Jennifer Lopez made an emotional speech about how believers and skeptics contributed to her success, as she accepted a career achievement honour at the MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday.
“I want to thank the people who gave me joy and the ones who broke my heart — the ones who were true and the ones who lied to me,” said Lopez, who nabbed this year’s Generation Award. She also took home Best Song — a new category — for the track On My Way from the Marry Me soundtrack.
MTV’s youth-focused celebration of film and TV offered a lighter, breezier awards show, with 26 categories in gender-neutral categories such as Best Villain and Best Kiss. Hosted by Vanessa Hudgens, the ceremony returned to a live format after being pre-recorded for several years.
Lopez shed tears as she thanked fans, her long-time manager and children for “teaching me to love”, bringing the audience to their feet at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California.
“I want to thank the people who gave me this life,” said Lopez, 52, later adding: “You’re only as good as the people who you work with. But if you’re lucky, they make you better. I’ve been very lucky in that regard.”
Lopez’s breakthrough came as a dancer on the 1990s sketch comedy series In Living Color. She pursued an acting career and landed a leading role in Selena in 1997. She would go on to appear in such films including Anaconda, Out of Sight, The Wedding Planner, Hustlers and her latest, Marry Me.
As a singer, Lopez has earned success on the pop and Latin charts with several hit songs and albums. She released her multi-hit debut On the 6 in 1999 and topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart with songs such as If You Had My Love, All I Have and the remixes of I’m Real and Ain’t It Funny.
And in 2020, Lopez performed during the Super Bowl Halftime Show alongside Shakira.
Big winners on the night
Spider-Man: No Way Home was leading with seven nominations. It took home Best Movie, and the film’s star Tom Holland won Best Performance in a Movie. With almost $1.9 billion earned at the box office, it was the biggest film of the year and a fan favourite, but was largely overlooked by the major awards shows.
Zendaya won for Best Performance in a Show for her role in Euphoria, which came away with Best Show. The HBO series also won new category, Here for the Hookup.
Early in the broadcast, singer Olivia Rodrigo, 19, won Best Music Documentary for her project Olivia Rodrigo: Driving Home 2 U. Rodrigo, who won three Grammys this year, including Best New Artist, spoke about the importance of creating the film, which involves a road trip, live performances and reflections on her debut album Sour.
“I made Driving Home 2 U for the fans, especially those who couldn’t come to see me on tour,” Rodrigo said.
'Comedic genius. C'mon are you kidding?'
Jack Black also received a career achievement award, Comedic Genius. He ran onstage and seemed almost out of breath before giving his acceptance speech.
“I need a little blast of oxygen,” he said before rattling off several films he starred in, such as School of Rock and Jumanji.
“Comedic genius. C’mon are you kidding? For what?” Black said. “I don’t deserve this, but I’ll take it.”
The ceremony kicked off with Loki star Sophia Di Martino winning Breakthrough Performance for her role as Sylvie on the Disney+ television series. After the actor claimed her trophy, she talked about being nine months pregnant when she was offered the role, and her baby being only three months old when she started filming.
“It’s been quite the journey, so this really means a lot to me,” she said. “Thank you to the audience. It’s all for you. Thank you for letting Sylvie into your imaginations.”
Daniel Radcliffe won Best Villain for his portrayal of a billionaire in the adventure comedy The Lost City.
Diplo and Swae Lee performed Tupelo Shuffle from the coming Elvis biopic from director Baz Luhrmann.
