The 48-year-old actress-turned-talk show host had been set to MC the festivities, but she put her clout behind writers struggling to earn better pay and guarantees on staffing, as studios increasingly try to limit the size of writers' rooms and shrink the number of episodes per series. With writers on strike and picketing studios, host Drew Barrymore announced she was dropping out last Sunday.

You deserve real heroes in this world because you are real heroes to me. You deserve for your individual rights to be fought for and protected. I want to say that you deserve a world that serves your interests. He continued, 'I wish we could all be together so that I can look into your eyes and tell you that all young people in the world are my heroes and I wouldn't be here if it weren't for you. Which blows my mind and just makes it such an honor.'

The people at MTV told me that 77.5 million people voted this year. 'I want to say thank you, MTV Movie and TV awards,' Pascal said in his acceptance speech. Pascal prevailed over a field including Andor's Diego Luna, Wednesday's Jenna Ortega, Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania's Paul Rudd and Top Gun: Maverick's Tom Cruise for the honors. The Last Of Us star Pedro Pascal won the honor for Best Hero to kick off the award announcements on Sunday, as the show also garnered the honors for Best Show and Best Duo for Pascal and Bella Ramsey. I hope this is the last time that I ever die on a show. She prevailed in the category against Cocaine Bear's Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Barbarian's Justin Long, Bodies Bodies Bodies star Rachel Sennott and Smile's Sosie Bacon. Well, I don't want to put words in his mouth or anything but I think what he really meant was it's everything!'Ĭoolidge won a second award for Most Frightened Performance for The White Lotus at the event. She added, 'I think of the words of Shakespeare where he once said, you know, the play is the thing. I just think as a proud member of SAG, I stand here before you tonight side-by-side with my sisters and brothers from the WGA that are fighting right now, fighting for the rights of artists everywhere.' Other notable names who emerged victorious on the evening - which drew some criticism from fans amid the pre-recorded broadcast as result of the WGA strike - included Tom Cruise, Jenna Ortega and Taylor Swift.Īccepting the award for Comedic Genius, Jennifer, 61, said: 'Almost all great comedy starts with great writers. Jennifer Coolidge and Drew Barrymore showed their support for the Writers Guild of America amid the ongoing strike on Sunday as they picked up gongs at the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards - while The Last of Us swept the board with three accolades.

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