The Dreamgirls stars have both been nominated in the Best Performance category at the prestigious event.Epic action movies 300 and Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest will seemingly dominate proceedings after garnering five, and four nominations respectively.The box office smashes will battle it out for Best Movie whilst their stars compete for the main acting prizes.Having led 300 Spartans onto the battlefields on film Scottish star Gerard Butler will now face the equally daunting prospect of competing with Beyoncé, Hudson and Johnny Depp – who is nominated for his turn as Captain Jack Sparrow – for Best Performance.Beyoncé will be hoping to take home the Golden Popcorn gong after her co-star Hudson walked off with an Oscar earlier this year, while the Irreplacable singer failed to get a single acting nomination at the ceremony.The Devil Wears Prada, Blades Of Glory and Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan were all put forward for three accolades.The Los Angeles ceremony will be hosted by US stand-upcomedienne-and-actress Sarah Silverman and will take place on June 3. 2007 MTV Movie Awards full list of nominations: Best Performance:

Gerard Butler, 300Johnny Depp, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s ChestKeira Knightley, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s ChestJennifer Hudson, DreamgirlsBeyoncé Knowles, DreamgirlsWill Smith, The Pursuit Of Happyness

Breakthrough Performance:

Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears PradaAbigail Breslin, Little Miss SunshineLena Headey, 300Columbus Short, Stomp the Yard Jaden Smith, The Pursuit Of HappynessJustin Timberlake, Alpha Dog

Best Comedic Performance:

Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears PradaSacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of KazakhstanWill Ferrell, Blades Of GloryAdam Sandler, ClickBen Stiller, Night At The Museum

Best Kiss:

Cameron Diaz & Jude Law, The HolidayWill Ferrell & Sacha Baron Cohen, Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky BobbyColumbus Short & Meagan Good, Stomp The YardMark Wahlberg & Elizabeth Banks, InvincibleMarlon Wayans & Brittany Daniel, Little Man

Best Villain:

Tobin Bell, Saw IIIJack Nicholson, The DepartedBill Nighy, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s ChestRodrigo Santoro, 300Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada

Best Fight:

Jack Black & Héctor Jiménez vs Los Duendes (Wrestling Match), Nacho LibreGerard Butler vs The Uber Immortal (The Spartan/Persian Battle), 300Sacha Baron Cohen vs Ken Davitian (Naked Wrestle Fight), Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of KazakhstanWill Ferrell vs Jon Heder (Ice Rink Fight), Blades Of GloryUma Thurman vs Anna Faris (Super Girl Fight), My Super Ex-Girlfriend

Best Summer Movie You Haven’t Seen Yet :

Evan Almighty (June 22)Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer (June 15)Hairspray (July 20)Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (July 13)Rush Hour 3 (August 10)Transformers (July 4)

mtvU Best Filmmaker On Campus:

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

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