‘Twilight,’ ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ vie for six MTV Movie Awards apiece, including best film

‘Twilight,’ ‘Slumdog’ vie for MTV Movie Awards

LOS ANGELES — Teenage vampires and orphans of many ages are squaring off at the MTV Movie Awards: “Twilight” and “Slumdog Millionaire” are both up for six awards Sunday, including best movie and best kiss, at the ceremony honoring the best in film from the past year as voted on by viewers.

Other best movie contenders at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif., are “The Dark Knight,” ”Iron Man,” and “High School Musical 3: Senior Year.”

Up for best kiss are the lip-locks of Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy in “Wanted”; Freida Pinto and Dev Patel in “Slumdog Millionaire”; James Franco and Sean Penn in “Milk”; Paul Rudd and Thomas Lennon in “I Love You, Man”; and Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron in “High School Musical 3.”

The ceremony will be hosted by Andy Samberg and feature musical performances from Kings of Leon and Eminem. The MTV Generation Award, the ceremony’s highest honor, will be presented to Ben Stiller. Two new categories are set to debut at this year’s show: best song from a movie and best WTF moment, which honors the most jaw-dropping movie moment of the year.

Other golden popcorn trophies will be awarded in such categories as best villain, best comedic performance and best fight. In addition to handing out awards for movies from the past year, MTV is promising to debut new footage from upcoming films “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” ”New Moon” and “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince” during the ceremony.

Presenters scheduled to hand out golden popcorn trophies Sunday include Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Denzel Washington, Cameron Diaz, Ryan Reynolds, Sandra Bullock, Sienna Miller, Channing Tatum, Bradley Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Danny McBride, Will Ferrell, Leighton Meester, Jonah Hill and Lil Wayne.

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