The newly democratized MTV Movie Awards has thrown the nominating process out to you, the Hills - watching people, and in doing so righted many of the wrongs perpetrated upon a worthy and unsung Class of '08. Wondering why High School Musical 3: Senior Year was so egregiously underrepresented in the major Oscar categories? Why Anne Hathaway's performance in Bride Wars wasn't deemed worthy enough to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Kate Winslet's finest illiterate-Nazi-pedophiliac work at the SAG Awards? Why the Golden Globes had no "Best WTF Moment" category? Wonder no more: Their time is now, and their fates lie in your tiny voting fingers, still tender from having punched in Kris Allen's dial-Idol number eleventy bazillion times.
Twilight and Slumdog Millionaire are ahead of the pack with seven and six nominations, respectively. The former is poised to capture the all-powerful tween girl voting block; producers have already been warned of their destructive potential, as the very real possibility that they might have stampeded past security and onto the stage to pull out fistfuls of star Robert Pattinson's inhumanly lustrous hair prevented the actor from making an appearance at the Kids' Choice Awards altogether.
Slumdog, meanwhile, arrives having stumbled mightily from its post-Oscars high, sullied by controversy and rumor regarding the well-being of its adorable young stars. Still, this strikes us as one last opportunity to right any perceived wrongs, by having pre-show correspondent Audrina Patridge shove a microphone in young Rubina Ali's face on the blue carpet, and engage the child commodity in the following exchange:
Audrina: So, like -- you were in Slumdog Millionaire?
Rubina: Very correct. I am so humbled to be here among these American luminaries.
Audrina: Is it true your dad tried to sell you on eBay or something?
Rubina: No. I am much loved for. This was not true.
Audrina: Cool. So what movie are you doing next?
Rubina: Fast and Furious 5.
Audrina: Awesome! Back to you, Whitney!
The nominations follow. Find out who wins live, May 31, with Andy Samberg as your spirit-guide:
BEST MOVIE
* The Dark Knight
* Iron Man
* Slumdog Millionaire
* Twilight
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
* Angelina Jolie - Wanted (Universal Pictures)
* Anne Hathaway - Bride Wars (20th Century Fox)
* Kate Winslet - The Reader (The Weinstein Company)
* Kristen Stewart - Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
* Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount Pictures)
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
* Christian Bale - The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Robert Downey Jr. - Iron Man (Paramount Pictures)
* Shia LaBeouf - Eagle Eye (DreamWorks SKG/ Paramount Pictures)
* Vin Diesel - Fast & Furious (Universal Pictures)
* Zac Efron - High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE FEMALE
* Amanda Seyfried - Mamma Mia! (Universal Pictures)
* Ashley Tisdale - High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
* Freida Pinto - Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
* Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana: The Movie (Walt Disney Pictures)
* Vanessa Hudgens - High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
* Kat Dennings - Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (Columbia Pictures)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE MALE
* Robert Pattinson - Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
* Taylor Lautner - Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
* Ben Barnes - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Walt Disney Pictures)
* Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
* Bobb'e J. Thompson - Role Models (Universal Pictures)
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
* Amy Poehler - Baby Mama (Universal Pictures)
* Anna Faris - The House Bunny (Columbia Pictures)
* James Franco - Pineapple Express (Columbia Pictures)
* Jim Carrey - Yes Man (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Steve Carell - Get Smart (Warner Bros. Pictures)
BEST VILLAIN
* Derek Mears - Friday The 13th (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Dwayne Johnson - Get Smart (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Johnathon Schaech - Prom Night (Screen Gems)
* Luke Goss - Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Universal Pictures)
BEST FIGHT
* Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson - Bride Wars (20th Century Fox)
* Christian Bale vs. Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
* Ron Perlman vs. Luke Goss - Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Universal Pictures)
* Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet - Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
* Seth Rogen and James Franco vs. Danny McBride - Pineapple Express (Columbia Pictures)
BEST KISS
* Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy - Wanted (Universal Pictures)
* Freida Pinto and Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
* James Franco and Sean Penn - Milk (Focus Features)
* Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson - Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
* Paul Rudd and Thomas Lennon - I Love You, Man (Paramount Pictures)
* Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron - High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
BEST WTF MOMENT (New Category)
* Amy Poehler - Baby Mama, Peeing In the Sink (Universal Pictures)
* Angelina Jolie - Wanted, Curved Bullet Kill (Universal Pictures)
* Ayush Mahesh Khedekar - Slumdog Millionaire, Jumping in the Poop Shed (Fox Searchlight)
* Ben Stiller - Tropic Thunder, Tasting the Decapitated Head (DreamWorks SKG/ Paramount Pictures)
* Jason Segel and Kristen Bell - Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Naked Break-Up (Universal Pictures)
BEST SONG FROM A MOVIE (New Category)
* "Jai Ho" - AR Raham, Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
* "The Wrestler" - Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)
* "The Climb" - Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie (Walt Disney Pictures)
* "Decode" - Paramore, Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
ยท 2009 Movie Awards [MTV]