The MTV Movie and TV Awards nominations have been announced, without the usual gender divide that put actors and actresses into separate categories.
In what is hopefully a sign of the times (sorry), the 2017 MTV Movies and TV Awards have decided to do away with the Best Female and Male Performance categories, having just a single category for Best Actor in a Movie, and one for Best Actor in a Show.
Thus we have Emma Watson and Taraji P. Henson competing against Hugh Jackman and Daniel Kaluuya, while Gina Rodriguez squares off against Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
It’s nice to see MTV put in this effort, which doesn’t only serve to break down the gender divide but is a huge show of inclusivity towards actors who either don’t identify as either male or female or identify as both.
Related: Stranger Things, Fences and Hidden Figures win big at the 2017 SAG Awards
In general the 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards nominations are pretty great, with Taraji P. Henson’s Hidden Figures character nominated as “Best Hero” right alongside Stephen Amell’s Arrow, and all of the movies and shows nominated in the Best American Story category represent minorities.
My favorite part of all this is that the Demogorgon from Stranger Things is nominated as Best Villain though, only because if it wins, it’ll have to actually appear to accept its award! ?
YOU decide the winners of the MTV Movie and TV Awards, so vote here!
Full list of 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards nominees
Movie of the Year
Beauty and the Beast
The Edge of Seventeen
Get Out
Logan
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Best Actor in a Movie
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
Emma Watson – Beauty and the Beast
Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen
Hugh Jackman – Logan
James McAvoy – Split
Taraji P. Henson – Hidden Figures
Show of the Year
Atlanta
Game of Thrones
Insecure
Pretty Little Liars
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Best Actor in a Show
Donald Glover – Atlanta
Emilia Clarke – Game of Thrones
Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin
Jeffrey Dean Morgan – The Walking Dead
Mandy Moore – This Is Us
Millie Bobby Brown – Stranger Things
Best Kiss
Ashton Sanders and Jharrel Jerome – Moonlight
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling – La La Land
Emma Watson and Dan Stevens – Beauty and the Beast
Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard – Empire
Zac Efron and Anna Kendrick – Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Best Villain
Allison Williams – Get Out
Demogorgon – Stranger Things
Jared Leto – Suicide Squad
Jeffrey Dean Morgan – The Walking Dead
Wes Bentley – American Horror Story
Best Host
Ellen DeGeneres – The Ellen DeGeneres Show
John Oliver – Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
RuPaul – RuPaul’s Drag Race
Samantha Bee – Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Trevor Noah – The Daily Show
Best Documentary
13th
I Am Not Your Negro
O.J.: Made In America
This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
TIME: The Kalief Browder Story
Best Reality Competition
America’s Got Talent
MasterChef Junior
RuPaul’s Drag Race
The Bachelor
The Voice
Best Comedic Performance
Adam Devine – Workaholics
Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson – Broad City
Lil Rel Howery – Get Out
Seth MacFarlane – Family Guy
Seth Rogen – Sausage Party
Will Arnett – The LEGO Batman Movie
Best Hero
Felicity Jones – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Grant Gustin – The Flash
Mike Colter – Luke Cage
Millie Bobby Brown – Stranger Things
Stephen Amell – Arrow
Taraji P. Henson – Hidden Figures
Best Tearjerker
Game of Thrones – Hodor’s death
Grey’s Anatomy – Meredith tells her children about Derek’s death
Me Before You – Will tells Louisa he can’t stay with her
Moonlight – Paula tells Chiron that she loves him
This Is Us – Jack and Randall
Next Generation
Chrissy Metz
Daniel Kaluuya
Issa Rae
Riz Ahmed
Yara Shahidi
Best Duo
Adam Levine and Blake Shelton – The Voice
Daniel Kaluuya and Lil Rel Howery – Get Out
Brian Tyree Henry and Lakeith Stanfield – Atlanta
Hugh Jackman and Dafne Keen – Logan
Josh Gad and Luke Evans – Beauty and the Beast
Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg – Martha and Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party
Best American Story
Black-ish
Fresh Off the Boat
Jane the Virgin
Moonlight
Transparent
Best Fight Against the System
Get Out
Hidden Figures
Loving
Luke Cage
Mr. Robot
Adam Devine will host this year’s MTV Movie and TV Awards, which take place Sunday, May 7 at 8/7c.