In the opinion of Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, and blogs around the world, there are only two pieces of pop culture that matter this year so far: Avengers: Endgame and Game of Thrones. Newly announced nominations for MTV’s Movie and TV Awards confirm those beliefs.
Avengers: Endgame and Game of Thrones racked up top nominations for this year’s awards ceremony. Endgame picked up several nominations for Best Movie, Best Hero (Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron-Man), Best Villain (Josh Brolin as Thanos), and Best Fight (Captain America vs. Thanos). Game of Thrones also picked up four nominations, including Best TV Show, Best Performance in a Show (Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen), Best Hero (Maisie Williams as Arya Stark), and Best Fight (Arya Stark vs. the White Walkers).
Sure, there are other nominees — Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg also earned a nomination for Best Hero and Best Fight (RBG vs. inequality) — but it’s clear that this year’s awards show is all about the aforementioned pop culture mammoths. As it should be! Sure, Ginsburg has fought for decades to make the United States of America a better place for hundreds of millions of people to live, but did she concoct a plan to stop Thanos from snapping half of the universe’s population into nothingness? Exactly.
The MTV Movie and TV Awards, easily the second-most prestigious of all the entertainment awards shows held in June, are a glimpse into Hollywood’s upcoming accolade season this year. Avengers and Game of Thrones are both ending after years of entertaining us — most conventional awards shows are going to acknowledge them. Endgame will pick up some visual effects Oscars, and Game of Thrones will take home an Emmy or Golden Globe, so in many ways, the early recognition from the MTV Movie and TV Awards can be see as a trailblazer in this regard.
If you’re one of the few people who don’t care for Game of Thrones or Avengers: Endgame, don’t worry. MTV is also ensuring that shows like Jersey Shore: Family Vacation get the awards show attention they deserve. It’s nominated for “Reality Royalty,” a new category dedicated to shows about real people in real, everyday situations.
The full list of nominations is below. The MTV Movie and TV Awards will air at 9PM ET on June 17th, only on MTV.
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 Williams (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
