Golden Popcorn nominees announced

Winner voting for the 2010 MTV Movie Awards in 12 different categories began on 12 May and closes Saturday, 5 June, with each winner in line to take home the Golden Popcorn trophy. The 2010 MTV Movie Awards will premiere live on MTV (DStv Channel 321) on Monday, 7 June at 3am and on MTV base (DStv Channel 322) on Monday, 7 June at 10pm.

Making this year's show another battle of the super fans, the hit comedy The Hangover leads with six nominations; the blockbusters The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and Avatar, are neck-and-neck with five nods each; and audience favourites The Proposal, and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince are each up for four awards.

To vote

It's anyone's and any film's game as the MTV fans hold the destiny of the Golden Popcorn Awards in their hands. From 12 May to 5 June, viewers can go to www.mtvbase.com to vote to make winners of their favourite nominated films, movie moments and actors. Continuing its tradition for being one of the most shocking and atypical awards show on television, the 2010 MTV Movie Awards will feature three new, outrageous categories that include Global Superstar, Best Scared-As-S**t Performance, and Biggest Badass Star. For the first time ever in Movie Awards history, voting will go international as fans worldwide will be able to vote for their favourite global stars in the Global Superstar category by going to their local MTV websites.

Nominees for the "2010 MTV Movie Awards" are:

Best Movie (voting stays live throughout the 2010 Movie Awards ceremony)

• Alice In Wonderland. Director: Tim Burton, producers: Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd, Joe Roth and Richard D. Zanuck. (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  
• Avatar. Director: James Cameron, producers: James Cameron and Jon Landau (Twentieth Century Fox)
  
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Director: David Yates, producers: David Heyman and David Barron (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  
• The Hangover. Director: Todd Phillips, producers: Todd Phillips and Dan Goldberg (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  
• The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Director: Chris Weitz, producers: Wyck Godfrey and Karen Rosenfelt (Summit Entertainment)

Best Female Performance

• Amanda Seyfried - Dear John (Screen Gems/Sony Pictures)
  
• Emma Watson - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  
• Kristen Stewart - The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Summit Entertainment)
  
• Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  
• Zoe Saldana - Avatar (Twentieth Century Fox)

Best Male Performance

• Channing Tatum - Dear John (Screen Gems/Sony Pictures)
  
• Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  
• Robert Pattinson - The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Summit Entertainment)
  
• Taylor Lautner - The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Summit Entertainment)
  
• Zac Efron - 17 Again (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Breakout Star

• Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air (Paramount Pictures)
  
• Chris Pine - Star Trek (Paramount Pictures)
  
• Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (Lionsgate)
  
• Logan Lerman - Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (Twentieth Century Fox)
  
• Quinton Aaron - The Blind Side (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  
• Zach Galifianakis - The Hangover (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Comedic Performance