Los Angeles: Black Panther roared at this year’s MTV Movie and TV Awards as the film went on to bag top honours, including Best Movie, while Stranger Things was adjudged the Best Show at the ceremony.
The Ryan Coogler-directed film also won three other big awards – including Best Performance in a Movie and Best Hero for Chadwick Boseman’s performance as T’Challa/ Black Panther. Micheal B Jordan’s portrayal as Erik Killmonger in the film won him the title of Best Villain.
The Best Movie award was presented by Lady Gaga, who made a surprise appearance at the show. She then announced the award would go to Black Panther. Boseman, Jordan and Winston Duke (M’Baku) came on to the stage to accept the award.
Boseman dedicated his Best Hero award to real-life ‘true hero’, James Shaw Jr, an American man known for disarming a gunman during the Nashville Waffle House shooting in Antioch, Tennessee and saving lives.
With three trophies, Stranger Things emerged second biggest winner.
Actor Millie Bobby Brown from the Netflix series won the award for Best Performance in a Show. Her co-star Noah Schnapp scored the win for the Most Frightened Performance. Brown, who could not attend the show due to a broken kneecap, addressed the audience through a pretaped video message in which she made a powerful speech against bullying. The actor’s remarks come days after she quit social media due to online bullying.
For a second consecutive year, both categories were gender-neutral.
The Best Fight win was scored by Wonder Woman for the scene in which Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman faces off against German soldiers in the battlefield.
Lady Gaga’s Gaga: Five Foot Two won the laurel for the Best Music Documentary.
Master of None co-writer-actor Lena Waithe accepted the Trailblazer Award, who dedicated the honour to the 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning that introduced her to trailblazers such as Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, Angie Xtravaganza and Willi Ninja.
Avengers: Infinity War star Chris Pratt received the Generation Award and spoke to the next generation as their elder and then went on to offer his ‘Nine Rules from Chris Pratt, Generation Award Winner.’
The show was hosted by Tiffany Haddish, who made history by becoming the first African American to have headlined the event. She also took home the prize for Best Comedic Performance for Girls Trip.
The cast of It received the award for Best Onscreen Team.
Madelaine Petsch from Riverdale bagged the Scene Stealer award for her portrayal as Cheryl Blossom in the show.
The Best Kiss award was shared by Nick Robinson and Keiynan Lonsdale for Love, Simon film. Keeping Up With the Kardashians was adjudged the Best Reality Series/Franchise and mother-daughter duo Kris Jenner and Kim Kardashian were present to collect the award.