Saturday Night Live alum and Supermarket Sweep host Leslie Jones will emcee the 2021 MTV Movie & MTV Awards live ceremony. The annual MTV awards, which will honor the biggest and best moments in movies and TV, will air on Sunday, May 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Following its 2020 virtual event, the MTV Movie & TV Awards will return for a live event in Los Angeles. The Coming 2 America actress received a best comedic performance nomination for her work in the Amazon comedy. Previous MTV Movie & TV Awards hosts include Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart and Adam DeVine.
The second awards ceremony, MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted, will air Monday 17. Among the nominees for the unscripted portion of the annual honors are 90 Day Fiancé, RuPaul’s Drag Race and Selena + Chef.
Fans can begin voting for their favorites today through April 30 at vote.mtv.com.


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