LUPITA NYONG'O
MTV MOVIE AWARDS!
LUPITA NYONG’O NOMINATED FOR MTV MOVIE AWARDS!
Monday, March 10, 2014Omoba
MTV has announced the nominees for the “2014 MTV
Movie Awards,” setting the stage for an epic showdown between
critically-acclaimed films The Wolf of Wall Street and American Hustle, comedic
hits We’re the Millers and This Is The End, blockbuster franchises The Hunger
Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and more.
Kenyan Oscar winner and red carpet darling Lupita
Nyong’o takes her place among the nominees for this year’s show – a fitting
tribute for the actress, who got her first professional on screen acting break
on the MTV Base HIV & AIDS awareness drama, Shuga. Lupita will be going up against A-listers and
Hollywood veterans Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Sandra Bullock and Jennifer Anniston
for a coveted Movie Awards trophy in the Best Female Performance category.
Fans can get in on the fierce competition by
casting votes for their favorite nominees at www.MovieAwards.MTV.com beginning
Thursday 6 March until Saturday 12 April in categories you’ll never see in any
other awards show, including Best Comedic Performance, Best Villain, Best Kiss,
Best Scared-As-S**t Performance, Best Musical Moment, #WTF Moment, Best
On-Screen Duo, Best Fight, Best Shirtless Performance and more.
This year, the “MTV Movie Awards” has the distinction
of being the only Awards show to nominate cinematic legend Robert De Niro,
Kanye West and Joan Rivers in the same category (Best Cameo), see Matthew
McConaughey and Jared Leto take on Ice Cube and Kevin Hart (Best On-Screen
Duo), and pit Jennifer Aniston against some of the hottest men on the planet
(Zac Efron, Chris Hemsworth, Leonardo DiCaprio and Sam Claflin) for the coveted
Best Shirtless Performance category.
The show will once again officially kick-off the
summer blockbuster season, promising to deliver yet another epically funny,
explosive, over-the-top show that features fan favorite films, actors and
musicians. In addition, the show will honour the best films and performances
from the past year, while featuring exclusive, never-before-seen moments from
some of the most highly-anticipated summer films.
Hosted by Emmy Award winning comedian and late
night host, Conan O’Brien, the show will take place on Sunday 13 April at the
Nokia Theatre LA Live in Los Angeles, California.
Tune into the live broadcast of the “2014 MTV Movie
Awards” airs on MTV (DStv Channel 130) at 03:00 CAT on Monday 14 April, or
catch the primetime premiere on Monday 14 April @ 21:15 CAT (pre-show begins at
20:30 CAT).
THE NOMINEES FOR THE “2014 MTV MOVIE AWARDS” ARE:
MOVIE OF THE YEAR
12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight
Pictures)
Director: Steve McQueen
Producers:
Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Anthony Katagas,
Bill Pohlad, and Arnon Milchan
American Hustle (Columbia Pictures)
Director:
David O. Russell
Producers: Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan
Ellison and Jonathan Gordon
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Warner Bros.
Pictures)
Director: Peter Jackson
Producers: Carolynne Cunningham, Peter Jackson,
Fran Walsh and Zane Weiner
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Lionsgate)
Director: Francis Lawrence
Producers: Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik
The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount Pictures)
Director: Martin Scorsese
Producers: Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey
McFarland, Emma Tillinger Koskoff and Riza Aziz
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
· Amy
Adams – American Hustle (Columbia Pictures)
·
Jennifer Aniston – We’re the Millers (New Line Cinema)
· Sandra
Bullock – Gravity (Warner Bros. Pictures)
·
Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Lionsgate)
· Lupita
Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
·
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle (Columbia Pictures)
·
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount Pictures)
·
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
· Josh
Hutcherson – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Lionsgate)
·
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
· Liam
James – The Way Way Back (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
·
Michael B. Jordan – Fruitvale Station (The Weinstein Company)
· Will
Poulter – We’re the Millers (New Line Cinema)
· Margot Robbie – The Wolf of Wall Street
(Paramount Pictures)
· Miles
Teller – The Spectacular Now (A24 Films)
BEST KISS
·
Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams – American Hustle (Columbia Pictures)
· Joseph
Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson – Don Jon (Relativity Media)
· James
Franco, Ashley Benson and Vanessa Hudgens – Spring Breakers (A24 Films)
·
Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller – The Spectacular Now (A24 Films)
· Emma
Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and Will Poulter – We’re the Millers (New Line
Cinema)
BEST FIGHT
·
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (Paramount Pictures) – Will Ferrell,
Paul Rudd, David Koechner and Steve Carell vs. James Marsden vs. Sacha Baron
Cohen vs. Kanye West vs. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler vs. Jim Carrey and Marion
Cotillard vs. Will Smith vs. Liam Neeson and John C. Reilly vs. Greg Kinnear
·
Identity Thief (Universal Pictures) – Jason Bateman vs. Melissa McCarthy
· The
Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Warner Bros. Pictures) – Orlando Bloom and
Evangeline Lilly vs. Orcs
· The
Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Lionsgate) – Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson
and Sam Claflin vs. Mutant Monkeys
· This
is the End (Columbia Pictures) – Jonah Hill vs. James Franco and Seth Rogen
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
· Kevin
Hart – Ride Along (Universal Pictures)
· Jonah
Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount Pictures)
· Johnny
