The “2007 MTV Movie Awards” will mark the first live performance in the U.S. for soulful British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse as she takes the stage to perform her internationally acclaimed hit “Rehab.” Winehouse’s latest album Back to Black has been enthusiastically embraced by music fans on this side of the pond, entering The Billboard Hot 200 chart at an impressive #7 and making her the highest debuting British female artist in the history of the coveted U.S. albums chart. Amy Winehouse is just one of the most recent artists to take to the MTV Movie Awards stage, which has welcomed a variety of established and up-and-coming artists. Last year’s show welcomed Gnarls Barkley, AFI and Christina Aguilera.

Up for the coveted golden popcorn at the “2007 MTV Movie Awards” are “300,” leading the way with 5 nominations, and “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” receiving four nominations. Also vying an award are “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Kazakhstan,” “Blades Of Glory,” and “The Devil Wears Prada,” with three nominations each. MTV will also celebrate the first-ever user generated category, “BEST MOVIE SPOOF” where viewers have the opportunity to submit their own original movie shorts parodying films from the past year via Yahoo! Movies ( http://mtvmovieawards.yahoo.com) as well as another new category, BEST SUMMER MOVIE YOU HAVEN’T SEEN YET giving a nod to upcoming summer blockbusters.

Fans can vote by visiting movieawards.mtv.com before May 29th. Viewers can also vote from their mobile phones by texting “MOVIES” to 22422. Voting is also available by dialing toll free to 1-877-MTV-VOTE where fans can support their favorite nominees in each category. For the first time ever, the “2007 MTV Movie Awards” will offer live voting during the show. One category will remain open and viewers will be asked to cast their votes via mtv.com and text messaging on their wireless phones.

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