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Besides the multi-multi-decade musical resurgences, the barely-there Bob Mackie-made fashion, and often-imitated mannerism, one aspect of Cher’s career brought her into the upper echelons of pop culture: her hosting chops, which she mastered during years spent on the set of  The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour and Cher. So when RuPaul, a longtime fan of the superstar singer, received the award for Best Host at the MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted on Monday (May 17), he tributed the icon — and took the opportunity to make a bold request. “I want to thank MTV… for making our little show so much fun to do,” the RuPaul’s Drag Race host began. “But I gotta say in all these years of hosting a television show, I learned how to do this from a woman who is p...

“I will always understand the assignment.” That’s what Bretman Rock wrote on Instagram accompanying some striking photos of himself walking the red carpet ahead of the first-ever MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted on Monday night (May 17). Need proof? How about the very first words we offered when he walked onstage to accept his award: “Hey guys, I’ve never prepared a speech before,” he began, “so what I’m about to say is… unscripted, or whatever.” As a beauty influencer, a web series star, and more, Rock understands what it takes to break through and make his presence known. The sight of his 16 million Instagram followers and 8.4 YouTuber subscribers speak for itself. But at the Unscripted special, he was the one in front of t...

It’s T-shirt Golden Popcorn time! The Jersey Shore: Family Vacation cast just won Best Docu-Reality Show at the inaugural MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted. The lovable roomies bested Below Deck Mediterranean, Black Ink Crew New York, Bling Empire and Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta. Vinny Guadagnino, Angelina Pivarnick, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and Jenni “JWOWW” Farley were at the ceremony to accept the last award of the night — with Deena Cortese, Mike “The Situation” and Lauren Sorrentino and Paul “DJ Pauly D” Delvecchio joining remotely. The roomies also received the inaugural Reality Royalty lifetime achievement award. This calls for a family dinner to celebrate. Be sure to watch all of the roomies when Jersey Shore: Family Va...

Smell that? The Golden Popcorn is hot and ready! Yes, the MTV Movie & TV Awards are here again, and like a freshly ripped-open sleeve of theater soda cups, this year’s crop of nominees is seriously stacked. WandaVision racked up the most nominations on the television side, but favorites Emily in Paris and The Boys aren’t far behind. On the film side, it was all about Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and Judas and the Black Messiah, with a posthumous nomination for Chadwick Boseman’s work in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. But who will take home the Golden Popcorn? It’s a question we don’t have to wait long to find out the answers to. Find the full list of winners at the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards, airing live on MTV beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT, below. BEST MOV...

If you can’t quite remember how many TV show you watched over the past year, you’re not alone. But chances are you remember the great ones — the ones that made you laugh, cry, yell at the TV, and want to watch six more seasons (even if there were only a few available for streaming at the time). What makes TV so addictive and indelible, as we know, are the characters on the shows we love, the ones who start to feel like we know them. That’s something all five nominees in the Best Performance in a Show category have in common — we care about them and their stories. But on Sunday May 16 at the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards, there could only be one winner. And that winner, as it turns out, was pretty super. Elizabeth Olsen — also known as Westview, New Jersey’s own Wan...

Not all heroes wear capes — just look at Anthony Mackie. At the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday (May 16), the actor won Best Hero for his starring role as Sam Wilson, or Falcon. in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Disney+’s popular miniseries set in the Marvel Comics Universe. It’s the first golden popcorn win for the 42-year-old actor, whose decades-long career includes performances in film, television, and theater. In his acceptance speech, Mackie thanked the “incredible cast” of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, including his co-star Sebastian Stan, the Winter Soldier to his Falcon. Stan and Mackie are also up for Best Duo at this year’s MTV Movie & TV Awards. “Everything that has happened in the past year and a half has...

News of a second Borat movie — one partially filmed during COVID-19 lockdowns, no less — posed an intriguing opportunity for Sacha Baron Cohen to revisit his most iconic character in an age of heightened awareness of and sensitivity to how the apparatus of offensive and provocative humor works. It’s something the film seems to interrogate in its own way as it centers a female character (and an Oscar-nominated performance from Maria Bakalova) in its narrative, yielding fascinating results and making Baron Cohen’s new vision the end result of a thoughtful approach to comedy. It’s precisely this kind of dedication to the craft that landed Baron Cohen the Comedic Genius Award at the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards. During a funny and quite meta acceptance video speech, the Aca...

Awards are here! The first-ever MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted invades MTV tonight (May 17), honoring the best and biggest moments in reality TV. And what better way to kick off said honors than by celebrating some of the format’s hugest stars of all time? During the special, which kicks off tonight at 9 p.m. ET/PT — and follows last night’s MTV Movie & TV Awards — the Jersey Shore: Family Vacation cast will receive the inaugural Reality Royalty lifetime achievement award. The honor “recognizes the legacy of reality greatness,” according to a press release. For over a decade, the show’s cast has been at the center of some of the most memorable reality TV moments ever — an impact felt across the entire medium. The original Jersey Shore premiered in 2...

Zac Efron, Lindsay Lohan, and Robert Pattinson might be A-Listers now, but they all made a memorable first impression on-screen back in the day, announcing their arrival in Hollywood by winning the coveted golden popcorn for Breakthrough Performance at the MTV Movie & TV Awards. The last actor to win in the category was Noah Centineo in 2019 for his role in To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, but on Sunday (May 16), it was time to crown a new star. In the end, it was Bridgerton dreamboat Regé-Jean Page who took home the award for his role as Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings, on the first season of the popular Netflix period piece. This year’s category was stacked, and Page beat out Antonia Gentry (Ginny & Georgia), Ashley Park (Emily in P...

The 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards kicked off on Sunday (May 16), with the first award of the evening going to Best Hero Anthony Mackie for his role in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. But let’s be real: It’s the bad guys we love to hate, and later in the evening, the golden popcorn for Best Villain went to WandaVision’s Kathryn Hahn. Hahn received the award for her performance as the malevolent and powerful witch Agatha Harkness, a nosy neighbor to Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda and Paul Bettany’s Vision in the Disney+ series. Hahn, who solidified her singular comedic vision in shows like Parks and Recreation and I Love Dick, accepted her trophy at the Palladium in Los Angeles. Agatha’s theme song “Agatha All Along” played as she accepted her award from the cast of&...

In a world divided by Kooks and Pogues, Sarah Cameron and John B’s romance proved that love can overcome all odds — even in the treacherous Outer Banks. Actors Madelyn Cline and Chase Stokes took home the golden popcorn for Best Kiss at the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday (May 16) with their heart-stopping, rain-soaked smooch in the eponymous Netflix series. Cline and Stokes — who are a couple both on and off-screen — brought their sizzling chemistry to the show and bested some of this year’s hottest couples, including Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh in Killing Eve, Lily Collins and Lucas Bravo in Emily in Paris, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Jaren Lewison in Never Have I Ever, and Regé-Jean Page and Phoebe Dynevor in Bridgerton. Upon receiving the award, Stokes nearly dropped the Golden Po...