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"Jay and Silent Bob" Clean Up at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards.


Actors Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith Claim Orbit([R]) Dirtiest Mouth Moment

LOS ANGELES -- Orbit[R] gum, the nation's No. 1 selling chewing gum brand(a) from the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company The Wrigley Company (NYSE: WWY) was founded on April 1, 1891 originally selling products such as soap and baking powder. In 1892, William Wrigley, Jr., the company's founder, began offering chewing gum with each can of baking powder.  (NYSE NYSE

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:WWY WWY Where Were You? ), cleaned up some of Hollywood's dirtiest mouths today at the 2007 MTV MTV
 in full Music Television

U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business.
 Movie Awards by recognizing actors Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith during the "Orbit Dirtiest Mouth Moment."

In a pre-taped segment aired during the live telecast, Vanessa Branch, Orbit's stylish ambassador of clean, presented Mewes and Smith with MTV's signature Golden Bucket of Popcorn and a life-time supply of Orbit to clean up their dirty mouth roles as "Jay and Silent Bob" in Clerks II.

Leading up to the June 3rd broadcast, nominees for the Orbit Dirtiest Mouth Moment were available online at orbit.mtv.com, where viewers were invited to choose their favorite dirty mouth scene in need of cleaning up. In addition to Clerks II, this year's four nominees included Steve-O for his role in Jackass jackass: see ass.  Number Two, Ryan Reynolds, Alicia Keyes and Common for their roles in Smokin' Aces and Dax Shepard and Efren Ramirez for their roles in Employee of the Month.

About Wrigley

The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company is a recognized leader in confections with a wide range of product offerings including gum, mints, hard and chewy chew·y  
adj. chew·i·er, chew·i·est
Needing much chewing: chewy candy.



chewi·ness n.
 candies, lollipops, and chocolate. The Company has global sales of nearly $4.7 billion and distributes its world-famous brands in more than 180 countries. Three of these brands - Wrigley's Spearmint[R], Juicy Fruit[R], and Altoids[R] - have heritages stretching back more than a century. Other well-loved brands include Doublemint[R], Life Savers[R], Big Red[R], Boomer[R], Pim Pom[R], Winterfresh[R], Extra[R], Freedent[R], Hubba Bubba[R], Orbit[R], Excel[R], Creme Savers[R], Eclipse[R], Airwaves[R], Solano[R], Sugus[R], P.K.[R], and Cool Air[R].

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