The Dreamgirls stars have both been nominated in the Best Performance category at the prestigious event. Epic action movies 300 and Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man”s Chest will seemingly dominate proceedings after garnering five, and four nominations respectively. The box office smashes will battle it out for Best Movie whilst their stars compete for the main acting prizes. Having led 300 Spartans onto the battlefields on film Scottish star Gerard Butler will now face the equally daunting prospect of competing with Beyoncé, Hudson and Johnny Depp - who is nominated for his turn as Captain Jack Sparrow - for Best Performance. Beyoncé will be hoping to take home the Golden Popcorn gong after her co-star Hudson walked off with an Oscar earlier this year, while the Irreplacable singer failed to get a single acting nomination at the ceremony. The Devil Wears Prada, Blades Of Glory and Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan were all put forward for three accolades. The Los Angeles ceremony will be hosted by US stand-up comedienne-and-actress Sarah Silverman and will take place on June 3.
2007 MTV Movie Awards full list of nominations: Best Performance:
Gerard Butler, 300 Johnny Depp, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man”s Chest Keira Knightley, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man”s Chest Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls Beyoncé Knowles, Dreamgirls Will Smith, The Pursuit Of Happyness
Breakthrough Performance:
Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine Lena Headey, 300 Columbus Short, Stomp the Yard Jaden Smith, The Pursuit Of Happyness Justin Timberlake, Alpha Dog
Best Comedic Performance:
Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan Will Ferrell, Blades Of Glory Adam Sandler, Click Ben Stiller, Night At The Museum
Best Kiss:
Cameron Diaz & Jude Law, The Holiday Will Ferrell & Sacha Baron Cohen, Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby Columbus Short & Meagan Good, Stomp The Yard Mark Wahlberg & Elizabeth Banks, Invincible Marlon Wayans & Brittany Daniel, Little Man
Best Villain:
Tobin Bell, Saw III Jack Nicholson, The Departed Bill Nighy, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man”s Chest Rodrigo Santoro, 300 Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Best Fight:
Jack Black & Héctor Jiménez vs Los Duendes (Wrestling Match), Nacho Libre Gerard Butler vs The Uber Immortal (The Spartan/Persian Battle), 300 Sacha Baron Cohen vs Ken Davitian (Naked Wrestle Fight), Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan Will Ferrell vs Jon Heder (Ice Rink Fight), Blades Of Glory Uma Thurman vs Anna Faris (Super Girl Fight), My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Best Summer Movie You Haven”t Seen Yet :
Evan Almighty (June 22) Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer (June 15) Hairspray (July 20) Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (July 13) Rush Hour 3 (August 10) Transformers (July 4)
mtvU Best Filmmaker On Campus:
Robert Dastoli, Southwestern Orange County vs The Flying Saucers (University of Central Florida) Maria Gigante, Girls Room (Columbia College, Chicago) Josh Greenbaum, Border Patrol (University of Southern California) Alexander Poe, Please Forget I Exist (Columbia University) Andrew Shipsides, Bottleneck (Savannah College of Art & Design)
