Twilight: Eclipse and Inception lead the way for MTV Movie Award nominations

Eclipse is set to take the MTV Movie Awards by storm, after having received eight nominations.

The third film in the saga has been nominated for best movie, while its lead actors Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have both received nods for best actor and actress categories.

Pattinson will be competing against his Twilight co-star Taylor Lautner as well as Zac Efron for Charlies St Cloud, Daniel Radcliffe for Harry Potter and Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network.

Leading the way: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have both been nominated for their roles in Twilight: Eclipse

While Stewart is up against Natalie Portman for Black Swan, Emma Watson for Harry Potter and Jennifer Aniston for Just Go With It.

Inception is in the running against Twilight for best movie, with Leonardo DiCaprio’s film receiving seven nominations.

 

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 has also made an impression and received six nominations, while The Social Network has five.

Inception’s Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been nominated for the Biggest Badass Star award and for Best Fight, after his zero-gravity hallway fight scene.

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart will compete against Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson for Best Kiss after locking lips in both of popular franchises that they’re famed for.

British influence: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 received six nominations

Harry Potter’s Tom Felton has been nominated take the prize for Best Villain for his role as Draco Malfoy.

The Social Network star and future Spider-Man Andrew Garfield has been nominated for Best Breakout Star and the Facebook film is also up for Best Line For A Movie for the quote: ‘If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook.’

But despite just a few films stealing most of the limelight, other nominees included Russell Brand for Get Him To The Greek and Emma Stone in Easy A.

Chloe Moretz was nominated for Kick-Ass and Mickey Rourke nabbed one for Iron Man 2.

But Twilight seems to be a favourite among voters and it’s the second time in three years that the vampire film is leading the way at MTV’s Movie Awards.

The awards show will be hosted by Jason Sudeikis on June 5 at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California.

In the running: Inception, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Marion Cotillard, is in the running against Twilight for best movie

Making an impression: The Social Network, starring Justin Timberlake (left) and Jesse Eisenberg (right) has five nominations

MTV MOVIE AWARD NOMINATIONS 2011

Best Movie
Black Swan
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
Inception
The Social Network
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Best Female Performance
Emma Stone, Easy A
Emma Watson, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
Jennifer Aniston, Just Go With It
Kristen Stewart, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Best Male Performance
Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Taylor Lautner, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Zac Efron, Charlie St. Cloud

Best Breakout Star
Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
Chloë Grace Moretz, Kick-Ass
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jay Chou, The Green Hornet
Olivia Wilde, TRON: Legacy
Xavier Samuel, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse 

Best Comedic Performance
Adam Sandler, Just Go With It
Ashton Kutcher, No Strings Attached
Emma Stone, Easy A
Russell Brand, Get Him to the Greek
Zach Galifianakis, Due Date

Best Line From A Movie (New Category)
Alexys Nycole Sanchez, Grown Ups: 'I want to get chocolate wasted.'
Amanda Bynes and Emma Stone, Easy A: Amanda Bynes: 'There is a higher power that will judge you for your indecency.' Emma Stone: 'Tom Cruise?'
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network: 'If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook.'
Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield, The Social Network: Justin Timberlake: '... A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool?' Andrew Garfield: 'A billion dollars. And that shut everybody up.'
Tom Hardy, Inception: 'You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger darling.'

Best Villain
Christoph Waltz, The Green Hornet
Leighton Meester, The Roommate
Mickey Rourke, Iron Man 2
Ned Beatty, Toy Story 3
Tom Felton, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 

Best Fight
Amy Adams vs. The Sisters, The Fighter
Chloë Grace Moretz vs. Mark Strong, Kick-Ass
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint vs. Death Eaters, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
Joseph Gordon-Levitt vs. Hallway Attacker, Inception
Robert Pattinson vs. Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse 

Best Kiss
Ellen Page and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Inception
Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, Black Swan

Best Jaw-Dropping Moment
James Franco, 127 Hours, Cuts Off His Arm
Justin Bieber, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, Performance Spectacular
Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page, Inception, Paris Café Scene
Natalie Portman, Black Swan, Mutilation: Pulls the Skin off Her Finger
Steve-O, Jackass 3D, Port-A-Potty Bungee Stunt 

Best Scared-As-Sh-- Performance
Ashley Bell, The Last Exorcism
Ellen Page, Inception
Jessica Szohr, Piranha 3D
Minka Kelly, The Roommate
Ryan Reynolds, Buried 

Biggest Badass Star
Alex Pettyfer, I Am Number Four
Chloë Grace Moretz, Kick-Ass
Jaden Smith, The Karate Kid
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Inception
Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man 2