MTV Movie & TV Awards 2023 Full Winners List: ‘The Last of Us,’ ‘Scream VI’ Take Top Honors: Due to the ongoing strike by the Writers Guild of America, the MTV Movie & TV Awards encountered a number of obstacles this year. While the awards show was scheduled to air live on Sunday, the network announced that it would instead air a pre-taped special because several attendees had pulled out.
In a statement, Bruce Gillmer, president of music, music talent, programming, and events at Paramount Global and an executive producer of the MTV Movie & TV Awards, said, “As we carefully navigate how best to deliver the fan first awards’ show we envisioned, 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 peaks, irreverent categories our audience has come to expect, and countless moments
During the writers’ strike, a wild week of production changes for the MTV Movie & TV Awards resulted in a diverse group of stars receiving golden popcorn statuettes on Sunday.
The smash hit film “Top Gun: Maverick received the most nominations among scripted content alongside television shows “Stranger Things,” “The Last of Us,” “The White Lotus,” and “Wednesday.” Shows like “Jersey Shore Family Vacation,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” and “Vanderpump Rules” dominated the unscripted category nominations. The Comic Genius Award went to Jennifer Coolidge, while the Best Musical Moment Award went to Purple Hearts for their performance of “Come Back Home.”
Drew Barrymore was originally scheduled to host the annual event, but she announced on Thursday that she will no longer be doing so in support of the writers’ strike. Even though some of Barrymore’s parts had already been recorded before the strike started, the ceremony continued without a formal host. Barrymore said in a statement that she would host the show again in 2024.
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2023 Full Winners List: ‘The Last of Us,’ ‘Scream VI’ Take Top Honors: Following reports that striking individuals from the Journalists Organization of America wanted to picket at the St Nick Monica Barker Shelter, where the occasion is being shot, chief maker Bruce Gillmer partook in a proclamation to CNN that the MTV Film and television Grants were “turning away from a live occasion” via circulating a pre-taped rendition of the function on Sunday all things being equal.
The majority of the telecast consisted of flashback clips from previous MTV Movie & TV Awards shows as well as pre-taped speeches from winners, which were a part of that pivot.
The complete list of candidates is provided below, with the winners highlighted in bold.
See the list of winners below.
Best Movie
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“Elvis”
“Nope”
“Scream VI”
“Smile”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
Best Show
“Stranger Things”
“The Last of Us”
“The White Lotus”
“Wednesday”
“Wolf Pack”
“Yellowjackets”
“Yellowstone”
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 Performance in a Show
Aubrey Plaza, “The White Lotus”
Christina Ricci, “Yellowjackets”
Jenna Ortega, “Wednesday”
Riley Keough, “Daisy Jones & The Six”
Sadie Sink, “Stranger Things”
Selena Gomez, “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”
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 (portrayed by Jenna Davis and Amie Donald), “M3GAN”
The Bear, “Cocaine Bear”
Best Kiss
Anna Torv & Philip Prajoux, “The Last Of Us”
Harry Styles & David Dawson, “My Policeman”
Madison Bailey & Rudy Pankow, “Outer Banks”
Riley Keough & Sam Claflin, “Daisy Jones & The Six”
Selena Gomez & Cara Delevingne, “Only Murders in the Building”
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 Fight
Ladybug vs. The Wolf, “Bullet Train”
Gale Weathers vs. Ghostface, “Scream VI”
Vecna vs. Eleven, “Stranger Things”
John Wick vs. Everyone, “John Wick: Chapter 4”
Escape from Narkina 5, “Andor”
Best 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 Duo
Camila Mendes & Maya Hawke, “Do Revenge”
Jenna Ortega & Victor Dorobantu (as Thing), “Wednesday”
Pedro Pascal & Bella Ramsey, “The Last Of Us”
Simona Tabasco & Beatrice Grannò,”The White Lotus”
Tom Cruise & 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
“Still Alive,” Demi Lovato
“Vegas,” Doja Cat
“Hold My Hand,” Lady Gaga
“I Ain’t Worried,” OneRepublic
“Lift Me Up,” Rihanna
“Carolina,” Taylor Swift
Best Musical Moment
“Big Boys” in “Saturday Night Live”
“Body” in “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law”
“Come Back Home” in “Purple Hearts”
“Goo Goo Muck” in “Wednesday”
“I Will Survive” (Bachelorette Party) in “Ginny & Georgia”
Jack’s Tap Dance in “Don’t Worry Darling”
“Look at Us Now (Honeycomb)” in “Daisy Jones & The Six”
“Long, Long Time” (Bill & Frank Play Piano) in “The Last of Us”
“Naatu Naatu” in “RRR”
“Revolting Children” in “Matilda the Musical”
“Running Up That Hill” in “Stranger Things”
“Simon’s Song” in “Young Royals”
“This Love (Taylor’s Version)” in “The Summer I Turned Pretty”
“Titanium” in “M3GAN”
“Trouble” in “Elvis”
“You Should See Me in a Crown” in “The School for Good and Evil”
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”
Best Docu-Reality Show
“Jersey Shore: Family Vacation”
“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”
“Family Reunion: Love & Hip Hop Edition”
“The Kardashians”
“Vanderpump Rules”
Best Competition Series
“All Star Shore”
“Big Brother”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars”
“The Challenge: USA”
“The Traitors”
Best Host
Drew Barrymore, “The Drew Barrymore Show”
Joel Madden, “Ink Master”
Nick Cannon, “The Masked Singer”
RuPaul: RuPaul’s Drag Race
Kelly Clarkson, The Kelly Clarkson Show
Best Reality On-Screen Team
Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino, Vinny Guadagnino, Pauly D (MVP), “Jersey Shore: Family Vacation”
Tori Deal and Devin Walker, “The Challenge: Ride or Dies”
RuPaul Charles and Michelle Visage, “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
Ariana Madix, Katie Maloney, Scheana Shay, LaLa Kent, “Vanderpump Rules”
Garcelle Beauvais and Sutton Stracke, “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”
Comedic Genius Award: Jennifer Coolidge