MTV Movie Awards Nominees Announced

LOS ANGELES (April 30, 2007) — MTV has announced the official nominees for the 2007 MTV Movie Awards.The awards show will be airing live for the first time ever, and will be broadcast from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA on Sunday, June 3rd at 8pm/7c. Comedian Sarah Silverman has been tapped to host, and performers and presenters for the show will be announced at a later date.Leading the charge with the most nominations is the epic historical fantasy “300,” with five; followed by “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” with four nominations. Also competing for the coveted “golden popcorn” are “Borat,” “Blades of Glory,” and “The Devil Wears Prada” with 3 nominations each. The 16th annual awards show will be executive produced by Emmy Award® winning producer Mark Burnett (”Survivor”, “The Apprentice”). New to the show this year is MTV’s first-ever user generated category, “BEST MOVIE SPOOF” where viewers have the opportunity to submit their own original movie shorts parodying films from the past year.Fans can vote by visiting movieawards.mtv.com before May 29th. Viewers can also vote from their mobile phones by texting “MOVIES” to 22422. Voting is also available by dialing toll free to 1-877-MTV-VOTE where fans can support their favorite nominees in each category. For the first time ever, the “MTV Movie Awards” will offer live voting during the show. One category will remain open and viewers will be asked to cast their votes via mtv.com and text messaging on their wireless phones.

Blades of Glory (Paramount Pictures) Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (20th Century Fox) Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (Walt Disney Pictures)

Johnny Depp- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (Walt Disney Pictures) Jennifer Hudson- Dreamgirls (Paramount Pictures/DreamWorks SKG) Keira Knightley- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (Walt Disney Pictures) Beyoncé Knowles- Dreamgirls (Paramount Pictures/DreamWorks SKG) Will Smith- The Pursuit of Happyness (Sony Pictures)

Abigail Breslin- Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight) Lena Headey- 300 (Warner Bros. Pictures) Columbus Short- Stomp the Yard (Screen Gems) Jaden Smith- The Pursuit of Happyness (Sony Pictures) Justin Timberlake- Alpha Dog (Universal Pictures)

Sacha Baron Cohen- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (20th Century Fox) Will Ferrell- Blades of Glory (Paramount Pictures) Adam Sandler- Click (Sony Pictures) Ben Stiller- Night at the Museum (20th Century Fox)

Will Ferrell & Sacha Baron Cohen- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Sony Pictures) Columbus Short & Meagan Good- Stomp the Yard (Screen Gems) Mark Wahlberg & Elizabeth Banks- Invincible (Walt Disney Pictures) Marlon Wayans & Brittany Daniel- Little Man (Sony Pictures)

Jack Nicholson- The Departed (Warner Bros. Pictures) Bill Nighy- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (Walt Disney Pictures) Rodrigo Santoro- 300 (Warner Bros. Pictures) Meryl Streep- The Devil Wears Prada (20th Century Fox)

Gerard Butler vs. “The Uber Immortal”- 300 (Warner Bros. Pictures) Sacha Baron Cohen vs. Ken Davitian- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (20th Century Fox) Will Ferrell vs. Jon Heder- Blades of Glory (Paramount Pictures) Uma Thurman vs. Anna Faris- My Super Ex-Girlfriend (20th Century Fox)

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (20th Century Fox) Hairspray (New Line Cinema) Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix (Warner Bros. Pictures) Rush Hour 3 (New Line Cinema) Transformers (Paramount Pictures)

The Flying Saucers” Maria Gigante (Columbia College, Chicago) – “Girls Room” Josh Greenbaum (University of Southern California) – “Border Patrol” Alexander Poe (Columbia University) – “Please Forget I Exist” Andrew Shipsides (Savannah College of Art and Design) – “Bottleneck”