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The MTV Movie Awards debuted in 1992 and immediately made its reputation for poking fun at mainstream Hollywood.

This year, the tradition continues as the 21st annual MTV Movie Awards airs live from Los Angeles at 9PM on Sunday, June 3, 2012.

Watch for nominees, usually announced in early May, to honor the current crop of best movie performances - with the coveted Popcorn Award in contention for "Best Kiss,” “Best Villain,” and “Best Comedic Performance", along with other popular MTV Movie Awards categories.

2011 MTV Movie Awards recap

Top contenders in 2011 included the vampires of "Twilight" — with the latest installment, "Eclipse", grabbing eight nominations — including Best Movie, Best Fight and Best Kiss.

Following closely behind was "Inception" with (seven nominations) and "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 1" with six nods.

All three films were nominated for Best Movie and competed with "Black Swan" (four nods) and "The Social Network" (five nods) for the top prize.

Scheduled presenters on the big night included Emma Stone, Selena Gomez, Nicki Minaj, Leighton Meester, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Katie Cassidy and more.

Besides honoring the best movies of the year, a sneak peak at the final sequel in the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2", was presented by Hermione Granger herself, actress Emma Watson.

The official trailer for the much-anticipated "Breaking Dawn", the fourth and final sequel in the Twilight series, also debuted during the 2011 awards show and was introduced by stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner.

MTV Movie Awards On the Web

Around the Web, check out other assorted facts and info, video clips & photo galleries, along with the complete list of 2011 MTV Movie Award nominees & winners.

2011 MTV Movie Awards - The official site featuring online voting, news, video interviews and photo galleries, nominees, past winners, presenters, red carpet fashion review, and a look back at past award shows & most memorable moments.

IMDb - MTV Movie Awards - Featuring a list of dates and locations and hosts for each of the MTV Movie Awards dating back to 1992.

MTV Movie Awards - Lists of winners by category with related pictures & links, from 1992 to the present, courtesy of Wikipedia.

2011 MTV Movie Awards Nominees & * Winners

Best Movie
* The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Black Swan
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Inception
The Social Network

Best Female Performance
* Kristen Stewart, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
Emma Stone, "Easy A"
Emma Watson, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"
Jennifer Aniston, "Just Go With It"
Natalie Portman, "Black Swan"

Best Male Performance
* Robert Pattinson, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
Daniel Radcliffe, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"
Jesse Eisenberg, "The Social Network"
Taylor Lautner, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
Zac Efron, "Charlie St. Cloud"

Best Comedic Performance
* Emma Stone, "Easy A"
Adam Sandler, "Just Go With It"
Ashton Kutcher, "No Strings Attached"
Russell Brand, "Get Him to the Greek"
Zach Galifianakis, "Due Date"

Best Line From A Movie (New Category)
* Alexys Nycole Sanchez, "Grown Ups": "I want to get chocolate wasted."
Amanda Bynes and Emma Stone, "Easy A": Amanda Bynes: "There is a higher power that will judge you for your indecency." Emma Stone: "Tom Cruise?"
Jesse Eisenberg, "The Social Network": "If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook."
Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield, "The Social Network": Justin Timberlake: "... A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool?" Andrew Garfield: "A billion dollars. And that shut everybody up."
Tom Hardy, "Inception": "You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger darling."

Best Villain
* Tom Felton, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"
Christoph Waltz, "The Green Hornet"
Leighton Meester, "The Roommate"
Mickey Rourke, "Iron Man 2"
Ned Beatty, "Toy Story 3"

Best Fight
* Robert Pattinson vs. Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
Amy Adams vs. The Sisters, "The Fighter"
Chloë Grace Moretz vs. Mark Strong, "Kick-Ass"
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint vs. Death Eaters, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"
Joseph Gordon-Levitt vs. Hallway Attacker, "Inception"

Best Kiss
* Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
Ellen Page and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, "Inception"
Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"
Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, "Black Swan"

Best Jaw-Dropping Moment
* Justin Bieber, "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never," Performance Spectacular
James Franco, "127 Hours," Cuts Off His Arm
Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page, "Inception," Paris Café Scene
Natalie Portman, "Black Swan," Mutilation: Pulls the Skin off Her Finger
Steve-O, "Jackass 3D," Port-A-Potty Bungee Stunt

Best Scared-As-Sh*t Performance
* Ellen Page, "Inception"
Ashley Bell, "The Last Exorcism"
Jessica Szohr, "Piranha 3D"
Minka Kelly, "The Roommate"
Ryan Reynolds, "Buried"