'Rings' is king of MTV movie nods
Fantasy pic leads pack with 6 noms
"Lord of the Rings" is in the hunt for honors in the best pic, best male perf (Elijah Wood), best villain (Christopher Lee) and best action sequence categories, among others.
Other pics nabbing multiple noms include Universal's "The Fast & and the Furious (5), New Line's "Rush Hour 2" (5), Fox's "Moulin Rouge" (4) and DreamWorks' "Shrek" (4).
Filling out the big award contenders are "Black Hawk Down" (Sony), "The Fast and the Furious," "Legally Blonde" (MGM) and "Shrek" for best film.
Battling Wood for best male thesp will be Russell Crowe from "A Beautiful Mind" (Universal); Vin Diesel, "The Fast and the Furious"; Josh Hartnett, "Pearl Harbor" (Touchstone/Disney); and Will Smith, "Ali" (Sony).
Femme thesp nominees are Kate Beckinsale for "Pearl Harbor"; Halle Berry, "Monsters Ball" (Lion's Gate); Angelina Jolie, "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" (Paramount), Nicole Kidman, "Moulin Rouge"; and Reese Witherspoon, "Legally Blonde."
The "MTV 2002 Movie Awards," tapes June 1 from the Shrine Auditorium for air on the cabler June 6 at 9 p.m.
And the nominees are...
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
2002 MTV Movie Awards
Total Number of Combined Category Nominations:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings (New Line Cinema) 6
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
(Jill Feiwell contributed to this report.)
