Emma Watson has won the first gender-neutral prize at the MTV TV & Movie Awards. 
 
 The former Harry Potter star picked up the best big-screen actor gong for her role as Belle in Beauty & the Beast and said it was "very meaningful". 
 
 She beat other male stars including James McAvoy and Hugh Jackman. 
 
 "The first acting award... that doesn't separate nominees based on their sex says something about how we perceive the human experience," she said. 
 
 "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. 
 
 "Empathy and the ability to use your imagination should have no limits. This is very meaningful to me." 
 
 The MTV TV & Movie Awards isn't the first event to introduce gender-neutral categories - the Grammy Awards scrapped male and female prizes in 2011. 
 
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 Emma Watson also collected the movie of the year award for Beauty & the Beast, which beat Get Out, Logan and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. 
 
 The Disney film's director, Bill Condon, said: "Thank you to the audience who embraced this movie so much but especially to the women because women are proving that they are a huge and powerful audience and that's going to change the movie business." 
 
 Another British winner was Millie Bobby Brown, who won best actor in a television show. 
 
 She called her character Eleven in Stranger Things a "badass female". 
 
 The 13-year-old beat competition from Emilia Clarke in Game Of Thrones and Jeffrey Dean Morgan in The Walking Dead. 
 
 She thanked family, friends and colleagues on the Netflix show including creators Matt and Ross Duffer. 
 
 She said: "Lastly I want to thank the Duffer brothers because they have created a badass, female, iconic character that I've got the honour to play." 
 
 The child stars of Stranger Things also collected the first MTV award for best small-screen show. 
 
 Finn Wolfhard, who played Mike Wheeler, thanked the cast, saying: "They treated us like true collaborators and not just little kids." 
 
 The fan-voted ceremony, hosted by comedian Adam Devine in Los Angeles, replaces the MTV Movie Awards by introducing prizes for shows on television and streaming services. 
 
 Meanwhile, Hugh Jackman, 48, and Dafne Keen, 12, won the best duo category for their double team in superhero film Logan. 
 
 Wolverine actor Jackman stepped aside for his sidekick, who plays young mutant Laura Kinney, to make the acceptance speech. 
 
 She said: "Tonight I want to thank MTV and Mum." 
 
 Moonlight's Jharrel Jerome and Ashton Sanders won the best kiss award. 
 
 Ashton said: "This award is bigger than Jharrel and I. This represents more than a kiss. This is for those who feel like the others, the misfits - this represents us." 
 
 Jharrel added: "It's safe to say that it is OK for us young performers, especially us minority performers, to step out of the box... and do whatever it takes to tell the story and do whatever it takes to make a change." 
 
 Vin Diesel thanked fans for accepting a "multicultural franchise" as his Fast And The Furious films won the generation award. 
 
 "Most importantly, I gotta thank our generation," he said. 
 
 "I gotta thank a generation that was willing to accept this multicultural franchise where it didn't matter what colour your skin was or what country you were from. 
 
 "When you're family, you're family." 
 
 Londoner Daniel Kaluuya has been tipped as a star of the future after being handed the next generation award. 
 
 The former Skins and Get Out actor thanked everyone who's helped him on his way, saying: "I'm here but I'm standing on a lot of people who have helped me out with my life." 
 
 The Daily Show host Trevor Noah thanked US president Donald Trump for providing the jokes and France for keeping the far-right Marine Le Pen out of office. 
 
 Accepting the best host award, the South African said: "Thank you to Donald J Trump for the comedy. 
 
 "And thank you France for making the right decision." 
 
 US politician Maxine Waters presented the award for best fight against the system and said each of the nominees "pushes back against the bullies and uses their platform to inspire us all". 
 
 The award went to Hidden Figures, the story of three black female NASA mathematicians. 
 
 Other winners at the event in LA were Jeffrey Dean Morgan as best villain in The Walking Dead, best documentary for 13TH, best comedic performance for Lil Rel Howery in Get Out and tearjerker for Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Randall (Lonnie Chavis) at karate in This Is Us. 
 
