“Top Gun: Maverick” leads all movie nominees with five nods.Photo: AFP
The MTV Movie & TV Awards have announced the nominees for their 2023 show. The annual event has announced Drew Barrymore will host, as the ceremony returns to their home at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica on May 7th.
“Top Gun: Maverick” leads all film nominees with five, while award newbies “Cocaine Bear” and “M3GAN” made appearances on MTV’s list. New categories added this year are Best Reality On-Screen Team and Best Kick-Ass Cast. This year’s ceremony also includes gender-neutral categories and is available for all fans to vote until April 17th.
The 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards film nominees are:
BEST MOVIE
Avatar: The Way of Water
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Nope
Scream VI
Smile
Top Gun: Maverick
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A MOVIE
Austin Butler: Elvis
Florence Pugh: Don’t Worry Darling
KeKe Palmer: Nope
Michael B. Jordan: Creed III
Tom Cruise: Top Gun: Maverick
BEST HERO
Diego Luna: Andor
Jenna Ortega: Wednesday
Paul Rudd: Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
Pedro Pascal: The Last of Us
Tom Cruise: Top Gun: Maverick
BEST VILLAIN
Elizabeth Olsen: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Harry Styles: Don’t Worry Darling
Jamie Campbell Bower: Stranger Things
M3GAN: M3GAN
The Bear: Cocaine Bear
BEST KISS
Anna Torv and Philip Prajoux: The Last of Us
Harry Styles and David Dawson: My Policeman
Madison Bailey and Rudy Pankow: Outer Banks
Riley Keough and Sam Claflin: Daisy Jones & The Six
Selena Gomez and Cara Delevingne: Only Murders in the Building
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Adam Sandler: Murder Mystery 2
Dylan O’Brien: Not Okay
Jennifer Coolidge: Shotgun Wedding
KeKe Palmer: Nope
Quinta Brunson: Abbott Elementary
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Bad Bunny: Bullet Train
Bella Ramsey: The Last of Us
Emma D’Arcy: House of the Dragon
Joseph Quinn: Stranger Things
Rachel Sennott: Bodies Bodies Bodies
BEST FIGHT
Brad Pitt (Ladybug) vs. Bad Bunny (The Wolf): Bullet Train
Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers) vs. Ghostface: Scream VI
Jamie Campbell Bower (Vecna) vs. Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven): Stranger Things
Keanu Reeves (John Wick) vs. Everyone: John Wick 4
Escape from Narkina 5: Andor
MOST FRIGHTENED PERFORMANCE
Jennifer Coolidge: The White Lotus
Jesse Tyler Ferguson: Cocaine Bear
Justin Long: Barbarian
Rachel Sennott: Bodies Bodies Bodies
Sosie Bacon: Smile
BEST DUO
Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke: Do Revenge
Jenna Ortega and Thing: Wednesday
Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey: The Last of Us
Simona Tabasco and Beatrice Grannò: The White Lotus
Tom Cruise and Miles Teller: Top Gun: Maverick
BEST KICK-ASS CAST
Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Outer Banks
Stranger Things
Teen Wolf: The Movie
BEST SONG
Demi Lovato: “Still Alive” (Scream VI)
Doja Cat: “Vegas” (Elvis)
Lady Gaga: “Hold My Hand” (Top Gun: Maverick)
OneRepublic: “I Ain’t Worried” (Top Gun: Maverick)
Rihanna: “Lift Me Up” (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Taylor Swift: “Carolina” (Where the Crawdads Sing)
BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
Halftime
Love, Lizzo
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
Sheryl
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie
Source: Variety
- TeeRoy's 2 Cents:
- The 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards have announced this year’s nominees.
- Other films to make a splash include “Cocaine Bear”, “Elvis” and “M3GAN.”
- The ceremony will air from Santa Monica with host Drew Barrymore on May 7th.
- Source: Variety