Emma Watson Awards

Emma Watson made a potent call for breaking down gender categories as she scooped up the gender-neutral film acting prize at the MTV Movie and TV Awards, in a speech that was broadcast on Sunday night.

An award “that doesn’t separate nominees based on their sex says something about how we perceive the human experience, ” Ms. Watson, who won for her performance in “Beauty and the Beast, ” said in her acceptance speech.

“MTV’s move to create a genderless award for acting will mean something different to everyone, but to me it indicates that acting is about the ability to put yourself in someone else’s shoes; and that doesn’t need to be separated into two different categories, ” she said.

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(Ms. Watson’s speech referred to this as the “first ever” occasion that an award show had combined the performance categories, but the MTV Movie Awards have in fact done so on two occasions in the past, in 2006 and 2007.)

Millie Bobby Brown, the 13-year-old star of Netflix’s show “Stranger Things, ” won the gender-neutral award for best acting in a television series.

Others were less sympathetic. Also on Monday morning, the conservative British television personality Piers Morgan, a host of “Good Morning Britain, ” lampooned Ms. Watson and the award, which he described as part of an “utterly ridiculous” culture of political correctness.

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MTV’s prizes underwent an overhaul this year that included scrapping the male and female acting categories, and renaming what was previously called the MTV Movie Awards. The winners were chosen by public vote. “Beauty and the Beast” won the top film category, and “Stranger Things” won the top TV prize.

An earlier version of this article attributed an erroneous distinction to Emma Watson’s win of the gender-neutral acting prize. MTV awarded gender-neutral acting prizes at its movie awards show in 2006 and 2007; this was not the first-ever such award.There were plenty of big winners at this year's BAFTA Awards on Sunday, but the person who seemed to get most of Twitter talking wasn't even nominated.

Star and U.N. Women Goodwill Ambassador onstage to present. She's proud to call herself a feminist, but we all know she's a witch.

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Author J.K. Rowling has been in the news recently because of comments made about Scotland's Gender Recognition Reform Bill, a piece of legislation that will make it easier for transgender people in the country to change the sex listed on their birth certificate. Last week, Rowling tweeted about the likely negative consequences of this legislation for women and girls, which prompted renewed accusations of transphobia.

Rowling's views have been under scrutiny for years now, with a string of transphobic tweets made by the author in 2020 prompting various members of the

Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told they aren’t who they say they are, Watson wrote on Twitter following the author's tweets. I want my trans followers to know that I and so many other people around the world see you, respect you and love you for who you are.

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I want my trans followers to know that I and so many other people around the world see you, respect you and love you for who you are.— Emma Watson (@EmmaWatson) June 10, 2020

I donate to @Mermaids_Gender and @mamacash. If you can, perhaps you’ll feel inclined to do the same. ❤️— Emma Watson (@EmmaWatson) June 10, 2020

Watson's name has been trending on Twitter in the hours since her BAFTAs comments, with over 15, 000 tweets at the time of writing.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for . He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

This newsletter may contain advertising, deals, or affiliate links. Subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe from the newsletters at any time.THE superheroes and villains of action romp The Avengers were the big winners at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles today.

And Harry Potter actress Emma Watson, a star of this summer's The Bling Ring, struck a blow for Britain, winning the Trailblazer Award.

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What's the opposite of humbled? We're Biebered to be standing here, said Avengers writer-director Joss Whedon as he accepted the final golden popcorn trophy.

This is the award that means the most to me. I am so grateful and very excited for 2015; we're going to bring you Avengers 2.

Bradley Cooper and show host Rebel Wilson were each double winners. Cooper won the first prize of the night for his performance in Silver Linings Playbook and returned to the stage to accept best kiss honours for his smooch with co-star Jennifer Lawrence in that film.

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Lawrence, who won the Oscar for her role in Playbook, was also a double winner, though she was not on hand. In addition to the kiss award, she won the golden popcorn for her performance.

Jamie Foxx was a double winner, too. He shared the best WTF moment award with Samuel L Jackson for their scenes together in Django Unchained and later thanked his daughter, parents and siblings in the audience as he accepted the Generation Award for his career in film.

Wilson, who opened and closed the show wearing Iron Man-style armour, won breakthrough performance for her work in Pitch Perfect and shared in the film's award for best musical moment. Its stars, including Brittany Snow and Skylar Astin, opened the show with a mash-up medley.

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Other musical acts were Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Selena Gomez, who debuted her new song, Come And Get It, with a Bollywood-inspired performance.

The MTV Movie Awards are as much about the anticipated films of the upcoming summer season as they are about the finest of last year. Fans vote online for the winners in traditional and irreverent categories such as best fight, best kiss and best shirtless performance.

The show also included new footage from next month's Iron Man 3 and the world premiere of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire trailer, introduced by one of its stars, Liam Hemsworth.

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Stars from other summer films- including Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana and Zachary Quinto from the Star Trek sequel and Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez from the Fast & Furious franchise - appeared as presenters during the ceremony.

Hollywood has increasingly used the fan-driven MTV Movie Awards as a platform to promote its summer product. This year, the show was moved up from June to April to incorporate the entire blockbuster season, which begins in early May.

Will Ferrell wore a three-piece suit covered in dollar bills to accept the Comedic Genius Award from Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage.

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For those of you sitting here tonight who don't think I'm funny, I'll be happy to fight you in the parking lot after the show, said Ferrell, who is currently at work on Anchorman 2, slated for release later this year.

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They apologised and moved table so the man could finish his meal in peace but when they went to pay, staff informed them he had already covered their bill.

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