MTV Movie Awards 2023: When honoring the best in cinema and television, look no further than MTV’s annual Movie & TV Awards (previously known as the MTV Movie Awards). In 1992, MTV debuted its annual Movie Awards. In 2017, for its 26th edition, the event honoring achievements in cinema and television was rebranded as the MTV Movie & TV Awards.
With the introduction of the television awards, the ceremony has now been associated with the beginning of the television industry’s awards season. MTV’s producers and executives make the final decision on the nominations. The voting public ultimately selects winners. Voting for the MTV Movie & TV Awards may only be done on the MTV website now. Society Awards, a New York City company, creates the “golden popcorn” statue awarded to the winners.
Strike by Writers Guild of America caused plenty speed-breakers
Due to the continuing strike by the Writers Guild of America, the MTV Movie & TV Awards had to overcome many obstacles this year. Despite the awards event being scheduled to run live on Sunday, the network has stated that they will be airing a pre-taped special due to the strike instead.
“As we carefully navigate how best to deliver the fan-first awards show we envisioned that our team has worked so hard to create, we’re pivoting away from a live event that still enables us to produce a memorable night full of exclusive sneak peeks, irreverent categories our audience has come to expect, and countless moments that will both surprise and delight as we honor the best of film and TV over the past year,” said Bruce Gillmer, president of music, music talent, and entertainment.
Finally, the complete list of MTV Movie & TV Award winners has been released. On Sunday, May 7th, 2023, the annual film and television awards event occurred. Actress Drew Barrymore declined to host the annual ceremony in solidarity with the Writers Guild strike, marking the first time the event had no presenter. The complete list of awardees may be seen below.
MTV Movie Awards 2023: Best Movie
The nominations for the best movies were:
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Scream VI
- Elvis
- Nope
- Smile
Among these, ‘Scream VI’ backed the award for the best movie.
MTV Movie Awards 2023: Best Show
The nominations for the best shows were:
- Stranger Things
- The White Lotus
- The Last of Us
- Wednesday
- Wolf Pack
- Yellowstone
- Yellowjackets
Among the above nominations, ‘The Last of Us’ won the best show award.
MTV Movie Awards 2023: Best Performance in Movie
Nominations for the best performance in the movie are mentioned below:
- Austin Butler for Elvis
- Florence Pug for Don’t Worry Darling
- Tom Cruise for Top Gun: Maverick
- Keke Palmer for Nope
- Michael B. Jordan for Creed III
‘Tom Cruise’ won for the best performance in Top Gun: Maverick.
MTV Movie Awards 2023: Best Performance in Show
Nominations are mentioned below:
- Aubrey Plaza for The White Lotus
- Christina Ricci for Yellowjackets
- Riley Keough for Daisy Jones & The Six
- Jenna Ortega for Wednesday
- Sadie Sink for Stranger Things
- Selena Gomez for Only Murders in the Building
‘Jenna Ortega’ undoubtedly backed the award for the best performance in the show.
Best Hero
The BEST HERO nominations are mentioned below:
- Diego Luna for Andor
- Jenna Ortega for Wednesday
- Pedro Pascal for The Last of Us
- Paul Rudd for Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
- Tom Cruise for Top Gun: Maverick
‘Pedro Pascal’ got the award for the best hero.
Best Villian
The nominations for the above category are mentioned below:
- Harry Styles for Don’t Worry Darling
- Jamie Campbell Bower for Stranger Things
- Elizabeth Olsen for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- M3GAN for M3GAN
- The Bear for Cocaine Bear
‘Elizabeth Olsen’ took home the award for best villain.
Best Kiss
Nominations for the best kiss are given below:
- Anna Torv and Philip Prajoux for The Last of Us
- Harry Styles and David Dawson for My Policeman
- Madison Bailey and Rudy Pankow for Outer Banks
- Riley Keough and Sam Claflin for Daisy Jones & The Six
- Selena Gomez and Cara Delevingne for Only Murders in the Building
‘Madison Bailey and Rudy Pankow’ backed the award for the best kiss.
Best Comedic Performance
The nominations are mentioned below:
- Dylan O’Brien for Not Okay
- Jennifer Coolidge for Shotgun Wedding
- KeKe Palmer for Nope
- Adam Sandler for Murder Mystery 2
- Quinta Brunson for Abbott Elementary
‘Adam Sandler’ won the award for the best comedic performance.
