The nominees for the 2012 MTV Movie Awards have been released and to no surprise, this year's biggest film The Hunger Games leads the pack!

The 2012 box office hit earned eight nominations, including one for best cast, breakthrough performance and movie of the year. Also enjoying the spotlight is Bridesmaids, which also earned eight noms, while Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 and 21 Jump Street followed suit with six apiece.

The 2012 MTV Movie Awards will take place at Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California on June 3. Check out the full list of nominees below!

Movie of the Year
- "Bridesmaids"
- "The Hunger Games"
- "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"
- "The Help"
- "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1"

Best Male Performance
- Daniel Radcliffe, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"
- Ryan Gosling, "Drive"
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, "50/50"
- Josh Hutcherson, "The Hunger Games"
- Channing Tatum, "The Vow"

Best Female Performance
- Jennifer Lawrence, "The Hunger Games"
- Kristin Wiig, "Bridesmaids"
- Emma Stone, "Crazy, Stupid, Love"
- Emma Watson, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"
- Rooney Mara, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"

Best Comedic Performance
- Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids"
- Kristen Wiig, "Bridesmaids"
- Zach Galifianakis, "The Hangover Part II"
- Jonah Hill, "21 Jump Street"
- Oliver Cooper, "Project X"

Breakthrough Performance
- Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids"
- Rooney Mara, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
- Liam Hemsworth, "The Hunger Games"
- Elle Fanning, "Super 8"
- Shailene Woodley, "The Descendants"

Best Cast
- "Bridesmaids"
- "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"
- "The Hunger Games"
- "21 Jump Street"
- "The Help"

Best On-Screen Transformation
- Elizabeth Banks, "The Hunger Games"
- Rooney Mara, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
- Johnny Depp, "21 Jump Street"
- Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn"
- Colin Farrell, "Horrible Bosses"

Best Fight
- Daniel Radcliffe vs. Ralph Fiennes, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"
- Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson vs. Alexander Ludwig, "The Hunger Games"
- Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill vs. Kid Gang, "21 Jump Street"
- Tom Hardy vs. Joel Edgerton, "Warrior"
- Tom Cruise vs. Michelle Nyqvist, "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol"

Best Kiss
- Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, "Crazy, Stupid, Love"
- Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2"
- Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, "The Hunger Games"
- Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, "The Vow"
- Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1"

Best Gut-Wrenching Performance
- "Bridesmaids" (Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McClendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper)
- "The Help" (Bryce Dallas Howard)
- "21 Jump Street" (Jonah Hill and Rob Riggle)
- "Drive" (Ryan Gosling)
- "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" (Tom Cruise)

Best On-Screen Dirt Bag
- Bryce Dallas Howard, "The Help"
- Jon Hamm, "Bridesmaids"
- Jennifer Aniston, "Horrible Bosses"
- Colin Farrell, "Horrible Bosses"
- Oliver Cooper, "Project X"

Best Music
- "Party Rock Anthem," LMFAO ("21 Jump Street")
- "A Real Hero," College with Electric Youth ("Drive")
- "The Devil Is in the Details," Chemical Brothers ("Hanna")
- "Impossible," Figurine ("Like Crazy")
- "Pursuit of Happiness," Kid Cudi (Steve Aoki remix) ("Project X")

Hurricane Irene, who? Despite massive power outages on the East Coast, MTV came out winning.

The 2011 Video Music Awards pulled in record-breaking numbers: 12.4 million viewers tuned in, making it the most watched MTV telecast in the network's twenty year history.

The show appeared to be aided by Beyoncé's pregnancy announcement - did you see that adorable baby bump rub at the end of her performance?! - and Lady Gaga's drag alter ego Jo Calderone. The 2011 VMAs were up 9% in total viewers and 8% in the 12-34 age range from last year's show.

Not only that, Sunday night's show was also the number one cable telecast of 2011. Not too shabby!

Looks like MTV is back in the music business - at least for now.

Photo: Courtesy of MTV/PictureGroup

Lady Gaga's doing nothing but surprising us this week.

First she released her "Yoü and I" music video two days early (and via Twitter!), and now it's been announced that she will perform at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, August 28.

This Thursday, Gaga will make a special announcement about the VMAs and tease her awards' show promo during the special "MTV First: Lady Gaga," airing at 7:49 p.m. ET on MTV and Logo. It will also be the television premiere of her "Yoü and I" video.

The 2011 MTV VMAs will air live from Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre at 9 p.m. ET August 28.

The members of Jackass have made a video tribute to their friend and co-star, Ryan Dunn, who was killed in a car accident June 20.

Co-stars Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera have publicly expressed their devastation over Dunn's death. The men were friends for more than 10 years.

Dunn was driving his Porsche at 130 mph in Pennsylvania when it crashed. His blood alcohol level was at more than twice the legal limit. He was 34 years old.

A PA for the Jackass movies was also killed in the crash.

It was a big night for Twilight at this year's MTV Movie Awards!

Eclipse earned five golden popcorn awards including best male performance; Robert Pattinson, best female performance; Kristen Stewart, best kiss, and Pattinson also nabbed the best fight award for his duel with Bryce Dallas Howard.

The third episode in the Twilight saga also won the top honor -- best movie.

Other winners included Emma Stone, who won best comedic performance for Easy A, Justin Bieber took home best jaw dropping moment for his biopic Never Say Never, and Ellen Page earned the best scared-as-s--t award for her role in Inception.

Check out the entire list of tonight's winners, after the jump ...

Transformers star Josh Duhamel was the hottest guy on the red carpet at the MTV Movie Awards Sunday night! Forget Bieber, Reynolds, Pattinson ... Duhamel takes our breath away!

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, aka Megan Fox's replacement in Transformers, rocked a Dolce & Gabana tiger print on the red carpet at the MTV Movie Awards Sunday night.

The night before, Rosie won the Our New Girlfriend award at Spike TV's Guys Choice Awards. She's our choice too!

Harry Potter star Emma Watson walked the red carpet at the MTV Movie Awards Sunday night in a stunning, jewel-encrusted Marchesa mini-dress.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is up for Best Movie against Black Swan, Inception, The Social Network and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

Watson is also nominated for Best Female Performance, Best Kiss (with Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe) and Best Fight.