The MTV Music Video Awards are about to get a dose of Jack Black. The actor-slash-rocker will host this year's version of the anything-can-happen extravaganza, set for Aug. 31, MTV announced Thursday. "Prepare yourself for a rip snortin' humdinger," Black said.

The awards will air live from Radio City Music Hall in New York. Performers include Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Panic! at the Disco and Ludacris. Black, 34, is the "perfect mix of comedy, rock, irreverence and star power," MTV President Christina Norman said in a statement.

Black's films include "Nacho Libre," "King Kong" and "School of Rock." He'll next be seen with his Tenacious D bandmate, Kyle Gass, in the semi-autobiographical comedy "Tenacious D in `The Pick of Destiny,'" slated for release Nov. 17.

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Jack Black Is Nacho Libre

Before we saw Mission Impossible III, we were treated to the trailer for the upcoming Jack Black film, Nacho Libre. By day, Ignacio (Jack Black) is a cook in a Mexican orphanage. Ignacio's friends call him "Nacho." But by night he moonlights as a lucha libre wrestler to raise money for the orphans in this comedy brought to us by the creators of Napoleon Dynamite.

The film also stars Ana de la Reguera as the beautiful and unobtainable Sister Encarnacion. The Official Site has lots of photos and some very funny Video Confessionals by Jack Black. It opens June 16, 2006 and looks completely ridiculous. Works for us.

Posted on May 12, 2006
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