The battle for best fight at the MTV Movie Awards is between a trio of heroes starring in movie No. 3 of their film franchises -- Matt Damon ("The Bourne Ultimatum"), Tobey Maguire ("Spider-Man 3"), and Jackie Chan ("Rush Hour 3").

The other nominees -- Hayden Christensen taking on Jamie Bell in "Jumper" and two iconic '80s movie monsters resurrected in "Alien vs. Predator: Requiem" -- are unlikely to win this award. (For a full list of all MTV Movie Awards contenders, CLICK HERE.)

In "The Bourne Ultimatum," one of the best-reviewed movies of last year, Matt Damon faced his final foe when he tangled with an assassin in Tangiers. Though not a hit with critics, "Spider-Man 3" was the 2007 box office champ. For Spidey star Tobey Maguire, the mood was as dark as his black suit when he fought friend turned foe James Franco. And in "Rush Hour 3," Jackie Chan joins up with Chris Tucker again, this time to battle a behemoth of a man.

Last year Gerard Butler won the award for defeating the Uber Immortal in "300." And in 2006, lovebirds Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt won for their battle of the sexes in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith."

At the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, the hottest prize — best kiss — is a contest between Daniel Radcliffe and Katie Leung ("Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"), Shia LaBeouf and Sarah Roemer ("Disturbia") and Ellen Page and Michael Cera ("Juno").

Forget the other nominees. (See a full list of all MTV Movie Awards contenders, CLICK HERE.) Patrick Dempsey gives Amy Adams such a passionate peck of the classic storybook kind in "Enchanted" that he wakes a frozen princess, yes, but it's too cliche, too Disney, thus too anti-cool for the MTV crowd.

You don't have to forget about Robert Hoffman bussing Briana Evigan because we didn't know them in the first place, nor their insignificant sequel — "Step Up 2: The Streets."

I think we can probably shrug off the "Juno" smooch, too, since all the hype — which was always more about the movie than its stars — is over.

This a matchup between Daniel Radcliffe, who has cast a magic spell over movie-goers for years, and hottie-of-the-moment Shia LaBeouf. The latter doesn't have the following that the former does, and "Disturbia" isn't a movie that really matters. So this award goes to the Harry Potter lovebirds.

If Radcliffe kissed LaBeouf, they'd be a cinch to win, considering the duos who've prevailed in this category over the past two years: Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen in "Talladega Nights" and Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain."

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Also attending the funky awards fest at Gibson Amphitheatre on Sunday night at 8 p.m. will be Charlize Theron, Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Robert Downey Jr., Seth Rogen, Rainn Wilson, Anna Faris, Katharine McPhee, Megan Fox, Brendan Fraser and Jennifer Hudson.

Adam Sandler will be on hand to accept the honorary Generation Award.

MTV's website is constanting updating its list of glitterati — CLICK HERE. For a list of nominees, CLICK HERE!

Harvey Korman may have been a second banana on "The Carol Burnett Show" for 10 seasons, but he was a star with the Emmy Awards. The gifted comedian, who died Thursday at age 81, won four Emmys for his contributions to this last of the great TV variety shows.

Whether as the dim-witted Ed in the "Family" sketches, faithful butler Max to Carol Burnett's fading star Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard," or buxom buttinsky Mother Marcus in "As the Stomach Turns," Korman displayed vast comedic range over 137 episodes of Burnett's series.

Perhaps his greatest laughs came when he least wanted them – as co-star Tim Conway would do everything he could to break Korman up in the middle of a sketch. The two pals took their show on the road in recent years, recalling the glory days of working together.

For the first four seasons of the show, which debuted in 1967, variety performers did not compete head to head like actors do in the comedy and drama series categories. Rather, they were recognized in the area awards, which can have one or multiple winners. Korman won Emmy Awards that way for the second and fourth seasons of "The Carol Burnett Show."

In the fifth season, Korman bested Ruth Buzzi and Lily Tomlin of "Laugh In" in the competitive category of outstanding performer in a variety or music series. The following year he lost the newly titled supporting performer race to fellow Burnett banana Tim Conway (as did Liza Minnelli for "A Royal Gala Variety" and Lily Tomlin for "Laugh In").

Season Seven proved lucky for Korman who came back to beat Conway and Foster Brooks ("The Dean Martin Comedy Hour") in the new supporting actor in comedy-variety or music category. While Korman was not nominated for Season Eight, Conway was although he lost to Jack Albertson for a guest spot on "Cher." That same year, castmate Vicki Lawrence lost the second of her bids to Emmy champ Cloris Leachman for her own guest turn on "Cher."

