The Inaugural MTV Movie and TV Awards Will Include All Genderless Categories
By Christopher Rosa. Photos: Getty Images.
MTV just shook up the awards show game in the best way possible. The network recently announced that this year's MTV Movie Awards will actually be a celebration of both film and TV—and aptly re-titled the MTV Movie and TV Awards. There are 16 categories in the inaugural show: Some are film-specific. Some are TV-specific. And some actually blend talent from both film and TV. (Best Villain, for example, lists both Get Out's Alison Williams and the Demogorgon in Stranger Things as nominees.) This move speaks to the ever-increasing blurred line between television and film. People don't just go to the theater or watch live television on Thursday nights anymore. They simultaneously stream movies and TV shows on platforms like Netflix. They record TV shows and watch them later on their phones. There isn't this great divide between the mediums anymore, and it's a sign of the times that MTV is taking notice.
But that's not even the best part: All of the categories for the MTV Movie and TV Awards are genderless. Yup. There's no Best Actress or Best Actor; instead, both Emma Watson and Hugh Jackman will duke it out for Best Actor in a Movie. Donald Glover and Mandy Moore are both in the running for Best Actor in a Show. And mediums collide in more general categories like Best Villain and Best Kiss. Again, this a very cool move from MTV. Many people think the gender separation in awards shows is antiquated and, sometimes, even offensive. Putting both women and men on the same playing field takes gender politics out of the equation and allows the performances to speak for themselves. May the best person win (read: Millie Bobby Brown).
MTV also updated its legendary Best Fight Award to Best Fight Against the System, which will celebrate the film or TV show that made the biggest sociopolitical impact in 2016. The wokeness is real.
Adam Devine will host the MTV Movie and TV Awards, which airs May 7 at 8 P.M. ET on MTV. Check out all of the nominees, below:
Movie of the Year
Beauty and the Beast
Get Out
Logan
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The Edge of Seventeen
Best Actor in a Movie
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Emma Watson, Beauty and the Beast
Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen
Hugh Jackman, Logan
James McAvoy, Split
Taraji P. Henson, Hidden Figures
Show of the Year
Atlanta
Game of Thrones
Insecure
Pretty Little Liars
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Best Actor in a TV Show
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, The Walking Dead
Mandy Moore, This Is Us
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Best Kiss
Ashton Sanders and Jharrel Jerome, Moonlight
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Emma Watson and Dan Stevens, Beauty and the Beast
Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard, Empire
Zac Efron and Anna Kendrick, Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates
Best Villain
Allison Williams, Get Out
Demogorgon, Stranger Things
Jared Leto, Suicide Squad
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, The Walking Dead
Wes Bentley, American Horror Story
Best Host
Ellen DeGeneres, The Ellen DeGeneres Show
John Oliver, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Samantha Bee, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Trevor Noah, The Daily Show
Best Documentary
13TH
I Am Not Your Negro
O.J.: Made in America
This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
TIME: The Kalief Browder Story
Best Reality Competition
America’s Got Talent
MasterChef Junior
RuPaul’s Drag Race
The Bachelor
The Voice
Best Comedic Performance
Adam Devine, Workaholics
Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, Broad City
Lil Rel Howery, Get Out
Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy
Seth Rogen, Sausage Party
Will Arnett, The LEGO Batman Movie
Best Hero
Felicity Jones, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Grant Gustin, The Flash
Mike Colter, Luke Cage
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Stephen Amell, Arrow
Taraji P. Henson, Hidden Figures
Tearjerker
Game of Thrones, Hodor’s (Kristian Nairn) Death
Grey’s Anatomy, Meredith tells her children about Derek’s death (Ellen Pompeo)
Me Before You, Will (Sam Claflin) tells Louisa (Emilia Clarke) he can’t stay with her
Moonlight, Paula (Naomie Harris) tells Chiron (Trevante Rhodes) that she loves him
This Is Us, Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Randall (Lonnie Chavis) at karate
Next Generation
Chrissy Metz
Daniel Kaluuya
Issa Rae
Riz Ahmed
Yara Shahidi
Best Duo
Adam Levine and Blake Shelton, The Voice
Daniel Kaluuya and Lil Rel Howery, Get Out
Brian Tyree Henry and Lakeith Stanfield, Atlanta
Hugh Jackman and Dafne Keen, Logan
Josh Gad and Luke Evans, Beauty and the Beast
Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg, Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party
Best American Story
Blackish
Fresh Off the Boat
Jane the Virgin
Moonlight
Transparent
Best Fight Against the System
Get Out
Hidden Figures
Loving
Luke Cage
Mr. Robot
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