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| ‘The Hangover,’ ‘New Moon,’ ‘Avatar’ Lead 2010 MTV Movie Awards Nominations | May 12th, 2010 |
Beware the power of an overwhelming “Hangover.” That’s the first lesson of the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, because the votes are in and the Bradley Cooper-starring comedy leads the field with six nominations. Following close behind in that flick’s boozy wake are “New Moon” and “Avatar,” each of which nabbed five nominations.
“The Hangover” was tapped in categories including Best Movie, Best Comedic Performance (Cooper and Zach Galifianakis) and Best Villain (Ken Jeong). After “Twilight” led the 2009 awards with seven nominations, the vampire sequel’s 2010 nods include Best Movie, Best Female Performance (Kristen Stewart), and Best Male Performance (Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner). “Avatar” scored in such categories as Best Movie, Best Female Performance (Zoe Saldana) and Best Villain (Stephen Lang).
Hosted by Aziz Ansari, the Movie Awards air live on Sunday, June 6, at 9 p.m. ET. Starting Wednesday, May 12, through Saturday, June 5, you’ll be able to head to MovieAwards.MTV.com to vote for a winner in every category. Voting for Best Movie, however, will stay open throughout the awards show on June 6 — meaning you’ll have a chance to affect the night’s biggest prize until the very last minute.
Rounding out the Best Movie category are “Alice in Wonderland” and “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” In addition to the “Hangover” and “New Moon” boys, the Best Male Performance category consists of Channing Tatum (“Dear John”), Daniel Radcliffe (“Half-Blood Prince”) and Zac Efron (“17 Again”). Joining Stewart and Saldana as Best Female Performance nominees are Amanda Seyfried (“Dear John”), Emma Watson (“Half-Blood Prince”) and Sandra Bullock (“The Blind Side”).
MTV will also introduce three brand-new categories at this year’s show. Freaking over their nods for Best Scared-as-Sh– Performance will be Alison Lohman (“Drag Me to Hell”), Amanda Seyfried (“Jennifer’s Body”), Jesse Eisenberg (“Zombieland”), Katie Featherston (“Paranormal Activity”) and Sharlto Copley (“District 9″). The Biggest Badass Star category has laid the smackdown on Rain, Angelina Jolie, Channing Tatum, Sam Worthington and Chris Pine. And swooping in to compete for Global Superstar are Pattinson, Stewart, Lautner, Radcliffe and Johnny Depp.
The Best Kiss category will feature a lip-smacking showdown of “Twilight” franchise stars: Stewart and Pattinson (“New Moon”), Stewart and Dakota Fanning (“The Runaways”), and Lautner and Taylor Swift (“Valentine’s Day”), as well as Bullock and Ryan Reynolds (“The Proposal”) and Saldana and Worthington (“Avatar”).
Battling it out for Best Villain will be Jeong (“The Hangover”), Lang (“Avatar”), Christoph Waltz (“Inglourious Basterds”), Helena Bonham Carter (“Alice in Wonderland”) and Tom Felton (“Half-Blood Prince”).
Don’t miss the MTV Movie Awards, airing Sunday, June 6 at 9 p.m. ET on MTV!
From MTV
| Zoe Saldana nominated for a NewNowNext Award! | April 21st, 2010 |
Zoe Saldana has been nominated for a “Cause You’re Hot” award at the NewNowNext Awards!
The most unique awards show on TV, NewNowNext Awards (NNNA) is about discovering today what will be trending next year. While other awards honor those who have already made it, NNNA sets its sights on brink of fame up-and-comers who are just beginning to be buzzed about.
You can vote for Zoe at their website – http://www.newnownext.com/vote and voting is also available on Twitter… Users can vote for Zoe Saldana (on Twitter) by including the hashtag #hotZOESALDANA in any of their tweets.
So don’t forget to vote and tweet #hotZOESALDANA to help Zoe win!
| Zoe Saldana Honored at The Inaugural ‘Estrellas Por La Vida’ Gala | April 13th, 2010 |
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® celebrated its inaugural Estrellas por la Vida (Stars for Life) Gala on Tuesday, April 6 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles by honoring Hollywood stars Daisy Fuentes, Kenny Ortega and Zoe Saldana for their philanthropic endeavors. Award presenters such as “High School Musical” stars Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, actor Wilmer Valderrama, and actress Kellee Stewart from the show “My Boys” presented each honoree with an award for their continuing support and dedication to children’s causes in local communities and around the world. The hosts for the event were Univision personality Carlos Alvarez and actress and former Miss Teen USA Susie Castillo.
Actress Zoe Saldana was not able to attend the event but her sisters accepted the award in her honor.
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| Zoe Saldana’s childhood Halloween costumes: Ripley and Sarah Connor | April 7th, 2010 |
It’s been an amazing 12 months for Zoe Saldana. First, she reinvented the iconic Starfleet officer Nyota Uhura in J.J. Abrams’ blockbuster “Star Trek” and then found herself giving possibly the greatest motion capture performance of all time in James Cameron’s worldwide phenomenon “Avatar.” And things aren’t slowing down any time soon. This month Saldana stars in two new films: the ensemble comedy “Death at a Funeral” and the action thriller “The Losers.” The 32-year-old actress trekked up to San Francisco’s WonderCon this past weekend to help promote “Losers” with co-stars Chris Evans, Columbus Short and Jeffrey Dean Morgan and she revealed some insights that might explain how she’s handled such action-packed roles so comfortably in her career.
Speaking to HitFix, Saldana disclosed that as a child she always wanted to be Ellen Ripley, Sarah Connor or a ninja for Halloween. Playing such iconic female roles is important to Saldana who notes, “I just want to follow in their footsteps.”
It also appears Saldana’s newfound global fame hasn’t ruined her ability to venture out in the world. She jokes she isn’t going to hit the mall anytime soon, but is happy to have her privacy in check — for now.
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