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Not Your Ordinary Movie Award Show

© Jo-Ann Pittman

A few weeks ago, I talked about one of the most prestigious movie award programs in the industry--the Cannes Film Festival. And, of course, there are the Oscars and the Sundance Film Festival. Both very famous and important events in the film industry. To say that the award program on June 10 is not your ordinary award program is a gross understatement.

Yes, the MTV Movie Awards honors the best actor, best actress, and best film. But they go beyond that to catagories that the Academy is not likely to adopt in the near future. Best action sequence? Best kiss? Best fight? Best villian? No, I doubt we will be seeing these catagories next year at Cannes. Many of the movies and some of the actors and actress that were nominated for an Oscar this year are represented here as well. But when was the last time you remember the Academy nominating a dog or a doll?

Let's look at some of the catagories and nominees.

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE:

Ben Affleck for Armaggedon

Jim Carrey for The Truman Show

Adam Sandler for The Waterboy

Will Smith for Enemy of the State

Tom Hanks for Saving Private Ryan

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE:

Cameron Diaz for There's Something About Mary,

Jennifer Lopez for Out of Sight,

Liv Tyler for Armageddon,

Gwyneth Paltrow for Shakespeare in Love,

Jennifer Love Hewitt for Can't Hardly Wait

BEST SONG:

Goo Goo Dolls "Iris" from City of Angels,

Jay-Z "Can I Get A..." from Rush Hour,

Green Day "Nice Guys Finish Last" from Varsity Blues,

Aaliyah "Are You That Somebody" from Dr. Doolittle,

Aerosmith "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" from Armageddon

BEST MOVIE:

The Truman Show

Shakespeare in Love

There's Something About Mary

Saving Private Ryan

Armageddon

BEST VILLIAN

Stephen Dorff for Blade

Chucky for Bride of Chucky

Jet Li for Lethal Weapon 4

Matt Dillion for There's Something About Mary

Rose McGowan for Jawbreaker

BEST FIGHT

Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker vs. Chinese Gang from Rush Hour

Wesley Snipes vs. Vampires from Blade

Antonio Banderas vs. Catherine Zeta-Jones from The Mask of Zorro

Ben Stiller vs. Puffy the Dog from There's Something About Mary

BEST ACTION SEQUENCE

"Car chase in France" from Ronin

"Asteroid destroys New York City" from Armageddon

"Tom Hanks and company land on Normandy Beach" from Saving Private Ryan

"Gibson/Glover car chase on freeway and through building" from Lethal Weapon 4

BEST KISS

Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes for Shakespeare in Love

Jeremy Irons and Dominique Swain for Lolita

Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz for There's Something About Mary

Geroge Clooney and Jennifer Lopez for Out of Sight

Matt Dillion, Denise Richards, and Neve Campbell for Wild Things

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