Jack Black just can't stop kidding around.
The School of Rock star has signed on for a second stint as emcee of Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards, which celebrates child-friendly entertainment fare...and green slime.
The cable network will air the 21st annual go-round live on Mar. 29 from UCLA's Pauley Pavilion.
"I had a ball hosting the Kids Choice Awards, and I'm gearing up big-time to 'take charge' of the chaos and mess again this year. After all, I'm a second-time dad-to-be," said Black, who's expecting his second child with wife Tanya Haden. "I have a lot of secret plans, and I hope to give as good as I get when it comes to good, clean, slimy-green fun."
Funnily enough, the 38-year-old actor-comedian made a similar promise before hosting the kudoscast two years ago, when he pledged—use your imagination here—to bring the "super-duper, freaky-deaky ultraclowny superdance."
Freaky-deaky superdances and secret plans aside, having Black back for an encore should make for an exhilarating, if slimy, evening at a kudoscast that's become the Oscars for the prepubescent set.
The Favorite Movie category features a decidedly un-Academy-like face-off among Alvin and the Chipmunks, Are We Done Yet?, The Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Transformers. Shrek the Third will vie for Favorite Animated Movie with Jerry Seinfeld's Bee Movie, Ratatouille and The Simpsons Movie.
Johnny Depp will duke it out with Eddie Murphy, Ice Cube and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson for Favorite Male Movie Star, while Jessica Alba competes with Drew Barrymore, Kirsten Dunst and Keira Knightley for Favorite Female Movie Star.
And what would a tween-happy event be without Miley Cyrus?
The Hannah Montana star scored three nods: Favorite Female Singer, Favorite TV Show and Favorite Television Actress, where she's up against Britney's pregnant sis, Jamie Lynn Spears.
Also on the tube side, Fox's kid-centric game show Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? will compete against the network's top-rated American Idol, NBC's Deal or No Deal? and the CW's America's Next Top Model for Favorite Reality Series.
Nickelodeon's own Drake & Josh and iCarly meanwhile will go head-to-head with the Disney Channel's Hannah Montana and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.
Bow Wow, Chris Brown, Soulja Boy and last year's Kids' Choice host, Justin Timberlake, racked up noms for Favorite Male Singer.
The winners will be determined by Nick's viewers, who will cast their votes online in 18 different categories starting Mar. 3. Surprise awards will also be announced during the show.
Here's a complete rundown of nominees:
- Favorite Movie: Alvin and the Chipmunks, Are We Done Yet?, The Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Transformers
- Favorite Movie Actor: Ice Cube, Are We Done Yet?, Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, The Game Plan, Eddie Murphy, Norbit
- Favorite Movie Actress: Jessica Alba, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Drew Barrymore, Music and Lyrics, Kirsten Dunst, Spiderman 3, Keira Knightley, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Favorite Animated Movie: Bee Movie, Ratatouille, Shrek the Third, The Simpsons Movie
- Favorite Voice from an Animated Feature: Cameron Diaz, Shrek the Third, Mike Myers, Shrek the Third, Eddie Murphy, Shrek the Third, Jerry Seinfeld, Bee Movie
- Favorite Song: "Beautiful Girls," Sean Kingston, "Big Girls Don't Cry," Fergie, "Don't Matter," Akon, "Girlfriend," Avril Lavigne
- Favorite Male Singer: Bow Wow, Chris Brown, Soulja Boy, Justin Timberlake
- Favorite Female Singer: Beyoncé, Fergie, Miley Cyrus, Alicia Keys
- Favorite Music Group: Boys Like Girls, Fall Out Boy, Jonas Brothers, Linkin Park
- Favorite Television Show: Drake & Josh, Hannah Montana, iCarly, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
- Favorite Television Actor: Drake Bell, Drake & Josh, Josh Peck, Drake & Josh, Dylan Sprouse, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Cole Sprouse, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
- Favorite Television Actress: Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana, Emma Roberts, Unfabulous, Jamie Lynn Spears, Zoey 101, Raven-Symone, That's So Raven
- Favorite Cartoon: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Ed, Edd and Eddy, The Simpsons, SpongeBob SquarePants
- Favorite Male Athlete: Tony Hawk, Shaquille O'Neal, Alex Rodriguez, Tiger Woods
- Favorite Female Athlete: Cheryl Ford, Danica Patrick, Serena Williams, Venus Williams
- Favorite Videogame: Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero, High School Musical: Sing It!, Madden NFL '08
- Favorite Book: Buffy the Vampier Slayer Season Eight, Volume One: The Long Way Home, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Harry Potter series, How to Eat Fried Worms