NEW YORK – Moviefone revealed the nominees of the tenth annual Moviefone® Moviegoer Awards™ program at a Los Angeles press conference where Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney, stars of Universal Pictures’ new film, The Wedding Date, read the nominees and cast the first votes.

Last year, moviegoers cast 20 million votes for their favorite films, performances and movie moments. In this year’s contest, Shrek 2 and Spider-Man 2 tied for the lead with five nominations apiece, including Best Picture, Best Family Film and Greatest Moment. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban earned the second highest number of nominations with four, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress. Other films leading the list of nominees include Garden State and Ray.

Sponsored by Revlon, the Moviefone Moviegoer Awards program offers traditional categories such as Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress, as well as more unusual categories including Best Rising Star, Greatest Moment and Revlon’s Sexiest Kiss.

Beginning tomorrow, moviegoers across the country can visit the Moviefone.com® web site or AOL® Keyword: Moviegoer Awards to view video footage of the nominee announcement with Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney and cast their votes. Voting ends on February 21 and the winners will be announced on February 22.

The following nominees were selected by moviegoers through a nationwide poll on the Moviefone® service.

The Nominees for BEST PICTURE are:

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Ray
• Shrek 2
• Spider-Man 2
• The Passion of the Christ

The Nominees for BEST ACTOR are:

• James Caviezel, The Passion of the Christ
• Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator
• Jamie Foxx, Ray
• Tobey Maguire, Spider-Man 2

The Nominees for BEST ACTRESS are:

• Jennifer Garner, 13 Going on 30
• Julia Roberts, Closer
• Uma Thurman, Kill Bill Vol. 2
• Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Renee Zellweger, Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason

The Nominees for BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR are:

• Antonio Banderas, Shrek 2
• Robert DeNiro, Meet the Fockers
• Jamie Foxx, Collateral
• Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
• Eddie Murphy, Shrek 2

The Nominees for BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS are:

• Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
• Natalie Portman, Garden State
• Barbra Streisand, Meet the Fockers
• Emma Watson, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Kate Winslet, Finding Neverland

The Nominees for BEST FAMILY FILM are:

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Polar Express
• Shrek 2
• Spider-Man 2
• The Incredibles

The Nominees for BEST INDIE FILM are:

• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Garden State
• Hotel Rwanda
• Napoleon Dynamite
• Sideways

The Nominees for REVLON’S SEXIEST KISS are:

• Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, 50 First Dates
• Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth, Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason
• Julia Roberts and Jude Law, Closer
• Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst, Spider-Man 2
• Orlando Bloom and Diane Kruger, Troy

The Nominees for HOTTEST RISING STAR are:

• Zach Braff, Garden State
• Diane Kruger, Troy and National Treasure
• Rachel McAdams, Mean Girls and The Notebook
• Emmy Rossum, Phantom of the Opera and The Day After Tomorrow
• Kerry Washington, Ray and She Hate Me

The Nominees for GREATEST MOMENT are:

• Jason Bourne escapes in car chase, The Bourne Supremacy
• Harry flies on Buckbeak, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Shrek and Donkey meet Puss ‘n Boots, Shrek 2
• Spider-Man’s identity is revealed to subway riders, Spider-Man 2
• Edna Mode recounts cape disasters, The Incredibles

“For a decade, the Moviefone Moviegoer Awards have given real movie fans a chance to speak up and make their opinion count,” said Steven Yee, Vice President and General Manager, Moviefone. “This year, moviegoers took the opportunity to nominate a wide spectrum of films from big-budget crowd-pleasers like Spider-Man 2 and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban to smaller independent films like Garden State and Finding Neverland. We invite movie fans everywhere to cast their vote and make their voices heard.”

Last year, moviegoers cast nearly twenty million votes and selected The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as the Best Picture of the year. Johnny Depp was voted Best Actor for his Pirates of the Caribbean performance and Charlize Theron was moviegoers’ pick for Best Actress for her role in Monster. The year’s sexiest kiss according to moviegoers was the passionate smooch between Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean.

Universal Pictures’ The Wedding Date, a romantic comedy starring Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney, opens nationwide on February 4.

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