Teen Choice Awards: It’s all about what the public wants

Teen Choice Awards release names of this year’s nominees.

Kristen Stewart is the “it girl” of the Teen Choice Awards. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 1 and Snow White and the Huntsman (both starring the 22-year-old actor) each earned seven nominations for this year’s Teen Choice Awards.

Stewart is nominated for Choice Movie Actor (female): Romance, while her real-life (and silver screen) boyfriend Robert Pattinson is up for Choice Movie Actor: Romance. The duo is also up for Choice Movie Liplock.

Other local nominees include Pittsfield’s Elizabeth Banks, who’s up for Choice Movie Scene Stealer: Female for her work in The Hunger Games, Chris Evans, who’s up for Choice Movie Scene Stealer: Male for The Avengers and Steve Carell for Choice Movie Hissy Fit for Crazy, Stupid, Love. The show’s first presenters, announced on Thursday, include Kristen Bell, Jason Derulo, Selena Gomez, Lucy Hale, Dax Shephard and Jordin Sparks. The awards show airs July 22 on Fox, reports bostonglobe.com.

And the nominations are:

Choice Movie (Romance): The Lucky One, Think Like a Man, This Means War, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 1, The Vow

Choice Movie Actor (Romance): Michael Ealy for Think Like a Man, Zac Efron for The Lucky One, Robert Pattinson for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 1, Chris Pine for This Means War, Channing Tatum for The Vow

Choice Movie Actress (Romance): Miley Cyrus for LOL, Meagan Good for Think Like a Man, Rachel McAdams for The Vow, Taylor Schilling for The Lucky One, Kristen Stewart for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 1

Choice Summer Movie (Action): The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, Men in Black 3, Prometheus, Snow White & The Huntsman

Choice Summer Movie (Comedy/Music): Katy Perry: Part of Me, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, Rock of Ages, Ted, That’s My Boy

TELEVISION

Choice Summer TV Show: “America’s Got Talent”, “The Secret Life of the American Teenager”, “So You Think You Can Dance”, “Teen Wolf”, “Workaholics”

MUSIC

Choice Summer Song: “All Around the World” by Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris, “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen, “Give Your Heart a Break” by Demi Lovato, “Glad You Came” by The Wanted, “Scream” by Usher

Choice Summer Music Star (Male): Justin Bieber, Flo Rida, David Guetta, Pitbull, Usher

Choice Summer Music Star (Female): Carly Rae Jepsen, Jennifer Lopez, Demi Lovato, Katy Perry, Rihanna

Published in The Express Tribune, June 16^th, 2012.