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  Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. It's the 2004 MTV Movie Awards Nominees!

      'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' Tops List
                                With Six Noms

       50 First Dates and X2: X-Men United are Tied with Four Noms Each

              MTV Movie Awards Airs on June 10th at 9PM (ET/PT)

    NEW YORK, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV: Music Television today announced
the nominees for the 2004 MTV MOVIE AWARDS.  Pirates of the Caribbean: The
Curse of the Black Pearl tops this year's nominee list with six nominations.
50 First Dates and X2: X-Men United are tied with four nominations each.  The
star-studded thirteenth annual awards ceremony will air on June 10th at 9PM
(ET/PT).  The winners will be revealed at the 2004 MTV MOVIE AWARDS, which
will be taped on June 5th at Sony Picture Studios in Culver City, CA.
    "Only at the MTV Movie Awards, will you see a category that pits a
veterinarian vs. a samurai vs. a swashbuckling pirate," said Van Toffler,
President, MTV/MTV2 and MTV Films.  "In its thirteenth year, all of our
nominees reflect the diverse taste of the MTV audience and this year's show
will be no exception with funny films and moments."
    The nominees for the 2004 MTV MOVIE AWARDS are chosen through a national
poll of MTV and MTV2 viewers.  The winners will be determined by MTV and MTV2
viewers, and only Virgin Mobile USA customers will be able to vote from the
"*MTV" area on their phone screens, found under "VirginXtras."  In addition,
votes can be cast from April 21 through May 19 online by visiting MTV.com or
by telephone at 900-868-1100 at 99 cents per call (must be 18 years or older
to call).
    The 2004 MTV MOVIE AWARDS will be seen in 166 countries/territories via 42
music programming services, and in 18 languages in over 401.8 million
households.

    Below are the nominations for the 2004 MTV MOVIE AWARDS:

     BEST MOVIE

     50 First Dates (Sony Pictures)
     Finding Nemo (Walt Disney Pictures)
     The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (New Line Cinema)
     Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Walt Disney
      Pictures)
     X2: X-Men United (20th Century Fox)

     BEST MALE PERFORMANCE

     Adam Sandler - 50 First Dates (Sony Pictures)
     Bill Murray - Lost in Translation (Focus Features)
     Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
      (Walt Disney Pictures)
     Tom Cruise - The Last Samurai (Warner Bros.)
     Jim Caviezel - The Passion of the Christ (Newmarket Film Group)

     BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE

     Drew Barrymore - 50 First Dates (Sony Pictures)
     Queen Latifah - Bringing Down the House (Touchstone Pictures)
     Halle Berry - Gothika (Warner Bros.)
     Uma Thurman - Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Miramax Films)
     Charlize Theron - Monster (Newmarket Film Group)

     BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE

     Jim Carrey - Bruce Almighty (Universal Pictures)
     Will Ferrell - Elf (New Line Cinema)
     Ellen DeGeneres - Finding Nemo (Walt Disney Pictures)
     Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
      (Walt Disney Pictures)
     Jack Black - School of Rock (Paramount Pictures)

     BEST ON-SCREEN TEAM

     Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore - 50 First Dates (Sony Pictures)
     Will Smith/Martin Lawrence - Bad Boys II (Sony Pictures)
     Johnny Depp/Orlando Bloom - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the
      Black Pearl (Walt Disney Pictures)
     Jack Black and the School of Rock "Band" - School of Rock
      (Paramount Pictures)
     Ben Stiller/Owen Wilson - Starsky & Hutch (Warner Bros.)

     BEST VILLAIN

     Demi Moore - Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (Sony Pictures)
     Lucy Liu - Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Miramax Films)
     Kiefer Sutherland - Phone Booth (20th Century Fox)
     Geoffrey Rush - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
      (Walt Disney Pictures)
     Leatherface - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (New Line Cinema)

     BREAKTHROUGH MALE

     Ludacris - 2 Fast 2 Furious (Universal Pictures)
     Cillian Murphy - 28 Days Later (Fox Searchlight)
     Shia LaBeouf - Holes (Walt Disney Pictures)
     Shawn Ashmore - X2: X-Men United (20th Century Fox)
     Omarion - You Got Served (Screen Gems)

