MTV Movie & TV Awards 2023: Meet the winners

() — After a crazy week full of production changes at the MTV Movie & TV Awards amid the writers’ strike, a motley crew of stars were presented with golden popcorn statuettes on Sunday.

The blockbuster film “Top Gun: Maverick” joined the television series “Stranger Things,” “The Last of Us,” “The White Lotus” and “Wednesday” for the most nominations among fiction content. Leading Nominations in Non-Scripted Content Categories [reality TV] shows like “Jersey Shore Family Vacation,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” and “Vanderpump Rules” were situated. Jennifer Coolidge received the award for comic genius, while the award for best musical moment went to Purple Hearts for “Come Back Home.”

The annual ceremony was originally to be hosted by Drew Barrymore, but she announced Thursday that she was stepping down as host in support of the writers’ strike. Although some of Barrymore’s segments already they had been recorded before Before the strike began, the ceremony continued without an official presenter. In a statement, Barrymore promised to return as a presenter for the 2024 edition.

Following news that striking members of the Writers Guild of America were planning to picket the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, where the event was filmed, executive producer Bruce Gillmer told that the MTV Movie & TV Awards ” distancing themselves from a live event” and broadcasting a prerecorded version of the ceremony on Sunday.

Part of that turnaround during the broadcast included flashbacks from previous editions of the MTV Movie & TV Awards, which made up an overwhelming majority of the show, along with pre-recorded speeches from the winners.

Below is the full list of nominees, with the winners highlighted in bold.

Best film

“Avatar: The Way of Water”

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”

“Elvis”

“Nope”

“Scream VI” *WINNER

smile

“Top Gun: Maverick”

best television series

“Stranger Things”

“The Last of Us” *WINNER

“The White Lotus”

“Wednesday”

Wolf Pack

Yellowstone

Yellowjackets

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” *WINNER

Best Performance in a TV Series

Aubrey Plaza—“The White Lotus”

Christina Ricci—“Yellowjackets”

Jenna Ortega—“Wednesday” *WINNER

Riley Keough—“Daisy Jones & 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 & The Wasp: Quantumania”

Pedro Pascal — “The Last Of Us” *WINNER

Tom Cruise—“Top Gun: Maverick”

best villain

Elizabeth Olsen—“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” *WINNER

Harry Styles – “Don’t Worry Darling”

Jamie Campbell Bower—“Stranger Things”

M3GAN – “M3GAN”

The Bear—“Cocaine Bear”

Best Kiss (presented by Cheetos®)

Anna Torv + Philip Prajoux – “The Last Of Us”

Harry Styles + David Dawson – “My Policeman”

Madison Bailey + Rudy Pankow – “Outer Banks” * WINNERS

Riley Keough + Sam Claflin – “Daisy Jones & The Six”

Selena Gomez + Cara Delevingne – “Only Murders in the Building”

Best Comedy Performance

Adam Sandler – “Murder Mystery 2” *WINNER

Dylan O’Brien – “Not Okay”

Jennifer Coolidge – “Shotgun Wedding”

KeKe Palmer – “Nope”

Fifth Brunson – “Abbott Elementary”

Breakout performance

Bad Bunny – “Bullet Train”

Bella Ramsey – “The Last Of Us”

Emma D’Arcy – “House of the Dragon”

Joseph Quinn – “Stranger Things” *WINNER

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” * WINNERS

Jamie Campbell Bower (Vecna) vs. Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven) – “Stranger Things”

Keanu Reeves (John Wick) – “John Wick 4”

Escape from Narkina 5- “Andor”

scariest performance

Jennifer Coolidge – “The White Lotus” *WINNER

Jesse Tyler Ferguson – “Cocaine Bear”

Justin Long – “Barbarian”

Rachel Sennott – “Bodies Bodies Bodies”

Sosie Bacon – “Smile”

best duo

Camila Mendes + Maya Hawke – “Do Revenge”

Jenna Ortega + Thing – “Wednesday”

Pedro Pascal + Bella Ramsey – “The Last Of Us” * WINNERS

Simona Tabasco + Beatrice Grannò – “The White Lotus”

Tom Cruise + Miles Teller – “Top Gun: Maverick”

best cast

“Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania”

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”

Outer Banks

“Stranger Things” *WINNER

“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”) *WINNER

Best Reality Documentary Series

Jersey Shore Family Vacation

“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”

“Family Reunion: Love & Hip Hop Edition”

“The Kardashians” *WINNER

Vanderpump Rules

Best Competition Series

“All-Star Shore”

“Big Brother”

“RuPaul’s Drag Race: All-Stars” *WINNER

“The Challenge: USA”

“The Traitors”

best presenter

Drew Barrymore – “The Drew Barrymore Show” *WINNER

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 (Presented by SONIC®)

Mike “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” * WINNERS

Garcelle Beauvais and Sutton Stracke – “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”

best music documentary

Halftime

“Love, Lizzo”

“Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me” *WINNER

“Sheryl”

“The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie”