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MTV Movie Awards: Django Unchained vs. Ted

The nominations for the MTV Movie Awards, announced last night, are decided by executives and producers at MTV. Ostensibly, the choices are designed for maximum appeal to the channel's viewers. This year, two movies are tied for the most nominations: Django Unchained and Ted. That makes one of MTV's most...
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The nominations for the MTV Movie Awards, announced last night, are decided by executives and producers at MTV. Ostensibly, the choices are designed for maximum appeal to the channel's viewers. This year, two movies are tied for the most nominations: Django Unchained and Ted.

That makes one of MTV's most celebrated films an Oscar-winning reclamation of the racist Westerns of the '50s and '60s -- and the other a shlocky, profane brain fart from the Boston white trash that wicked ruined this year's Oscars in the first place.

Congrats, MTV fans. You are truly of the Renaissance.

None of this means that the actual MTV Movie Awards will be any less fun to watch, of course. The dryly delightful Rebel Wilson is hosting, and she's also up for Best Female Performance and Best Breakthrough Performance for her role in Pitch Perfect. We hope she wins both, because there's no such thing as too much Rebel Wilson.

In other news, Magic Mike is up for awards, so, y'know, beefcakes.

The awards show takes place April 14 at 9 p.m. Voting is open now at mtv.com. Check out the full list of nominees below.

MOVIE OF THE YEAR
"Django Unchained"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Ted"
"The Avengers"
"The Dark Knight Rises"

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Anne Hathaway -- "Les Misérables"
Mila Kunis -- "Ted"
Jennifer Lawrence -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
Emma Watson -- "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
Rebel Wilson -- "Pitch Perfect"

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
Ben Affleck -- "Argo"
Bradley Cooper -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
Daniel Day-Lewis -- "Lincoln"
Jamie Foxx -- "Django Unchained"
Channing Tatum -- "Magic Mike"

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Ezra Miller -- "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
Eddie Redmayne -- "Les Misérables"
Suraj Sharma -- "Life of Pi"
Quvenzhané Wallis -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Rebel Wilson -- "Pitch Perfect"

BEST SCARED-AS-S**T PERFORMANCE
Jessica Chastain -- "Zero Dark Thirty"
Alexandra Daddario -- "Texas Chainsaw 3D"
Martin Freeman -- "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
Jennifer Lawrence -- "House at the End of the Street"
Suraj Sharma -- "Life of Pi"

BEST ON-SCREEN DUO
Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson -- "Django Unchained"
Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane as Ted -- "Ted"
Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo -- "The Avengers"
Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis -- "The Campaign"

BEST SHIRTLESS PERFORMANCE
Christian Bale -- "The Dark Knight Rises"
Daniel Craig -- "Skyfall"
Taylor Lautner -- "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2"
Seth MacFarlane as Ted -- "Ted"
Channing Tatum -- "Magic Mike"

BEST FIGHT
Jamie Foxx vs. Candieland Henchmen -- "Django Unchained"
Daniel Craig vs. Ola Rapace -- "Skyfall"
Mark Wahlberg vs. Seth MacFarlane as Ted -- "Ted"
Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner vs. Tom Hiddleston -- "The Avengers"
Christian Bale vs. Tom Hardy -- "The Dark Knight Rises"

BEST KISS
Kerry Washington and Jamie Foxx -- "Django Unchained"
Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman -- "Moonrise Kingdom"
Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
Mila Kunis and Mark Wahlberg -- "Ted"
Emma Watson and Logan Lerman -- "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"

BEST WTF MOMENT
Jamie Foxx and Samuel L. Jackson -- "Candieland Gets Smoked" in "Django Unchained"
Denzel Washington -- "Final Descent" in Flight"
Anna Camp -- "Hack-Appella" in Pitch Perfect"
Javier Bardem -- "Oops... There Goes His Face" in Skyfall"
Seth MacFarlane as Ted -- "Ted Gets Saucy" in Ted"

BEST VILLAIN
Javier Bardem -- "Skyfall"
Leonardo DiCaprio -- "Django Unchained"
Marion Cotillard -- "The Dark Knight Rises"
Tom Hardy -- "The Dark Knight Rises"
Tom Hiddleston -- "The Avengers

BEST MUSICAL MOMENT
Anne Hathaway -- "Les Misérables"
Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash and Adam Rodriguez -- "Magic Mike"
Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, Alexis Knapp, Ester Dean and Hana Mae Lee -- "Pitch Perfect"
Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
Emma Watson, Logan Lerman and Ezra Miller -- "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"

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