"Bridesmaids,” "Hunger Games" top MTV Movie Awards nominations May 2, 2012 - 17:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - It may be ladies night at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards on June 3, as two female-driven flicks - "Bridesmaids" and "The Hunger Games" - lead all contenders with eight nominations each, The Wrap reported. The show, which will air live on MTV from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, is once again allowing fans to choose the Movie of the Year winner, with voting continuing through the broadcast on June 3. Movie of the Year contenders include "Bridesmaids" and "The Hunger Games," as well as "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," "The Help" and "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1." Six performers - Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Jennifer Lawrence, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill and Josh Hutcherson - lead the individual competition with four nominations each. Meanwhile, new categories for the 2012 Awards include Best On-Screen Dirtbag and Best Gut-Wrenching Performances, and for the first time the nominees were chosen by a panel of industry insiders instead of online voting.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals  Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation.Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush.Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |
