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MTV: Music Television has announced the nominees, of the “2006 MTV Movie Awards” which will take place June 3 at Sony Picture Studios in Culver City, CA, and will premiere to audiences nationwide on Thursday, June 8 at 9pm ET/PT on MTV. In the spotlight for starring roles are the “40-Year Old Virgin” and “Wedding Crashers,” each receiving five nominations. Meanwhile with three nominations each were movies like “Batman Begins,” “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” “Hustle & Flow,” “Sin City” and “Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith”.

MTV also announced new categories: “Best Hero,” “Sexiest Performance” and the “mtvU Student Filmmaker Award” and most important “Best Performance,” breaking the gender barrier and award show tradition, both actors and actresses will be fighting for the same golden popcorns. Nominees for the “2006 MTV Movie Awards” are:

BEST MOVIE

* The 40-Year Old Virgin (Universal Pictures)
* Batman Begins (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* King Kong (Universal Pictures)
* Sin City (Dimension Films)
* Wedding Crashers (New Line Cinema)

BEST PERFORMANCE

* Joaquin Phoenix - Walk The Line (20th Century Fox)
* Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain (Focus Features)
* Rachel McAdams - Red Eye (DreamWorks SKG)
* Steve Carell - The 40-Year Old Virgin (Universal Pictures)
* Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow (Paramount Classics)
* Reese Witherspoon - Walk The Line (20th Century Fox)

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE

* Owen Wilson - Wedding Crashers (New Line Cinema)
* Adam Sandler - The Longest Yard (Paramount Pictures)
* Steve Carell - The 40-Year Old Virgin (Universal Pictures)
* Tyler Perry - Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Reunion (Lions Gate Films)
* Vince Vaughn - Wedding Crashers (New Line Cinema)

BEST ON-SCREEN TEAM

* Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen & Romany Malco - The 40-Year Old Virgin (Universal Pictures)
* Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott & Jessica Simpson - The Dukes of Hazzard (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Jessica Alba, Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans & Michael Chiklis - Fantastic Four (20th Century Fox)
* Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson & Rupert Grint - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson - Wedding Crashers (New Line Cinema)

BEST VILLAIN

* Cillian Murphy - Batman Begins (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Hayden Christensen - Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (20th Century Fox)
* Ralph Fiennes - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Tilda Swinton - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Disney Pictures)
* Tobin Bell - Saw II (Lions Gate Films)

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

* Andre “3000″ Benjamin - Four Brothers (Paramount Pictures)
* Isla Fisher - Wedding Crashers (New Line Cinema)
* Nelly - The Longest Yard (Paramount Pictures)
* Jennifer Carpenter - The Exorcism of Emily Rose (Screen Gems)
* Romany Malco - The 40-Year Old Virgin (Universal Pictures)
* Taraji P. Henson - Hustle & Flow (Paramount Classics)

BEST HERO

* Christian Bale - Batman Begins (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Jessica Alba - Fantastic Four (20th Century Fox)
* Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros.
Pictures)
* Kate Beckinsale - Underworld: Evolution (Screen Gems)
* Ewan McGregor - Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (20th Century Fox)

SEXIEST PERFORMANCE

* Beyonce Knowles - The Pink Panther (Sony Pictures)
* Jessica Alba - Sin City (Dimension Films)
* Jessica Simpson - The Dukes of Hazzard (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Ziyi Zhang - Memoirs of a Geisha (Sony Pictures)
* Rob Schneider - Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (Sony Pictures)

BEST FIGHT

* Kong vs. The Planes - King Kong (Universal Pictures)
* Stephen Chow vs. Axe Gang - Kung Fu Hustle (Sony Pictures Classics)
* Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt - Mr. & Mrs. Smith (20th Century Fox)
* Ewan McGregor vs. Hayden Christensen - Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (20th Century Fox)

BEST KISS

* Jake Gyllenhaal & Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain (Focus Features)
* Taraji P. Henson & Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow (Paramount Classics) * Anna Faris & Chris Marquette - Just Friends (New Line Cinema)
* Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt - Mr. & Mrs. Smith (20th Century Fox)
* Rosario Dawson & Clive Owen - Sin City (Dimension Films)

BEST FRIGHTENED PERFORMANCE

* Rachel Nichols - The Amityville Horror (MGM)
* Jennifer Carpenter - The Exorcism of Emily Rose (Screen Gems)
* Derek Richardson - Hostel (Lions Gate Films)
* Paris Hilton - House of Wax (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Dakota Fanning - War of the Worlds (Paramount Pictures)

mtvU STUDENT FILMMAKER AWARD

* Joshua Caldwell (Fordham University) - A Beautiful Lie
* Sean Mullin (Columbia University) - Sadiq
* Stephen Reedy (Diablo Valley College) - Undercut
* Jarrett Slavin (University of Michigan) - The Spiral Project
* Landon Zakheim (Emerson College) - The Fabulous Felix McCabe