasse, "Superbad"

Best Summer Movie So Far

• "Iron Man"
• "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"
• "Sex and the City"
• "Speed Racer"
• "The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian"

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