MTV'S PICK OF THE FLICKS

The 2007 MTV Movie Award nominees were announced today, and 300, with five nominations, including Best Movie, is ahead of the field.

The rotoscoped live action film, the year’s most successful grosser so far, was followed closely by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest with four nods. Also vying for the “Golden Popcorn” statuette are Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Blades of Glory and The Devil Wears Prada, with three nominations each.

The 16^th annual awards show will be executive produced for the first time by Emmy Award-winning Survivor creator, producer Mark Burnett, and broadcast live, for the first time, from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA, on Sunday, June 3 at 8 p.m. Eastern. Sarah Silverman will host the show. Fans can vote for their favorite nominees in each category by visiting MovieAwards.MTV.com before May 29. Viewers can also vote from their mobile phones by texting “MOVIES” to 22422 or by dialing toll free to 1-877-MTV-VOTE.

“This year's star-studded show will be live, and inspired by all the new ways our audience experiences the movies,” said MTV President Christina Norman. “From texting their vote for 'Best Fight,' to uploading their own original movie spoofs, to posting photos online, fans are just a click away from being in the spotlight in this year's celebration of the movies and stars they love.”

The complete list of nominees are:

BEST MOVIE
300
Blades of Glory
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Little Miss Sunshine
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

BEST PERFORMANCE
Gerard Butler 300
Johnny Depp Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls
Keira Knightley Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
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 & Hector Jimenez vs. Los Duendes Nacho Libre
Gerard Butler vs. “The Uber Immortal” 300
Sacha Baron Cohen vs. Ken Davitian Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Will Ferrell vs. Jon Heder Blades of Glory
Uma Thurman vs. Anna Faris My Super Ex-Girlfriend

BEST SUMMER MOVIE YOU HAVEN’T SEEN YET
Evan Almighty
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Hairspray
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
Rush Hour 3
Transformers

mtvU BEST FILMMAKER ON CAMPUS
Robert Dastoli (University of Central Florida) Southwestern Orange County vs.
The Flying Saucers
Maria Gigante (Columbia College, Chicago) Girls Room
Josh Greenbaum (University of Southern California) Border Patrol
Alexander Poe (Columbia University) Please Forget I Exist
Andrew Shipsides (Savannah College of Art and Design) Bottleneck