The 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards have announced their nominations, and the nominees for this year’s Best Kiss include Selena Gomez and Harry Styles — for their headline-making same-sex on-screen kisses.
Best Kiss is one of the most coveted and iconic MTV Movie & TV Awards categories. The 2023 winners will essentially enter a make-out Hall of Fame that’s already stacked with heavy-hitters: Toby Maguire and Kirsten Dunst’s culture-resetting smooch in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in The Notebook, Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain, Noah Centineo and Lana Condor in To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, and of course, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart’s 4-year winning streak for their lip work in Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn Part 1.
Harry Styles (who is also nominated for 2023 Best Villain) is nominated for the first time in the Best Kiss category for his on-screen kiss with David Dawson in 2022’s gay romance My Policeman. He’ll compete against four other nominees, including Selena Gomez’s kiss with her bestie Cara Delevingne in season 2 of Only Murders in the Building. (“It was just fun,” Cara said shortly after the episode aired. “Would anyone in the world not like to kiss Selena?”)
You might also remember last year’s Best Fight nominees, which had Euphoria‘s iconic Cassie vs. Maddy fight up against literal superhero brawls. The 2023 contenders list features skirmishes like Brad Pitt and Bad Bunny’s Bullet Train fight and the epic showdown between Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) and Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) in Stranger Things 4.
This year’s MTV Movie & TV Awards, taking place at the Barker Hangar in Los Angeles, will be hosted by Drew Barrymore and broadcast live on Sunday, May 7 at 8 p.m. ET. Make sure to cast your vote for your favorite stars, shows, and movies at vote.mtv.com — all polls close on April 17 at 6 p.m. ET.
Some of this year’s first-time nominees include Austin Butler, The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey, Doja Cat, Keke Palmer for her scene-stealing role in Nope, and Outer Banks stars Madison Bailey and Rudy Pankow. Leading the TV nominations are a few of your favorite movies and shows: Top Gun: Maverick, Stranger Things, The Last of Us, The White Lotus, and of course, Wednesday.
Keep scrolling to check out the 26 categories for this year’s show, including the two brand-new categories Best Reality On-Screen Team and Best Kick-Ass Cast.
Best Movie
Avatar: The Way of Water
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Nope
Scream VI
Smile
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Show
Stranger Things
The Last of Us
The White Lotus
Wednesday
Wolf Pack
Yellowstone
Yellowjackets
Best Performance in a Movie
Austin Butler — Elvis
Florence Pugh — Don’t Worry Darling
KeKe Palmer — Nope
Michael B. Jordan — Creed III
Tom Cruise — Top Gun: Maverick
Best Performance in a Show
Aubrey Plaza — The White Lotus
Christina Ricci — Yellowjackets
Jenna Ortega — Wednesday
Riley Keough — Daisy Jones & The Six
Sadie Sink — Stranger Things
Selena Gomez — Only Murders in the Building
Best Hero
Diego Luna — Andor
Jenna Ortega — Wednesday
Paul Rudd — Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
Pedro Pascal — The Last Of Us
Tom Cruise — Top Gun: Maverick
Best Villain
Elizabeth Olsen — Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Harry Styles – Don’t Worry Darling
Jamie Campbell Bower — Stranger Things
M3GAN – M3GAN
The Bear — Cocaine Bear
Best Kiss, presented by Cheetos®
Anna Torv + Philip Prajoux – The Last Of Us
Harry Styles + David Dawson – My Policeman
Madison Bailey + Rudy Pankow – Outer Banks
Riley Keough + Sam Claflin – Daisy Jones & The Six
Selena Gomez + Cara Delevingne – Only Murders in the Building
Best Comedic Performance
Adam Sandler – Murder Mystery 2
Dylan O’Brien – Not Okay
Jennifer Coolidge – Shotgun Wedding
KeKe Palmer – Nope
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
Breakthrough Performance
Bad Bunny – Bullet Train
Bella Ramsey – The Last Of Us
Emma D’Arcy – House of the Dragon
Joseph Quinn – Stranger Things
Rachel Sennott – Bodies Bodies Bodies
Best Fight
Brad Pitt (Ladybug) vs. Bad Bunny (The Wolf) – Bullet Train
Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers) vs. Ghostface – Scream VI
Jamie Campbell Bower (Vecna) vs. Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven) – Stranger Things
Keanu Reeves (John Wick) vs. Everyone – John Wick 4
Escape from Narkina 5 – Andor
Most Frightened Performance
Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus
Jesse Tyler Ferguson – Cocaine Bear
Justin Long – Barbarian
Rachel Sennott – Bodies Bodies Bodies
Sosie Bacon – Smile
Best Duo
Camila Mendes + Maya Hawke – Do Revenge
Jenna Ortega + Thing – Wednesday
Pedro Pascal + Bella Ramsey – The Last Of Us
Simona Tabasco + Beatrice Grannò – The White Lotus
Tom Cruise + Miles Teller – Top Gun: Maverick
Best Kick-Ass Cast
Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Outer Banks
Stranger Things
Teen Wolf: The Movie
Best Song
Demi Lovato – Still Alive (Scream VI)
Doja Cat – Vegas (Elvis)
Lady Gaga – Hold My Hand (Top Gun: Maverick)
OneRepublic – I Ain’t Worried (Top Gun: Maverick)
Rihanna – Lift Me Up (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Taylor Swift – Carolina (Where The Crawdads Sing)
Best Docu-Reality Series
Jersey Shore Family Vacation
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Family Reunion: Love & Hip Hop Edition
The Kardashians
Vanderpump Rules
Best Competition Series
All-Star Shore
Big Brother
RuPaul’s Drag Race: All-Stars
The Challenge: USA
The Traitors
Best Host
Drew Barrymore – The Drew Barrymore Show
Joel Madden – Ink Master
Nick Cannon – The Masked Singer
RuPaul – RuPaul’s Drag Race
Kelly Clarkson – The Kelly Clarkson Show
Best Reality On-Screen Team, presented by SONIC®
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, Vinny Guadagnino, Pauly D (MVP) – Jersey Shore Family Vacation
Tori Deal and Devin Walker – The Challenge: Ride or Dies
RuPaul Charles and Michelle Visage – RuPaul’s Drag Race
Ariana Madix, Katie Maloney, Scheana Shay, LaLa Kent – Vanderpump Rules
Garcelle Beauvais and Sutton Stracke – The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Best Music Documentary
Halftime
Love, Lizzo
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
Sheryl
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie
Src: teenvogue.com