In Season Nine, Korman and Conway lost the supporting actor race to Chevy Chase for his first season on "Saturday Night." Lawrence would win her only Emmy Award that night, besting Leachman, who was nominated for guesting on a Telly Savalas special.

In Korman's final year on the show, Conway again got the better of him in the supporting actor race (as well as Chase and John Belushi from "Saturday Night" and Ben Vereen for "The Bell Telephone Jubilee"). Vereen also lost the race for single performance by an actor in a drama series to "Roots" co-star Lou Gossett Jr.) that night.

For the show's swan song season the following year, Conway would win supporting actor for the third time (edging out Belushi and Dan Akroyd of the newly rechristened "Saturday Night Live," Gossett for a Ben Vereen special and Peter Sellers for "The Muppet Show") and another Emmy Award as part of the writing team.

Enjoy the comic delights of Korman and Conway as patient Harvey falls victim to inept dentist Tim. Share your thoughts of Korman by clicking the "comments" link below or click HERE.

And watch the pair discuss their 40-year partnership in the first of a three-part interview with the Academy's Archive of American Television — CLICK HERE.

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As all Derbyites know, our own Paul Sheehan is one of Broadway's best Tony Awards pundits. Recently, we hooked up on 46th Street just off Times Square to riff on the some of the top races that'll be decided on June 15.

As with all TV shows vying for Emmy Awards, the producers of ABC network's "Lost" have only until Friday to submit the name of their sample episode. But the second and third parts of the fourth season finale don't even air until Thursday night . As it stands, the biggest mystery about this show might be which of its 14 episodes this season "Lost" should use to showcase itself to Emmy voters.

In 2005, the first season of "Lost" won the Emmy Award for best drama series. Then, in 2006, the Emmys revamped the nominating process by adding a new phase that requires the attention of judging panels.

No longer were the five nominated series determined strictly by the popular vote of the academy membership. Rather, this popular vote determined 10 semi-finalists. Sample episodes of all 10 contenders were then viewed by a small group who ranked the shows. In 2006, the judges' scores determined the five final nominees. Last year the nominees were chosen by a 50/50 combination of the popular vote and judges' scores of episode samples. While "Lost" made the Top 10 both years, it failed to make the cut to the final five.

Considering that "Lost" had just won the category for its first season, Emmy-watchers were shocked by the snubs.

Serialized shows like "Lost" have a harder time making their mark with voters who are not regular viewers familiar with the dangling, interweaving plot lines. And the complex story lines of "Lost" can confuse even devoted fans. In that second season run-off , the producers submitted the season premiere, "Man of Science, Man of Faith," which demanded an in-depth knowledge of the underlying mythology of the show to make much sense. A better choice would have been "The Other 48 Days" which was a self-contained episode about the so-called 'tailies' who had also survived the plane crash. Many Emmy-watchers believe that if ABC had submitted that episode — which TV Guide hailed as the best of "Lost's" whole season — it might not only have been nominated, but it might've won again. Such is the importance of strategy when picking the right Emmy episode.

We asked our forum posters to propose the best episode for "Lost" to submit this year. Their top two picks: "The Constant" and "The Shape of Things to Come." But is either of these the right choice to represent "Lost" if it makes it into the Top 10? Below are descriptions of those two episodes as well as four more. Let the producers of "Lost" know which episode you think could make them an Emmy nominee again this year by voting in the poll below.

"Confirmed Dead" was Episode 2 of the season and introduced the freighter folk who arrive on the island ostensibly to rescue the marooned plane crash survivors. The episode focuses on their back stories with flashbacks as to how physicist Daniel (Jeremy Davies), anthropologist Charlotte (Rebecca Mader), psychic Miles (Ken Leung) and pilot Frank (Jeff Fahey) came to be part of the rescue team.

"The Constant" was Episode 5 of the season and followed Desmond (Emmy nominee Henry Ian Cusick) as he traveled back and forth in time between 1996 and 2004 (the year of the crash). His fate becomes intertwined with that of Daniel.

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Just like the Oscars did recently, the Daytime Emmys have now set up their own video channel at YouTube, offering fans a preview intro to the top award races. What's different — and better — about the Daytime Emmy version is that it focuses on the actual nominees. You can see samples of video footage of programs competing for best drama series and best actress, for example. The Oscar version didn't offer videos of the films, just giddy celebs blathering about what an honor it is to be nominated by one's peers.

OK, it looks like "American Idol" loser David Archuleta will rally over time and win more showbiz awards than David Cook, according to the results of our poll netting more than 14,500 votes as of today (May 28). David Archuleta leads with 52.5%; David Cook nabbed 47.5%. (Do you still want to vote? CLICK HERE!)

