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The 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards, which aired May 7, got off to a rocky start: Drew Barrymore backed out of her hosting duties due to the Hollywood writers strike. From there, the red carpet and live audience were also scrapped, so winners accepted awards via pre-taped speeches. See some of the stars who took home top honors…
Tom Cruise accepted his best performance in a movie award for his work in "Top Gun: Maverick" from — where else?! — a fighter jet!
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"Vanderpump Rules" may not have won best docu-reality series (they lost to "The Kardashians"), but Katie Maloney, Ariana Madix, Scheana Shay and Lala Kent won best reality onscreen team… though Lala declined to appear due to the writers strike.
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Pedro Pascal took home not one but two golden popcorn trophies for his work on "The Last of Us." The heartthrob won big in the best hero category and also in the best duo category alongside co-star Bella Ramsey.
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Bella Ramsey scored a golden popcorn trophy alongside "The Last of Us" co-star Pedro Pascal for her work on "The Last of Us."
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"Scream VI" was a big winner — and Ghostface himself even made an appearance to accept the golden popcorn trophy for best movie. The horror flick beat out "Elvis," "Smile," "Nope," "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," "Top Gun: Maverick" and "Avatar: The Way of Water."
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Jennifer Coolidge scored top honors in the most frightened performance category for her role on "The White Lotus."
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Let's hear it for the stars of "RuPaul's Drag Race"! The show won the coveted honor of best competition series — beating out shows like "Big Brother" and "The Traitors."
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Best musical moment at the MTV Movie & TV Awards went to Sofia Carson for her song "Come Back Home" from "Purple Hearts."
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Joseph Quinn from "Stranger Things" took home the breakthrough performance award for his work on the Netflix series.