Kristen Stewart, Emma Stone Among MTV Movie Awards Presenters

Andrew Garfield, Chris Hemsworth will also hand out Golden Popcorn statuettes at June 3 show.
By Kevin P. Sullivan

Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth and Mila Kunis
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What would the be without appearances from some of the summer's biggest stars? A lot less interesting, probably.

Thankfully, Wednesday (May 9) MTV announced that the first lineup of presenters would come from four of the season's most anticipated blockbusters, "The Amazing Spider-Man," "Snow White and the Huntsman," "Prometheus" and "Ted."

Emma Stone, Andrew Garfield, Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Mila Kunis and Mark Wahlberg will all be on hand on Sunday, June 3, to hand out the Golden Popcorn statuettes.

For the 21st edition of the show, the awards are undergoing their biggest shakeup in years. With a new nomination system and new categories like Best Cast, Best Gut-Wrenching Performance and Best On-Screen Transformation, the 2012 MTV Movie Awards promise to be a night to remember.

But not everything has changed. As usual, fans will be able to choose every winner on the big night. Voting in all 12 categories is open through Saturday, June 2, over at MovieAwards.MTV.com. It's up to you to decide who goes onstage to collect their Golden Popcorn.

The night's contenders are some of the year's biggest blockbusters, so competition is sure to be fierce. "The Hunger Games" and "Bridesmaids" lead the field with eight nominations apiece, with "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" and "21 Jump Street" right behind them with six nods. Could this finally be the year that "Harry Potter" takes home Best Movie, or are the odds in favor of "The Hunger Games"?

The MTV Movie Awards will air live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California, on Sunday, June 3, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.

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The Real Reason Why This Year's iPad Is Bigger and Fatter [Ipad]

This year's iPad has a very pretty retina display, but it came at a cost: a massive battery that in turn makes for a thicker tablet. Apparently, though, the original plan was to use a newer display technology that would have made the screen thinner and the battery lighter. So what happened? More »

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Fujifilm FinePix XP170 camera rebuffs water, dust and cold, cuddles up with iOS and Android (video)

Fujifilm's latest rugged point-and-shoot has pulled together some pretty standard specs with some more contemporary connectivity features, all in a hardy shell. The 14-megapixel CMOS sensor is paired with 5x zoom lens, while the rubberized lug is capable of 1080p video, and can increase video capture up to 240 fps at 320 x 240 resolution. Available in blue or orange, the device should survive up to 10 meters of water, a two meter drop and still work at -10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit). We're not sure if that's all at once. Sharing with mobile devices requires Fujifilm's own Android or iOS app and some semblance of a WiFi signal. The FinePix XP170 will sidle up into stores next month for $280, but until then, Fujifilm's got a video to demo those new wireless transfer functions -- if that's your thing, you can check it out right after the break.

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Chris And Liam Hemsworth: 2012 Box-Office Kings

With the success of 'Avengers' and 'Hunger Games,' the Australian brothers claim the year's top two opening weekends.
By Amy Wilkinson

Liam and Chris Hemsworth
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The box-office odds are ever in the favor of Chris and Liam Hemsworth. With Marvel's "The Avengers" claiming a record-breaking $200 million in its first three days and "The Hunger Games" bowing at just over $150 million, the Australian brothers have assembled the top two opening weekends of 2012. Talk about the thunder from Down Under!

Six weeks after its debut, "The Hunger Games" continues to perform well, raking in a total gross of more than $380 million. And though it will undoubtedly fall in its second weekend, the box-office experts who spoke to MTV News were bullish about the continued heroics of "The Avengers."

"I project it will become the fastest film in history to smash the $1 billion global box-office mark, doing it in about 20 days or so," Box Office Guru editor Gitesh Pandya said. " 'Avengers' just might end up becoming the highest-grossing non-James Cameron film ever."

Interestingly enough, 2012 marks the first time in which the Hemsworth brothers have had competing films at the cineplex. Chris broke onto the scene with a small part as Captain Kirk's father in 2009's "Star Trek," though his most high-profile role to date is arguably as the titular, hammer-heavy Norse god of 2011's "Thor." Brother Liam's entry into American cinema came courtesy of Nicholas Sparks' 2010 romance "The Last Song," in which he played the beau of real-life girlfriend Miley Cyrus.

And there will be plenty more Hemsworth to come in 2012. Next month, Chris will continue his weapon-wielding ways in "Snow White and the Huntsman," co-starring Charlize Theron and Kristen Stewart. In November, he'll star alongside his brother's "Hunger Games" cohort Josh Hutcherson in the action flick "Red Dawn." Liam also has a pair of films readied for this year: "AWOL," a war-time drama co-starring Teresa Palmer, and "The Expendables 2," in which he'll go toe-to-toe with action vets Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Chuck Norris (just to name a few).

From all appearances, it's the Hemsworths' year, and we're just living in it.

For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.

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Hands-on with Edgewater's WiFi3

Edgewater may not be a familiar name for even the most tech savvy, but its WiFi3 chipset is poised to propel the wireless industry beyond the limits of traditional access point tech. Aiming to leap past the low power solutions provided by the likes of Cisco, the company's developed a proprietary standard that delivers multiple channels per radio -- three channels over 2.4GHz in the showfloor demo -- versus the typical single channel currently employed. The chipset's not necessarily an end consumer product as it's intended for use by carriers, enterprise and ISPs, but it does stand to clear up the clutter when network congestion gets unwieldy. Check out our galleries below for a closer look at the outfit's next gen step in wireless infrastructure.

Sean Cooper contributed to this report.

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HTC One V headed to the U.S. this summer

Alongside its Droid Incredible 4G LTE announcement, HTC also revealed that the One V, it's new entry-level smartphone, will be headed to the U.S. from a "variety of partners" this summer. No specific dates, prices or networks were announced. but the One V is a good bet for pre-paid or regional carriers.

Inside its chinny, Legend-like chassis, the One V sports a 1GHz single-core Snapdragon CPU, 512MB of RAM and a WVGA (800x480) SuperLCD2 display. As you might imagine, it's running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and HTC Sense 4 on the software side. There's also a 5MP HTC ImageSense camera, which we found performed better than any entry-level smartphone camera we'd tested, even putting the Galaxy Nexus's 5MP shooter to shame.

For more on the One V, be sure to check out our full review of the international version. We've also got the full press release from HTC after the break.

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BlackBerry 10 dev alpha unit unveiled: 4.2-inch screen, 1280 x 768 resolution

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. In this instance, it just leaves us wanting more. The image you see above is RIM's official dev unit for its just launched BlackBerry 10 platform. If it looks familiar, that's because you've seen it not too long ago when leaks of the much anticipated device began to hit the world wide rumor-mongering web. Waterloo's still keeping us in the dark as to the glorified guts this austere fella's packing, but it did confirm these alpha units will feature a jaw-dropping 4.2-inch, 1280 x 768 display that bests the 720p panels found on other similarly-sized handsets -- there's no word yet on if it's PenTile, though it likely doesn't matter much at that resolution. We've also learned the device sports 16GB internal storage and 1GB of RAM. No, this isn't your mother's BlackBerry and for good reason too, as the beleaguered mobile titan's got quite a bit of its continued prosperity riding on this QNX-based slab. Wondering where its QWERTY cousin is? We are too, but without any official announcements, you'll just have to stay tuned to see what fruits this week's BlackBerry World will bear.

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