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MTV Movie & TV Awards Betting Edge: Favourites and Underdogs
On May 14, MTV announced their annual nominations for the popular MTV Movie & TV Awards with two of the biggest entertainment hits of all time leading the contenders.
The worldwide smash hit “Avengers: Endgame” and the groundbreaking final season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” lead the nominations. Marvel’s box office hit dominates with four nods including one for Best Movie. Other nominations include Best Fight (Captain America vs. Thanos), Best Hero (Robert Downey, Jr. playing Iron Man), and Best Villain (Josh Brolin playing Thanos).
“GOT” takes over the TV category with four nominations as well for Best Show, Best Performance (Emilia Clarke playing Daenerys Targaryen), Best Hero (Maisie Williams playing Arya Stark) and Best Fight (The White Walkers vs. Arya Stark).
In a surprise twist, which could lead to interesting betting odds, The Oscar-nominated documentary “RBG” also gained major traction with the youth-driven audience by capturing four nods as well. The documentary feature highlighting the life and times of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg captured Best Movie, Best Fight, Best Real-Life Hero and Most Meme-able Moment.
New categories this year include Reality Royalty, Most Meme-able Moment, and Best Real-Life Hero, which lists nominees and tennis legend Serena Williams and the skilled rock climber Alex Honnold,
“Shazam!” star Zachary Levi will host the 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards June 17 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California.
Last year’s winners for the 27th edition of the show included: “Black Panther” for Best Movie (-200), “Stanger Things” for Best TV Show (-250), Tiffany Haddish for Best Comedic Performance for “Girls Trip” (-200), Chadwick Boseman for Best Hero with “Black Panther” (+350), and “The Kardashians” for Best Reality Show (+300).
Below is the full list of nominees:
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
Photo by Chris Benson
