Pass the Golden Bucket

The nominations for the 2009 MTV Movie Awards were announced today, and Twilight and Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire are leading the way with six nods apiece.

Both are up for Best Movie, along with The Dark Knight, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, and Iron Man.

MTV has also added two new categories to the mix: Best Song from a Movie and Best WTF Moment.

Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire), Twilight’s Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, and Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian), among others, were singled out in the Breakthrough Performance Male category.

Meanwhile, Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia!), Kat Dennings (Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist), and Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire), among others, are up for Breakthrough Performance Female.

For a complete list of nominees, click here.

The show will air live on May 31 with host Andy Samberg (TV’s SNL).

Photo: Summit Entertainment.