“RBG,” “Game of Thrones” and “Avengers: Endgame” top nominations for “2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards” New categories include Reality Royalty, Most Meme-able Moment and Best Real-Life Hero “Shazam!” star Zachary Levi to host Monday, June 17^th at 9:00 P.M. ET/PT Press Credential Application Here. New York, NY (May 14, 2019)– MTV unveiled the categories and nominees for the “2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards,” celebrating pop culture’s biggest night with the performances, stories and moments that drove the conversation this year. Fans can begin voting immediately at vote.mtv.com, and by direct messaging @MTVAwards on Twitter and Facebook Messenger. “RBG,” “Game of Thrones” and “Avengers: Endgame” lead the nominations with four apiece.  New categories this year include Reality Royalty, Most Meme-able Moment and Best Real-Life Hero. While fan favorites like Best Kiss, Best Hero, Best Villain and more remain, MTV continues to collapse the divide between film, television and streaming as well as nominating the best performances no matter screen, genre or gender. “RBG” is nominated for Best Documentary, Most Meme-able Moment and the inaugural Real-Life Hero category.  Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes history as the first public figure to be nominated in the Best Fight category. The final season of “Game of Thrones” received four nominations, includingBest Show for the third year in a row, Maisie Williams for Best Hero (Arya Stark), Emilia Clarke for Best Performance in a Show (Daenerys Targaryen) and Best Fight (Arya Stark vs. the White Walkers). Last year, MTV was the first major awards show to nominate “Black Panther” and this year, it is the first to recognize the record-breaking “Avengers: Endgame” which brought in four nominations - receiving nods for Best Movie, Best Fight, Robert Downey Jr. for Best Hero (Tony Stark/Iron Man) and Josh Brolin for Best Villain (Thanos). Host Zachary Levi also earned nominations in the Best Hero and Best Comedic Performance categories for his role as Billy Batson/Shazam in “Shazam!” The “MTV Movie & TV Awards” will air Monday, June 17^th at 9:00 P.M. ET/PT from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. Honorees, performers, and presenters will be announced at a later date. NOMINEES FOR THE “2019 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 Joel Gallen of Tenth Planet Productions will serve as Executive Producer with MTV’s Amy Doyle, Wendy Plaut and Vanessa Whitewolf for the 2019 “MTV Movie & TV Awards.” Rick Austin will also serve as Executive Producer. Joseph Buoye and Alicia Portugal are Executives in Charge of Production.  Amani Duncan and Lisa Lauricella are Executives in Charge of Music. Official sponsors of the 2019 “MTV Movie & TV Awards” include M&M’S®, MTN DEW®, Taco Bell®, and truth®. For additional information, please visit MTVAwards.mtv.com and follow @MTVAwards and @MTV on social media. #MTVAwards. 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