Lord Of The Rings tops the nominations

LORD OF THE RINGS TOPS THE NOMINATIONS AT THE MTV MOVIE AWARDS 2002 New York & London, April 23rd 2002 - Blockbusting fantasy adventure 'The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring' has topped the nominations for this year's prestigious MTV Movie Awards with an impressive six nods. But with 'The Fast & The Furious' and 'Rush Hour 2' hot on it's heels with five nominations apiece, 'Rings' director Peter Jackson will have to wait until the glittering ceremony on June 1st to see if he can put Oscar disappointment behind him and take home an armful of gongs. The eleventh MTV Movie Awards will take place at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium and will be broadcast on MTV UK & Ireland at 7pm on Saturday 15th June. The ceremony, traditionally more fun and populist than other Hollywood award shows, features unorthodox categories including 'Best On Screen Team', 'Best Villain', 'Best Fight' and 'Best Kiss'. The ceremony is also famed for it's dynamic hosts, glamorous guest presenters and attendees, and knock-out live music performances. An announcement about this year's hosts will be made shortly. The nominees for the MTV Movie Awards 2002 have been chosen entirely by MTV US viewers, and you can vote for your choice of winners by logging on to www.mtv.com. Ordinary movie-goers can decide whether Will Smith, Vin Diesel, Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood or Oscar-winner Russell Crowe takes home the 'Best Male Performance' gong. Alternatively, you could help determine whether Kate Beckinsale, Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman or Reese Witherspoon wins the scrap for the 'Best Female Performance' trophy. "As usual, the MTV Movie AWARDS is not your typical awards show. This year's 'Best Movie' category features blonde ambition, super fast cars, a green ogre, hobbits, and military drama," says Van Toffler, President, MTV/MTV2. "Critically acclaimed or not, these are the movies that our audience went out to see and the MTV MOVIE AWARDS celebrates the very essence of why these movies are made - to entertain and offer a fantastic escape for our audience." Last year, more people than ever in the ten-year history of the ceremony tuned in to watch the MTV Movie Awards 2001, which attracted over twenty million American viewers alone. The MTV Movie Awards 2002 will be seen in 165 countries via 35 channels, in 18 languages in 382.1 million households. Below are the nominations for the MTV Movie Awards 2002: BEST MOVIE Black Hawk Down (Sony Pictures) The Fast and the Furious (Universal) Legally Blonde (MGM) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (New Line Cinema) Shrek (DreamWorks SKG) BEST MALE PERFORMANCE Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind (Universal) Vin Diesel - The Fast and the Furious (Universal) Josh Hartnett - Pearl Harbor (Touchstone / Disney) Will Smith - Ali (Sony) Elijah Wood - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (New Line Cinema) BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE Kate Beckinsale - Pearl Harbor (Touchstone / Disney) Halle Berry - Monster's Ball (Lion's Gate Films) Angelina Jolie - Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (Paramount) Nicole Kidman - Moulin Rouge! (20th Century Fox) Reese Witherspoon - Legally Blonde (MGM) BEST ON-SCREEN TEAM The Fast and the Furious (Universal) - Vin Diesel and Paul Walker Ocean's Eleven (Warner Bros.) - Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Don Cheadle, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Elliott Gould, Eddie Jemison, Bernie Mac, Brad Pitt, Shaobo Qin and Carl Reiner Rush Hour 2 (New Line Cinema) - Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker Shrek (DreamWorks SKG) - Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy and Mike Myers Zoolander (Paramount) - Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE Eddie Murphy - Shrek (DreamWorks SKG) Mike Myers - Shrek (DreamWorks SKG) Seann William Scott - American Pie 2 (Universal) Chris Tucker - Rush Hour 2 (New Line Cinema) Reese Witherspoon - Legally Blonde (MGM) BEST VILLAIN Aaliyah - The Queen of the Damned (Warner Bros.) Christopher Lee - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (New Line Cinema) Tim Roth - Planet of the Apes (20th Century Fox) Denzel Washington - Training Day (Warner Bros.) Zhang Ziyi - Rush Hour 2 (New Line Cinema) BREAKTHROUGH MALE Orlando Bloom - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (New Line Cinema) DMX - Exit Wounds (Warner Bros.) Colin Hanks - Orange County (Paramount) Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Warner Bros.) Paul Walker - The Fast and the Furious (Universal) BREAKTHROUGH FEMALE Penelope Cruz - Blow (New Line Cinema) Anne Hathaway - The Princess Diaries (Walt Disney Pictures) Mandy Moore - A Walk to Remember (Warner Bros.) Shannyn Sossamon - A Knight's Tale (Sony Pictures) Britney Spears - Crossroads (Paramount) BEST KISS A Knight's Tale (Sony Pictures) - Heath Ledger and Shannyn Sossamon American Pie 2 (Universal) - Jason Biggs and Seann William Scott Bridget Jones's Diary (Miramax) - Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth Moulin Rouge! (20th Century Fox) - Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor Not Another Teen Movie (Sony Pictures) - Mia Kirshner and Beverly Polcyn BEST ACTION SEQUENCE Black Hawk Down (Sony Pictures) - First Helicopter Crash The Fast and the Furious (Universal) - The Final Race The Lord Of the Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring (New Line Cinema) - The Cave Tomb Battle Pearl Harbor (Touchstone/Disney) - The Attack Scene BEST FIGHT Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (Paramount) - Angelina Jolie versus the robot The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (New Line Cinema) - Christopher Lee versus Ian McKellen The One (Sony Pictures) - Jet Li versus himself Rush Hour 2 (New Line Cinema) - Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan versus The Hong Kong Gang BEST MUSICAL SEQUENCE A Knight's Tale (Sony) - Heath Ledger and Shannyn Sossamon Moulin Rouge! (20th Century Fox) - Nicole Kidman Moulin Rouge! (20th Century Fox) - Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman Rush Hour 2 (New Line Cinema) - Chris Tucker MTV Movie Awards 2002 Total Number of Combined Category Nominations The Lord of the Rings: 6 The Fellowship of the Rings (New Line Cinema) The Fast & the Furious (Universal) 5 Rush Hour 2 (New Line Cinema) 5 Moulin Rouge! (20th Century Fox) 4 Shrek (Dreamworks SKG) 4 A Knight's Tale (Sony Pictures) 3 Legally Blonde (MGM) 3 Pearl Harbor (Touchstone/Disney) 3 American Pie 2 (Universal) 2 Black Hawk Down (Sony Pictures) 2 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (Paramount) 2 The official sponsors of the MTV Movie Awards 2002 are 7-Up, GM, Loreal, Apple, Evian, Hyundai, Johnson & Johnson, Nike, Visa, Wendy's and Mars. MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom International Inc. 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