'Twilight' leads the nominations of this year's Teen Choice Awards with 12 nods on its grab, followed closely by 'High School Musical 3: Senior Year' which receives 10 gongs.
- Jun 16, 2009
AceShowbiz - Having shown its domination at 2009 MTV Movie Awards, "Twilight" is on its way to sweep away another awards, the 11th Annual Teen Choice Awards. Following the announcement of the awards' nominees for 2009, it is uncovered that the vampire drama movie led the fields by grabbing the most nods, twelve in all.
Among its nominations, the Catherine Hardwicke-directed movie scored Choice Movie: Drama as well as Choice Movie: Romance. It also put up several of its cast members, including Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Cam Gigandet, to compete in the performers categories. Beside nabbing nominations from the movie field, it also landed a nod for its soundtrack.
Aside from "Twilight", another movie collecting multiple nominations was "High School Musical 3: Senior Year". The first feature film made out of Disney's popular musical series "High School Musical" garnered 10 counts, including for Choice Movie: Music/Dance. It also placed its actresses, Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale, and actors, Corbin Bleu and Zac Efron, to be in competition for the title of Choice Movie Actress: Music/Dance and Choice Movie Actor: Music/Dance respectively.
Other movies receiving nomination from the awards show presented annually by FOX included "Fast and Furious", "Star Trek", "Terminator Salvation", "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", "Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian" as well as recent Oscar recipient "Slumdog Millionaire".
Teen Choice Awards gives away awards for movies, television, music, sports and pop culture views. Its winners are determined by votes from teens aged 13 to19. The voting line at Teen Choice Awards 2009 has been opened starting Monday, June 15, while the awards show itself will air Monday, August 10, at 8 P.M. Eastern on FOX with Jonas Brothers serving as both hosts and performers.
Full list of movie nominees for 2009 Teen Choice Awards:
Choice Movie: Action Adventure
Choice Movie: Drama Choice Movie: Romance- "Australia"
- "Confessions of a Shopaholic"
- "He's Just Not That Into You"
- "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2"
- "Twilight"
- "The Hangover"
- "Land of the Lost"
- "Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian"
- "Paul Blart: Mall Cop"
- "Yes Man"
- "Hannah Montana: The Movie"
- "High School Musical 3: Senior Year"
- "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience"
- "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist"
- "Steppin: The Movie"
- Hugh Jackman, "Australia"
- Dev Patel, "Slumdog Millionaire"
- Robert Pattinson, "Twilight"
- Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
- Channing Tatum, "Fighting"
- Angelina Jolie, "Changeling"
- Nicole Kidman, "Australia"
- Beyonce Knowles, "Obsessed"
- Freida Pinto, "Slumdog Millionaire"
- Kristen Stewart, "Twilight"
- Christian Bale, "Terminator Salvation"
- Hugh Jackman, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine"
- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, "Race to Witch Mountain"
- Shia LaBeouf, "Eagle Eye"
- Paul Walker, "Fast and Furious"
- Malin Akerman, "Watchmen"
- Jordana Brewster, "Fast and Furious"
- Bryce Dallas Howard, "Terminator Salvation"
- Mila Kunis, "Max Payne"
- Zoe Saldana, "Star Trek"
- Jim Carrey, "Yes Man"
- Zac Efron, "17 Again"
- Will Ferrell, "Land of the Lost"
- Seth Rogen, "Observe and Report" or "Pineapple Express"
- Ben Stiller, "Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian" or "Tropic Thunder"
- Amy Adams, "Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian"
- Jennifer Aniston, "Marley & Me" or "He's Just Not That Into You"
- Isla Fisher, "Confessions of a Shopaholic"
- Anne Hathaway, "Bride Wars"
- Kate Hudson, "Bride Wars"
- Miley Cyrus, "Hannah Montana: The Movie"
- Kat Dennings, "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist"
- Vanessa Hudgens, "High School Musical 3: Senior Year"
- Amy Smart, "Love N' Dancing"
- Ashley Tisdale, "High School Musical 3: Senior Year"
- Corbin Bleu, "High School Musical 3: Senior Year"
- Michael Cera, "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist"
- Jason Earles, "Hannah Montana: The Movie"
- Zac Efron, "High School Musical 3: Senior Year"
- Lucas Till, "Hannah Montana: The Movie"
- Hank Azaria, "Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian"
- Eric Bana, "Star Trek"
- Cam Gigandet, "Twilight"
- Ken Jeong, "The Hangover"
- Liev Schreiber, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine"
- Lynn Collins, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine"
- Ashley Greene, "Twilight"
- Emily Osment, "Hannah Montana: The Movie"
- Freida Pinto, "Slumdog Millionaire"
- Nikki Reed, "Twilight"
- Taylor Kitsch, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine"
- Taylor Lautner, "Twilight"
- Dev Patel, "Slumdog Millionaire"
- Chris Pine, "Star Trek"
- Sam Worthington, "Terminator Salvation"
- Miley Cyrus and Lucas Till, "Hannah Montana: The Movie"
- Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron, "High School Musical 3: Senior Year"
- Freida Pinto and Dev Patel, "Slumdog Millionaire"
- Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, "Twilight"
- Owen Wilson and Marley, "Marley & Me"
- Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson, "Bride Wars"
- Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber vs. Weapon XI, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine"
- Beyonce Knowles vs. Ali Larter, "Obsessed"
- Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet, "Twilight"
- Chris Pine vs. Zachary Quinto, "Star Trek"