Vampires Vs. Slumdogs At MTV Awards

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NEW YORK - The nominees are in for this year's MTV Movie awards, and it's 'Twilight' versus 'Slumdog Millionaire' for the biggest winner of the night. The movies couldn't be more different, but with seven and six nominations respectively, the vampire flick and Indian romance are going head to head in categories including best movie, MTV announced Monday.
'Slumdog' star Dev Patel and 'Twilight' heartthrob Robert Pattinson are both nominated for the male breakthrough performance award. Ben Barnes ('The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'), Bobb'e J. Thompson ('Role Models') and Pattinson's 'Twilight' co-star Taylor Lautner round out the category.
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MTV Movie Awards Nominees

    Angelina Jolie received a Best Female Performance nomination for her role in 'Wanted.'

    Jaap Buitendijk, Universal Studios

    'High School Musical 3' is up for Best Movie of 2009.

    Disney Enterprises, Inc.

    Anne Hathaway could win a Best Female Performance award for her work in 'Bride Wars.'

    Twentieth Century Fox

    'Iron Man' is a contender for Best Picture.

    Toshifumi Kitamura, AFP / Getty Images

    Miley Cyrus could take home an award her for her "Breakthrough Performance Female" in 'Hannah Montana: The Movie.'

    Disney Enterprises, Inc.

    Heath Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for 'Dark Knight' - and he might get the "Best Fight" award from MTV, as well.

    Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

    Shia LeBeouf snags a Best Male Performance nom for 'Eagle Eye.'

    Ralph Nelson, DREAMWORKS LLC.

    'Slumdog Millionaire' garnered six nominations, including Best Movie, Breakthrough Performance Female (Freida Pinto) and Breakthrough Performance Male (Dev Patel).

    Ishika Mohan, Fox Searchlight

    'Twilight' takes the lead with seven nominations, including nods for Best Movie, Best Female Performance (Kristen Stewart) and Breakthrough Performance Male (Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner).

    MTV / Mavrick Films

    Kate Winslet defies the demo and gets a Best Female Performance nom for 'The Reader.'

    The Weinstein Company

'Twilight' has "certainly touched a part of America and young girls are totally in love with what the movie stands for and (with) romance," producer Mark Burnett said in an interview. "And, on the other hand, I have to say, all of my kids loved 'Slumdog Millionaire.' There's just something so uplifting about what that movie stands for."
Illustrating MTV's younger-than-Oscars' demographic, other contenders for best movie are 'Iron Man,' 'The Dark Knight' and 'High School Musical 3: Senior Year.'
Angelina Jolie ('Wanted'), Anne Hathaway ('Bride Wars'), Kristen Stewart ('Twilight') and Taraji P. Henson ('The Curious Case of Benjamin Button') are up for best female performance. Surprisingly - based on the younger-skewing choices in other categories - Kate Winslet, who won an Oscar for her dramatic role in 'The Reader,' is also up for the award.
Nominees for best male performance are Christian Bale ('The Dark Knight'), Robert Downey Jr. ('Iron Man'), Shia LaBeouf ('Eagle Eye'), Vin Diesel ('Fast & Furious') and 'High School Musical' heartthrob Zac Efron.
Efron's co-star (and girlfriend) Vanessa Hudgens will challenge Miley Cyrus for the breakthrough performance female award. Their competition includes 'Slumdog' beauty Freida Pinto and Ashley Tisdale, another 'HSM' star.
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The golden popcorn trophy for best kiss - one of the event's signature unconventional categories ? could be handed to one of six big-screen duos, including Efron and Hudgens, Pinto and Patel, Stewart and Pattinson - or Sean Penn and James Franco, who co-starred in 'Milk.'
Ledger, who won a posthumous Oscar for his menacing performance as the Joker in 'The Dark Knight,' is also nominated in the best villain category.
MTV usually introduces a new category or two each year: This year, a golden popcorn will be awarded to the 'best song from a movie.' The nominees are Cyrus' 'The Climb' (from the new 'Hannah Montana' film); the 'Twilight' song 'Decode' by Paramore; the 'Slumdog' anthem 'Jai Ho'; and the Bruce Springsteen ballad 'The Wrestler' from the movie starring Mickey Rourke.
Votes can be cast online at MTV's Web site through May 27 for all categories except best movie. MTV said voting in that category remains open until May 31, when the show will air live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif. 'Saturday Night Live' star Andy Samberg is the host.
Burnett said the key to a successful movie-awards show is to let awkward moments pan out. Among last year's highlights: Franco and Seth Rogen pulled out a bag of fake marijuana on stage.
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"I will tell you right now ? there are three big things" that are part of the show, Burnett said. "I would say personally in my three years of producing the MTV Movie Awards live, the biggest thing that I can think of is going to be happening this year."
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