2008 MTV Movie Awards Finds the Next Big Thing on Buzznet

2008 MTV Movie Awards Finds the Next Big Thing on Buzznet

Buzznet.com Member Norm Spantz Thrashes the Competition and Takes Home the Coveted MTV Movie Award for the '2008 MTV Movie Awards Movie Spoof Contest'

LOS ANGELES, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The "2008 MTV Movie Awards" may be over, but there's one guy for whom the party is just starting -- Norm Spantz, the Buzznet.com member who was honored with the MTV Movie Award for the best UGC movie spoof for his movie satire entitled Juno: Teen Pregnancy Redux http://www.buzznet.com/groups/mtvmovieawards. The award was given out during the live pre-show last night at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA.

Norm, along with his co-producer and cameraman, Armen Aghaeian, jumped at the challenge to create an original movie short parody for the "2008 MTV Movie Spoof Contest" through Buzznet, the web's leading social music community, http://www.buzznet.com/. The Buzznet community voted Norm's entry, a Juno parody, as the best by a landslide. His video moved on to the final round on http://www.movieawards.mtv.com/ where fans voted for his Juno parody the winner from seven finalists, one from each of the participating sites, including Buzznet, Photobucket, MySpace, Daily Motion, Break, Heavy and FunnyorDie.

Said Norm of winning MTV's Golden Popcorn Award, "Thanks to MTV and Buzznet for this amazing opportunity both for myself and the other talented contestants. It was very hard to spoof a movie written by a stripper from Minnesota about a girl who has sex with a member of the high school cross country team, but we were fortunate to pull it off."

Buzznet CEO Tyler Goldman commented, "The moment I saw this video on our site, I knew it would be hard to beat. I foresee an even larger MTV Movie Award in Norm's future. We're thrilled to have partnered with MTV to bring Buzznet's millions of users the opportunity to showcase their natural talent, even if it means sporting fluorescent yellow shorts and singing about Adderall."

Norm is a 30-something writer and producer, holding the odd distinction as one of only three known individuals in the Western world to have seven fingers on his right hand. Norm turned his obstacle into a benefit, winning numerous typing and speed stacking contests as a young man. He cites his astounding 130 words-typed-per-minute as his greatest writing skill.

Armen is an up and coming Director of Photography, with an ever-growing list of commercial and film industry clients. Armen's work is on the leading edge of the next generation of digital filmmaking equipment and technology.

Juno: Teen Pregnancy Reduxcredits:

Created by: Norm Spantz

Flim/Sound: Armen Aghaeian, Herbert Barraza

Editor: Armen Aghaeian

Actors: Zach Begle
Samantha Dougless

About Buzznet:

Buzznet.com empowers millions of music fans with the platform to create the most in-depth music experiences around the artists and topics they love. Users express themselves, connect with friends and socialize around the topics they are passionate about, sharing millions of photos, videos and blog posts every day. The site is also home for communities created by top bands and social trendsetters, and has established itself as the premier destination for music.

About MTV

MTV is the dynamic, vibrant experiment at the intersection of music, creativity and youth culture. For over 26 years, MTV has evolved, challenged the norm, and detonated boundaries -- giving each new generation a creative outlet and voice that entertains, informs and unites on every platform and screen. On-air, MTV has been the number one rated 24-hour ad-supported cable network P12-24 for 16 straight years. Online, MTV.com scored double-digit growth in 2007 and MTV launched ten dynamic online communities and six new virtual worlds. On the go, MTV Mobile is the #1 music brand in the wireless space -- delivering 90% more streams than in 2006. And MTV's successful sibling networks MTV2, mtvU and MTV Tr3s each deliver unprecedented customized content, super-serving music fans, college students and young American Latinos like no one else. MTV is part of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:VIA.B), one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Wanna know more? Come on in ... http://www.mtvpress.com/.

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Source: Buzznet

CONTACT: Jennifer Garnick of Buzznet, +1-213-985-7297,
jgarnick@buzznet.com; or Jessica Nicola of MTV Press, +1-212-846-6762,
Jessica.nicola@mtvstaff.com

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http://www.buzznet.com/
http://www.mtvpress.com/

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