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Trevor Noah wins ‘Best Host’ at the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards

Trevor Noah wins ‘Best Host’ at the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Award

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The South African comedian was among a number of high profile celebs who got golden popcorns.

Trevor Noah

The 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards celebrated the best of Young Hollywood on May 7 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, awarding Golden Popcorns to actors and stories across film and television that influenced youth culture in the past year.

Actor and comedian, Adam Devine gave a ‘beauty’ and a ‘beast’ of a performance, kicking off the legendary party with a fire-filled grand opening featuring an all-star cast of cameos including Lil Rel Howery, Millie Bobby Brown, Chrissy Metz, Blake Anderson, Josh Gad, Hugh Jackman, Hailee Steinfeld, Rebel Wilson and DJ Nasty.

Billions’ star, Asia Kate Dillon presented the first award of the night to Emma Watson for the non-gendered Best Actor in a Movie category with Millie Bobby Brown later accepting the first-ever Best Actor in a Show award.

Star and producer, Vin Diesel accepted the Generation Award on behalf of the enduring motion-picture franchise Fast & Furious, marking the first time a film franchise was honoured instead of an individual actor.

Diesel was joined on-stage by his franchise co-stars Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson and Jordana Brewster.

J Balvin and Pitbull then took the stage with Camila Cabello to perform their steamy hit single, ‘Hey Ma’, which was featured in the most recent installment The Fate of the Furious.

The first-ever Best Fight the System award was presented by Congresswoman Maxine Waters and Blackish’s Tracee Ellis Ross to Taraji P. Henson for Hidden Figures.

Trevor went home with the Best Host award

Additional new and timely categories were awarded to Blackish for Best American Story, This Is Us for Tearjerker, Trevor Noah for Best Host, RuPaul’s Drag Race for Best Reality Competition and Daniel Kaluuya for Next Generation.

The evening also included performances by Big Sean and Noah Cyrus, as well as exclusive sneak peeks at highly anticipated films IT, Transformers: The Last Knight and Spider-Man: Homecoming.

Check out the full list of winners below:

 

MOVIE OF THE YEAR

Beauty and the Beast

Emma Watson in ‘Beauty and the Beast’

 

BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE

Emma Watson – Beauty and the Beast

 

SHOW OF THE YEAR

Stranger Things

 

BEST ACTOR IN A SHOW

Millie Bobby Brown – Stranger Things

Millie Bobby Brown

 

BEST FIGHT AGAINST THE SYSTEM

Hidden Figures

 

TEARJERKER

This Is Us – Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Randall (Lonnie Chavis) at karate

 

NEXT GENERATION

Daniel Kaluuya

 

BEST DUO

Hugh Jackman and Dafne Keen – Logan

Hugh Jackman and Dafne Keen in ‘Logan’

 

BEST KISS

Ashton Sanders and Jharrel Jerome – Moonlight

Ashton Sanders, left, and Jharrel Jerome

 

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE

Lil Rel Howery – Get Out

 

BEST HOST

Trevor Noah – The Daily Show

Trevor Noah

 

BEST AMERICAN STORY

Blackish

 

BEST VILLAIN

Jeffrey Dean Morgan – The Walking Dead

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY

13TH

 

BEST HERO

Taraji P. Henson – Hidden Figures

Taraji P. Henson

 

BEST REALITY COMPETITION

RuPaul’s Drag Race

 

TRENDING

Run The World (Girls) – Channing Tatum and Beyoncé – ‘Lip Sync Battle’ (SPIKE)

 

BEST MUSICAL MOMENT

You’re the One That I Want – Ensemble – Grease: Live (FOX)

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