Clear your calendars for tomorrow night–MTV is promising viewers that Johnny Depp will appear during the live presentation of the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, June 1st, at 8 p.m. Eastern time. Media outlets like Extra and The Insider are reporting that Johnny will be presenting an award; no word on which one. Of course, Johnny is also nominated for a pair of 2008 MTV Movie Awards, as Best Villian for SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET and as Best Comedic Performance for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END. AT WORLD’S END is nominated as Best Movie, and Keira Knightley vies for Best Female Performance for her role as Elizabeth Swann.

Other nominees in the Best Villain category include Denzel Washington in AMERICAN GANGSTER, Angelina Jolie in BEOWULF, Topher Grace in SPIDER-MAN 3, and Javier Bardem in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. In Best Comedic Performance, other nominees include Adam Sandler in I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY, Jonah Hill in SUPERBAD, Seth Rogen in KNOCKED UP, and Amy Adams in ENCHANTED.

The MTV Movie Awards will air live from the Gibson Amphitheater Sunday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time; the two-hour show will be immediately rebroadcast on Sunday night at 10 p.m. MTV will also be streaming the show live on their website. For pre-show activity, Canadian MTV will broadcast “Live From the Red Carpet” beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET; try http://www.mtv.ca/ to see their coverage. The Zone thanks vermontfudge, California Kat, flo116, Theresa and Utopiah for sharing the news.

Our picture shows Johnny Depp receiving the Golden Popcorn at last year’s MTV Movie Awards; to see a larger version, click here. –Part-Time Poet