Robert Pattinson may never get an Oscar for playing Edward Cullen, but on Tuesday his work in "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" earned him three MTV Movie Award nominations.
The Byronic brooder is up for Golden Popcorns in the Best Male Performance, Best Kiss and Best Fight Scene categories.
Other tween icons who will vie for the not-so-covetted awards include Justin Bieber (Best Jaw-Dropping Moment, "Never Say Never"), Zac Efron (Best Male Performance, "Charlie St. Cloud") and Pattinson's "Twilight" co-stars Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner (categories too many to name).
In a surprise to no one, Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman scored a Best Kiss nomination for their lip-locking work in "Black Swan."
All told "Twilight" led the pack with eight nominations, followed closely behind by "Inception" with seven nods and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" with six.
True to its icon, the MTV awards tend to favor popcorn fare at the expense of prestige pictures, with nary a "King's Speech" making the cut. Among the more colorful categories are "Best Scared-as-Sh*t Performance" and "Biggest Bad-Ass Star."
As previously announced, Jason Sudeikis will host the 20th annual “2011 MTV Movie Awards” on Sunday, June 5th at 9pm ET/8pm CT from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California.
Nominees for the “2011 MTV Movie Awards” are as follows:
BEST MOVIE
· Black Swan
Director: Darren Aronofsky, Producers: Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin (Fox Searchlight)
· Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Director: David Yates, Producers: David Heyman and David Barron (Warner Bros. Pictures)
· Inception
Director: Christopher Nolan, Producers: Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan (Warner Bros. Pictures)
· The Social Network
Director: David Fincher, Producers: Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin (Sony Pictures)
· The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Director: David Slade, Producers: Wyck Godfrey and Karen Rosenfelt (Summit Entertainment)
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
· Emma Stone – Easy A (Sony Pictures)
· Emma Watson – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Warner Bros. Pictures)
· Jennifer Aniston – Just Go With It (Sony Pictures)
· Kristen Stewart – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Summit Entertainment)
· Natalie Portman – Black Swan (Fox Searchlight)
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
· Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Warner Bros. Pictures)
· Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network (Sony Pictures)
· Robert Pattinson – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Summit Entertainment)
· Taylor Lautner – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Summit Entertainment)
· Zac Efron – Charlie St. Cloud (Universal Pictures)
BEST BREAKOUT STAR
· Andrew Garfield – The Social Network (Sony Pictures)
· Chloë Grace Moretz – Kick-Ass (Lionsgate)
· Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit (Paramount Pictures)
· Jay Chou – The Green Hornet (Sony Pictures)
· Olivia Wilde – TRON: Legacy (Walt Disney Pictures)
· Xavier Samuel – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Summit Entertainment)
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
· Adam Sandler – Just Go With It (Sony Pictures)
· Ashton Kutcher – No Strings Attached (Paramount Pictures)
· Emma Stone – Easy A (Sony Pictures)
· Russell Brand – Get Him to the Greek (Universal Pictures)
· Zach Galifianakis – Due Date (Warner Bros.
