MTV Movie and TV Awards: Avengers: Endgame and Game of Thrones lead 2019 nominations
Both titles have each earned four nominations
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Your support makes all the difference.Avengers: Endgame, Game of Thrones and the Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary RBG are leading nominations for this year’s MTV Movie & TV Awards.
The three titles each earned four nominations for the awards show, MTV announced on Tuesday.
Endgame will compete for Best Movie against BlacKkKlansman, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Us and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. The Marvel blockbuster also earned nominations for stars Robert Downey Jr (Best Hero) and Josh Brolin (Best Villain).
The Oscar-nominated RBG, which focused on the life of the US Supreme Court justice, is nominated for Best Documentary, Most Meme-Able moment and Real-Life Hero. The latter two are new categories unveiled this year, along with Reality Royalty.
RBG will also face Endgame and HBO’s Game of Thrones for Best Fight.
Game of Thrones is up for Best Show, while Maisie Williams and Emilia Clarke have each scored nominations for Best Hero and Best Performance in a Show respectively.
Shazam! star Zachary Levi will host the show, which will be held in Santa Monica, California and air on 17 June.
Here is the full list of nominees for this year’s MTV Movie & TV Awards:
Best Movie:
Avengers: Endgame
BlacKkKlansman
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
Us
Best Show:
Big Mouth
Game of Thrones
Riverdale
Schitt’s Creek
The Haunting of Hill House
Best Performance in a Movie:
Amandla Stenberg (Starr Carter) — The Hate U Give
Lady Gaga (Ally) — A Star is Born
Lupita Nyong’o (Red) — Us
Rami Malek (Freddie Mercury) — Bohemian Rhapsody
Sandra Bullock (Malorie) — Bird Box
Best Performance in a Show:
Elisabeth Moss (June Osborne/Offred) — The Handmaid’s Tale
Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) — Game of Thrones
Gina Rodriguez (Jane Villanueva) — Jane the Virgin
Jason Mitchell (Brandon) — The Chi
Kiernan Shipka (Sabrina Spellman) – Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Best Hero:
Brie Larson (Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel) — Captain Marvel
John David Washington (Ron Stallworth) — BlacKkKlansman
Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) — Game of Thrones
Robert Downey Jr (Tony Stark/Iron Man) — Avengers: Endgame
Zachary Levi (Billy Batson/Shazam) — Shazam!
Best Villain:
Jodie Comer (Villanelle) — Killing Eve
Joseph Fiennes (Commander Fred Waterford) — The Handmaid’s Tale
Josh Brolin (Thanos) — Avengers: Endgame
Lupita Nyong’o (Red) — Us
Penn Badgley (Joe Goldberg) — You
Best Kiss:
Camila Mendes & Charles Melton (Veronica Lodge & Reggie Mantle) — Riverdale
Jason Momoa & Amber Heard (Aquaman & Mera) — Aquaman
Ncuti Gatwa & Connor Swindells (Eric Effiong & Adam Groff) — Sex Education
Noah Centineo & Lana Condor (Peter Kavinsky & Lara Jean) — To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
Tom Hardy & Michelle Williams (Eddie Brock/Venom & Anne Weying) — Venom
Reality Royalty:
Jersey Shore: Family Vacation
Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta
The Bachelor
The Challenge
Vanderpump Rules
Best Comedic Performance:
Awkwafina (Peik Lin Goh) — Crazy Rich Asians
Dan Levy (David Rose) — Schitt’s Creek
John Mulaney (Andrew Glouberman) — Big Mouth
Marsai Martin (Little Jordan Sanders) — Little
Zachary Levi (Billy Batson/Shazam) — Shazam!
Breakthrough Performance:
Awkwafina (Peik Lin Goh) — Crazy Rich Asians
Haley Lu Richardson (Stella) — Five Feet Apart
Mj Rodriguez (Blanca Rodriguez) — Pose
Ncuti Gatwa (Eric Effiong) — Sex Education
Noah Centineo (Peter Kavinsky) — To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
Best Fight:
Avengers: Endgame — Captain America vs Thanos
Captain Marvel — Captain Marvel vs Minn-Erva
Game of Thrones — Arya Stark vs the White Walkers
RBG — Ruth Bader Ginsburg vs Inequality
WWE Wrestlemania — Becky Lynch vs. Ronda Rousey vs Charlotte Flair
Best Real-Life Hero:
Alex Honnold — Free Solo
Hannah Gadsby — Nanette
Roman Reigns — WWE SmackDown
Ruth Bader Ginsburg — RBG
Serena Williams — Being Serena
Most Frightened Performance:
Alex Wolff (Peter) — Hereditary
Linda Cardellini (Anna Tate-Garcia) — The Curse of La Llorona
Rhian Rees (Dana Haines) — Halloween
Sandra Bullock (Malorie) — Bird Box
Victoria Pedretti (Nell Crain) — The Haunting of Hill House
Best Documentary:
At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal
McQueen
Minding the Gap
RBG
Surviving R Kelly
Best Host:
Gayle King — CBS This Morning
Nick Cannon — Wild ‘n Out
Nick Cannon — The Masked Singer
RuPaul — RuPaul’s Drag Race
Trevor Noah — The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Most Meme-Able Moment:
Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club — The Lilo Dance
Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood — Ray J’s Hat
RBG — The Notorious RBG
RuPaul’s Drag Race — Asia O’Hara’s butterfly finale fail
The Bachelor — Colton Underwood jumps the fence
Additional reporting by agencies
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