Quentin Tarantino's Western 'Django Unchained' and Seth MacFarlane's 'Ted' lead MTV movie awards nominations after landing seven nods each.
'Django Unchained', starring Jamie Foxx in the title role, and MacFarlane's bawdy teddy-bear comedy are both up for Movie Of The Year, facing competition from 'Silver Linings Playbook', 'The Avengers' and 'The Dark Knight Rises'.
The Best Female Performance category will be a race between Anne Hathaway for 'Les Miserables', Mila Kunis for 'Ted', Jennifer Lawrence for 'Silver Linings Playbook', Emma Watson for 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' and Rebel Wilson for 'Pitch Perfect'.
Meanwhile, Foxx is up for Best Male Performance, along with Ben Affleck for 'Argo', Bradley Cooper for 'Silver Linings Playbook', Daniel Day-Lewis for 'Lincoln' and Channing Tatum for 'Magic Mike'.
The 'Dark Knight Rises' co-stars Marion Cotillard and Tom Hardy will fight it out to be named Best Villain, while 'Skyfall's Javier Bardem, 'The Avengers' actor Tom Hiddleston and 'Django Unchained' star Leonardo DiCaprio are also nominated for the honour.
The winners will be revealed on April 14.