 There were also wins for Blackish in the best American story category, Channing Tatum and Beyonce's Lip Sync Battle to Run The World (Girls) took the trending prize and best musical moment went to You're The One That I Want from Grease: Live. 
 
 In between the awards, there were performances from Big Sean, Noah Cyrus and Camila Cabello. 
 
 There were also new film trailers from Wonder Woman, It and Spider-Man - among others. 
 
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 For the first time ever, the awards show will include both television and movies, which means amazing matchups like Allison Williams vs The Demagorgon and Grant Gustin vs. Taraji P. Henson. 
 
 To accommodate the content expansion, MTV added new categories: Show of the Year, Best Host, Best Reality Competition, Tearjerker and Next Generation. And because MTV is apparently woke, that's not all: 
 
 In addition, MTV is introducing two new and timely categories: Best American Story, awarded to the show or film that showcases America at its best – open and diverse, as well as Best Fight Against the System (formerly Best Fight) awarded to the film or show whose characters best exemplify fighting against a system that tries to keep them down. The network has also replaced the former Best Actor and Best Actress categories with non-gendered Best Actor in a Movie and Best Actor in a Show. Two additional categories will be revealed closer to the show. 
 
 The complete nominations are as follows: 
 
 MOVIE OF THE YEAR (Presented by Toyota CH-R) 
 
 Beauty and the Beast (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) 
 
 Get Out (Universal Pictures) 
 
 Logan (20th Century Fox) 
 
 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) 
 
 The Edge of Seventeen (STX Entertainment) 
 
 BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE 
 
 Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out (Universal Pictures) 
 
 Emma Watson – Beauty and the Beast (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) 
 
 Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen (STX Entertainment) 
 
 Hugh Jackman – Logan (20th Century Fox) 
 
 James McAvoy – Split (Universal Pictures) 
 
 Taraji P. Henson – Hidden Figures (20th Century Fox) 
 
 SHOW OF THE YEAR 
 
 Atlanta (FX) 
 
 Game of Thrones (HBO) 
 
 Insecure (HBO) 
 
 Pretty Little Liars (Freeform) 
 
 Stranger Things (Netflix) 
 
 This Is Us (NBC) 
 
 BEST ACTOR IN A SHOW 
 
 Donald Glover – Atlanta (FX) 
 
 Emilia Clarke – Game of Thrones (HBO) 
 
 Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin (The CW) 
 
 Jeffrey Dean Morgan – The Walking Dead (AMC) 
 
 Mandy Moore – This Is Us (NBC) 
 
 Millie Bobby Brown – Stranger Things (Netflix) 
 
 BEST KISS 
 
 Ashton Sanders & Jharrel Jerome – Moonlight (A24) 
 
 Emma Stone & Ryan Gosling – La La Land (Summit Entertainment) 
 
 Emma Watson & Dan Stevens – Beauty and the Beast (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) 
 
 Taraji P. Henson & Terrence Howard – Empire (FOX) 
 
 Zac Efron & Anna Kendrick – Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates (20th Century Fox) 
 
 BEST VILLAIN 
 
 Allison Williams – Get Out (Universal Pictures) 
 
 Demogorgon – Stranger Things (Netflix) 
 
 Jared Leto – Suicide Squad (Warner Bros. Pictures) 
 
 Jeffrey Dean Morgan – The Walking Dead (AMC) 
 
 Wes Bentley – American Horror Story (FX) 
 
 BEST HOST 
 
 Ellen DeGeneres – The Ellen DeGeneres Show (NBC) 
 
 John Oliver – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) 
 
 RuPaul – RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1/Logo) 
 
 Samantha Bee – Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) 
 
 Trevor Noah – The Daily Show (Comedy Central) 
 
 BEST DOCUMENTARY 
 
 13TH (Netflix) 
 
 I Am Not Your Negro (Magnolia Pictures) 
 
 O.J.: Made in America (ESPN Films) 
 
 This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous (YouTube|Red) 
 
 TIME: The Kalief Browder Story (Spike) 
 
 BEST REALITY COMPETITION 
 
 America’s Got Talent (NBC) 
 
