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 "Hustle" and "Wolf," which each went home from Sunday's
Oscars empty handed, will have a shot at redemption at the
unbuttoned MTV event that hands out golden, popcorn-shaped
trophies in categories like best kiss and best fight scene.
The fan-voted awards will be hosted by comedian Conan O'Brien at
the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles on April 13 and
televised on MTV, a unit of Viacom Inc.
"American Hustle" stars Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley
Cooper, who each picked up nominations in top acting categories
while Adams and Christian Bale picked up a nod for best
on-screen duo in the film.
Oscar best picture winner "12 Years a Slave" earned four
nominations, while outer space thriller "Gravity" scored a
single nod for Sandra Bullock as best actress, after winning
seven Academy Awards, the most this year.
Nominees for best movie, the only category in which voting will
continue during the broadcast, include "12 Years a Slave,"
"American Hustle," fantasy film "The Hobbit: The Desolation of
Smaug," "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" and "The Wolf of Wall
Street."
Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto, who both won Oscars for
their performances in AIDS drama "Dallas Buyers Club," earned
nominations together for best on-screen duo and separately for
best on-screen transformation.
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The annual awards, which honor hit movies that might have been
overlooked by the Oscars and Golden Globes, serve as a lead-in to
the summer movie season and will include preview clips from would-be
summertime Hollywood blockbusters.
This year's odd-ball categories include best shirtless performance,
best "#WTF moment," and best cameo performance.
The 15-actor fight scene in comedy "Anchorman 2" earned a nomination
for best fight scene while Lawrence and Adams' unscripted lip-lock
in "American Hustle" picked up a nod in the best kiss category.
Former boy band the Backstreet Boys also scored a nomination for
best musical moment in apocalyptic satire "This Is the End," and
octogenarian comic Joan Rivers notched a nomination for best cameo
for her part in superhero blockbuster "Iron Man 3."
(Reporting by Eric Kelsey; editing by
Mary Milliken and Richard Chang)
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