2006 MTV Movie Awards

2006 MTV Movie Awards
DateSaturday, June 3, 2006
LocationSony Pictures Studios,
Culver City, California[1]
CountryUnited States
Hosted byJessica Alba
Television/radio coverage
NetworkMTV
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The 2006 MTV Movie Awards were held on Saturday, June 3, 2006, and were hosted by Jessica Alba,[2] with it being broadcast on June 8.[3][4] It featured performances by Christina Aguilera, AFI and Gnarls Barkley.[5] In addition to the below awards, MTV gave lifetime achievement awards to Jim Carrey (The MTV Generation Award) and Spike Lee (The Silver Bucket of Excellence, for Do the Right Thing).[6] MTV held its 15th annual movie awards show on Saturday, June 3, at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California.[7] It was the final time Tenth Planet Productions produced the awards, and Joel Gallen was the executive-producer and director for the 12th and final consecutive year.[8]

This is also the second MTV Movie Awards show to have a host win an award. The first show was in 2004 with Lindsay Lohan winning an award. The host for the MTV Movie Awards in 2006 was Jessica Alba. Christina Aguilera performed, for the first time, her lead single of her latest release Back to Basics, "Ain't No Other Man".[9] Pre-recorded parodies include The Da Vinci Code, Mission: Impossible III, and King Kong.

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  5. ^ Bonin, Liane (June 5, 2006). "MTV Movie Awards: Another Victory for Music". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 23, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  6. ^ Harris, Chris (June 1, 2006). "Jim Carrey And Spike Lee Scoring Big Honors At MTV Movie Awards". MTV. Archived from the original on November 23, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
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  8. ^ Kimberly Nordyke, The Associated Press (August 28, 2007). "MTV stays tuned with Gallen". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 23, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  9. ^ Billboard Staff (May 8, 2006). "Billboard Bits: MTV Movie Awards, Grant-Lee Phillips, Joseph Arthur". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 23, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2023.