But what awards? I asked our forum posters to draw some parallels between these chaps and established music artists and I added a few of my own. Then I dug up the award histories of those latter stars.

In the case of David Archuleta, the big question: Is he a sweet, awe-shucks heartthrob who'll vanish fast like 1970s flash-in-the-pan Bobby Sherman, a favorite of the Tiger Beat set? Or is he a durable hottie unafraid to sing powerfully about his broken heart in schmaltzy songs that'll make him (deservedly) a superstar like John Mayer? Or, egads, could the shy 17-year-old turn out to be, as he gains confidence and swagger, the next Justin Timberlake?

David Cook shows promise as a rockin' hunk who might survive the long haul like Jon Bon Jovi or, with a bit less success, Bryan Adams. Or will he be a one-hit wonder who'll never leave the stage like faux rocker Rick Springfield (enough refrains of "Jesse's Girl" already! – it was never a great song in the first place!)? Or disappear quickly like Taylor Hicks?

Below, the award history of five music stars who may be similar to David Archuleta:

Clay Aiken – 1 American Music Award, 3 Billboard Awards
Josh Groban – No major awards. Only a few noms at Grammys, Billboard, World and American Music Awards
John Mayer – 5 Grammys, including song of the year "Daughters"; no American Music or Billboard Awards
Justin Timberlake – 6 Grammys, 3 American Music Awards, 1 Emmy
Bobby Sherman – No awards

Here's the award history of five music stars who may be similar to David Cook:

Bryan Adams – 1 Grammy (writing best song for a film, "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You")
Chris Daughtry – 3 American Music Awards; 1 People's Choice Award; lost 4 Grammy noms, including best new artist

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Jim Parsons is a seriously viable candidate for an Emmy this year. He's not only the breakout star of a hot new comedy, "The Big Bang Theory," he appears on Mike Ausiello's Dream Emmy Ballot over at TVGuide.com

But what is Jim Parsons' best shot — the lead or supporting race? He's chosen lead and I dish both alternatives with him in our podcast chat. (CLICK HERE to Download the MP3 File and Listen — (Note: You may need to hold down your computer's control key while clicking.)

At the Golden Globes, Jim Parsons entered in the supporting category, but he switched to lead at his first Emmys. So I ask him, "Why?"

"Who am I supporting?" he asks in return, which is a good point. He and Johnny Galecki are co-leads of the series about two geeky, physicist roommates who struggle to cope with a crazy world — and with each other. There's an obvious parallel to a classic TV series of yore, "The Odd Couple."

"Definitely," Parsons says. "There's no way around it. I hear that all the time."

And if the parallel holds up, then it's smart that Parsons and Galecki both submitted themselves in lead. Their predecessors Jack Klugman and Tony Randall both won Emmys in lead: Klugman, in fact, won two as the equivalent to Galecki's role (the more grounded, "normal" one) while Randall —l ike Parsons' character ("the persnickety one," he notes) — won only once.

But despite the size of their roles, wacky characters often go supporting, as the persnickety David Hyde Pierce learned on "Frasier," winning four Emmys. Costar Kelsey Grammer won four times in lead, but probably would've beaten Pierce most times if they shared the same category since Grammer's role had more emotional gravitas. That's what voters tend to look for in lead. Winners in supporting tend to be more cartoonish (think of Sean Hayes in "Will & Grace" and Michael Richards in "Seinfeld").

"The more I find out about how the process works the more confused I get," Parsons confesses to Gold Derby. "If somebody doesn't win who I think should win, I don't even know who to blame anymore. It could be their own fault" — because of what race they entered or due to the sample episode they chose to give to judges.

Parsons submitted "The Pancake Batter Anomaly" episode as the one judges will view if he makes the top 10 runoff. "I chose the episode where I'm sick. I thought the whole episode had a real good flow."

And what does he think about the Emmys in general?

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"All my life I have dreamed of hearing a theater luminary open the envelope and mispronounce my name at the Tonys," confesses David Javerbaum, nominee for best music score ("Cry-Baby") in an open letter to voters that appears at Broadway.com.

While shamelessly groveling before "the 793 smartest, best-looking people in the theater world," Javerbaum does a fun riff trying to bribe them with half-priced "Cry-Baby" refrigerator magnets and a plate of linguini al trecento elettori di Tony home-cooked by his wife.

Oh, yeah, and he engages in a bit of mud- and WMD-slinging at his rivals, accusing them of "53 felony convictions ranging from armed robbery . . . the unlicensed importation of baby seal meat" and selling "many nuclear Sidewinder missiles" to North Korea. READ MORE shocking ballyhoo!