- Amy Winehouse will take to the stage for her first-ever LIVE TV performance in the US
- Rihanna & Jay-Z will perform their hit single “Umbrella”
- The 2007 MTV Movie Awards will premiere on MTV UK on Monday June 4th at 9pm
Guest presenters to include: John Travolta, Jessica Alba, Samuel L. Jackson, Amanda Bynes, Josh Duhamel, Chris Tucker, Katherine Heigl, Seth Rogen, Shia LaBeouf, Ioan Gruffudd and Michael Chiklis.
The cream of the Hollywood crop will be out in force for the most glamorous event in the MTV calendar, taking place at the Gibson Theatre in LA on Sunday June 3rd. The first raft of A’listers confirmed to attend include: Jessica Alba, Josh Duhamel, Samuel L. Jackson, Amanda Bynes, Chris Tucker, Katherine Heigl, Seth Rogen, Shia LaBeouf, Michael Chiklis, John Travolta, Zac Efron, Tyrese Gibson and Ioan Gruffudd.
The MTV Movie Awards will honour the blockbuster movies that sent box offices sales soaring last year, in an irreverent ceremony littered with comedy sketches and exclusive live performances. The guest-list always reads like a ‘who’s who’, as A ’list actors clamour for the chance to win the infamous golden bucket of popcorn.
This year’s ceremony also promises to be an explosive musical showcase featuring live performances from Rihanna featuring Jay-Z and Britain’s very own export Amy Winehouse.
Hosted by Sarah Silverman, the 2007 MTV Movie Awards will air on MTV UK on Monday June 4th at 9pm and will be repeated on Tuesday 5th at 8pm.
Songstress Rihanna is set to perform the hit single “Umbrella” from her new album, Good Girl Gone Bad, to be released June 5. The highly anticipated performance will feature hip-hop legend and fan favorite, Jay-Z. Rihanna enjoyed a tidal wave of industry acclaim in 2006 with her second album A Girl Like Me, and its back-to-back #1 hits, “S.O.S.” and “Unfaithful.”
The 2007 MTV Movie Awards will mark the first live performance in the US for the sultry, singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse as she takes the stage to perform her internationally acclaimed hit “Rehab.” Winehouse’s latest album Back to Black has been enthusiastically embraced by music fans in the States, entering The Billboard Hot 200 chart at #7 - making her the highest debuting British female artist in the history of the coveted U.S. albums chart. Amy Winehouse is just one of the most recent artists to take to the MTV Movie Awards stage, which has welcomed a variety of established and up-and-coming artists. Last year’s show welcomed Gnarls Barkley, AFI and Christina Aguilera.
Up for the coveted golden popcorn at the “2007 MTV Movie Awards” are “300,” leading the way with 5 nominations, and “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” receiving four nominations. Also vying an award are “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Kazakhstan,” “Blades Of Glory,” and “The Devil Wears Prada,” with three nominations each.
The “2007 MTV Movie Awards” will be available to a potential viewing audience of more than 1.4 billion people via MTV's global network of 55 channels reaching 492.7 million households around the world as well as through syndication. In addition, its convergent programming & content will reach the entire interactive community, via MTV's more than 200 digital media properties around the world.
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