On Tuesday, June 17, the annual awards show honoring the hottest icons in the entertainment industry has announced its nominees and 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' and 'Juno' are among them.
- Jun 18, 2008
AceShowbiz - For the 10th time in a row, teenagers across the country are given the power to choose their favorites in the entertainment industry for the 2008 Teen Choice Awards. On Tuesday, June 17, the annual award show whose winners are voted by teens aged 12 to 19 has announced its long list of this year's nominees and the movie category has been dominated by romantic comedy "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and drama comedy "Juno".
Both Universal Pictures' flick featuring Hollywood hotties, Kristen Bell and Mila Kunis, and Fox Searchlight Pictures' film starring rising star Ellen Page earned themselves five gongs each. "Forgetting" gathered nod for Best Romantic Comedy Movie, brought double nominations for Bell in the category of Comedy Actress and Breakout Female, and helped Kunis and Jason Segel to get gong for Breakout Female and Breakout Male respectively. Meanwhile, "Juno" nailed a count for Best Comedy Movie and put its two stars, Page and Michael Cera, for double nods. Page is up for Comedy Actress and Breakout Female, and Cera is in run for Comedy Actor and Breakout Male.
Besides the domination of the two films, the nominees list also sees many newly released movies nabbing the counts. "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and "Iron Man" received four gongs, while "Speed Racer", "The Strangers" and "What Happens in Vegas..." collected three nods. Additionally, "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" and "Baby Mama" got one nomination each.
The award ceremony of the 2008 Teen Choice Awards will be aired live on Monday, August 4 starting on 8:00 P.M. ET/PT on FOX. It is set to be hosted by singing sensation Miley Cyrus and is going to give out kudos to the hottest teen icons in film, television, music, comedy, sports and fashion. The winners will be chosen by teens who can vote for their favorites through TeenChoiceAwards.com. The complete list of the movie's nominees can be seen below, while the overall nominees list can be read via the awards' press release (PDF).
The list of 2008 Teen Choice Awards in Movie:
Romantic Comedy:
- "Dan in Real Life"
- "Definitely, Maybe"
- "Forgetting Sarah Marshall"
- "Made of Honor"
- "What Happens in Vegas..."
- "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian"
- "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"
- "Iron Man"
- "Speed Racer"
- "The Forbidden Kingdom"
- "Dan in Real Life"
- "Definitely, Maybe"
- "Forgetting Sarah Marshall"
- "Made of Honor"
- "What Happens in Vegas..."
- "Baby Mama"
- "College Road Trip"
- "Juno"
- "Semi-Pro"
- "Superbad"
- Channing Tatum, "Stop-Loss"
- Emile Hirsch, "Into the Wild"
- Jake Gyllenhaal, "Rendition"
- Mark Wahlberg, "We Own the Night"
- Ryan Phillippe, "Stop-Loss"
- Kate Bosworth, "21"
- Keira Knightley, "Atonement"
- Keri Russell, "August Rush"
- Reese Witherspoon, "Rendition"
- Scarlett Johansson, "The Other Boleyn Girl"
- Emile Hirsch, "Speed Racer"
- Harrison Ford, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"
- Jackie Chan, "The Forbidden Kingdom"
- Robert Downey Jr., "Iron Man"
- Shia LaBeouf, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"
- Abigail Breslin, "Nim's Island"
- Christina Ricci, "Speed Racer"
- Diane Kruger, "National Treasure: Book of Secrets"
- Gwyneth Paltrow, "Iron Man"
- Rachel Bilson, "Jumper"
- Ashton Kutcher, "What Happens in Vegas..."
- James Marsden, "27 Dresses" and "Enchanted"
- Jonah Hill, "Superbad"
- Michael Cera, "Superbad" and "Juno"
- Will Ferrell, "Semi-Pro"
- Amy Adams, "Enchanted"
- Cameron Diaz, "What Happens in Vegas..."
- Ellen Page, "Juno"
- Kristen Bell, "Forgetting Sarah Marshall"
- Sarah Jessica Parker, "Sex and the City"
- Will Smith, "I Am Legend"
- Edward Burns, "One Missed Call"
- Josh Hartnett, "30 Days of Night"
- Michael Stahl-David, "Cloverfield"
- Scott Speedman, "The Strangers"
- Brittany Snow, "Prom Night"
- Jessica Alba, "The Eye"
- Liv Tyler, "The Strangers"
- Odette Yustman, "Cloverfield"
- Shannyn Sossamon, "One Missed Call"
- Cate Blanchett, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"
- Jeff Bridges, "Iron Man"
- Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd"
- Samuel L. Jackson, "Jumper"
- Susan Sarandon, "Enchanted"