Jennifer Lopez made an emotional speech about how believers and sceptics contributed to her success, as she accepted a career achievement honour at the MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday.
“I want to thank the people who gave me joy and the ones who broke my heart — the ones who were true and the ones who lied to me,” said Lopez, who nabbed this year’s Generation Award for actors whose diverse contributions have made them household names. She also took home best song — a new category — for the track ‘On My Way’ from the Marry Me soundtrack.
MTV’s youth-focused celebration of film and TV offered a lighter, breezier awards show, with 26 categories in gender-neutral categories like best villain, best kiss and new category “here for the hookup.” Hosted by Vanessa Hudgens, the ceremony returned to a live format after being pre-recorded for several years.
The nominations — which include 26 gender-neutral categories — highlighted Spider-Man: No Way Home, which has the most nods with seven total, HBO’s Euphoria season 2, which has six nods, and Robert Pattinson’s The Batman, which has four.
Spider-Man: No Way Home won best movie, and the film’s star Tom Holland won for best performance in a movie. Zendaya won for best performance in a show for her role in Euphoria, which came away with best show. The HBO series also won here for the hookup.
Complete list of winners here:
BEST MOVIE
Dune Scream Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Spider-Man: No Way Home (WINNER) The Adam Project The Batman
BEST SHOW
Euphoria (WINNER) Inventing Anna Loki Squid Game Ted Lasso Yellowstone
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A MOVIE
Lady Gaga – House of Gucci Robert Pattinson – The Batman Sandra Bullock – The Lost City Timothée Chalamet – Dune Tom Holland – Spider-Man: No Way Home (WINNER)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SHOW
Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout Kelly Reilly – Yellowstone Lily James – Pam & Tommy Sydney Sweeney – Euphoria Zendaya – Euphoria (WINNER)
BEST HERO
Daniel Craig – No Time to Die Oscar Isaac – Moon Knight Scarlett Johansson – Black Widow (WINNER) Simu Liu – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Tom Holland – Spider-Man: No Way Home
BEST VILLAIN
Colin Farrell – The Batman Daniel Radcliffe – The Lost City (WINNER) James Jude Courtney – Halloween Kills Victoria Pedretti – You Willem Dafoe – Spider-Man: No Way Home
BEST KISS
Hunter Schafer & Dominic Fike – Euphoria Lily Collins & Lucien Laviscount – Emily in Paris Poopies & the snake – Jackass Forever (WINNER) Robert Pattinson & Zoë Kravitz – The Batman Tom Holland & Zendaya – Spider-Man: No Way Home
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Brett Goldstein – Ted Lasso John Cena – Peacemaker Johnny Knoxville – Jackass Forever Megan Stalter – Hacks Ryan Reynolds – Free Guy (WINNER)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza Ariana DeBose – West Side Story Hannah Einbinder – Hacks Jung Ho-yeon – Squid Game Sophia Di Martino – Loki (WINNER)
BEST FIGHT
Black Widow vs. Widows – Black Widow Cassie vs. Maddy – Euphoria (WINNER) Guy vs. Dude – Free Guy Shang-Chi bus fight – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Spider-Men end battle – Spider-Man: No Way Home
MOST FRIGHTENED PERFORMANCE
Jenna Ortega – Scream (WINNER) Kyle Richards – Halloween Kills Mia Goth – X Millicent Simmonds – A Quiet Place Part II Sadie Sink – Fear Street: Part Two 1978
BEST TEAM
Loki – Tom Hiddleston, Sophia Di Martino, Owen Wilson (WINNER) Only Murders in the Building – Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, Martin Short Spider-Man: No Way Home – Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, Tobey Maguire The Adam Project – Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell The Lost City – Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Brad Pitt
HERE FOR THE HOOKUP
Euphoria (WINNER) Never Have I Ever Pam & Tommy Sex/Life Sex Lives of College Girls
BEST SONG
“Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” - Jennifer Hudson / Respect “Just Look Up” – Ariana Grande & Kid Cudi / Don’t Look Up “Little Star” – Dominic Fike / Euphoria “On My Way (Marry Me)” – Jennifer Lopez / Marry Me (WINNER) “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” – Encanto Cast / Encanto
BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
JANET JACKSON. jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy Oasis Knebworth 1996 Olivia Rodrigo: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film) (WINNER) The Beatles: Get Back
(With inputs from The Associated Press)