MTV Movie Awards

One film leads the way with 8 nominations in total...

10:08 04 May 2011

The Twlight Saga: Eclipse is leading the way when it comes to this year's MTV Movie Awards, with eight nominations in total.

The fantasy sequel is up for best movie, while its leading stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have been nominated for best male and best female performances respectively.

Inception, starring Leonardo Di Caprio, is up for seven prizes, including best line in a movie - a new category added this year.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 has six nominations, with The Social Network receiving five nods.

Both Pattinson and Stewart will be defending the titles they won last year, when the second Twilight film, New Moon, bagged four awards.

Robert will go up against Zac Efron, Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, The Social Network's Jesse Eisenberg and fellow Twilight star Taylor Lautner.

Kristen's competition includes Black Swan Oscar-winner Natalie Portman, Emma Watson and Jennifer Aniston.

The awards will take place in Los Angeles on 5 June, in a ceremony hosted by Saturday Night Live star Jason Sudeikis.