# 2008 MTV Movie Awards

The 2008 MTV Movie Awards was the 17th annual movie awards show and was broadcast live on Sunday, June 1, at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California. The ceremonies were hosted by Mike Myers. A new category, "Best Summer Movie So Far" – debuted at the annual awards ceremony.

## Performers

* Coldplay — "Viva la Vida"
* The Pussycat Dolls — "When I Grow Up"
* Adam Sandler - "Nobody Does It Better" (with part of the guitar solo from Pink Floyd's "Mother"). (Honoring his MTV Generation Award, with modified lyrics. This version can also be found on the 2016 digital compilation Cover Bond: Great Music Artists Performing The Songs from Every James Bond Movie.)

## Presenters

* Will Smith, Charlize Theron, and Jason Bateman — presented Best Female Performance
* Will Ferrell and Danny McBride — presented Best Fight
* Edward Norton and Liv Tyler — introduced Coldplay
* Seth Rogen and James Franco — presented Best Summer Movie so Far
* Jennifer Hudson and Sarah Jessica Parker — presented Best Male Performance
* Steve Carell, Dwayne Johnson, and Anne Hathaway — presented Best Comedic Performance
* Tom Cruise — presented the MTV Generation Award, introduced Adam Sandler
* P. Diddy, Lindsay Lohan, and Verne Troyer — presented Breakthrough Performance
* Brendan Fraser — presented Best Villain
* Katharine McPhee, Anna Faris, Rumer Willis and Emma Stone — introduced the Pussycat Dolls
* Megan Fox and Rainn Wilson — presented Best Kiss
* Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr. — presented Best Movie

## Awards

Below are the list of nominations. Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Best Movie :
| Transformers Superbad Juno National Treasure: Book of Secrets Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End I Am Legend ||
| Best Male Performance | Best Female Performance |
| Will Smith – I Am Legend Michael Cera – Juno Matt Damon – The Bourne Ultimatum Shia LaBeouf – Transformers Denzel Washington – American Gangster | Elliot Page – Juno Amy Adams – Enchanted Jessica Biel – I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Katherine Heigl – Knocked Up Keira Knightley – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End |
| Breakthrough Performance | Best Villain |
| Zac Efron – Hairspray Nikki Blonsky – Hairspray Megan Fox – Transformers Chris Brown – This Christmas Michael Cera – Superbad Jonah Hill – Superbad Christopher Mintz-Plasse – Superbad Seth Rogen – Knocked Up | Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Topher Grace – Spider-Man 3 Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men Angelina Jolie – Beowulf Denzel Washington – American Gangster |
| Best Comedic Performance | Best Kiss |
| Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Amy Adams – Enchanted Jonah Hill – Superbad Seth Rogen – Knocked Up Adam Sandler – I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry | Robert Hoffman and Briana Evigan – Step Up 2: The Streets Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey – Enchanted Shia LaBeouf and Sarah Roemer – Disturbia Elliot Page and Michael Cera – Juno Daniel Radcliffe and Katie Leung – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
| Best Fight | Best Summer Movie So Far |
| Sean Faris vs. Cam Gigandet – Never Back Down Alien vs. Predator – Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem Hayden Christensen vs. Jamie Bell – Jumper Matt Damon vs. Joey Ansah – The Bourne Ultimatum Tobey Maguire vs. James Franco – Spider-Man 3 Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan vs. Sun Mingming – Rush Hour 3 | Iron Man Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Sex and the City Speed Racer |

### MTV Generation Award

* Adam Sandler