Carell, Vaughn Crash MTV Awards

Steve Carell, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are going for the gold--the Golden Popcorn, that is.

The three professional goofballs and their respective hits, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Wedding Crashers, racked up a leading five nominations apiece Monday for the 2006 MTV Movie Awards, including Best Movie and Best Comedic Performance.

Although many of the players up for awards are familiar to Academy watchers--Joaquin Phoenix, Terrence Howard, Reese Witherspoon and Brokeback Mountain, among them--MTV seeks to further distance itself from the Oscars, counting The Dukes of Hazzard and Deuce Bigolo: European Gigolo among its, um, illustrious nominees.

Perhaps the most heated category this time around is Best Kiss, which puts the lip-locking likes of Brokeback cowpokes Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger against Mr. and Mrs. Smith's Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

The rest of the awards, though, will be new to even the most avid MTV watchers. This year's ceremony has received a serious revamp from the powers that be, with all categories no longer distinguishing between male and female actors. Most Desirable Male and Female categories have made way for the more gender-neutral Sexiest Performance; ditto Best Actor and Actress, which have been melded into the solo category of Best Performance.

Carell, Owen and Vaughn are the standout nominees this year, with each receiving nods for Best Comedic Performance and Best On-Screen Team. Carell also picked up a nod for Best Performance, in which he'll face off against Phoenix, Gyllenhaal, Howard, Witherspoon and Red Eye's Rachel McAdams.

And of course, no MTV do would be complete without the assurance of a Paris Hilton appearance. The heiress, who starred in last year's horrible horror redo House of Wax, goes head-to-head with pint-sized thesp Dakota Fanning for Best Frightened Performance.

No word yet on who's hosting the show; past emcees have included Lindsay Lohan, Kirsten Dunst and Jimmy Fallon. As always, fans can vote for their favorites either online or through text messaging, up until the week before the ceremony.

The awards will be given out June 3 in Culver City, California and will air June 8 on MTV.

A complete list of nominees:

Best Movie: The 40-Year-Old Virgin Batman Begins King Kong Sin City Wedding Crashers

Best Performance: Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain Rachel McAdams, Red Eye Steve Carell, The 40-Year-Old Virgin Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line

Best Comedic Performance: Owen Wilson, Wedding Crashers Adam Sandler, The Longest Yard Steve Carell, The 40-Year-Old Virgin Tyler Perry, Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion Vince Vaughn, Wedding Crashers

Best On-Screen Team: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogan & Romany Malco, The 40-Year-Old Virgin Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott & Jessica Simpson, The Dukes of Hazzard Jessica Alba, Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans & Michael Chiklis, Fantastic Four Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson & Rupert Grint, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson, Wedding Crashers

Best Villain: Cillian Murphy, Red Eye Hayden Christensen, Star Wars: Episode III?Revenge of the Sith Ralph Fiennes, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Tilda Swinton, The Chronicles of Narnia Tobin Bell, Saw II

Breakthrough Performance: Andre "3000" Benjamin, Four Brothers Isla Fisher, Wedding Crashers Nelly, The Longest Yard Jennifer Carpenter, The Exorcism of Emily Rose Romany Malco, The 40-Year-Old Virgin Taraji P. Henson, Hustle & Flow

Best Hero: Christian Bale, Batman Begins Jessica Alba, Fantastic Four Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Kate Beckinsale, Underworld: Evolution Ewan McGregor, Star Wars: Episode III?Revenge of the Sith

Sexiest Performance: Beyoncé Knowles, The Pink Panther Jessica Alba, Fantastic Four Jessica Simpson, The Dukes of Hazzard Ziyi Zhang, Memoirs of a Geisha Rob Schneider, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

Best Fight: Kong vs. the Planes, King Kong Stephen Chow vs. Axe Gang, Kung Fu Hustle Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt, Mr. and Mrs. Smith Ewan McGregor vs. Hayden Christensen, Star Wars: Episode III?Revenge of the Sith

Best Frightened Performance: Rachel Nichols, The Amityville Horror Jennifer Carpenter, The Exorcism of Emily Rose Derek Richardson, Hostel Paris Hilton, House of Wax Dakota Fanning, War of the Worlds