“Top Gun: Maverick,” “Stranger Things,” and “The Last of Us” topped all nominees as the MTV Movie & TV Awards announced this year’s nominations for the upcoming 2023 awards show. year, beginners also earned names, the Cocaine Bear, from “Cocaine Bear”, and the creepy murder doll “M3GAN” from “M3GAN”.
The MTV Movie & TV Awards return to the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica for a live broadcast on May 7 at 8 p.m. ET. Drew Barrymore, also nominated for an MTV Movie & TV Award this year, will host.
This year’s awards show includes 26 non-gendered categories. Fans can vote on the show from now until April 17 at 6 p.m. ET.
Other top nominees include “The White Lotus” and “Wednesday,” with four nods each. Meanwhile, in Unscripted, “Jersey Shore Family Vacation,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” and “Vanderpump Rules” all got two nods apiece.
New categories for the MTV Movie & TV Awards this year include Best On-Screen Reality Crew and Best Kick-Ass Cast.
Besides Cocaine Bear and M3GAN, this year’s first-time nominees include Anna Torv, Austin Butler, Bad Bunny, Beatrice Grannò, Bella Ramsey, Cara Delevingne, Courteney Cox, David Dawson, Doja Cat, Emma D’Arcy, Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Jamie Campbell Bower, Jennifer Coolidge, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Joel Madden, Joseph Quinn, Justin Long, Keke Palmer, Madison Bailey, Maya Hawke, One Republic, Quinta Brunson, Rachel Sennott, Riley Keough, Rudy Pankow, Simona Tabasco and Sosie Bacon.
BEST FILM
“Avatar: The Way of the Water”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“Elvis”
“No”
“Cry VI”
“Smile”
Top Gun: Maverick
BEST SHOW
“Stranger Things” (Netflix)
“The Last of Us” (HBO)
“The White Lotus” (HBO)
“Wednesday” (Netflix)
“Wolf Pack” (Paramount+)
“Yellowstone” (Paramount Network)
“Yellow Vests” (Showtime)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A FILM
Austin Butler – “Elvis”
Florence Pugh – “Don’t Worry Honey”
KeKe Palmer – “No”
Michael B. Jordan – “Creed III”
Tom Cruise—”Top Gun: Maverick”
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SHOW
Aubrey Plaza – “The White Lotus”
Christina Ricci — “Yellow Vests”
Jenna Ortega – “Wednesday”
Riley Keough – “Daisy Jones and the Six”
Sadie Sink – “Stranger Things”
Selena Gomez – “Only Murders in the Building”
BEST HERO
Diego Luna – “Andor”
Jenna Ortega – “Wednesday”
Paul Rudd – “Ant-Man and 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 Honey”
Jamie Campbell Bower – “Stranger Things”
M3GAN – “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 and the Six”
Selena Gomez + Cara Delevingne – “Only Murders in the Building”
BEST COMEDY PERFORMANCE
Adam Sandler – “Murder Mystery 2”
Dylan O’Brien – “Disagree”
Jennifer Coolidge – “Shotgun Wedding”
KeKe Palmer – “No”
Quinta Brunson – “Abbott Elementary”
UNPRECEDENTED PERFORMANCE
Bad Bunny – “Bullet Train”
Bella Ramsey – “The Last of Us”
Emma D’Arcy – “House of the Dragon”
Joseph Quinn – “Stranger Things”
Rachel Sennott – “Body, Body, Body”
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 SCARED PERFORMANCE
Jennifer Coolidge – “The White Lotus”
Jesse Tyler Ferguson – “Cocaine Bear”
Justin Long – “Barbarian”
Rachel Sennott – “Body, Body, Body”
Lookalike Bacon – “Smile”
BEST DUO
Camila Mendes + Maya Hawke – “Make A Revenge”
Jenna Ortega + 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 ASS BLOW
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“External 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’m Not Worried” (“Top Gun: Maverick”)
Rihanna – “Lift Me Up” (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”)
Taylor Swift – “Caroline” (“Where the Crawfish Sing”)
BEST DOCU-REALITY SERIES
“Jersey Shore Family Vacation”
“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”
“Family Reunion: Love & Hip Hop Edition”
“Kardashians”
“Vanderpump Rules”
BEST CONTEST SERIES
“All Star Shore”
“Big brother”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race: All-Stars”
“The Challenge: The United States”
“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 ON-SCREEN REALITY TEAM
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, Vinny Guadagnino, Pauly D (MVP) – “Jersey Shore Family Vacation”
Tori Deal and Devin Walker – “The Challenge: Ride or Die”
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”
BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
“Halftime”
“I love you, Lizzo”
“Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me”
“Sheryl”
“The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie”
Executive producers for the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards are MTV’s Bruce Gillmer, Wendy Plaut and Vanessa Whitewolf, and Den of Thieves’ Jesse Ignjatovic and Barb Bialkowski. Jackie Barba and Alicia Portugal are the production executives and Lisa Lauricella and Mike Ostolaza are the music talent executives.