 MasterChef Junior (FOX) 
 
 RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1/Logo) 
 
 The Bachelor (ABC) 
 
 The Voice (NBC) 
 
 BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE 
 
 Adam Devine – Workaholics (Comedy Central) 
 
 Ilana Glazer & Abbi Jacobson – Broad City (Comedy Central) 
 
 Lil Rel Howery – Get Out (Universal Pictures) 
 
 Seth MacFarlane – Family Guy (FOX) 
 
 Seth Rogen – Sausage Party (Sony) 
 
 Will Arnett – The LEGO Batman Movie (Warner Bros. Pictures) 
 
 BEST HERO 
 
 Felicity Jones – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) 
 
 Grant Gustin – The Flash (The CW) 
 
 Mike Colter – Luke Cage (Netflix) 
 
 Millie Bobby Brown – Stranger Things (Netflix) 
 
 Stephen Amell – Arrow (The CW) 
 
 Taraji P. Henson – Hidden Figures (20th Century Fox) 
 
 TEARJERKER 
 
 Game of Thrones – Hodor’s (Kristian Nairn) Death (HBO) 
 
 Grey’s Anatomy – Meredith tells her children about Derek’s death (Ellen Pompeo) (ABC) 
 
 Me Before You – Will (Sam Claflin) tells Louisa (Emilia Clarke) he can’t stay with her (Warner Bros. Pictures) 
 
 Moonlight – Paula (Naomie Harris) tells Chiron (Trevante Rhodes) that she loves him (A24) 
 
 This Is Us – Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Randall (Lonnie Chavis) at karate (NBC) 
 
 NEXT GENERATION 
 
 Chrissy Metz 
 
 Daniel Kaluuya 
 
 Issa Rae 
 
 Riz Ahmed 
 
 Yara Shahidi 
 
 BEST DUO 
 
 Adam Levine & Blake Shelton – The Voice (NBC) 
 
 Daniel Kaluuya & Lil Rel Howery – Get Out (Universal Pictures) 
 
 Brian Tyree Henry & Lakeith Stanfield – Atlanta (FX) 
 
 Hugh Jackman & Dafne Keen – Logan (20th Century Fox) 
 
 Josh Gad & Luke Evans – Beauty and the Beast (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) 
 
 Martha Stewart & Snoop Dogg – Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party (VH1) 
 
 BEST AMERICAN STORY 
 
 Blackish (ABC) 
 
 Fresh Off the Boat (ABC) 
 
 Jane the Virgin (The CW) 
 
 Moonlight (A24) 
 
 Transparent (Amazon) 
 
 BEST FIGHT AGAINST THE SYSTEM 
 
 Get Out (Universal Pictures) 
 
 Hidden Figures (20th Century Fox) 
 
 Loving (Focus Features) 
 
 Luke Cage (Netflix) 
 
 Mr. Robot (USA) 
 
 The MTV Movie & TV Awards, hosted by Adam Devine, will air Sunday, May 7 at 8 P.M.
– Sunday night's MTV Movie and TV Awards is getting more attention than usual thanks to a first among major awards shows: In handing out its top acting honors, the show ditched the separate categories for male and female actors. As a result, Emma Watson won Best Actor in a Movie for her role as Belle in Beauty and the Beast, reports E! Online. She beat out the likes of James McAvoy and Hugh Jackman, notes the BBC. "The first acting award in history that doesn't separate nominees based on their sex says something about how we perceive the human experience," said Watson in her acceptance speech. (Watch it here.) The award "will mean something different to everyone," she said, "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." As the Washington Post notes, Watson thanked presenter Asia Kate Dillon of Billions, who identifies as gender-binary and publicly questioned the separate gender categories when nominated for an Emmy earlier this year. MTV also dropped gender distinctions in the TV category, awarding Best Actor in a Show to 13-year-old Millie Bobby Brown of Stranger Things from Netflix. Stranger Things also won Show of the Year, while Beauty and the Beast was Movie of the Year. See the full list of winners via the AP. (Some say the Beauty and the Beast-themed opening was awkward.)