Vanessa Hudgens, Tayshia Adams preview MTV Movie & TV Awards
Vanessa Hudgens and Tayshia Adams, hosts of Sunday’s MTV Movie & TV Awards, share what to expect during the show. (June 3)
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The MTV Movie & TV Awards return Sunday night with a live show that could see “Spider-Man: No Way Home” snag some trophies.
The superhero sensation enters the show as the leading nominee with seven. With almost $1.9 billion in box office earnings, “No Way Home” was the biggest film of 2021 and a fan favorite, though it was largely overlooked by the major awards shows.
MTV’s celebration of films and television shows is a lighter, breezier show. Vanessa Hudgens is hosting this year, and the show will be broadcast live from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, beginning at 8 p.m. ET/PT on MTV, BET, Comedy Central, VH1 and other Paramount networks.
Jack Black will receive the Comic Genius honor, while Jennifer Lopez is this year’s Generation Award recipient, which celebrates actors whose diverse contributions in both film and television have turned them into household names.
HBO’s “Euphoria” has six nominations, while “The Batman” has four. In all, 26 awards will be handed out in gender-neutral categories during the two-hour show, which will be immediately followed at 10 ET/PT by Unscripted, which honors reality television shows.
This year, the show has added best song and “Here for the Hookup” awards.
Diplo and Swae Lee will perform “Tupelo Shuffle” from director Baz Luhrmann‘s upcoming “Elvis” biopic.
The ceremony is returning to a live format after being prerecorded for several years.
The nominees:
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Best movie
“Dune”
“Scream”
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
“Spider-Man: No Way Home”
“The Adam Project”
“The Batman”
Best show
“Euphoria”
“Inventing Anna”
“Loki”
“Squid Game”
“Ted Lasso”
“Yellowstone”
Best performance in a movie
Lady Gaga, “House of Gucci”
Robert Pattinson, “The Batman”
Sandra Bullock, “The Lost City”
Timothée Chalamet, “Dune”
Tom Holland, “Spider-Man: No Way Home”
Best performance in a show
Amanda Seyfried, “The Dropout”
Kelly Reilly, “Yellowstone”
Lily James, “Pam & Tommy”
Sydney Sweeney, “Euphoria”
Zendaya, “Euphoria”
Best hero
Daniel Craig, “No Time to Die”
Oscar Isaac, “Moon Knight”
Scarlett Johansson, “Black Widow”
Simu Liu, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
Tom Holland, “Spider-Man: No Way Home”
Best villain
Colin Farrell, “The Batman”
Daniel Radcliffe, “The Lost City”
James Jude Courtney, “Halloween Kills”
Victoria Pedretti, “You”
Willem Dafoe, “Spider-Man: No Way Home”
Best kiss
Hunter Schafer & Dominic Fike, “Euphoria”
Lily Collins & Lucien Laviscount, “Emily in Paris”
Poopies & the snake, “Jackass Forever”
Robert Pattinson & Zoë Kravitz, “The Batman”
Tom Holland & Zendaya, “Spider-Man: No Way Home”
Best comedic performance
Brett Goldstein, “Ted Lasso”
John Cena, “Peacemaker”
Johnny Knoxville, “Jackass Forever”
Megan Stalter, “Hacks”
Ryan Reynolds, “Free Guy”
Breakthrough performance
Alana Haim, “Licorice Pizza”
Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
Jung Ho-yeon, “Squid Game”
Sophia Di Martino, “Loki”
Best fight
Black Widow vs. Widows, “Black Widow”
Cassie vs. Maddy, “Euphoria”
Guy vs. Dude, “Free Guy”
Shang-Chi bus fight, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
Spider-Men end battle, “Spider-Man: No Way Home”
Most frightened performance
Jenna Ortega, “Scream”
Kyle Richards, “Halloween Kills”
Mia Goth, “X”
Millicent Simmonds, “A Quiet Place Part II”
Sadie Sink, “Fear Street: Part Two 1978”
Best team
“Loki” (Tom Hiddleston, Sophia Di Martino, Owen Wilson)
“Only Murders in the Building” (Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, Martin Short)
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” (Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, Tobey Maguire)
“The Adam Project” (Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell)
“The Lost City” (Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Brad Pitt)
Here for the Hookup
“Euphoria”
“Never Have I Ever”
“Pam & Tommy”
“Sex/Life”
“Sex Lives of College Girls”
Best song
“Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” (Jennifer Hudson, “Respect”)
“Just Look Up” (Ariana Grande & Kid Cudi, “Don’t Look Up”)
“Little Star” (Dominic Fike, “Euphoria”)
“On My Way (Marry Me)” (Jennifer Lopez, “Marry Me”)
“We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (Cast, “Encanto”)
Unscripted nominations
Best docu-reality series
“Jersey Shore: Family Vacation”
“Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta”
“Selling Sunset”
“Summer House”
“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”
Best competition series
“American Idol”
“Dancing With the Stars”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race”
“The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies”
“The Masked Singer”
Best lifestyle show
“Bar Rescue”
“Dr. Pimple Popper”
“Making It”
“Selena + Chef”
“Queer Eye”
Best new unscripted series
“Hart to Heart”
“Teen Mom: Family Reunion”
“The D’Amelio Show”
“The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip”
“Queen of the Universe”
Best reality star
Chris “CT” Tamburello, “The Challenge”
Chrishell Stause, “Selling Sunset”
Lindsay Hubbard, “Summer House”
Teresa Giudice, “The Real Housewives of New Jersey”
Willow Pill, “RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 14”
Best reality romance
Joe Amabile & Serena Pitt, “Bachelor in Paradise”
Loren & Alexei Brovarnik, “Loren & Alexei: After the 90 Days”
Nany González & Kaycee Clark, “The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies”
Tom Sandoval & Ariana Madix, “Vanderpump Rules”
Yandy & Mendeecees, “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta”
Best talk/topical show
“The Daily Show With Trevor Noah”
“The Drew Barrymore Show”
“The Kelly Clarkson Show”
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”
“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”
Best host
Charlamagne Tha God, “Tha God’s Honest Truth”
Gordon Ramsay, “MasterChef”
Kelly Clarkson, “The Kelly Clarkson Show”
Rob Dyrdek, “Ridiculousness”
RuPaul, “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
Breakthrough social star
Bella Poarch, @bellapoarch on TikTok
Benito Skinner, @bennydrama7 on Instagram
Caleb Hearon, @calebsaysthings on Twitter
Khaby Lame, @khabylame on TikTok
Megan Stalter, @megstalter on Instagram
Best fight
Bosco vs. Lady Camden, “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
Candiace Dillard Bassett vs. Mia Thornton salad toss fight, “The Real Housewives of Potomac”
Christine Quinn vs. Chrishell Stause, “Selling Sunset”
Danielle Olivera vs. Ciara Miller vs. Lindsay Hubbard, “Summer House”
Margaret Josephs vs. Teresa Giudice, “The Real Housewives of New Jersey”
Best reality return
Bethenny Frankel, “The Big Shot with Bethenny”
Kylie Sonique Love, “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars”
Paris Hilton, “Cooking With Paris,” “Paris in Love”
Sher, ” Ex on the Beach”
Tami Roman, “The Real World Homecoming: Los Angeles”
Best music documentary
“Janet Jackson.”
“jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy”
“Oasis Knebworth 1996”
“Olivia Rodrigo: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)”
“The Beatles: Get Back”
Contributing: The Associated Press and Edward Segarra, USA TODAY
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