The MTV Awards aren’t exactly the Oscars or Emmys. Or the Golden Globes. Or the People’s Choice Awards. But they are indicative of the taste of the under 30 crowd, which is massively important to Hollywood. This demographic largely has money to sling at movie tickets and to spend on advertisers of certain TV shows, without the burden of mortgages, student loans, or kids, so what they like makes a huge impact on the decisions that get made as far as TV and film projects. (Obviously, since I keep calling them “they,” I am not part of this demographic.)
All anyone can talk about is ‘Avengers: Endgame’ and ‘Game of Thrones’, domating the MTV TV & Movie Awards, along with… ‘RBG’ the documentary about Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Well, alright then.
This marks the first occasion that ‘Avengers: Endgame’ has been nominated for awards, as it hasn’t even been out for a month yet. For the MTV TV & Movie Awards, it is up for Best Movie, Best Fight (Captain America vs. Thanos), Best Hero (Tony Stark/Iron Man), and Best Villain (Thanos).
‘Game of Thrones’ is up for Best Show, Best Hero (Arya Stark), Best Performance in a Show (Emilia Clarke), and Best Fight (Arya vs. the White Walkers). ‘RBG’ is up for Best Documentary and Best Fight, as well as the new category Real-Life Hero, and the only-on-MTV category of Most Meme-able Moment.
All three of the top nominees are competing in the Best Fight category, with Arya vs. the White Walkers facing off against Captain America vs. Thanos and RBG vs. “Inequality.” The other nominations in that category are Captain Marvel vs. Minn-Erva from ‘Captain Marvel’, and the WWE’s Wrestlemania clash between Becky Lynch, Ronda Rousey, and Charlotte Flair.
For Best Movie, ‘Endgame’ is up against ‘BlacKkKlansman’, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’, Netflix’s ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’, and ‘Us’. In the Best Show category, ‘Game of Thrones’ is up against the most WTF collection of nominees ever, Netflix’s animated ‘Big Mouth’, the hot mess that is The CW’s ‘Riverdale’, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ (whu-?!), and ‘The Haunting of Hill House’. I have no snarky comments for this, as I am too bewildered that THESE are considered the best shows on TV by any awards-granting body.
Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man is up against another Marvel hero, Captain Marvel as portrayed by Brie Larson, as well as Zachary Levi as ‘Shazam!’. Levi is also up for Best Comedic Performance. He might have an “in” however, as Levi is hosting this year’s awards telecast.
Unlike other awards, YOU can vote for the winner in this fight, by going to MTV.com.
The awards will be handed out on Monday, June 17 at 9 p.m.
Below is the full list of nominations:
BEST MOVIE
Avengers: Endgame
BlacKkKlansman
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
Us
BEST SHOW
Big Mouth
Game of Thrones
Riverdale
Schitt’s Creek
The Haunting of Hill House
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A MOVIE
Amandla Stenberg (Starr Carter) – The Hate U Give
Lady Gaga (Ally) – A Star is Born
Lupita Nyong’o (Red) – Us
Rami Malek (Freddie Mercury) – Bohemian Rhapsody
Sandra Bullock (Malorie) – Bird Box
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SHOW
Elisabeth Moss (June Osborne/Offred) – The Handmaid’s Tale
Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) – Game of Thrones
Gina Rodriguez (Jane Villanueva) – Jane the Virgin
Jason Mitchell (Brandon) – The Chi
Kiernan Shipka (Sabrina Spellman) – Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
BEST HERO
Brie Larson (Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel) – Captain Marvel
John David Washington (Ron Stallworth) – BlacKkKlansman
Maisie William
s (Arya Stark) – Game of Thrones
Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron Man) – Avengers: Endgame
Zachary Levi (Billy Batson/Shazam) – Shazam!
BEST VILLAIN
Jodie Comer (Villanelle) – Killing Eve
Joseph Fiennes (Commander Fred Waterford) – The Handmaid’s Tale
Josh Brolin (Thanos) – Avengers: Endgame
Lupita Nyong’o (Red) – Us
Penn Badgley (Joe Goldberg) – You
BEST KISS
Camila Mendes & Charles Melton (Veronica Lodge & Reggie Mantle) – Riverdale
Jason Momoa & Amber Heard (Aquaman & Mera) – Aquaman
Ncuti Gatwa & Connor Swindells (Eric Effiong & Adam Groff) – Sex Education
Noah Centineo & Lana Condor (Peter Kavinsky & Lara Jean) – To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
Tom Hardy & Michelle Williams (Eddie Brock/Venom & Anne Weying) – Venom
REALITY ROYALTY
Jersey Shore: Family Vacation
Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta
The Bachelor
The Challenge
Vanderpump Rules
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Awkwafina (Peik Lin Goh) – Crazy Rich Asians
Dan Levy (David Rose) – Schitt’s Creek
John Mulaney (Andrew Glouberman) – Big Mouth
Marsai Martin (Little Jordan Sanders) – Little
Zachary Levi (Billy Batson/Shazam) – Shazam!
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Awkwafina (Peik Lin Goh) – Crazy Rich Asians
Haley Lu Richardson (Stella) – Five Feet Apart
Mj Rodriguez (Blanca Rodriguez) – Pose
Ncuti Gatwa (Eric Effiong) – Sex Education
Noah Centineo (Peter Kavinsky) – To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
BEST FIGHT
Avengers: Endgame – Captain America vs. Thanos
Captain Marvel – Captain Marvel vs. Minn-Erva
Game of Thrones – Arya Stark vs. the White Walkers
RBG – Ruth Bader Ginsburg vs. Inequality
WWE Wrestlemania – Becky Lynch vs. Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair
BEST REAL–LIFE HERO
Alex Honnold – Free Solo
Hannah Gadsby – Nanette
Roman Reigns – WWE SmackDown
Ruth Bader Ginsburg – RBG
Serena Williams – Being Serena
MOST FRIGHTENED PERFORMANCE
Alex Wolff (Peter) – Hereditary
Linda Cardellini (Anna Tate-Garcia) – The Curse of La Llorona
Rhian Rees (Dana Haines) – Halloween
Sandra Bullock (Malorie) – Bird Box
Victoria Pedretti (Nell Crain) – The Haunting of Hill House
BEST DOCUMENTARY
At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal
McQueen
Minding the Gap
RBG
Surviving R. Kelly
BEST HOST
Gayle King – CBS This Morning
Nick Cannon – Wild ‘n Out
Nick Cannon – The Masked Singer
RuPaul – RuPaul’s Drag Race
Trevor Noah – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
MOST MEME-ABLE MOMENT
Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club – The Lilo Dance
Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood – Ray J’s Hat
RBG – The Notorious RBG
RuPaul’s Drag Race – Asia O’Hara’s butterfly finale fail
The Bachelor – Colton Underwood jumps the fence