Best Break-Through Performance
The nominations are mentioned below:
- Bad Bunny for Bullet Train
- Joseph Quinn for Stranger Things
- Bella Ramsey for The Last of Us
- Emma D’Arcy for House of the Dragon
- Rachel Sennott for Bodies Bodies Bodies
‘Joseph Quinn’ was the winner for the breakthrough performance.
Best Fight
The nominations for the best fight are as follows:
- Brad Pitt as Ladybug vs. Bad Bunny as The Wolf for Bullet Train
- Jamie Campbell Bower as Vecna vs. Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven for Stranger Things
- Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers vs. Ghostface for Scream VI
- Keanu Reeves as John Wick vs. Everyone for John Wick 4
- Escape from Narkina 5 from Andor
‘Courteney Cox’ took the award home for this category.
Most Frightening Performance
The nominations for this category are mentioned below:
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson for Cocaine Bear
- Jennifer Coolidge for The White Lotus
- Justin Long for Barbarian
- Rachel Sennott for Bodies Bodies Bodies
- Sosie Bacon for Smile
‘Jennifer Coolidge’ is the winner in this category.
Best Duo
Nominations for the above category are given below:
- Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke for Do Revenge
- Jenna Ortega and Thing for Wednesday
- Simona Tabasco and Beatrice Grannò for The White Lotus
- Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey for The Last of Us
- Tom Cruise and Miles Teller for Top Gun: Maverick
‘Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey’ got the award for the Best Duo.
MTV Movie Awards 2023: Best Kick-Ass Cast
The nominations are mentioned below:
- Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Stranger Things
- Outer Banks
- Teen Wolf: The Movie
The ‘Stranger Things’ won for the best kick-ass cast.
MTV Movie Awards 2023: Best Song
Nominations are mentioned below:
- Demi Lovato for “Still Alive” from Scream VI
- Doja Cat for “Vegas” from Elvis
- Taylor Swift for “Carolina” from Where the Crawdads Sing
- Lady Gaga for “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick
- OneRepublic for “I Ain’t Worried” from Top Gun: Maverick
- Rihanna for “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
‘Taylor Swift’ took home the award in this category.
More Awards at the MTV Movie Awards 2023
Best Docu-Series
The nominations are mentioned below:
- Jersey Shore Family Vacation
- The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
- The Kardashians
- Family Reunion: Love & Hip Hop Edition
- Vanderpump Rules
‘The Kardashians’ backed the award in this category.
Best Competition Series
The nominations are mentioned below:
- All-Star Shore
- Big Brother
- RuPaul’s Drag Race: All-Stars
- The Challenge: USA
- The Traitors
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars’ won the best award in this category.
Best Host
The nominations are mentioned below:
- Joel Madden for Ink Master
- Nick Cannon for The Masked Singer
- Drew Barrymore for The Drew Barrymore Show
- RuPaul for RuPaul’s Drag Race
- Kelly Clarkson for The Kelly Clarkson Show
‘Drew Barrymore’ took the award home for this category.
Best Reality On-Screen Time
The nominations are mentioned below:
- Mike Sorrentino, Vinny Guadagnino, Pauly D for Jersey Shore Family Vacation
- Tori Deal and Devin Walker for The Challenge: Ride or Dies
- Ariana Madix, Katie Maloney, Scheana Shay, and LaLa Kent for Vanderpump Rules
- RuPaul Charles and Michelle Visage for RuPaul’s Drag Race
- Garcelle Beauvais and Sutton Stracke for The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
‘Ariana Madix, Katie Maloney, Scheana Shay, and LaLa Kent’ got the award for best reality on-screen time.
Best Music Documentary
The nominations are mentioned below:
- Halftime
- Love, Lizzo
- Sheryl
- Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
- The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie
‘Selena Gomez’ got the award for best music documentary.
Best Musical Moment
The nominations in this category are given below:
- Daisy Jones & The Six for “Look At Us Now”
- Don’t Worry Darling for “Jack’s Tap Dance”
- Elvis for “Trouble”
- Purple Hearts for “Come Back Home”
- Ginny & Georgia for “I Will Survive”
- M3GAN for “Titanium”
- Matilda the Musical for “Revolting Children”
- RRR for “Naatu Naatu”
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law for “Body”
- SNL for “Big Boys”
- Stranger Things for “Running Up That Hill”
- The Last of Us for “Long Long Time”
- The School for Good and Evil for “You Should See Me in a Crown”
- The Summer I Turned Pretty for “This Love”
- Wednesday for “Goo Goo Muck”
- Young Royals for “Simon’s Song”
‘Purple Hearts’ won for the best musical moment.
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