     BREAKTHROUGH FEMALE

     Lindsay Lohan - Freaky Friday (Walt Disney Pictures)
     Scarlett Johansson - Lost in Translation (Focus Features)
     Keira Knightley - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
      (Walt Disney Pictures)
     Jessica Biel - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (New Line Cinema)
     Evan Rachel Wood - Thirteen (Fox Searchlight)

     BEST KISS

     Jim Carrey & Jennifer Aniston - Bruce Almighty (Universal Pictures)
     Keanu Reeves & Monica Bellucci - The Matrix: Reloaded (Warner Bros.)
     Charlize Theron & Christina Ricci - Monster (Newmarket Film Group)
     Owen Wilson & Carmen Electra & Amy Smart - Starsky & Hutch (Warner Bros.)
     Shawn Ashmore & Anna Paquin - X2: X-Men United (20th Century Fox)

     BEST ACTION SEQUENCE

     Intercoastal Freeway Pursuit - Bad Boys II (Sony Pictures)
     Escape from Mongolia - Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (Sony Pictures)
     Battle at Gondor - The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King
      (New Line Cinema)
     Champion Crane Chase - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Warner Bros.)

     BEST FIGHT

     Queen Latifah vs. Missi Pyle - Bringing Down the House
      (Touchstone Pictures)
     Uma Thurman vs. Chiaki Kuriyama - Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Miramax Films)
     Keanu Reeves vs. Hugo Weaving - The Matrix: Reloaded (Warner Bros.)
     The Rock vs. Kontiki Rebels - The Rundown (Universal Pictures)
     Hugh Jackman vs. Kelly Hu - X2: X-Men United (20th Century Fox)

     BEST DANCE SEQUENCE

     Ben Stiller & Jennifer Aniston - Along Came Polly (Universal Pictures) -
      "Hot Salsa Dance"
     Seann William Scott - American Wedding (Universal Pictures) -
      "Disco Dance Off"
     Steve Martin - Bringing Down the House (Touchstone Pictures) -
      "In da Club"
     Drew Barrymore/Cameron Diaz/Lucy Liu - Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
      (Sony Pictures) - "Burlesque Revue"
     Omarion, Marques Houston and the Lil Saints' Dance Crew - You Got Served
      (Screen Gems) - "The Big Bounce"

     2004 MTV Movie Awards
     Total Number of Combined Category Nominations

     Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
      (Walt Disney Pictures)                                     6
     50 First Dates (Sony Pictures)                              4
     X2: X-Men United (20th Century Fox)                         4
     Bringing Down the House (Touchstone Pictures)               3
     Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Miramax Films)                            3
     Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (Sony Pictures)             3
     Bad Boys II (Sony Pictures)                                 2
     Bruce Almighty (Universal Pictures)                         2
     Finding Nemo (Walt Disney Pictures)                         2
     The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
      (New Line Cinema)                                          2
     Lost in Translation (Focus Features)                        2
     The Matrix: Reloaded (Warner Bros)                          2
     Monster (Newmarket Film Group)                              2
     The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (New Line Cinema)               2
     School of Rock  (Paramount Pictures)                        2
     Starsky & Hutch (Warner Bros.)                              2
     You Got Served (Screen Gems)                                2

    Joel Gallen of Tenth Planet Productions will serve as Executive Producer
for the 2004 MTV MOVIE AWARDS with Salli Frattini serving as Executive
Producer for MTV.  Michael Dempsey will serve as Producer and Josh Greenberg
is Co-Producer.  Joe DeMaio is the Director.
    Official sponsors of "The 2004 MTV Movie Awards" are 7UP, Taco Bell,
Johnson & Johnson, Pontiac, L'Oreal and Virgin Wireless.

    MTV Networks owns and operates the cable television programming services
MTV: Music Television, MTV2, mtvU, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite, TV Land, VH1,
CMT: Country Music Television, and Spike TV, as well as The Digital Suite from
MTV Networks, a package of thirteen digital services, all of which are
trademarks of MTV Networks.  MTV Networks also operates and offers joint
ventures, licensing agreements and syndication deals whereby its programming
can be seen worldwide.


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