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The 2008 MTV Movie Award nominations are out, and it feels like the guy in their movie logo's astronaut suit is Judd Apatow. Apatow's crew and his films, Knocked Up and SuperBad, have multiple nominations in almost every category. The MTV site has all the details, and while I'm tempted to rank on some of the nominee descriptions, which sound crafted by a 12-year-old with a boner, I'd rather focus on what the nominees got right. This will be difficult, as the MTV site offers this reason for one nominee: "One of the hottest chicks ever, Jessica Biel is up for big honors after getting groped by Adam Sandler..." Is this why Meryl's working with Happy Gilmore now?
Amy Adams' turn in Enchanted received three nominations: Best Kiss, Best Female Performance, and the sole woman in the boys' club that is Best Comedic Performance. Adams was sadly overlooked by an Academy with an unfortunate Cate Blanchett fetish. She was then asked to appear on Oscar night to sing an Enchanted song, then was brutally left on a blank stage to perform without so much as one Debbie Allen dancer dressed like a roach or rat. Adams doesn't have a chance in hell against her Comedic Perf rivals Captain Jack Sparrow, Superbad's Jonah Hill, the guy who knocked up Dr Izzie and Adam Sandler's pseudo-gay fireman, but at least she got a nod. Her chances are better in the Best Female Perf category, but how can she compete with this disturbing blurb about Katherine Heigl: " Not only does Katherine Heigl...make a big belly hilarious, she makes it hot." Adams is probably toast here too, if only because Ellen Page's Juno owns this category.
On the Best Male Perf side, we have two Oscar winners, an Oscar nominee, a Superbad guy with Arrested Development who Knocked Up Juno, and the kid who would be Indy Jr. The MTV folks outdid Oscar by pulling in Michael Cera's sweet (though supporting) performance in Juno. This one's hard to predict, as the fickle MTV crowd could go for Mr. July, Will Smith, Jason Bourne or American Gangsta Denzel. Indy Jr. will get his for being Indy Jr., not a Transformer lover, but other than that, this one's up for grabs. Also up for grabs is Best Breakthrough Performance, which pits Superbad's Hill against his costars Michael Cera and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. They'll probably split, but I'm rooting for McLovin.
One other thing that the MTV Movie Awards may get right is to bestow an honor upon Johnny Depp's Sweeney Todd as best villain. The Academy went for Daniel Day-Lewis and his Kelis-inspired milkshake instead of Depp's Todd, but I can easily see him winning here because how many MTV watchers have seen his closest competition in this category, Javier Bardem's No Country for Old Men killer, Anton Chigurh?
Mike Myers hosts the show June 1st, 19 days before his Love Guru stinks up theaters. Smart move, Shrek.
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