MTV Movie Awards - Nominations

[littledarlin]

You can vote online.

http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/ma06/#/ontv/movieawards/ma06/

No best pic nod, but Heath & Jake are up for best kiss and Jake is up for best performance.

[David]

I voted.     

But it also looks like you can vote as many times as you want.   That seems real scientific!    LOL

[two_bloody_shirts]

There is also going to be a special day set aside for each category for phone voting.  The phone number is 1-877-MTV-VOTE.  I'll keep checking each day to see when the Best Kiss and Best performance are available to vote.  That would be a great day to really stuff the votes!

[Lynne]

Thank you very much for posting this one.  Here's a related article from the BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4940260.stm

If you ask me, I think Jack and Ennis' kiss is deserving of the highest accolades (of course).  But to even put them on the same list with Brad and Angelina.  IMO, it's on my ick list right below Tom and Katie.

-Lynne

[David]

I put a reminder on the New BBM calendar for June 8th.

I hope we won't be disappointed like on Oscar night!   

[Front-Ranger]

Crash shut out of awards!

http://www.newswire.co.nz/main/viewstory.aspx?storyid=313638&catid=3008

[David]

Anybody else having trouble voting today?    The "Best Kiss" page seems to be locked up.

[Lynne]

It let me vote just now...maybe the site had problems earlier?
-L

[Lynne]

It seems that people are taking bets about the likely winners of the Best Kiss, etc...

Aussie Chris - if you get a chance, maybe you have some insight as to how one would arrive at such numbers!

I tried to investigate and just confused myself.  I mean, obviously 2 to 1 odds are 5X better than 10 to 1...does this mean that 1 to 6.67 means a shoo in?

Here's the lowdown on races of interest:

Best Kiss
Jake Gyllenhaal & Heath Ledger – “Brokeback Mountain” / 1 to 6.67
Taraji P. Henson & Terrence Howard – “Hustle & Flow” / 4 to 1
Anna Faris & Chris Marquette – “Just Friends” / 6 to 1
Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt – “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” / 6 to 1
Rosario Dawson & Clive Owen – “Sin City” / 4.5 to 1

Best Performance
Joaquin Phoenix – “Walk the Line” / 3.35 to 1
Jake Gyllenhaal – “Brokeback Mountain” / 2 to 1
Rachel McAdams – “Red Eye” / 10 to 1
Steve Carell – “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” / 6.5 to 1
Terrence Howard – “Hustle & Flow” / 10 to 1
Reese Witherspoon – “Walk the Line” / 1 to 1.2

http://www.gambling911.com/051106Hnews.html

[Aussie Chris]

Aussie Chris - if you get a chance, maybe you have some insight as to how one would arrive at such numbers!

Oohh, I'm afraid I'm a bit of a dunce when it comes to understanding gambling odds Lynne.  The limit to my understanding is: odds of 4 to 1 means that for every dollar you bet, if it wins you get back 4.  These are linked to the bookie's idea of likelihood of winning, so 4 to 1 may be considered more likely than 10 to 1, and you'd get back 10 times what you put in (if it wins).  Of course I think everyone gets that concept.  However I don't understand what it means when the odds are around the other way as in "1 to 6.67".  Using the same logic you'd only get back 1/6th of your investment if it won and nothing if it loses, so really no point in betting!  At this stage it would seem that “Hustle & Flow” is the favourite for the kiss and Jake Gyllenhaal for the performance (since Reese wouldn't make any money).

Any gamblers out there that can correct anything I've got wrong here?