The MTV Movie & TV Awards happened last night, Sunday 7th May. There were several big winners including South African comedian Trevor Noah, as well as the cast and crew of Stranger Things show. Among the more hotly contested categories, Emma Watson won the Best Actor In A Movie for her role as Belle in Beauty And The Beast beating Hugh Jackman and Taraji P. Henson for the top award. The Beauty and the Beast remake also scooped up the Best Movie of the Year.
💕 @EmmaWatson's #MTVAwards acceptance speech was super inspiring: https://t.co/zr0Y47RjVk pic.twitter.com/m09KyQf5Kb
— MTV (@MTV) May 8, 2017
Game of Thrones, Atlanta as well as fan favorite This is Us all lost out to Stranger Things show for the award of Best show of the Year. The 2017 awards had some interesting categories including the “tearjerker” which awarded This Is Us for the scene between Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Randal (Lonnie Chavis) at the karate center. Another interesting category that generated lots of buzz was the Next Generation award which included nominees such as Chrissy Mets, Insecure star Issa Rae, Riz Ahmed and Blackish lead Yara Shahidi who lost out to Daniel Kaluuya British lead actor of the show Black Mirror.
Movie of the Year
“Beauty and the Beast” — Winner
“The Edge of Seventeen”
“Get Out”
“Logan”
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
Best Actor in a Movie
Daniel Kaluuya — “Get Out”
Emma Watson — “Beauty and the Beast” — Winner
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” — Winner
“This Is Us”
Best Actor in a 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” — Winner
Best Kiss
Ashton Sanders and Jharrel Jerome — “Moonlight” — Winner
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 and Dave Need Wedding Dates”
Best Villain
Allison Williams — “Get Out”
Demogorgon — “Stranger Things”
Jared Leto — “Suicide Squad”
Jeffrey Dean Morgan — “The Walking Dead” – Winner
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” — Winner
Best Documentary
“13TH” – Winner
“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” — Winner
“The Bachelor”
“The Voice”
Best Comedic Performance
Adam Devine — “Workaholics”
Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson — “Broad City”
Lil Rel Howery — “Get Out” — Winner
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” – Winner
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 — Winner
Next Generation
Chrissy Metz
Daniel Kaluuya — Winner
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” — Winner
Josh Gad and Luke Evans — “Beauty and the Beast”
Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg — “Martha and Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party”
Best American Story
“Black-ish” — Winner
“Fresh Off the Boat”
“Jane the Virgin”
“Moonlight”
“Transparent”
Best Fight Against the System
“Get Out”
“Hidden Figures” — Winner
“Loving”
“Luke Cage”
“Mr. Robot”
This list of nominees and winners was first published on CNN.