Knoxville – Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (Paramount Pictures)
·
Melissa McCarthy – The Heat (20th Century Fox)
· Jason
Sudeikis – We’re the Millers (New Line Cinema)
BEST SCARED-AS-S**T PERFORMANCE
· Rose
Byrne – Insidious: Chapter 2 (FilmDistrict)
·
Jessica Chastain – Mama (Universal Pictures)
· Vera
Farmiga – The Conjuring (New Line Cinema)
· Ethan
Hawke – The Purge (Universal Pictures)
· Brad
Pitt – World War Z (Paramount Pictures)
BEST ON-SCREEN DUO
· Amy
Adams and Christian Bale – American Hustle (Columbia Pictures)
·
Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)
· Vin
Diesel and Paul Walker – Fast & Furious 6 (Universal Pictures)
· Ice
Cube and Kevin Hart – Ride Along (Universal Pictures)
· Jonah
Hill and Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount Pictures)
BEST SHIRTLESS PERFORMANCE
·
Jennifer Aniston – We’re the Millers (New Line Cinema)
· Sam
Claflin – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Lionsgate)
·
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount Pictures)
· Zac
Efron – That Awkward Moment (Focus Features)
· Chris
Hemsworth – Thor: The Dark World (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
#WTF MOMENT
· Steve
Carell, Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd and David Koechner – Anchorman 2: The Legend
Continues (Paramount Pictures)
The Channel 4 News Team's afternoon is no longer a
delight as their speeding van filled with bowling balls, scorpions and hot oil
takes a tumble on the highway
· Johnny
Knoxville and Jackson Nicoll – Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (Paramount
Pictures)
Johnny Knoxville and Jackson Nicoll manage to
strike fear into a room full of unsuspecting beauty pageant-loving parents
thanks to a bump n' grind dance routine to a Warrant classic
·
Cameron Diaz – The Counselor (20th Century Fox)
Having sex in a car is pretty much a rite of
passage, but having sex with a car? Cameron Diaz's Malkina gets down and dirty
with a bright yellow Ferrari to show the world how it's done
·
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount Pictures)
Leonardo DiCaprio's iconic portrayal of excessive
Wall Street player Jordan Belfort takes a turn for the insane when he takes his
Lamborghini for a spin
· Danny
McBride and Channing Tatum – This is the End (Columbia Pictures)
Danny McBride shows an apocalyptic world, and
uncomfortable cinema viewers everywhere, that there's no better pet than a
scantily-clad Channing Tatum
BEST VILLAIN
·
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips (Columbia Pictures)
·
Benedict Cumberbatch – Star Trek into Darkness (Paramount Pictures)
·
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
· Mila
Kunis – Oz The Great and Powerful (Walt
Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
· Donald
Sutherland – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Lionsgate)
BEST ON-SCREEN TRANSFORMATION
·
Christian Bale – American Hustle (Columbia Pictures)
·
Elizabeth Banks – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Lionsgate)
·
Orlando Bloom – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Warner Bros.
Pictures)
· Jared
Leto – Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)
·
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)
BEST MUSICAL MOMENT
·
Backstreet Boys, Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen and Craig Robinson – This is the
End (Columbia Pictures)
Spoiler alert! Backstreet Boys reunite in heaven to
perform "Everybody" with signature boy band moves and flair for this
unforgettable apocalyptic ending
·
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle (Columbia Pictures)
Lawrence cleans and dances her frustrations away as
she mouths the words to 70s classic "Live and Let Die"
·
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount Pictures)
During his wedding reception, DiCaprio's fraudulent
Jordan Belfort pops and locks it to Bo Diddley’s "Pretty Thing"
·
Melissa McCarthy – Identity Thief (Universal Pictures)
To ease the tension of stealing Sandy's identity,
McCarthy's Diana shows her musical range as she attempts to sing along with the
car radio -- and even hits that high note in "Barracuda"
· Will
Poulter – We’re the Millers (New Line Cinema)
With eyes wide shut, Poulter's Kenny Rossmore
throws it back to the 90s with a hilarious rendition of TLC's
"Waterfalls"
BEST CAMEO PERFORMANCE
· Robert
De Niro – American Hustle (Columbia Pictures)
· Amy
Poehler and Tina Fey – Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (Paramount Pictures)
· Kanye
West – Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (Paramount Pictures)
· Joan
Rivers – Iron Man 3 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
·
Rihanna – This is the End (Columbia Pictures)
BEST HERO
· Henry
Cavill as Clark Kent – Man of Steel (Warner Bros. Pictures)
· Robert
Downey Jr. as Iron Man – Iron Man 3 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
· Martin
Freeman as Bilbo Baggins – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Warner Bros.
Pictures)
· Chris
Hemsworth as Thor – Thor: The Dark World (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
·
Channing Tatum as John Cale – White House Down (Columbia Pictures)
2014 MTV Movie Awards: Total Number of Combined
Category Nominations for Movies
American Hustle
8
The Wolf of Wall Street 8
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 7
We’re the Millers
6
12 Years a Slave
4
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 4
Dallas Buyers Club
4
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 4
This is the End 4
Identity Thief
2
Iron Man 3
2
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 2
Ride Along
2
The Spectacular Now
2
Thor: The Dark World
2
Captain Phillips 1
Don Jon
1
Fast & Furious 6
1
Fruitvale Station 1
Gravity
1
Insidious: Chapter 2
1
Mama
1
Man of Steel
1
Oz The Great and Powerful 1
Spring Breakers
1
Star Trek Into Darkness 1
That Awkward Moment 1
The Conjuring 1
The Counselor
1
The Heat 1
The Purge
1
The Way Way Back 1
White House Down 1
World War Z 1
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