This is usually the time of year that we love. Summer is on the way, which means the MTV Movie Awards will be as well. The show will air June 3rd, but fans of the show got a shocking announcement according to The Hollywood Reporter:

The MTV Movie Awards is classing up its act. For the venerable celebration of Hollywood’s 21st edition in June, multiple awards categories have been dropped, a few others added, and the network has installed an “academy” of actors, producers, agents and other industry insiders to vote on nominees, including a “breakthrough performance” award voted on by directors. Although the network won’t reveal voter names, the panel strategy is similar to the one used for the annual Video Music Awards and is designed to broaden the nominees and winners and lend some credibility to an event that has been criticized as merely a venue for Hollywood to promote its summer blockbusters.

While the now-iconic “best kiss” and “best fight” awards aren’t going anywhere, new categories this year are designed to deepen the movie-music connection. For instance, the “best music” award will go to the song that is most effectively used in a scene. It’s meant to honor all of those unsung music supervisors.

Categories Added:

Best Music
Best On-Screen Transformation
Best Gut-Wrenching Performance
Best Cast
Best On-Screen Dirt Bag

Categories Dropped:

Best Villain
Best Scared-as-Shit Performance
Best Jaw Dropping Moment
Biggest Badass Star
Best Line from a Movie

Ironically, the show is being “revamped”, but a lot of fans of the show and in the fandom are complaining that this is just a way to make sure certain awards, even if voted by the fans, do not dominate. Fan favorites have always dominated the show, but apparently this new system will shake things up. This was the case long before Twilight even made an appearance. Blockbuster hits and fandom faves usually dominate at the award show…..Lord of the Rings won 3 years in a row for Best Movie….and most of the winners since the beginning of the award show are popular films with a strong fanbase, so what’s up with the change?

Of course this has also brought on even more backlash from haters of Twilight who blame it for the change. Comments range from bashing the actors and films to more personal attacks with name calling. Now let’s think about this for a second. People are upset that Twilight wins awards at this award show? Some are even mad that Rob and Kristen keep winning best kiss. Let’s look at some of the past winners of the Best Kiss Award: 2008 – Briana Evgian and Robert Hoffman for Step Up 2 , 2007 -Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen for Talladega Nights. Every once in a great while, awards go to films that are critically acclaimed, like Brokeback Mountain, but let’s ground ourselves in reality. The MTV Movie Awards are for the fans. They have never been the Oscars and never will be. Where was all this backlash when Lord of the Rings won three years in a row or Step Up 2 won for Best Kiss?

It seems the main issue is a growing trend of hating maliciously on Twilight, the actors, and fandom. I am not saying that MTV made the move solely because of Twilight, but it has become “cool” to hate on the franchise and these haters forget about the history of the award show and what it represents. It represents the voice of the fans and is supposed to be about having a good time. I guess that has gotten lost somewhere along the way.

So what do you think? Will Breaking Dawn Part 1 be able to make an appearance at the show under this new system? What about new fandoms, like The Hunger Games? Will their voice be heard as well? Sound off in the comment section!

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Thank you, Benjamin Lemaire for providing the links to the long awaited Cosmopolis trailer.

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The first official trailer for Breaking Dawn pt. 2 will be played before the Hunger Games movie. Woot Woot two for one!

I cannot believe it is already February 2012! That means by the end of this year, the Twilight Saga will be complete onscreen. November will be here before we know it and just in case you are not already excited about the Breaking Dawn Part 1 DVD being released this weekend, we have been treated to a little tease for what is to come!

So what does everyone think? Does it get you excited for November or were you expecting it to be a bit more? It definitely fits with the motif of past tiles, but the golden color makes it a bit bland in my opinion. At the same time, I can appreciate the idea of it being golden, which of course reminds me of the Cullens’ eye color.

Also, for any of you still on the fence about which Breaking Dawn Part 1 DVD to buy, Twilight Examiner has a complete list of the versions available to own February 11th.

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There’s a chance The Twilight Saga could continue after the fifth film opens in November.

The bombshell was reportedly dropped by Jon Feltheimer, the chief executive officer of Lionsgate Entertainment, which acquired Twilight studio Summit Entertainment for $412.5 million on Friday.

“I’m anticipating Breaking Dawn – Part 2 being $700 million-plus in worldwide box office,” said Feltheimer of the final (planned) installment in the hit vampire franchise.

According to the Los Angeles Times, when asked whether Lionsgate could envision more Twilight past next fall’s fifth film, Feltheimer left the door open.

“It’s hard for me to imagine a movie that does $700 million-plus doesn’t have ongoing value,” he said. “It’s an amazing franchise that they have done a great job of maintaining with absolutely no deterioration.”

He added, “So the simple answer is, ‘Boy, I hope so.’”

It’s not clear whether a potential continuation would involve future films or a television series.

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Select Target Stores will be showing a sneak peek of Breaking Dawn pt. 2 at their midnight release parties for the DVD release of Breaking Dawn pt. 1 February 10th.

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When Rob was announced to attend the 2012 PCA, we knew he would not disappoint, so it is no surprise that he created such a buzz at the event. I am not a big fan of the award show, but seeing Rob accept the award for Best Movie Drama for Water for Elephants was nice. Having Ashley hand him the award was a nice touch as well. Of course the main buzz was over his hair. For some reason, anytime the man decides to get a new haircut, people freak out like he has never had one before. This is not the first time he has shaved off his locks even before the films wrapped…..I still remember the cute buzz cut at the end of 2008 and the hysteria created over his Cosmopolis hairdo last year….and I am sure it will not be his last. I think it looks great, but what does everyone else think? Sound off in the comments section.

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