2021 MTV VMAs: Lil Nas X takes home top prize and more highlights
Lil Nas X took home the biggest award of the night. Justin Bieber and Olivia Rodrigo also won in top categories during the ceremony in Brooklyn.
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Lil Nas X took home the biggest award of the night. Justin Bieber and Olivia Rodrigo also won in top categories during the ceremony in Brooklyn.
MTV's live broadcast will take place from New York City on Sunday, September 12.
Award-winning actress Taraji P. Henson hosted the ceremony from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
The multi-hyphenate entertainer thanked BET for helping "blackness to thrive" after she watched Lil' Kim, MC Lyte and others honor her with performances of her hits.
"Don't hate anybody. I refuse to hate someone because they're Mexican or because they are Black or white, or LGBTQ. I refuse to hate someone because they're a police officer," he said.
Frances McDormand won her third best actress Oscar for her role in "Nomadland" and Anthony Hopkins notched his second best actor win for "The Father."
Chloé Zhao became the first Chinese woman and the first woman of color to be awarded Best Director for her work on "Nomadland."
Makeup artist Sergio Lopez-Rivera, hair department head Mia Neal, and Viola Davis' personal hairstylist, Jamika Wilson, took home the statue for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, with the latter pairing becoming the first-ever Black stylists to win in the category.
Maren Morris leads the way with five nominations, one of them as a member of The Highwomen, which scored a group of the year nomination.
Prince William, who had been due to attend and make a speech in his role as president of Britain's film academy, was absent following the death of his grandfather.
Three men have secured three-peats in the category: Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder.
Beyoncé led the field with nine nominations and broke the record for the most Grammy wins ever by a female artist and most Grammy wins ever by a singer.
In "Minari," Yeun plays Jacob, a Korean immigrant who moves his family from California to an Arkansas farm in pursuit of his American Dream.
But the best picture category saw some notable omissions in this year's Academy Awards announcements.
"Mank," David Fincher's movie about "Citizen Kane" co-writer Herman Mankiewicz, led the Oscar nominations with 10 nods, including best picture, actor and director.
The late actor won a Golden Globe for his role in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" last month.
The Grammys will look different because of the coronavirus pandemic, but host Trevor Noah promises a show full of surprises and live performances.
Chloé Zhao became only the second woman ever to win best director and Chadwick Boseman posthumously received the award for best actor in a drama.
Andra Day and Chadwick Boseman joined Chloé Zhao as first-time winners at the season's first major U.S. awards show.
"If my heart is open and I look beneath the surface, I feel kinship," Fonda said while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award.
"He would say something beautiful, something inspiring, something that would amplify that little voice inside of all of us that tells us you can ..." his wife said during a speech on his behalf.
The Hollywood Foreign Press offered professionally shot photos while others posted on their social media accounts.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host a bicoastal Golden Globes that was postponed for nearly two months because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The writer, Deborah Copaken, says the snub highlights Hollywood's failure to award deserving works from people of color.
Boseman, who died last August at age 43, was nominated for his lead performance in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" and his supporting role in "Da 5 Bloods."