The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 19th, 2000
`Matrix,' `Powers' lead MTV nominees
Hollywood Reporter
Wednesday, April 19, 2000
New York -- "American Beauty," which won the Oscar for best picture this year, has tougher competition in the MTV Movie Awards: "The Matrix" and "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me," which each pulled in six nominations.
The ninth annual awards will be given June 3 and aired on MTV June 8. Sarah Jessica Parker ("Sex and the City") will host.
Nominees are chosen through a poll of MTV viewers, who also vote for the winners.
And the nominees are:
Best movie: "The Sixth Sense," "American Pie," "The Matrix,"...
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