MTV Movie Award Nominees Include District 9, Paranormal Activity, Sherlock Holmes, Avatar and More Kris, May 27, 2010May 27, 2010 All those people that demanded Paranormal Activity to be released in theaters are called back into action again: Katie could use your help in winning an MTV Movie Award. As for the District 9 fans, Sharlto could get some help as well for the same award. Find out how to vote for your favorites films we’ve covered at MovieViral, including categories with Avatar and Sherlock Holmes, after the jump. Sharlto Copley and Katie Featherson are both nominated for “Best Scared-As-S*** Performance”, and they need your vote to win. We’ve seen how successful Paranormal Activity is at getting votes, so it has a good chance of winning. District 9 fans have competition if they expect Sharlto to win this award. He may deserve it the most though, he was scared s***less throughout half of the movie. Avatar is nominated for several categories (including Best Movie, as well as Star Trek, and even Sherlock Holmes sneaks in with the Best Fight category. You’ll have to sign up to MTV’s website (obviously) before you can vote. In the meantime, while you wait for that confirmation email, you can compare the 2 scared performances yourself down below. MTV Shows MTV Shows The 2010 MTV Movie Awards premiere June 6th. News Viral Marketing AvatarawardsDistrict 9MTVMTV Movie Awardsparanormal activitySharlto CopleySherlock HolmesStar Trek
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