Charlize Theron and Andrew Garfield are among the stars handing out gongs at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards.
The South African actress and the Amazing Spider-Man star will be presenters at the star-studded US ceremony, alongside their co-stars Emma Stone, Chris Hemsworth and Kristen Stewart.
Shame star Michael Fassbender, Friends With Benefits’ Mila Kunis and Contraband’s Mark Wahlberg will also be on presenting duties on June 3.
Russell Brand is to host the awards. “This MTV Movie Awards will be more impressive than The Avengers and you won’t have to wait an hour for someone to Hulk out,” he said.
The Hunger Games and Bridesmaids lead the battle for the gongs, with eight nominations each, including a best female …

Upon arrival at Friday night’s First Amendment party in Washington, actress Charlize Theron was whisked past the red carpet and down into the VIP lounge — so fast that the mob of media types barely had time to recognize her.
“I totally missed that. How did I miss that?” bemoaned ABC’s Rick Klein as he realized that the “Young Adult” star had just passed right by him.
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In a roped-off VIP section, Theron mingled with actress Rosario Dawson, while political types Reggie Love and Abby Huntsman Livingston chatted up journos including Luke Russert, Willie Geist and John Heilemann.
And in the thick of it all, with the music blaring, Sports Illustrated model …

Charlize Theron has a few regrets in her career: She should have gotten a boob job and never watched the movie Splash!
The actress got personal when she accepted the award for Distinguished Decade of Achievement in Film Thursday at the CinemaCon 2012 Awards Show at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
“To some people that [the reel] might look like I’m completely bipolar. To the actors in this audience that shows what a lucky bitch I am,” Theron, 36, joked of her wide ouevre of gritty dramas, comedies and action-adventure flicks. The Oscar-winner is a new mom and revealed on March 14 in a statement to Us Weekly that she adopted a baby boy named Jackson. “Thanks …

Charlize Theron took a break from new mommy duties on Thursday night to catch up with her pregnant pal Reese Witherspoon.
The Academy Award-winning actresses took in some girl talk over dinner at Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood, where the two “genuinely [appeared] to have fun with one another,” an onlooker tells PEOPLE, adding that Theron sipped on wine, while expectant Witherspoon drank sparkling water.
Theron, who sported a white blazer and jeans with her hair pulled back, was all smiles, according to the source, who says Witherspoon was glowing in a casual short dress.
After greeting friends who approached the ladies’ table throughout their meal, Theron and Witherspoon called it a night around 10:20 p.m. …

Charlize Theron is auctioning off dresses from her closet to raise money for her charity fighting Aids in Africa.
The star has donated designer gowns she has previously worn for the Charity Buzz auction benefiting the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP), dailystar.co.uk reports.
Among the items up for grabs is a Versace little black dress the actress wore during an awards ceremony, as well as a purple Lanvin design she wore at France’s Cannes Film Festival in 2004.
Theron co-founded CTAOP in 2007 to help keep young Africans safe from HIV. The organisation has helped over 50,000 kids receive health education.
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Oscar winner Charlize Theron is set to be honoured for her decade of film achievements at an upcoming Las Vegas convention of theatre owners. The actor shot to fame in the 1990s by becoming the first South African to win an Oscar in a major acting category.
Now she’s set to be singled out for her career when she receives the Distinguished Decade of Achievement in Film Award at CinemaCon April 26, reports contactmusic.com.
“Over the past decade, Charlize Theron has proven that as an actor, she can do it all. Whether her role be comedic or dramatic, she never ceases to entertain audiences with her unique ability to capture the essence of any character,” Mitch Neuhauser …

New mother Charlize Theron may have a tougher time than other new moms adjusting to her first child. That’s because she’s admitted to suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder or OCD.
“I have OCD, which is not fun,” she told Australian radio show Kyle and Jackie O. “I have to be incredibly tidy and organized or it messes with my mind and switches off on me.”
Babies, especially once they reach toddler-hood, aren’t exactly known for their neatness. The Oscar-winning actress announced last week that she is the “proud mom of a healthy baby boy named Jackson.” This is the first child for the 36-year-old actress who has been single since her split from actor Stuart Townsend in 2010.
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Charlize Theron admits she finds it “so hard” to be away from her newly adopted son.
The 36-year-old ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ actress had to leave baby Jackson at home while she attended last night’s (18.03.12) Human Rights Campaign gala, and confessed it was no easy task.
She said: “He’s doing great. It’s very hard for me to leave the house now so you know how important this is because I was like standing at the door going, ‘Ah, this is so hard!’”
Honoured with the Ally For Equality award for her advocacy work for the LGBT community, she told the audience: “Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It’s about something greater. It’s about acceptance …

“Young Adult” star Charlize Theron has parted ways with her longtime manager J.J. Harris of One Talent Management.
Sources close to the situation told Variety that there was no acrimony — the working relationship had simply run its course.
“We had a great run, but Charlize is booked for the next couple years and simply doesn’t need a manager right now,” Harris told Variety. “She wants to focus on her production company. We remain friends.”
Harris signed Theron in the mid-90s when she was an agent at UTA and the South African thesp spilled a Diet Coke on her in a meeting. It wasn’t long before Theron booked a key role in the MGM thriller “2 Days in …

After the surprise announcement of the adoption of her son Jackson, Charlize Theron admits things have changed — namely, the public goodwill coming her way.
“It’s been amazing, the amount of emails and congratulations,” the Snow White and the Huntsman star, 36, told Ryan Seacrest Friday on his radio show.
“Everyone’s just been so lovely — it’s been really nice.”
When asked about her time as a parent thus far, Theron replied that keeping her 4-month-old son well-wrapped seems to be the secret to success.
“I didn’t think I would be a fan of the swaddling, but the swaddling’s pretty amazing,” she says.
“It sort of looks a bit like a straitjacket — you’re like, ‘Is this child abuse?’ — …