Leslie Jones Will Host The 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards

Is your popcorn buttered? Are your fingers tired from voting for all your faves? Don't worry — the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards are only a couple of weeks away, which means it's time to settle in and watch the hugest names in film and television get honored. And there's even more good news: Leslie Jones will be your host for the evening.


By the way, did you watch the Oscars on Sunday? Jones sure did, and her running commentary on Instagram helped make sense of all its head-turning moments, like Glenn Close doing "Da Butt" dance ("I know COVID has forced us to do things, nevertheless) and Daniel Kaluuya shouting out his parents for having sex to prepare him ("Look at the mom!"). At the Movie & TV Awards, we won't be guessing what Jones thinks of it all. She'll be there to tell us in real time!


The Ghostbusters and Saturday Night Live preference and comedy pro is also up for one award this year in the category of Best Comedic Efficiency, for her work in Coming 2 America. Jones is set to emcee the ceremony live from Los Angeles on Sunday, May 16 at 9 p.M. ET/PT. This year, that's just the initial piece of a two-night celebration, with the first-ever Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted show airing the following night on Monday, May 17.


This year's crop of nominees spans the experimental WandaVision, which leads with five nods, and also bingeable, lovable shows like Emily in Paris, RuPaul's Drag Race, and The Boys, which all racked up three each. On the cinematic side, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is up for three awards, and Chadwick Boseman landed a posthumous nomination in The ideal Efficiency in a Movie category for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Find the whole list of nominees right here.


Fan voting for the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards is currently open at vote.Mtv.Com and will be up until April 30. Get voting!


The MTV Movie & TV Awards will air live on MTV on Sunday, May 16 at 9 p.M. ET/PT.