Spider, Towers Top MTV Award Noms

(AP)  Tobey Maguire and Viggo Mortensen were nominated for best male performance, and the movies they star in — "Spider-Man" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" — each received a leading five nominations for this year's MTV Movie Awards.

"Spider-Man" and "The Two Towers" were among the nominees Monday for best movie, along with "8 Mile," "Barbershop" and "The Ring."

Kirsten Dunst, who played Maguire's on-screen love interest in "Spider-Man," is up for best female performance, and the two were recognized in the best kiss category. Willem Dafoe, who plays the superhero's nemesis, the Green Goblin, is up for best villain.

"The Two Towers," the second film in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, also was nominated for best on-screen team and best action sequence. And the film's tortured creature, Gollum, was nominated in a new category: best virtual performance.

Other digital creations competing against Gollum are Yoda from "Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones," Kangaroo Jack from "Kangaroo Jack," Dobby from "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" and Scooby-Doo from "Scooby-Doo."

The 12th annual MTV Movie Awards will be given out May 31 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.