Full list of winners at the MTV Movie & TV Awards 2022
Scripted categories:
Best Movie
Winner: Spider-Man: No Way Home
Scream
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
The Adam Project
The Batman
Best Show
Winner: Euphoria
Squid Game
Ted Lasso
Inventing Anna
Loki
Yellowstone
Best Performance in a Movie
Winner: Tom Holland, Spider-Man: No Way Home
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Robert Pattinson, The Batman
Sandra Bullock, The Lost City
Timothee Chalamet, Dune
Best Performance in a Show
Winner: Zendaya, Euphoria
Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout
Kelly Reilly, Yellowstone
Lily James, Pam & Tommy
Sydney Sweeney, Euphoria
Best Hero
Winner: Scarlett Johansson, Black Widow
Daniel Craig, No Time to Die
Oscar Isaac, Moon Knight
Simu Liu, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Tom Holland, Spider-Man: No Way Home
Best Villain
Winner: Daniel Radcliffe, The Lost City
Colin Farrell, The Batman
James Jude Courtney, Halloween Kills
Victoria Pedretti, You
Willem Dafoe, Spider-Man: No Way Home
Best Kiss
Winner: Poopies & the snake, Jackass Forever
Hunter Schafer & Dominic Fike, Euphoria
Lily Collins & Lucien Laviscount, Emily in Paris
Robert Pattinson & Zoe Kravitz, The Batman
Tom Holland & Zendaya, Spider-Man: No Way Home
Best Comedic Performance
Winner: Ryan Reynolds, Free Guy
Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso
John Cena, Peacemaker
Johnny Knoxville, Jackass Forever
Megan Stalter, Hacks
Breakthrough Performance
Winner: Sophia Di Martino, Loki
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Jung Ho-yeon, Squid Game
Best Fight
Winner: Cassie vs Maddy, Euphoria
Black Widow vs Widows, Black Widow
Guy vs Dude, Free Guy
Shang-Chi bus fight, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Men end battle, Spider-Man: No Way Home
Most Frightened Performance
Winner: Jenna Ortega, Scream
Kyle Richards, Halloween Kills
Mia Goth, X
Millicent Simmonds, A Quiet Place Part II
Sadie Sink, Fear Street: Part Two 1978
Best Team
Winner: Loki —Tom Hiddleston, Sophia Di Martino, Owen Wilson
Only Murders in the Building — Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, Martin Short
Spider-Man: No Way Home — Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, Tobey Maguire
The Adam Project — Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell
The Lost City — Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Brad Pitt
Here for the Hookup
Winner: Euphoria
Never Have I Ever
Pam & Tommy
Sex/Life
Sex Lives of College Girls
Best Song
Winner: On My Way (Marry Me), Jennifer Lopez
Here I Am (Singing My Way Home), Jennifer Hudson
Just Look Up, Ariana Grande & Kid Cudi
Little Star, Dominic Fike
We Don't Talk About Bruno, Encanto cast
Best Musical Moment
Winner: Dance With Me — Heartstopper
Wrecking Ball — Bridgerton
Million to One — Cinderella
The Moment of Truth — Cobra Kai
Dynamite — Emily in Paris
We Don’t Talk About Bruno — Encanto
Holding Out For a Hero — Euphoria
Rose Song — High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
Disco Fever — House of Gucci
Original Score — Halo
Downtown — Last Night in Soho
Do Ya Wanna Taste It? — Peacemaker
Therapy — Tick, Tick … Boom!
Nobody Like U — Turning Red
America — West Side Story
This Is How We Do It — Yellowjackets
Unscripted categories
Best Docu-Reality Series
Winner: Selling Sunset
Jersey Shore: Family Vacation
Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta
Summer House
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Best Competition Series
Winner: RuPaul's Drag Race
American Idol
Dancing with the Stars
The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies
The Masked Singe
Best Lifestyle Show
Winner: Selena + Chef
Bar Rescue
Dr Pimple Popper
Making It
Queer Eye
Best New Unscripted Series
Winner: The D'Amelio Show
Hart to Hear
Teen Mom: Family Reunion
The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip
Queen of the Universe
Best Reality Star
Winner: Chrishell Stause, Selling Sunset
Chris 'CT' Tamburello, The Challenge
Lindsay Hubbard, Summer House
Teresa Giudice, The Real Housewives of New Jersey
Willow Pill, RuPaul's Drag Race
Best Reality Romance
Winner: Loren & Alexei Brovarnik, Loren & Alexei: After the 90 Days
Joe Amabile & Serena Pitt, Bachelor in Paradise
Nany Gonzalez & Kaycee Clark, The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies
Tom Sandoval & Ariana Madix, Vanderpump Rules
Yandy & Mendeecees, Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta
Best Talk/Topical Show
Winner: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
The Drew Barrymore Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Best Host
Winner: Kelly Clarkson
Charlamagne Tha God
Gordon Ramsay
Rob Dyrdek
RuPaul: RuPaul's Drag Race
Breakthrough Social Star
Winner: Bella Poarch: @bellapoarch on TikTok
Benito Skinner: @bennydrama7 on Instagram
Caleb Hearon: @calebsaysthings on Twitter
Khaby Lame: @khabylame on TikTok
Megan Stalter: @megstalter on Instagram
Best Fight
Winner: Bosco vs Lady Camden, RuPaul's Drag Race
Candiace Dillard Bassett vs Mia Thornton, the salad toss fight, The Real Housewives of Potomac
Christine Quinn vs Chrishell Stause, Selling Sunset
Danielle Olivera vs Ciara Miller vs Lindsay Hubbard, Summer House
Margaret Josephs vs Teresa Giudice, The Real Housewives of New Jersey
Best Reality Return
Winner: Paris Hilton, Cooking with Paris and Paris in Love
Bethenny Frankel, The Big Shot with Bethenny
Kylie Sonique Love, RuPaul's Drag Race All Star
Sher, Ex on the Beach
Tami Roman, The Real World Homecoming
Best Music Documentary
Winner: Olivia Rodrigo: driving home 2 u
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