2006 MTV Movie Awards

The 2006 MTV Movie Awards were hosted by Jessica Alba and featured performances by Christina Aguilera, AFI, Gnarls Barkley and Wolfmother. In addition to the below awards, MTV gave lifetime achievement awards to Jim Carrey (The MTV Generation Award) and Spike Lee (The Bucket of Excellence, for "Do The Right Thing"). [ [http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1533308/06012006/story.jhtml 2007 Movie Awards Story | Jim Carrey, Spike Lee In For MTV Movie Awards - Show Story | Headlines | MTV ] ]

MTV held its 15^th annual movie awards show on Saturday, June 3, at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California. MTV first broadcast the award show on 8 June at 9:00PM ET. Tenth Planet Productions produced the awards, and Joel Gallen was the executive-producer and director for the 12^th consecutive year.

This is also the second MTV Movie Awards show to have a host win an award. The first show was in 2004 with Lindsay Lohan winning an award. The host for the MTV Movie Awards in 2006 was Jessica Alba.
Christina Aguilera performed, for the very first time, her lead single of her latest release Back to Basics , "Ain't No Other Man". Her performance became the most memorable performance of the show that year.

Pre-recorded parodies include "The Da Vinci Code", "", and "King Kong".

Best Movie

* "Wedding Crashers"
* "The 40-Year Old Virgin"
* "Batman Begins"
* "King Kong"
* "Sin City"

Best Performance

* Jake Gyllenhaal - "Brokeback Mountain"
* Joaquin Phoenix - "Walk the Line"
* Rachel McAdams - "Red Eye"
* Steve Carell - "The 40-Year Old Virgin"
* Terrence Howard - "Hustle & Flow"
* Reese Witherspoon - "Walk the Line"

Best Comedic Performance

* Steve Carell - "The 40-Year Old Virgin"
* Owen Wilson - Wedding Crashers
* Adam Sandler - The Longest Yard
* Tyler Perry - Madea's Family Reunion
* Vince Vaughn - Wedding Crashers

Best On-Screen Team

* Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson - "Wedding Crashers"
* Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott & Jessica Simpson - The Dukes of Hazzard
* Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen & Romany Malco - The 40-Year Old Virgin
* Jessica Alba, Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans & Michael Chiklis - Fantastic Four
* Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson & Rupert Grint - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Best Villain

* Hayden Christensen - ""
* Cillian Murphy - Batman Begins
* Ralph Fiennes - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
* Tilda Swinton -
* Tobin Bell - Saw II

Breakthrough Performance

* Isla Fisher - "Wedding Crashers"
* André "3000" Benjamin - "Four Brothers"
* Nelly - "The Longest Yard"
* Jennifer Carpenter - "The Exorcism of Emily Rose"
* Romany Malco - "The 40-Year Old Virgin"
* Taraji P. Henson - "Hustle & Flow"

Best Hero

* Christian Bale - "Batman Begins"
* Jessica Alba - Fantastic Four
* Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
* Kate Beckinsale -
* Ewan McGregor -

exiest Performance

*Jessica Alba - "Sin City"
* Beyoncé Knowles - The Pink Panther
* Jessica Simpson - The Dukes of Hazzard
* Zhang Ziyi - Memoirs of a Geisha
* Rob Schneider -

Best Fight

* Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt - "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"
* Kong vs. The Planes - King Kong
* Stephen Chow vs. Axe Gang - Kung Fu Hustle
* Ewan McGregor vs. Hayden Christensen -

Best Kiss

* Jake Gyllenhaal & Heath Ledger - "Brokeback Mountain"
* Taraji P. Henson & Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
* Anna Faris & Chris Marquette - Just Friends
* Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt - Mr. & Mrs. Smith
* Rosario Dawson & Clive Owen - Sin City

Best Frightened Performance

* Jennifer Carpenter - "The Exorcism of Emily Rose"
* Rachel Nichols - The Amityville Horror
* Derek Richardson - Hostel
* Paris Hilton - House of Wax
* Dakota Fanning - War of the Worlds

MTV Generation Award

* "Jim Carrey"

mtvU Student Filmmaker Award

* Joshua Caldwell (Fordham University) - "A Beautiful Lie"
* Sean Mullin (Columbia University) - Sadiq
* Stephen Reedy (Diablo Valley College) - Undercut
* Jarrett Slavin (University of Michigan) - The Spiral Project
* Landon Zakheim (Emerson College) - The Fabulous Felix McCabe

References

External links

*BBC article [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5045728.stm BBC.co.uk]
*Finanzen.net article [http://finanzen.net/news/news_detail.asp?NewsNr=403877 Finanzen.net]